Few bands get signed to play a large, worldwide festival without ever having released anything on a major label. One of those few are Toronto's Acts of Hate, forerunners of the Canadian metal scene and self proclaimed "Prime Ministers of Brutality." Alternative Press had the privilege of being squeezed into the no-doubt chaotic (punny, the group is signed to Chaos Records) schedule of recording and get an interview with vocalist Sam Fischer and guitarist Tony Sammartino. They are elated about the results of the Carnival of Sounds, the first worldwide tour they've participated in, although it wasn't without tragedy. During the first couple months of the tour, drummer Nick Osborne and guitarist Kyle Badriju abandoned the band due to the stress of life on the road. Accordingly, the following couple weeks shows were played with the help of Erin's Silence and Hugh Keeley of Mount Olympus. We learned about that, and more, in the ensuing interview.
AP: So, you've played across the globe, what's next for AoH?
TS: Ketchup Chips.
AP: Ketchup chips?
SF: Did you know that they don't make ketchup chips in america? Like, what the fuck!? What are we supposed to eat? We can't live off of vanilla coke and jack in the box! We need some good old canadian KETCHUP CHIPS.
AP: It must have been hard on you, not having ketchup chip access 24/7
TS: Fucking right.
AP: Anyways, during a show in texas, you were actually booed of stage-
SF: What the fuck? No we weren't. Here's the actual story, it's kind of funny. We were doing our thing when this pseudo-religious cult called the warriors of christ or some other stupid name decided to throw crosses and shit on stage. We decided to leave. They fucked up.
TS: Yeah. The idea that we can't express ourselves freely in this day and age scares me. People in texas scared me. Texas is a pretty sketchy place.
AP: Any injuries?
SF: Our drummer, Neil, he got a vial of holy water to the dome. It was pretty funny, although at the time we were pissed.
AP: Any other highlights from the tour?
SF: We made John from Erin's Silence drink rancid salad dressing. The mess he made was just...brutal. I think Jeff said something at that point that made us all crack up, and Neil laughed so hard he puked, too. It was a pukey day.
AP: Do you remember what Jeff said?
SF: Uh...not at the moment. It'll come to me.
AP: So you're recording your album right now, and of all producers you chose....Erich Hess?
SF: -laughs- Well, the idea came up during the tour and we were just like...fuck this man, Erich's cool, this album is gonna sound different. I mean Erich is basically the Justin Bieber of Psychobilly. That's good. I should patent that. Anyway, he's super cool and he's gonna make this album even better.
AP: Tony, got anything to add?
TS: -looks up from his iphone- Nah. I'm fucking boring.
SF: It's true. Tony's boring. Wait, no, rob is more boring, only because Rob is nice; Tony is an asshole.
TS: -looks the interviewer up and down- You're fuckin' ugly, man. Seriously.
AP: I'll take that into consideration. Anyways, looks like this is the end, but did you remember what Jeff said that made Neil puke?
SF: Oh yeah, John puked and like fainted right into his own gloop - thats the sound it made, gloop! and Jeff just wen't "That is soooooooooooooooooooo wrong." When you print that in the magazine, make sure you write it with a lot of O's.
