Talie Helene

WARRIOR INTERVIEWS GIGER

FOR ZERO TOLERANCE MAGAZINE

In a rare interview, Tom Gabriel Warrior, once of Celtic Frost and now heading
up Triptykon, speaks to Swiss surrealist visual artist HR Giger for issue 026
of the UK’s Zero Tolerance Magazine.
The interview, conducted by Warrior
over two sessions at Giger’s Zurich home, is an intimate and revealing
look at the artist’s life and work, which has included Oscar-winning designs
for the film Alien, not to mention numerous paintings and sculptures, many of
which have graced album covers such as Celtic Frost’s To Mega Therion
and Heartwork by Carcass.
During the interview, Giger reveals to Warrior just
how he feels about the use of his art on album covers, and much more.

Warrior’s interview with Giger is the inaugural feature in the first of an all-encompassing
two-part special on the relationship between extreme music and visual art.
Among
those sharing their thoughts on Giger and beyond are Jello Biafra, Cradle Of
Filth, Darkthrone and Satyricon.
The story continues in issue 027 when the murky
world of censorship is laid bare.

Elsewhere, Jarboe tells us about the art of collaboration, her latest release Mahakali
sees the coming together of such prolific artists as Phil Anselmo and Attila
Csihar, while Six Feet Under, Psycroptic, Hammers Of Misfortune, Thyrfing, Agathocles
and many others all join the action.

Issue 026 also marks the first of many contributions from Alan Averill (aka Primordial’s
Nemtheanga).
In his first View From The Bunker column, Alan’s feeling thoughtful
about the rise to popularity of bands such as Nightwish: “When did metal
become so fucking safe, so emasculated and so fucking dull and danger free?
Where is the livewire energy, the danger, the rebellion, because this is one
very small step from Eurovision.
Even after two minutes of this I feel like
I need to rinse my mouth out, it’s peeling the enamel off my teeth.
I’m being
force spooned treacle.
This is the anti-metal, the antithesis of what shaped
metal back in the late ’70s and ’80s and that a grown man can see himself in
this and not hate it with every ounce of his soul confuses the hell out of me.
“

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Since its inception in 2004, Zero Tolerance has set the agenda for extreme music,
representing the sonically unacceptable without compromise, exposing the darkest,
most obscure recesses of the musical imagination and celebrating its diversity.

From black, death and folk metal through to industrial, noise, power electronics
and neofolk, Zero Tolerance has consistently covered the music that other publications
simply don’t even know about – and while they play catch-up, ZT
remains several steps ahead.

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