The photo-report from Musikmesse Frankfurt 2012 by Kai from Parasite Inc.

Kai: Hi guys and gals,
have you ever heard about the "Musikmesse Frankfurt"? It's one of the biggest music fairs in the world (maybe THE biggest). 2011 almost 1500 companies from 47 countries have presented their products there and it's kinda a Mecca for a musicians :) So, this year was the first time I was able to go there and I can tell you it was more than impressive. Started from the entrance I had problems to keep my mouth closed coz I was getting a "Wow"-feeling that stayed for the upcoming 8 hours.

the entrance

the venue

Kai: The fair takes place in several halls , so there is one hall for recording equipment, one hall with guitars, one for drums and percussion and so on… Beside the recording stuff of course I was very stoked with the guitar section. Tons of guitars and amps and most of them you can try out by yourself. Well, maybe I should stop to write too much about it and you should just have a look at the pics to get a small insight of the fair ;)

guitars, tiny usb guitars and an usb drumikits

impressive stand of EMG-pickups

Tommy Bollin (當墓林)

guitarists at the Gibson lounge

left: Jim Marshalls business car / right: guitars for In Arcane :p

left: 7-string basses / right: spacy guitars with glowing strings

ESP guitars

drum kits

spacy basses and more glowing guitars

the guitarists dream house :D

funny hair style

left: real heavy metal music instrumens / right: guitar handbags

left: the fair tower / right: a hare straight in Frankfurt

tips for a new interior?

spacy lightshows

Kai: Btw. After 3 hours I had a first cramp in my mouth haha *joking*. Honestly, it’s almost an overload of impressions if you try to go through the whole fair in one day and keep everything in mind what you see. Visit it on 2 days would be more relaxed for sure. So I took a longer rest at a sunny yard inside the venue and just relaxed a bit. After 8 hours of walking and music noise I was happy anyway to just sit in a car and get back home to continue with the Parasite Inc. album recordings. We are still inside the recoding process but we are one step closer again to be “Back for War”. So, see you soon with some news about it and since then stay heavy!

Thank you so much Kai, you rock!!!

Deathtrip & Full Metal Attack live reports by Parasite Inc.

It’s an absolutely pleasure to release this blog for me… 4 kick-ass metal platoons from my support bands gathered for playing gigs – Deathtrip and Full Metal Attack, and guys from Parasite Inc. reported that special nights.

Kai: So here we go for the Kumi show ;) After we had already met the guys from Bloodspot one week before at a local gig in our hometown, we left Aalen on November 5th with a bunch of metal, a good mood, some pieces of cake to move on to the show with them and with My Decadence in Limburg. The driving there itself was... I don't know, guess it was funny? (I was mostly sleeping xD)

Kai: Well, we reached the location in the evening and after we had dropped our equipment near the stage we went to Bloodspots rehearsal room to have some food and a beer. The first band I saw this evening was Mandragora. Not Heavy Metal but um, Heavy Crossover? However, if you like kinda Heavy Rock stuff you should check them out ;).

Benni: Yeah, check them out! Even if you don’t like that kind of music, their live performance is really great and the lead guitarist behaves like a young Angus Young on stage! Awesome to watch!

Kai: The next band was My Decadence. I was eager to watch them, coz I only knew them from CD and from their videos on Youtube so far. Ladies and gentlemen, that guys bring their sound truly to the stage. They were playing an awesome show with really tight playing and the venue got filled with more and more head-banging people.

Benni: I too was impressed by My Decadence. I especially liked the way their two singers sang, uhm, screamed! Anyway, everything was spot on, tight and it was a very well performed show.

Kai: Right after My Decadence the guys from Bloodspot entered the stage then and - what shall I say - for me, they are such a live blast! As a surprise they played a new song. A kinda slow and heavy one but makes your balls not less exploding. Exactly like the rest of the songs haha :D. What a kick ass show! If there is one band I had to suggest to someone as a must-see-live-band, I would say Bloodspot now ;).

Benni: Nothing more to add. Bloodspot definitely is one of the best live band I’ve ever seen. You have to smile constantly because you really see how much fun they have performing live. And the new song indeed is a really, really good one!

Kai: Those who survived the Bloodspot massacre (were not so much hahaha) then screwed their heads off to our set. We had a great stage sound and I guess the people liked the songs. We also played a new song called "In The Dark" which we didn’t practice much before, so it sounded a bit like that. But all in all it worked out and it was a lot of fun to play :) The rest of the evening we had a relaxed time in the Bloodspot rehearsal room again.

Day 2

Kai: After a kinda slow day we left Limburg and moved on to the next show in Cologne, this time with Legacy of Vydar, Bloodspot and Mandragora. The venue was a small club with a small stage and a much smaller backstage area. 4 bands + equipment = cozy time ;).

Kai:  Well, when I first saw the guys from Vydar, my first question I asked myself was kinda "what the hell have they gotten to eat to get that tall?". They not only look so tall on their pictures :D. Unfortunately their bassist couldn't play with them this concert, so their sound was a bit thin and had too much highs. On the other side it maybe was a good thing ;)? Because that way I was able to enjoy the great work on the guitars and drums. Also I had no idea how they played that gig with 6 people on that small stage ;). Great band! 'Nuff said.

Benni: Well I found it kinda funny to hear and see all the songs live after spending quite some time on the mastering of the Legacy of Vydar album. I really know the songs by rote because of that. I was especially impressed by the drummer who played everything exactly like he did on the album and it was really tight!

Kai: Btw. the bad catch on that gig was: Almost no audience. So the bands played mostly for the bands only or maybe for some bugs in that club. Anyway it was not less fun to play, so we had another good show although we felt that we had to struggle a bit more with the sound on that stage than in Limburg.

Bloodspot finished this concert with another live punch and it really was a honor for us to meet with all that great guys and musicians. We hope to share the stage with you once again ;) Thank you all for the great time.

Guys from Parasite Inc., Bloodspot and Legacy Of Vydar were together in a picture!（some of the guys couldn’t make it in a pic somehow, btw.）

Thank you so much for Kai and Benni for reporting about those great nights! I also want to say thank you for Bloodspot guys who named Full Metal Attack as Kumi-show :) All you guys rules!

Kumi666

Parasite Inc. live report for the first two shows with Kevin

Kai: Hey guys,
as you maybe can remember in the last blog we announced a change in the line-up: Benne left the band in Mai and for luck we could find a replacement in Kevin within a short time that seems to be a lucky stroke not only for him ;).

After he could get into the whole songs after a very short time we were ready and curious to our first two gigs on September 24th and October 15th with the renewed line-up. So, what we already could recognize during the rehearsals has become also live to a really good confirmation: The band syncs and we feel as a good working band again! Strike!

Kai: Btw. the gig on October 15th was a funny one because the stage that we had to play on was an old wagon at an old trains station (So, we now know the minimum spec for the space we need on a stage^^) and at the bonus song (“Hatefilled”) my guitar string got torn apart with my tremolo actions, ouch. That never happened to me before and for luck it happened at the bonus song. At least we could play the song with only one guitar and the audience was merciful with it …phew.

Kai: Anyway it was totally fun with a great audience and like at the first gig, Kevin played his stuff like he has been in the band for years now. We are in a really good mood and looking positive into the future with the upcoming recordings for the new album next year and also to the November gigs with Bloodspot and to the “Kumi Show” ; ) with Legacy of Vydar, Bloodspot and us. So, see you soon.

I’m very glad that my support bands play gigs on the same stage together. Thank you so much guys who named the gig FULL METAL ATTACK as Kumi-show BTW, haha :D

The gears of Parasite Inc.

I’m very glad to release this blog that I finally materialized this idea- “The gears of the metal bands ～ Show me your stuff ! “ with Kai (vocals, guitars) and Benni (drums) from Parasite Inc.. They introduced me their lovely stuff. So, check it out!

Kai: Hey guys, Benni and I have been asked a few times about the equipment that we use. So here it is a small introduction of it. To create all the noises I ordinary only use my Jackson USA RR1 Rhoads. It's a Neck-Through-Body guitar with 22 frets and a original Floyd Rose for the more weird sounds and effects. Originally it was armed with a Seymour Duncan JB-TB4 humbucker on the bridge and a Seymour Duncan Jazz-SH2N on the neck but I replaced both with Seymour Duncan Blackouts a few years ago.

Kai: To give that guitar the right sound I am using a rack unit with the following parts: For power supply I use a cheap Samson Powerstrip PS10. Below it, there's the Rocktron Xpression for a bit EQing and for noise reduction and finally the sound is done by an Engl E 530 preamp in combination with a Peavey 60/60 power-amp. About the Engl I can tell you that it is maybe the best tube preamp you can get for that money - especially compared to other tube preamps.

Summer Breeze Open Air 2011 report by Kai from Parasite Inc. – Day 4

I present Summer Breeze Open Air 2011 the final day blog by Kai from Parasite Inc.! Here we go!

Summer Breeze Open Air 2011 Day4 – The final day:

Kai:　 What a final hot evening and it started with a lot of fire fountains at As I Lay Dying.

A lot of flames at As I Lay Dying

Kai:　 Seems they have a proclivity for it: Fire fountains at "Within Destruction" and at "An Ocean between us" and.... at every song they played including a lot of crowd-surfers and the biggest WOD this year - plain unbeatable. Their show made me really forget about that I have missed Benighted in the afternoon... shame on me. I should have more Ipanemas xD.

Kai:　 Well, next one was a band I have seen last time in 2004 together with In Flames and Devildriver: Caliban... turned myself around 180 degrees and enjoyed another great show.

Caliban rocking the crowd

Kai:　 Anyway I had to leave them earlier coz I also wanted to see Obscura that played unfortunately at the same time... awesome German Technical Death Metal and amazing playing skills but the vocals were so loud that I felt my ears started bleeding and I had to leave the party tent after 2 songs. Met with Basti again and btw: Anyobody hungry to pretzel?

view to the party tent and the metal market

anybody hungry to pretzel?

Obscura in action

Kai:　 I decided to have another walk through the metal market while listening to Tarja from the far and prepared for my last band I wanted to see: TYR.

the party tent under under a beautiful sunset

passed the entrance controls to the stage area

Kai:　 I thought Turisas made a party? TYR overcome.... the whole tent was going straight and sang to every of their songs. Great show even I am not really familiar with their music ;).

TYR in the party tent

Kai:　 Finally I had a last walk over the camping-site with the far thunder of Hatebreed at the Main Stage and it looked like every year then: Destroyed people and destroyed camping-site : Summer Breeze 2011 another Metal Blast... see you next year again!

a great metal festival ends again

Basti (l.) was working at Summer Breeze 2011 and took some great photos of Arch Enemy. Kai (r.) stayed in the front of the metal-battle-field 4 days in a row and brought me an awesome live reports

the evidence of an entry into the
battle-field of Summer Breeze 2011

How did you feel about those live reports from Summer Breeze 2011 4days?

I would love to say thanks so much to Kai who brought me his great experience there, and to Basti who took some amazing photos of Arch Enemy while he’s working there, Benni stayed at the camping-site and enjoyed whole festival, and Kevin who became a new-member of Parasite Inc. played his final show with Hackneyed, those great guys may be more active in their brighter future with gigs and maybe a new album in 2012???

I have much expectation for their upcoming activity ! Stay metal and keep it brutal!!!

Aug. 2011 -Kumi666

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Summer Breeze Open Air 2011 report by Kai from Parasite Inc. – Day 3

This round of the blog for Summer Breeze Open Air 2011 again! Kai the singer and the lead guitarist from Parasite Inc. reported the day 3 which slowly started breakdown, haha … Here we go!

Summer Breeze Open Air 2011 － Day 3：

Kai:     Day 3 of Summer Breeze started with the Finnish Melo Deathers Kalmah.

day 3 starts with the melodic death metal from Kalmah

Kai:　 What can I say?... Really great show with awesome sound but... why the hell did they quit over 5 minutes earlier? Sucked... However, it was horrible hot and even a heavy thunderstorm in the morning did not cool down only changed the stage area and the camping-site into a muddy battlefield.

after a heavy thunderstorm in the morning
most of the area turned to a muddy battlefield

Kai:　 I had some more Ipanemas again (no I am not addicted!) at a shady place while hang out and watched at the people on the area. 3rd day and the smell of 33000 metalheads is kinda somewhere between piss, beer and sweat... and more and more drunken bodies adorned the whole area.

some tents and pavillons were also blown away...

Kai:　 I took position at the tower to see the people going crazy at Turisas.

every band is filmed and shown on several screens around the stages

Kai:　 At the Boney M. cover "Rasputin" even the people in the rear area where dancing. That was truly a battle metal show ;)

Turisas rockin the crowd

Kai:　 For bridging to Amorphis I had another Ipanema (okay, I am addicted :p) while listening to Bolt Thrower. Songs like "No Guts, No Glory" or "The Killchain" rolled heavy over the area . British Death Metal at its best, yeah!

have a closer look to the Nuclear Blast stand

hot dog before Amorphis starts playing

Kai:　 At Amorphis there were too many people to get closer to them, but they had best sound and lightshow so far today that ended after 1 hour with "House Of Sleep".

Amorphis' impressive Lightshow

Kai:　 Only Hammerfall was better with the sound and set the people hearts on fire with playing most of their hits - really enjoyable and without a cheesy stage decoration :P.

Finish day 3 with enjoing the show of Hammerfall

Kai:　 After their show I wanted to switch over to Kataklysm... I wanted but I gave it up... they had the worst sound on the festival and it made no fun to listen to them. I left the 20 years Kataklysm birthday party with a sad eye but a lot of Ipanemas inside me.

Okay, the next blog will be the final day of Summer Breeze 2011.

Aug.2011 -Kumi666

Summer Breeze Open Air 2011 report by Kai from Parasite Inc. – Day 2

This blog follows the previous one - Summer Breeze Open Air 2011 by Kai from Parasite Inc., he told me about the second day of the festival with the main stage which was finally opened this time…

Summer Breeze Open Air 2011 － Day 2：
Kai:　 Arrived at the venue in the afternoon and missed The Sorrow. Well done Kai... urgh. After got stuck in a traffic jam I reached the main stage right in time for The Haunted.

whole stage area is opened at 2nd day

my first band today: The Haunted

Summer Breeze Open Air 2011 report by Kai from Parasite Inc. – Day 1

I’m totally happy to release this blog - the report of Summer Breeze Open Air 2011 by Kai from Parasite Inc.! He brought me a lot of photos and reports of the kick-as metal festival, so I divided in 4 and will present each day separately. Okay, let’s start with the first day without the main stage… Here we go!

Kai:　 Hi my Japanese metal brothers and sisters, have you ever heard about the "Summer Breeze Festival"? It's the second biggest Festival in Germany beside Wacken and it's every year in the South of Germany in a small village called "Dinkelsbühl". Last year on stage with Parasite Inc. and this year as a metalhead I went there once again and if you like to have a small insight to how I have experienced the festival you should continue reading. :) 4 days with 90 bands on 4 stages and 33000 people... alright Summer Breeze... here we go.

Summer Breeze Open Air 2011 － Day 1：

Kai:　 I reached the venue in the evening and after I got my festival bracelet I walked over  camping-site to have a lookout to some friends.

first look at arriving  the camping-site 

The new member of Parasite Inc. has been revealed! (8th Sept. 2011)

Kai: Hey guys,
I want to inform you about a change in our line-up today: Well, I have to tell you that Benne and Parasite Inc. are going separate ways since the end of May. The reasons for the split up were mainly that he didn’t have enough time to give 100% for the band anymore because of his studying. We observed, talked and tried a lot over a long time. In the end it seemed that it was the best for us all. But it definitely wasn’t an easy decision for us.
Here’s the new lineup of Parasite Inc. (left to right): Basti(b)、Kai(vo/g)、Benni(d)、Kevin(g)

Kai: We started searching for a new guitarist without much success first but through some lucky circumstances we found a new guitarist (or shall I say he found us?) - a guy who is a well known musician in our local area and also plays in some bands that are friends of us. He is a really great guitarist...and he can read music ;) *hem*.
So Kevin, say "hello" to our Japanese and English readers and let them know a bit about you:

Kevin: Hey guys, my name is Kevin Sierra and I’ve been playing guitar since 2008. Before that time I had learned to play a few other instruments like trumpet (not very Metal-like) but because of that I can read sheet music =D. Later I learned to play drums and also started listening to metal bands. First I did some drum jazz lessons but they were too hard and so I decided to become a BRUTAL FUCKING DEATH METAL guitarist instead =D.

Kevin: Well, I played in many bands within the last 4 years: for example  “Predominance” (Black Metal), “Shattered” (Death Metal), “Living Meander” (Acoustic), “Hackneyed” (Death Metal), “Ugly breaks the Mirror” (BRUTAL FUCKING DEATH METAL … of Death =D) and in a little bluesy project only for myself. I recently left my last band I was playing guitar in and it was a stroke of luck that Parasite Inc. was looking for a new guitarist. And because I already knew Kai, Basti and Benni, I just asked them if they want me to play the guitar. That’s it.

Luckily Parasite Inc. got back their lost piece early and they are having the rehearsal days with Kevin for some upcoming gigs and the new stuff for the future recordings. I hope I will be able to get some episode from the gig on 24th Sept. for Kevin’s first show as Parasite Inc. member :D

Their spanking powerful melodic death world will be everlasting!!!

26th Sept. – Kumi666