THE WORKS

Implying that the "secret of life" is a truth (and I'm not 100% on using that word), means that it's subjective to each individual.

Quoting Pilatos:

"...and what is truth? -not easy to define,
we both have truths, are yours the same as mine?"

In that sense, I sense I have found mine. It's quite simple, actually.

Is all about motion. Keep wheels rolling.

It can be applicable to anyone. But that will depend on what is the emphasis each individual puts in his life/life purpose. Yes, there are some who don't aspire to much, and it's alright by all means. If for someone to be happy is to get a job, go to work, take a good shit and go to sleep (quoting George Carlin) is not a problem and it's fine by me. But as I said before, for me, to stay in motion is essential.

After I was done with Overlord, I began to look for a band in which to play with. Last Saturday I went to an audition (I have to earn credibility, FUCKING STILL). I'm still waiting for the results.

I got an offer to leave home and get a job and turn my life around. I'm still waiting for the results.

WAITING.

In the meantime, I play. The. Game.

"When the machines take over, there is no place for rock and roll"

Flatuleitor out.

About Overlord and Technical Thrash in general

It's been a while. But why not posting for more than a year? Clear simple.

I forgot it.

Now, what happened to that project I was talking about last year? During September and November I got some time to be free to record the album from scratch while adding ideas from previous outtakes. Unfortunately those outtakes where unsuitable for extreme technical metal. Even when they were more honest, they couldn't make the cut and were left safe in the oblivion ship.

Well, the recording process was flawless, I did know what to do and I wanted to do it quick. Now, the solos were a total different story. The thing is, that most of the songs I wrote were from 1+ years ago when I had a very different mindset (play speed-light fast as complex as possible) so, at the time of laying down the solos I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK TO DO. I tried a lot of things and a lot of approaches but the background was so chaotic that no matter what I tried, the music was going to be nothing but messy, chunky monsters. After dealing with them for several weeks, I decided to improvise it all, record it and pick the best bits and improve them extending the melodies (I always do this, this time I left more room for improvisation).

After that, the vocals. Since this project started a year ago I didn't quite know what "voice" to use. Some good friend of mine recommended me to listen to all the Overlord albums and infer the kind of voice that would be the logic progression from them. So after I tried different ones, I stayed with the low register mixed with the high ones. I followed the same protocol I always used (I even recorded with the same microphone I used in "Tolerance Collapse").

About the lyrics? I tried to be as percussive as I could to inject even more dynamics to the music. I ended up using my voice as another instrument using a lot of consonants for the mid parts.

Oh, and I DIDN'T WRITE ANY LYRICS!

And I didn't even bother too much about the artwork. The idea was simplistic. Minimalist.

Blast from the future?

And the day came, it was last week or so.

And here I am.

So what about Overlord? It's over. There was a time when I wanted to project this project but not anymore. My tastes changed for better. Honestly I can't see myself playing Thrash again in the near future. but there's one more reason.

I feel like musically I did enough for Thrash Metal. I STARED AT THE LIMITS OF THE GENRE.

So why not playing Death Metal, the logical next step? Because for the most part is tasteless, spiceless, deathly-sounding (could that be the reason of the name of the genre?), it doesn't have the "party" vibe I love. And I'm all about life and creation.

At the moment for me Thrash is a dead-end. That's why it went to shit in the 90's, came back in the 2000's and it's sort of gone again. You can't be partying and philosophying at the same time (at least not in the literal, most-associated sense) it gets weird and preachy. And we all know a party can't last forever, there's a time where everybody falls asleep, wake up again and come back.

I still listen to a lot of extreme music, even when not as much as before, but I still do it sometimes. It is actually true that thing about thrash; it's until death.

Flatuleitor out.

"Tolerance Collapse" Review #1

Self-released (2014)

Rating: 8/10

Overlord is a one-man thrash band that I really enjoy listening to, and have done since the Tiempos Antares debut which emerged in 2011. Since then, the one and only multi-instrumentalist known as Flatuleitor has carved out quite a career, resulting in a trio of albums, with this one following on from 2013’s Blackout.


The man rises every morning out of Santiago, Chile, and believe me, this is the sort of thrash metal you should get up for too. Forget the current batch of pretenders; Overlord is a sneering, dry-throated and nefarious project which comes complete with some truly staggering soloing and thrash compositions that blend grisly black metal and technical old school thrash metal in the vein of old Kreator and the likes.


Considering this guy was born in 1991, I can only applaud his knowledge, maturity and passion for thrash metal, and bow down and worship some of the blistering numbers he has to offer here. Clearly pissed off with the world, Flatuleitor finds time to let off steam amid a barrage of evil drums, raw stripped down guitars and earthy bass, but without sounding like all the crust-covered, punk-influenced black metal bands doing the rounds. Instead, this is best described as no frills yet thrilling thrash metal.

This release has everything you’d want from a thrash metal album; the chugging riffs which make way for starker practice to a progressive bass ramble, those vicious, ash-coated vocals which come to life on the likes of ‘Don’t Fuck With Science’, the snarling opener ‘Karadima Boys’ which vents anger and condemnation at the Catholic church, and the technical prowess of ‘Modern-Days Skeptic Flux’.


It’s one of those albums that deserves recognition, because I can only guess at what this guy could be capable of with a more substantial team behind him. If – like me – you’ve been brought up with primitive thrash metal then Tolerance Collapse really is going to be your thing, because it boasts clever lyrics, some superb riffs, solos and fluent structures which enable the record to haunt the ears like some malevolent spectre. While old school Kreator comes to mind, I’m also hearing the likes of Protector as well as Sadus within those scathing rhythms and bestial vocals.


While there may be countless bands called Overlord, make sure you lend an ear to this one. As one-man bands go, this is mightily impressive thrash metal. Laced with melody and hinting at death metal with shades of blacker influence, this is at times a progressive extreme metal experience that only gives us a glimpse as to what this man is capable of.


Neil Arnold

Note: I read this review months ago and I thank you Neil for your comments about the album. It means a lot to me, thank you.

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Flatuleitor out.