Luisma, please tell everybody what HAEMORRHAGE has been up to lately. I know you're working on the songs for the split CD with IMPALED. How is that coming along? Can you tell everybody about what the songs will be about, and some new titles? Any ideas for artwork yet? Are you working on any other new releases?

Luisma: Well as you said we are writting the songs for the split CD with Impaled, and it's being a very hard way as we have to write songs about things that >we never wrote about before..things like madness, torture, and things like that...the music has to fit in the music, so it's a different kind of work...complex and more twisted. The only song that has a title is "Slaved to Dismember", I don't want to give many details about this release as it's still "in the kitchen". As they same time we keep on writting and rehearsing other new songs in our old way, and these songs really flow from our brains naturally, as it's the same shit we always did...don't expect stuff like "Morgue Sweet Home"...We are going back to our deeper roots...I mean filthy, gory and straight GRIND GORE. But I guess our next release will be a video/DVD...we will shoot a video-clip as soon as we get a good location.

"Morgue Sweet Home" came out a few months ago and I feel it's one of the best albums from HAEMORRHAGE yet. I think I heard some people saying it wasn't as good as "Grume", but for me I think the band gets better and better on every release you do! The new album has kind of a more "old-school" death
metal sound, rather than just "grind-gore", what do you think? Also, I have to say I prefer the artwork on the picture disc than the actual CD cover. Are you happy with the new album?

Luisma: Yes, for me "Morgue..." is a very complete album...it has a lot of work and intention in every song...other albums came-up naturally, spontaneous, but "Morgue.." was perniciously designed. We wanted to keep our roots and style...perhaps the death metal influences are more evident that ever before but we have never hidden our predilection for cult-bands like Autopsy, Carnage, Nihilist...in the other hand it's a very fast and grinding album, but we know as long as we keep on releasing album people will say the old ones are better and things like that, but this doesn't >mean too much for us as we play the music we like, and we like to include some variations in each new release...keeping our style... About the cover you can see all our cover albums are photos not paintings,
so......

The lyrics for HAEMORRHAGE have changed over the years. It seems that you're writing more short little "horror stories" and I like that much more.
It's more creative and original I think, it makes me feel like I'm reading some kind of old classic horror comic book or something. It definitely reminds me of the old days when IMPETIGO and REPULSION wrote those cool lyrics about horror and gore subjects, even early DEATH and AUTOPSY! Tell us about your lyrics and why you like writing in this style.

Luisma: Yes, you're right...As I said it's very boring to do all the time the same things, the same music, the same kind of lyrics...After two albums I got bored of only sickness and pathological lyrics all the time...I needed anything else, so I started to write a concept album "Anatomical Inferno" and then I wrote a kind of "Anatomical...(part 2)" and it was "Morgue Sweet Home"...the same kind of stories, words, concepts...It was really funny but now it's time to change again...I really enjoy writtng about pathological stuff...I wipped out the dust from my old medical books!!!

You recently did a tour with CRYPTOPSY in Europe. How did this go? Were the guys in CRYPTOPSY cool guys? What did they think of your music? Is there
going to be another tour in 2003? I heard you guys might make it to America, is this true?

Luisma: Yeah, we were playing 23 shows in Europe with Crytopsy, Profanity and Spawn, and we are totally satisfied with that as the whole tour was really
great!! The guys of Cryptopsy are very talented and professional, we learnt a lot from them...I don't know what they think about our music as they don't know what we think about their music...it doesn't matter... We only listened to Slayer, Death, Destruction, Testament...all togheter when we were in the tour-bus parties! And it was funny...that the most important thing!
I really hope to play in the states...it's our biggest plan for 2003... I hope the guys from Morbid Records look a good tour for us...at least I would
like to play at the Ohio Death fest or something like that.

What are some newer bands that you've heard lately that you recommend? Any new albums you've picked up that you've liked, or do you mostly just listen to a lot of the older stuff? I think 2002 has been a GREAT year for grind/death metal, with the new HAEMORRHAGE album, and also the new albums from IMPALED, ENGORGED, etc!!

Luisma: Well I think it's not fair to say this as you're the interviewer but many of the best releases of 2002 were relased on Razorback...Gruesome Stuff
Relish, Machetazo, Birdflesh...you released great stuff (thanks, I appreciate tha! -Billy)... I liked Rompeprop from Holland, the new Lock-up (Terrorizer 2), Pig Destroyer and also the new Vomitory, the new one from Misfits and more stuff I don't remember now.

Were you guys happy with the IMPETIGO tribute release? Everybody really loved the artwork you did for the front cover and I think it's some of your best work ever! Are you going to do any artwork for the split CD with IMPALED? Are there any other art projects you're working on for other bands or releases?

Luisma: Thanks a lot! I'm happy if people liked it... I tried to do my best for a band as Impetigo. I don't know if I can do a cover for the split with Impaled...let's wait if I have some new idea...It has to be different that a current Haemorrhage or Impaled release. We have to look for something different. Something wicked...

Tell us about the split 7" with WTN from Singapore. What are the songs on this release, live songs? What do you think of WTN?

Luisma: No, they are studio-songs...one from the album (Mortuary Riot) a cover version (Dead Infection), and a unreleased song (Postnecrotical Slaughter).
WTN are Sick and cool guys!!

The HAEMORRHAGE web site looks awesome, are you happy with the way it looks? It's one of my favorite band sites on the internet I think. Looks like this interview will also be added to it!

Luisma: Yes of course...I love the work of Pierre. We are a band with a lot of atrwork, bizarre pics, etc...and he knows how to combine everything perfectly creating something sick and beautiful as well as perfectly designed...I invite everyone to take a look on it!

HAEMORRHAGE has now been around for many years, and it doesn't look like it's ever going to stop which is great. How long do you think you'll keep doing this? Does it ever get boring for you? How many more albums and releases would you like to do?

Luisma: I don't know how long it will last but we still enjoy what we do and we have new projects in mind, so we still love Haemorrhage. Our motive with
Haemorrhage is "No future" like Punks!

Please give me your thoughts on the following bands: 1.Repulsion 2.Impaled 3.Ghoul 4.Cryptic Slaughter 5.Exhumed

Luisma: 1.Repulsion-It was totally nasty, sick, insane, and intense...I bought their album cause it was released by Necrosis Records ( the labels of
Carcass guys) and it was killer!!! I still worship that LP!!!
2.Impaled-The worst band on this planet! The Vocals are a mix of Ozzy Osbourne and Shakira...they're awesome..you all must check it out!
3.Ghoul-Their first album is cool, but their label is bullshit! ha, ha...
4.Cryptic Slaughter-Cult band! I play their LPs and it's still extreme. I laugh at people who thinks Bathory and Venom was the most extreme bands in
83-84 when I listen C.S.
5.Exhumed-They are great! We played with them in Obscene fest and they were the best band there...Anyway I miss the sick voice of Ross...

What kind of movies do you all like? Horror? Sci fi? Have you checked out any DVD releases? I'm a huge fan of Spanish horror cinema, the "Blind Dead"
films and all the old Paul Naschy films are excellent. All are very gory, atmospheric, and also very sleazy! Are you into this kind of stuff?

Luisma: Yes I like Horror, Gore, Splatter and all bizarre movies, but too say the truth I don't watch movies now...I'm totally busy with Haemorrhage, my job
and my dog, so I just watch football and things like that...Anyway I enjoy also another knid of commercial stuff like "The Lord of the Rings"...I'm a
wimp!

Do you think there is a future for grind/gore/death metal type of music? Is it going to ever stop, or just get really boring you think? I think if it wasn't for bands like HAEMORRHAGE I would have given up on this music, your band really helps keep this alive for me and I hope it keeps going!

Luisma: For Grind Gore I say the same than I said before "No future"...I can not imagine myself listening to new Grind Gore bands in 2002...but I'm sure I
will love this music forever so as long as I live Grind Gore will be alive (at least in my heart!)

I really love the Spanish death/grind bands of today, there's so many great ones and I hope more to come! What do you think of the following bands: MACHETAZO, GRUESOME STUFF RELISH, TU CARNE, and REPUGNANCE? Any other cool bands you'd like to mention? Somebody should make a Spanish grind/death CD compilaiton I think!

Luisma: Yes, some people say"The New Wave of Spanish Grind Gore"...All those bands are among my favourites...No patriotism or bullshit. When we started we were the only band into pure Grind Gore ( There was also Necrotic-cool band!) and now I'm really happy to see all this great bands! For me Spain
has some of the greatest band s of the moment! ha, ha...have you listened to Rosendo? Obus??? El Fary???

Those are all my questions! Thanks for answering them Luisma, and for being one of the coolest guys in the underground ever! I'll keep supporting HAEMORRHAGE forever. Any final comments?

Luisma: Thanks a lot for this interview, you support during the years and I hope to meet you if we play in the states someday! STAY SICK!!!!!!