In recent years a virulent plague of old school dirty death metal has sweeped across the metal scene once again with Autopsy and ancient Swedeath worship happening aplenty in all dark cobweb-filled corners of the globe and in countries that were not so well known for producing much noteworthy death metal in the past such as Italy. Along with compatriots like Fleshgod Apocalypse and Hour of Penance, today's band of the Undead Creep are changing that. Hailing from Palermo, they have been creating quite a buzz for themselves in underground death metal circles with the release of their debut full length album 'The Ever Burning Torch' which was unleashed recently by the prolific underground American, Colorado based death metal label Dark Descent.

Undead Creep - Immolated for Reincarnation by UndeadCreep

The band's album is a fierce affair which comes bursting out of the speakers with a song ('Immolated for Reincarnation') that wouldn't have been out of place on an old Dismember album, complete with a great eerie keyboard part, reminiscent of the middle section of "Left Hand Path". The unashamed old school Swedish worship continues throughout, and they also throw in plenty of nifty Autopsy-isms with slow, doomy passages. They state they were"pushed by the urge to bring back the spirit of old school death metal the way it was meant to be" and they have most definitely succeeded: this album just reeks of the old school sound. They can also write a catchy tune. We sent some questions to drummer David Lucido and dared to delve deeper into the dark, stinking underworld where the Undead Creep lurks in the shadows....

Can you give us a quick background on Undead Creep?

"Undead creep was born in 2009 from an idea of mine and it's meant to be a side project of Haemophagus (main band of Giorgio and me). It's a tribute to old school Swedish death metal."

Are you pleased with how the album turned out?

"Yeah, we’re very satisfied about this recording, done in few hours in a small studio in Palermo; we like how it sounds, we didn’t use any editing or triggers on the drums, no effect on the vocals except some delays so you can listen to exactly what we have truly played and what we can play on the stage."

Undead Creep - Eradicated Memories by UndeadCreep

What would an Undead Creep look like in your imagination?
"The slow gait of a stinky living dead… we’re obsessed by this stuff."

Lyrically what themes do you write about?
"Macabre and horrorific themes inspired by horror/zombie movies or books are what we think about when writing lyrics to our songs, but we also take some hints both from scary and terrifying events of real life and from spooky visions carried out by our minds."

Describe Undead Creep in 5 words

"Distortion Pedal BOSS Heavy Metal."

What's your opinion on the current worldwide death metal underground/scene? The old-school style seems to have became more popular again in recent years after going back into the shadows of the underground- why do you think this is?

"I think that the current death metal underground is wonderful, there are a lot a new bands who play death metal the way it was meant to be, and also old bands who reformed or just musicians from the past who come back with new project in this vein. Of course, I’m sure that all this is not comparable to the genuine truthfulness of those bands who created this style between the end of the 80’s and the beginning of the 90’s, but, if we accept that this a revival animated by a true passion, it’s ok for me."