Hateform released their first album ”Dominance” in 2008. It was a strong opening and the band won the “Newcomer of the year” award in Finnish metal awards. I expected that Hateform would have broken its way straight to Finnish death metal elite club. For one reason or another the band didn’t get as popular as it deserved. And recently was released the second new weapon called “Origins of Plague”.

Metal Shock Finland’s JM Helmi recently had a chat with Hateform’s Tom Gardiner.

1. Hello Tom! Hateform released the second full length album “Origins of Plague” few weeks ago. We wrote a review of that album but now you have a chance to describe the album. So, what kind of piece of art have you made?

Our cover art? In the booklet, there is all these sewn up “holes”; ears, mouth, and if you look closely there is a sewn up vagina, heh heh. But the most noticeable is the front, where the sewed up eyes start to open! One eye is open, while the other is still closed.. The idea in this comes from us (people) keeping too much stuff locked inside. So put on the CD, and you’ll hear all the rage packed within us bombarding out as a “vulgar display” of musical madness.. Other way we think of our cover art is the meaning behind the title, Origins Of Plague. We’re not about dragons and magic or any of that dark age shit, but the tittle is kind of a summary of the basic thoughts behind our lyrics, between the lines! If you start to think where did the “plague” come from that consumes you and paralyzes you inside, all you have to do is look in the mirror when you wake up! So the cover art goes nicely with the title, I think!

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