1.Do you like the extreme music in Germany in these times ? Stef: Yes, I like it very much, because I hate all the fucking trends which are around this times, for example I don`t like that kind of music called "True Metal", I think music from the heart is always true, doesn`t matter which style it is..... Another fact for me is that the most of the modern Metal bands sound to poppy, because they use to much keyboard sounds.There are some very good and popular Thrash Metal bands in Germany for example Kreator or Tankart. We are going to play one show together with Tankart in November the 6th in Munich/Germany. At the moment the Thrash Metal scene in Germany is growing, so I think that this scene can get as big as in the late 80`s again. Most of all I like Slayer, for me they are the heaviest and most aggressive band in the world. 2.Armistice, how this band was born: Stef: Armistice was "born" 1993 after two school friends started to play their instruments: Stefan Paster on bass and myself on guitar. We had a drumer who could`nt jam and of course we had no singer. So it was not very easy for us to get a perfect line up. Later came Manfred Hockauf, the lead guiatrrist and joined the band after he met me at the Iron Maiden concert in munich 1991. The next thing was that Stefan Paster changed his bass with a drumset and we kicked off our old drumer. Next who came in our band were David Büttner on vocals and Stefano Casto on bass. Well, the band was complete and we started to cover songs of Metallica, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. At that moment we had only one own song ready. The first concert was 1993 in a small concert hall near Munich/Germany, in front of 200 people. A few months later we recorded our first demo and it went sold out. We played many concerts until 1995, when we went into a Munich studio and recorded our first Maxi CD "Artful Killing". The CD was a great success and brought us many fans and good contacts to some magazines and fanzines. 1995 to 1996 we toured and played nearly 30 concerts in Germany. 1997 we went again to studio to record our next CD "Tied". This recording was recorded in only 2 weeks. After release the CD on BOOMERÄNG MUSIC PUBLISHING (Germany), we toured again in Germany, this time only 20 concerts in Germany. The first problems began: David Büttner left the band and we could not find another singer, so I decided to do the vocals, because I did the backgroundvocals since the beginning and so it was the best solution for the band.And here we are now: the new ARMISTICE with a new CD release and new hope for the future........ 3. On how many Festivals of music have you been presented in Europe? Do you know the Wacken City in Germany? Stef: We played many Festivals since the beginning and many concerts alone, too. I think about 20 Festivals and ca 70 concerts. But all only in Germany. We have played together with many Metal bands since 1993, for example Reactor (Germany) are good friends and toured with us 1997. I think it is very important that bands help other bands, we always do if we can.Yes, we know the Wacken Open Air here in Germany, it is very popular but we never played there, because it is big for little bands like Armistice........ha,ha,ha... 4. Do you have some video of the CD "Airraid" ? Stef: I'm sorry, but we have no videos about, pherhaps we are going to do some if we sell some more CD`s, but at the moment: no money for video !!!!  5. Could you tell some anecdote of the recording of the CD "Airraid" ? Stef: Oh yes, hahahaha.... I can: Well let me tell you, our drummer had a few problems with his drumset and the recording equipment, everytime we tried to record "Worse than yesterday.." he broke down in the middle of the song. I thought I must go crazy, cause we tried more than 20 or 30 times to record this fucking song. I was total pissed of and started to giving him bad names and after another broke down of the drums I found a plastic rattle-egg lying on the ground of the studio, showed it our drummer and said to him: "If you don`t make it right soon, we will put this plastic egg right into your fucking ass........hahaha".Well I think he thought about this words, because a short time later the song was recorded............The funny thing is that we gave the studio (own studio of our lead guitarist Manfred) the name of the plastic egg: "Rattlesnake-Chickenshake"-Studio. 6.We know that you have some contact to cuba, are you interested in some concert in Latinoamerica? For example Armistice in Caracas? Stef: W e had contact to the Radio Station "Metallic Avalanche" in Cuba, where one of our songs ("The Ultimate War") reached the audienche radio charts on position 3, but we never heard again of it, after sending some CD`s for promotion......Yes, of course we are very, very interested in concerts in Latinoamerica. The most important thing for us is to play live, it doesn`t matter in which part of the world. If you could help us, it would be great to play in your country, too. Think about it. We don`t must earn any money, because we all have good jobs. Armistice in Caracas would be like a dream come true and I think the good Metal people in your country/state would enjoy listen to our German Thrash Metal....... 7.Do you know the band Laberinto from Venezuela? The Band resided in Amsterdam-NL for 6years. They mixed the Latin rhythms with the Metal in a denominated style- Metalatino. Stef: I'm sorry, but I never have heard about a band called Laberinto, but I will send you one more of our new CD`s and it would be great if you could give it to Laberinto and send me in trade one of their recordings........I`m always interested in other bands, espescially when they mix two such powerfull music styles like Heavy Metal and Latin music. Maybe then I will know what Metalatino is. 8.Your Opinion to the Love Parade in Berlin: Stef: Oh my god !! This event is very popular in Germany, but I hate that kind of music........ In my eyes Techno is no music, because music must be played by human beings and not by a computer, a computer can`t make music.....The Love Parade in Berlin is only a big commercial event where the people listen to electric computer music, consume bad drugs and make a lot of dust on the streets..... So, I don`t need that shit !! 9.Why is it so difficult for a german band to sign a contract with Nuclear Blast or Century Media? What are the politics of these German companies? Stef: It is difficult to get signed by Nuclear Blast or Century Media, because they have already signed much bands and they got nearly all kind of Metal bands..... so they are always looking for new styles and bands and we don`t make any new style: we play old school Thrash Metal........ 10.Your opinion to the Nato in Kosova? Which opinion has Germany to the fucking United States in the conflict?Stef: Well, I think the only solution to end the conflict in Kosova is to take away their old government and make a new government. I know that many people say that it is not right that the Nato is in Kosova, but someone has to end the conflict until more civil people must die...... 11. Some words for the fans from Caracas and Venezuela: We have produced a Thrash Metal CD just for people like you, the songs come deep from our hearts, we do the music we like to hear. This is no commercial music !!! So it is great that there are people on the other site of the world who like to hear our music. Here in Germany not many people like to hear our songs. For us it is very sad that there are so much miles between Germany and Venezuela, but maybe someday we will come to Caracas to show you that there are still german bands who follow the music style of Kreator, Sodom and Tankard.................. Thrash will never die !!!! Dear people in Caracas and Venezuela, please don`t forget the name ARMISTICE, we will do a new CD next year and you can be sure that the Venezuela Scene Report, Radio Metal Mania, Radio Veracruz Stereo and Melomaniac Terror Fanzine will get it as fast as I can. Thanks a lot for reading this interview !!! If you wanna know more about Armistice, please visit our website: www.armistice.de and please don`t forget to sign our guestbook.....

Greetings from Germany !!!    Hope to see you someday,

Stefan Fischer/ Armistice