Ulrika from S.D.W METAL (Sweden) interviews Anton van Niekerk/VERKRAG
Verkrag, hailing from Bloemfontein,
South Africa, is the solo project of Anton van Niekerk. ‘Verkrag’ is an
Afrikaans* word meaning; Rape, (raped, raping), violation, assault,
ravishment.
By combining horrific and atmospheric sounds and dark Black and Death
Metal riffs, Verkrag openly portrays the feelings of insanity and
despair. Lyrical content include themes like rape, torture, cannibalism
and necrophilia. These acts however are not promoted by any means but
merely portrayed through the eyes of the deranged killer. It is a
journey into the mind of the psychotic.
Work on the debut album entitled ’13 Victims’ starts in January 2009 and
13 alternative models from around the globe begin contributing rape
victim photography to the Verkrag site to be used in the CD design and
on t-shirts.
Verkrag is interviewed by beyondthedarkhorizon.com (based in Texas,
U.S.A) in February and appeared in the March 2009 issue of “Beyond the
Dark Horizon – Other Worlds” magazine. ‘THE CLEANSING of the Whore’
appeared on the compilation CD entitled “In Blackest of Hate – 12
Extreme Tracks”. Verkrag also gets airplay on Beyond the Dark Horizon
Radio.
In June Verkrag victims models Vanessa & Elena were chosen to be
part of the 24 models (out of more than hundred submissions), in the
Dark Funeral Diaboliswear merchandise model contest and are announced
the 2 winners in August.
Dark Funeral and The Nordic Rage Metal Festival use banner designs by
Anton van Niekerk to promote the fest on the 26th of September and
Verkrag gets added to the Dark Funeral Top Friends list on their
official myspace.
Verkrag starts finalizing the recording, mixing and mastering of
material for the ‘13 Victims’ album in October and sends the material to
be reproduced in November only to be told that it simply is too
offensive and they refuse to continue even after payments were made…Thus
the ‘13 Victims’ debut album is self-financed and officially released
on the beautifully blasphemous date of sinful Sunday December 13th.
2010 kicks off with Verkrag getting more International airplay on shows
like 'Rage Cage' on CJSW 90.9FM(Canada), ‘Audio Aggression’ on Brutal
Existence Radio(U.S.A), and 'Brutalism' (Holland) to name but a few.
Interviews also follow from webzines like Mutilador (Mexico), Fueled
Magazine (Belgium) and Black Dragon(Sweden).
Canadian horror & fantasy writer Atusha Avarus starts work on ‘The
Verkrag Chronicles’. A story inspired by the ’13 Victims’ album but of
course with a twist.
Verkrag contributed guest vocals to the track ‘Black Hole’ by Norwegian
Black Metal band Wrath Passion. This is the 1st time ever South African
and Norwegian Black Metal musicians have worked together in creating a
Black Metal piece.
Verkrag made it through 4 rounds of elimination with 24 bands entered
from around the globe and won the final round and the right to be called
the best band of the past 2 years of the DJ Boo Metal-X Radio All Star
Battle of the Bands contest.
*n.
A language that developed from 17th-century Dutch and is an official
white language of South Africa.
(Verkrag Biography Aug 2008 – Feb 2010)
For all the latest Verkrag news updates visit http://www.verkrag.com
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