Werewolf Records
One of the few current labels that seem to stand above the rest. My interest in this label began after I heard the debut albums of Goatmoon and Black Blood, two promising new bands that serve to solidify the fact that Finland is at the forefront of todays Black Metal scene. Since this interview, Werewolf Records has been busy releasing albums by acts from across Europe as well as a collection of unreleased material from the founders own band Satanic Warmaster. Since the interview is a year old I decided that it was time for it to finally be published. Short and to the point.

You seem to be quite busy lately with the first issue of Zabulus recently released, a new full length on the way from Satanic Warmaster, and now Werewolf Records launched with already three releases out. Tell me why you decided to start WWR and what the main goal or purpose of the label is.
Werewolf records was started as a sign of the true resistance inside the Black Metal scene among all these money-makers, opportunists, traitors and traitors who start their own labels to leech on our Black Art without deserving it! I want to spread total black metal / hate / fascist / torment propaganda, which is the TRUE FACE OF SATAN!
The bands on WWR manage to do something that most current bands fail at, that is that they create a great deal of atmosphere. Is this a quality that you look for when deciding what bands to release material from? Is there any type of criteria that WWR uses when choosing bands for the label? For instance, must all the bands share a common ideology or outlook on Black Metal?
I only deal with artists 100% devoted to their cause. A heart burning with a pure undefiled flame will always create magnificent art. All the bands I have released have a totally different approach towards Black Metal.
Thus far WWR has only released material on CD format. I know that there are plans to release the Goatmoon album on LP, which will be limited to 100 copies. Will the Black Blood and Dead Reptile Shrine albums receive the same treatment? I must ask the old question of how important you think vinyl is to Black Metal. Do you yourself have any preference when it comes to format? Also, do you not think the purpose of limited releases has been somewhat ruined as a result of things like eBay?
There is a plan for the Black Blood album to be out on vinyl too, but about D.R.S. nothing is certain yet. Format does not matter too much when it comes to the content of the recording, yet there are a lot of great possibilities in vinyl that no other formats have.
I don't give a shit if some idiot wants to spend hundreds on buying stuff from eBay.
I've read statements from you saying that Black Metal should not be viewed as simply a style of music (or something to this affect). I must say that I couldn't agree more, but could you please shed some more light on this? Was WWR created as a means to also combat the ills of Black Metal and purify the genre? Feel free to use this as a forum to discuss all that you see wrong with the current state of Black Metal and how WWR might correct this.
Black Metal is the reflection of the Luciferian light. Werewolf Records supports the destruction of the human minds of those who think Black Metal is a thing for spectators to analyze.
Judging by the photos of the bands WWR has released material from, and the WWR website itself I assume you place a great deal of emphasis on the aesthetic aspect of a band (corpse paint, candles, darkness, etc.). How much influence does a bands image have on you? Do you think that these images have become too common place within Black Metal and that there are some that are using them for all the wrong reasons?
Black Metal is a 100% aesthetical experience. Not music, not images, but everything. Thus everything is important.
That's all I've got, thanks for your time and good luck with all of your projects. Please close the interview by telling me what we shall expect from WWR in the future?
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