疯狂杀戮 - 美国Goregrind乐队Sulfuric Cautery专访

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今天采访到的是来自美国的Goregrind乐队Sulfuric Cautery组建于2015年的Sulfuric Cautery最初由Isaac一个人组建，在经过了大量Spilt，EP，现场录音专辑之后再2019年发行了他的第一张正式专辑“Chainsaws Clogged with the Underdeveloped Brain Matter of Xenophobes”，这张专辑发行之后便收到了高度的好评和关注，也成为了当时美国最炙手可热的一支单人乐队，这张专辑融入了大量的Hardcore、Noisecore/Noisegrind和 Grindcore元素，首先你会感受到这张专辑在鼓的部分做的非常的精良，尤其是军鼓的部分与其他很多Goregrind乐队有很大的区别，大部分Goregrind的军鼓采用敲铁桶的方式，而Sulfuric Cautery乐队在这方面更是下足了功夫，你可以感受到更多的细节，而且这张专辑在制作方面非常的精良，与其他的Goregrind乐队那种粗糙的制作有很大的反差，2024年Derek以吉他 / 歌手的身份加入了乐队，也为乐队带来了更多的灵感，同时Isaac也可以更专心的创作鼓的部分，Derek加入之后发行了大量的作品，尤其是2025年发行了两张正式专辑，这两张专辑发行之后也是得到更多人的关注和好评，尤其是“Consummate Extirpation”这张专辑有了很大的转变，在之前的作品可以说最纯粹的Goregrind作品，但是在“Consummate Extirpation”这张作品当中乐队运用了更多Brutal Death Metal的元素，今年乐队发行了他们的最新EP专辑“Catastrophic Antiphospholipid”，这张专辑也在Isaac自己运营的Blast Addict厂牌发行，在新专辑发行之际，杂志与乐队的创始人Isaac取得联系进行了一次专访！

（V: 代表笔者 I: 代表Isaac）

Today we’re interviewing Sulfuric Cautery, a goregrind band from the U.S. Formed in 2015, Sulfuric Cautery was originally a one-man project led by Isaac. After releasing numerous split albums, EPs, and live recordings, the band released its first full-length album, Chainsaws Clogged with the Underdeveloped Brain Matter of Xenophobes, in 2019. Upon its release, the album received widespread acclaim and attention, making the band one of the hottest one-man acts in the U.S. at the time. The album incorporates heavy elements of hardcore, noisecore/noisegrind, and grindcore. First and foremost, you’ll notice the exceptionally polished drumming—particularly the snare drum—which sets it apart from many other goregrind bands. Most goregrind bands play the snare drum by striking a metal bucket, but Sulfuric Cautery has put a great deal of effort into this aspect—you can hear much more detail. Furthermore, the album’s production is exceptionally polished, standing in stark contrast to the rough production typical of other goregrind bands. In 2024, Derek joined the band as guitarist and vocalist, bringing fresh inspiration to the group while allowing Isaac to focus more intently on his drumming. Following Derek’s arrival, the band released a large volume of material, notably two full-length albums in 2025, Following the release of these two albums, the band garnered more attention and acclaim. In particular, the album “Consummate Extirpation” marked a significant shift—while their earlier work could be described as the purest form of goregrind, on “Consummate Extirpation” the band incorporated more elements of brutal death metal. This year, the band released their latest EP, “Catastrophic Antiphospholipid,” released on Blast Addict, the label run by Isaac himself. To mark the release of this new EP, the magazine reached out to the band’s founder, Isaac, for an exclusive interview!

(V: Author | I: Isaac)

采访对象：Isaac（Sulfuric Cautery乐队鼓手）

采访时间：2026.08.30

V: 嗨Isaac，很高兴认识你，非常感谢你接受这次采访。我想这应该是你们乐队首次接受中国杂志的采访。首先，我想向所有中国乐迷问好。Sulfuric Cautery成立于2015年，是一支拥有11年历史的老牌乐队。当初你们是如何组建这支乐队的？

Hi Isaac, it's nice to meet you and I'm very grateful for your participation in this interview. I think this is the first time your band has been interviewed by a Chinese magazine. First of all, I'd like to say hello to all our Chinese fans. Sulfuric Cautery was formed in 2015 and is an old band with an 11-year history. How did you form this band in the first place?

I: 嘿！感谢你的关注，我想这确实是我第一次接受中国杂志的采访！我组建这支乐队是因为2015年搬到了一个新城市，当时想创作最极端的grind音乐。

Hey! Thanks for your interest, I believe this is indeed the first interview I’ve ever done for a Chinese magazine! I formed this band because I moved to a new city in 2015 and wanted to make the most extreme grind possible.

V: 起初，你是乐队的唯一成员，这个项目完全是你个人的项目。2024年Derek的加入使它转变为一个双人组合。Derek是如何加入乐队的？你对他的表现满意吗？起初，你独自承担了乐队所有的歌曲创作工作。现在，Derek的加入分担了一部分工作量。他给乐队带来了哪些新的创作灵感？

Initially, you were the sole member of the band, and the project was entirely your own project. Derek's addition in 2024 transformed it into a duo project. How did Derek join the band, and are you satisfied with his work? Initially, you handled all the songwriting for the band alone. Now, Derek's involvement has shared some of the workload. What new creative inspiration has he brought to the band?

I: 其实，我从来都不是这支乐队的唯一成员，一直都有乐队伙伴！除了鼓之外，我不会演奏其他乐器，所以Sulfuric乐队里一直都有其他人负责吉他/主唱（甚至有一段时间还有人负责贝斯，哈哈），尽管目前我是乐队里唯一的创始成员。 Derek是在2023年底加入的，因为当时我正在物色新的吉他手，而且我很喜欢他之前所在的其他乐队。我们进行了一次“试音”，效果非常好。我觉得他真的理解乐队的精神以及乐队的创作灵感，这让我们一起即兴演奏起来很轻松，尤其是作为二人组合，两位成员保持步调一致真的非常重要。我仍然主要独自在家创作歌曲，但在排练室即兴演绎这些作品时，他总能提出极具价值的建议。

Actually, I was never the sole member of this band, and have always had bandmates! I can’t play any instrument other than drums so there’s always been other people doing guitar/vocals(and even bass for a brief period haha) in Sulfuric, although I am the only original member of the band at this point. Derek joined in late 2023 because I was looking for a new guitarist at the time and I liked the other bands he played in, we had one “try out” and it went great. I think he really understands the spirit of the band as well as the inspirations for the band, which makes it easy to jam together, especially as a 2 piece it’s really important that both members are on the same page. I still do most of the songwriting by myself at home but he’s had great input when we jam the songs out at our practice space.

V: 你们的所有录音作品都非常出色。你们是在哪家录音室录制专辑的？由谁担任制作人？你们今年刚发行了最新EP，录音过程进展如何？

All your recordings are excellent. Which studio did you record your albums in? Who produced them? You just released your latest EP this year; how did the recording process go?

I: 谢谢！自乐队成立以来，我们在录音方面一直尝试各种不同的做法，从未固定过某个录音场所，也没有固定的混音师或母带工程师。根据每张专辑想要呈现的氛围，与不同的人合作并进行尝试，这过程非常有趣。例如，去年我们在New Balance Studios与Michael Foster合作录制了"Consummate Extirpation"并请他负责混音，因为他对Brutal Death Metal非常熟悉，而这些歌曲正是我们重点呈现的风格。而"Killing Spree"则是我们在排练室用四轨录音机自己录制的，因为我们希望这些曲目能呈现出粗粝、过载的音色。新EP"Catastrophic…"的录制过程非常顺利，我们再次全程自主完成录制，但这次使用的是数字设备，而不是四轨录音机。这也是我们第一次坐在同一个房间里共同完成混音和母带处理，能够一边试听作品一边互相交流想法，而不是通过邮件来回传送混音版本并进行修改，这种体验非常有趣。

Thank you! For as long as the band has existed we’ve always tried different things with recordings, we’ve never had a go to place to record or person to mix or master our tracks, it’s been fun to experiment and work with different people depending on what vibe we’re going for on the release. For example, last year we recorded “Consummate Extirpation” at New Balance Studios with Michael Foster and had him mix it as well because he’s super familiar with brutal death metal, which we leaned into on those songs. Whereas we recorded “Killing Spree” by ourselves in our practice space on a 4-track because we wanted a raw, blown out sound for those tracks. Recording for the new “Catastrophic…” EP went really smoothly, we recorded everything ourselves again, but used digital equipment this time instead of the 4-track. It was also the first time we sat down and mixed/mastered a release together in the same room, it was fun being able to bounce ideas off each other while listening back to stuff instead of emailing mixes back and forth and making revisions on those.

V: 血腥、暴力与病理学是你们的音乐主题。为什么选择这些主题？你们想通过它们表达什么？

Gore, Violence, and Pathology are your musical themes. Why did you choose these themes? What do you want to express through them?

I: 我们坚持这些主题，主要是因为我们是一支goregrind乐队，希望向该流派的经典元素致敬，而且这些主题与创造最极端的音效在逻辑上非常契合。我们还有一些主题指向更具政治性的反压迫/反帝国主义方向，但也会尝试将它们融入戈尔/残暴的滤镜中，以便在专辑的整体语境中与其他内容自然融合。

We stuck with those themes largely because we’re a goregrind band and wanted to pay tribute to the established tropes of the genre, and they are a pretty logical thematic match to making the most extreme sounds possible. We have some themes that point in a more political anti-oppression/anti-imperialism direction as well, but try to run them through the gore/brutal filter too so they flow well with everything else in the context of a release.

V: 你们的标志和视觉设计非常契合Grindcore风格。这些视觉作品是由谁设计的？

Your logo and artwork are designed to fit the Grindcore style very well. Who designed these artworks for you?

I: 我们的标志是由Hyperemesis乐队的Andy设计的，这些年来他设计过我最喜欢的几个标志，所以当我们组建乐队时，请他来设计这个标志是理所当然的选择。虽然也有几位艺术家为我们创作过视觉作品，但绝大多数都是由Vicky “Liddo Animal” Morales完成的。我认为她的风格与我们的音乐完美契合——既精致又充满原始感，我会尽量多与她合作。除此之外，我很感激能与Seth Rothberg、Jason Hodges、Pierre De Palmas等其他优秀的艺术家合作，为SxCx创作视觉设计。

Our logo was done by Andy from Hyperemesis, he’s made some of my favorite logos over the years so he was an obvious choice to ask for this one when we started the band. We’ve had a few people do artwork for us, but the vast majority of it has been done by Vicky “Liddo Animal” Morales, I think her style is a perfect match for our sound, it's intricate while still being raw and I’ll try to work with her as frequently as possible. Beyond that, I’m thankful to have been able to work with some other awesome artists for SxCx artwork like Seth Rothberg, Jason Hodges, Pierre De Palmas, etc.

V: 你曾与多家厂牌合作发行专辑，目前你的乐队签约于Blast Addict。你是如何与这家厂牌取得联系并开始合作的？你对与这些厂牌的合作感到满意吗？

You've collaborated with many labels to release albums, and currently your band is signed to Blast Addict. How did you get in touch with this label and begin working with them? Are you satisfied with the work you've done with these labels?

I: 我是Blast Addict的负责人，所以选择它是很自然的事，哈哈。能够在新作准备就绪后立即发行，而不必等待数月让别人准备好提交，这感觉很棒；此外，作品由我们自主发行，一旦艺人样片售罄，我们也能立即为乐队补货，这一点也很不错。不过我们并没有与Blast Addict签订独家合约，近年来我们仍然与一些我们喜欢的厂牌合作，比如P2、625、Bones Brigade和Obliteration，而且我们确实对与所有这些厂牌的合作都很满意！

I run Blast Addict, so it was a logical choice haha. Being able to send a release off as soon as it’s ready instead of waiting months for someone else to be ready to submit it is nice, as is having our releases in house and being able to get more for the band as soon as we run out of artist copies. We’re not exclusively signed to Blast Addict though, we still work with other labels that we’re fans of, such as P2, 625, Bones Brigade, and Obliteration within recent years, and we have indeed been satisfied working with all of them!

V: 首先，恭喜你们乐队今年发行了最新EP专辑"Catastrophic Antiphospholipid"。你们的作品非常出色；超快的鼓点和清脆的军鼓声吸引了众多乐迷的关注。从早期的grindcore风格到后期融入Brutal Death Metal元素的作品，你们发行的每一张专辑都广受欢迎。你们的制作既厚重又精致，却又充满粗犷而犀利的质感。你的鼓技确实令人惊叹，充满了Brutal Death Metal特有的律动感——既快速又极其精准稳健，同时也不乏grindcore风格的鼓点。早期作品中充斥着Punk风格的吉他riff，而后期作品则用Brutal Death Metal的riff取代了Punk的riff，使作品显得更加凶猛。你对自己的作品有何看法？

First of all, congratulations to your band on the release of your latest EP album, "Catastrophic Antiphospholipid," this year. Your work is excellent; the super-fast drumbeats and crisp snare drum sounds have garnered a lot of attention from fans. From your early grindcore style to your later works incorporating Brutal Death Metal, every album you've released has been very popular. Your production is heavy and sophisticated, yet full of your rough and sharp feel. Your drumming is truly amazing, full of the groovy feel of Brutal Death Metal—fast, yet very precise and steady, with some gridcore drumbeats as well. Your early works were filled with punk-style riffs, but your later works replaced punk riffs with Brutal Death Metal riffs, making your work even more ferocious. What are your thoughts on your work?

I: 感谢大家的赞美！自乐队成立之初，我们的目标就一直是创作最极端的器乐音乐。多年来，我们一直通过戈雷格林德/格林德核的框架来实现这一目标，但在上一张专辑中，我们决定尝试通过Brutal Death Metal / Goregrind的视角来达成同样的目标。 "Catastrophic Antiphospholipid"标志着我们回归纯粹的Goregrind音色，全是短曲，没有Slam等元素，不过我们目前正在创作更多BDM风格的作品。多年来，我们的“音乐”几乎完全由爆击鼓点构成，如今能转换手法、尝试不同风格，同时又忠于乐队的精神，这非常有趣。以这种方式持续即兴演奏和创作，让我们始终保持着新鲜感和趣味性。我对这些年来我们的大部分旧作依然相当满意，当然，有些作品随着时间的推移，表现确实比其他作品更经得起考验。

Thanks for the kind words! From the beginning of the band the goal was always to make the most extreme instrument based music possible, for many years we did that through the context of goregrind/grindcore but for our last album decided to try and achieve the same goal through a brutal death metal/goregrind lense. Catastrophic Antiphospholipid is a return to a pure goregrind sound, all short songs and no slams or anything, but we do have more BDM style material we’re working on now. With making ‘music’ that is almost entirely comprised of blast beats for so many years now it’s been fun to switch up the approach and try different styles while staying true to the spirit of the band, it keeps it interesting and fresh for us to keep jamming and writing that way. I’m still pretty happy with most of our old releases through the years, some aged better than others for sure though.

V: 今年发行了新EP专辑后，你们还有哪些计划？比如，会继续创作新歌吗？能和大家分享一些消息吗？

After releasing your new EP album this year, what other work do you have planned? For example, will you continue to create new songs? Can you share some information with everyone?

I: 我们与Group Think合作的一张7英寸合辑，预计在本文发布时（即两周后）就会面世；此外，两周后我们将开始录制与Shooting Spree合作的12英寸合辑；同时，我们已经着手创作另一张全长专辑，希望能在2027年发行。

We have a split 7” with Group Think that will probably be out by the time this is published, in 2 weeks we’re recording for a split 12” with Shooting Spree, and we started writing for another full length album that we hope to have out in 2027.

V: 你参加过许多现场演出。其中哪些给你留下了深刻印象？能描述一下那些演出的现场氛围吗？2026年还有哪些新的现场演出在等着你们？

You've participated in many live performances. Which ones left a deep impression on you? Could you describe the atmosphere at those performances? What new live performances await you in 2026?

I: 啊，是的，自乐队成立以来，我们演出很多，巡演也相当频繁，很难一一列举，但就最近的演出而言，卡尔加里的“Sonic Terror Fest”、纽约的“Barely Breathing Fest”，以及我们在布达佩斯和盐湖城的演出，都充满了疯狂而充满活力的表演。演出氛围会因地点而异，但我们会尽力让现场对观众来说尽可能地势不可挡、震撼人心。在2026年的剩余时间里，我们将参加洛杉矶的“Revenge of Corpse Fest”，与Casket Mush和Group Think一同巡演至本德的“Bend Speedfest”，并将于10月首次在南美洲的哥伦比亚演出。

Ah yes we have played a lot and toured fairly consistently since the band’s inception, it’s hard to go through all of them but in terms of recent performances, Sonic Terror Fest in Calgary, Barely Breathing Fest in New York, and our shows in Budapest, and Salt Lake City were all insane and energetic sets. The atmosphere changes quite a bit depending on where the show is, but we try to make it as unrelenting and overwhelming as possible for the audience. For the rest of 2026, we’re playing Revenge of Corpse Fest in LA, touring up to Bend Speedfest with Casket Mush and Group Think, and playing in South America for the first time in Colombia in October.

V: 你们是一支非常棒的乐队。从你们最早的作品开始，我就一直关注着你们。能和你们交谈并进行这次采访，我也感到非常高兴。希望你们能推出更多新作品。同时，也希望有更多中国乐迷能了解你们这支乐队。采访即将结束，你们有什么想对中国的乐迷说的吗？

You are a very good band. I have been following your band since your earliest works. I am also very happy to be able to talk to you and interview you. I hope to release more new works. At the same time, I hope that more Chinese fans will get to know your band. The interview is about to end. Is there anything you would like to say to your Chinese fans?

I: 感谢大家的关注与支持！我们一直在创作，所以肯定会有更多作品陆续发布。我听说中国音乐圈的氛围非常棒，希望有朝一日能去那里演出！也许就在2027年……

Thanks for your interest and support! We are always writing so there will definitely be more releases on the way. I have heard great things about the scene in China and hope to play there one day! Maybe in 2027…