Tell us a little about your latest release, 'Homage to Martyrs'. Are you satisfied with it? Has it been received well?

We are very satisfied. I must admit that I was very sceptical about the album prior to recording. But the decision to go with Necromorbus studio turned out to be inspired. The production that necro came up with has made the album turn out far better than we thought it would. In fact it was the difference between us getting a record deal and shouldering the cost of recording ourselves.
On the whole the response has been pretty good. Clearly our style of music is not particularly original but I think most reviewers can recognise that we have put a lot of effort into this release. Given that it was not really intended for a mainstream audience we have not done too badly.

How would you describe your sound to someone, who has no idea about Razor of Occam yet?

As a blend of black and thrash metal. The former style is most apparent in the vocals the latter in the frenetic riffing. The album is concise, relentless and doesn’t let up the assault for the duration. You won’t find any acoustic intros or superfluous atmospherics; just a sustained merciless barrage.

What are your plans, now that 'Homage to Martyrs' is out?

We plan to support the album with some live shows later in the year including a couple of festivals. We certainly don’t want the next album to take six years to come out so we have begun work on it already. It is our ambition to make the next one better so we are working on a few new tricks, but don’t expect any compromise on the aggression.

Where do you get your inspiration from and how do you usually write a song?

Usually the basic riffs are prepared solitarily. They are then worked on by the whole band at the studio; different beats are tried and a critical ear is cast over them. At this stage many, even most, are rejected. Those that do survive the culling process are pieced together and eventually vocals, leads and bass lines are added. Pretty standard stuff. I am not too sure where the inspiration comes from but the riffs generally have to be heavy and somewhat technically demanding to last.

The world would have been a wretched place without these five albums:

Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath

Iron Maiden- Killers

Slayer- Show No Mercy

Destruction- Infernal Overkill

Morbid Angel- Altars of Madness