Meet the Devil Himself

Forked Golden Tongue and All

Adel 156 sings for Miami, Florida hardcore band Timescape Zero and writes the 'zine Feast of Hate and Fear. The name "timescape zero" is from the works of an historian & parapsychologist who had a computer programmed to give a number when fed with current facts and figures about the state of the world; when the computer reads "zero", that means the apocalypse has begun. For a further discussions of this topic see their song "(Welcome to the) Kali-Yuga," which concerns believers of most of the major religions spending their lives in fear of some final judgment rather than biting the bullet and taking responsibility for their life and actions. T. Zero has a studio demo, a live demo, and a 7" split with Subliminal Criminal available on Adel's FeastofHate&Fear distribution list, the (sold out!) 3rd issues of his 'zine came with a Charles Manson interview and a free 7", & his new issue weighs about 4 lbs. He also has a few other things on his mail-order list. T. Zero recently recorded for a 12", and some of the songs will be coming out separately: one on the second Inside Front compilation in 2/95, one 7" on a friend's label, a split 7" with Devoid of Faith on the label Trip Machine Laboratories, some songs on a Slammie Productions CD comp with some "big metal bands," possibly a song on the 2nd Endless Fight CD comp, and other releases. T. Zero has an old-fashioned hardcore sound to them, simple hard floor stomping raw music with yelling vocals. They're looking for a new drummer then they plan to tour the East coast. They were interviewed in Maximum Rock & Roll #133. Adel told me he wrote their song "Life in Sodom" when he was sitting in prison after assaulting a man who stole from him and then attacked him. He had just been released from a year in prison (of a 5-year sentence for assaulting a policeman, of which he served one year) and figured that his life was just about over then. Fortunately has was not found guilty.
A long time ago Adel played in a SXE band called Violent Deed, they played at one of the last Youth of Today shows & he has been in touch off & on with Ray Kappo - that's why they thanked Shelter on a thanks list, not because he has any patience for Krishnas. Adel was once SXE, but left the scene because of his distaste for the newer kids… he says "sxe used to be anti-obsession, now it is an obsession." He went through a period where he was down about life, a drinker and a nihilist; but now he has a lot going for him and he wants to take care of his health and life, so he is straight, as in no drugs. Adel has lived in the USA & Europe, and traveled extensively. He first moved to Miami when he was 8; he says that even though other people complain about living in Miami he's just happy to be settled down somewhere. As far as politics, Adel says that "presently, the libertarian party is the most sensible;" he describes himself as being a 'fascist-anarchist" - he believes that everyone should be free from unjust laws, but adhere to a strict social order, similar to a tribally imposed system." Rather than being an "activist," he says "his life is his political action." He does some illegal things "like most everyone else" but he doesn't "waste time on causes," instead he seeks to protect himself and his own. He says that for his own sake, though, it's important that he keep an eye on politics, etc. Adel's ideal government would be a loose central government with no welfare state, but disability benefits and just laws, and he cited Republican Spain, Fascist Italy, and currently Amsterdam as good political situations. Adel told me that he doesn't believe that peace is really possible or even necessarily desirable. Adel subscribes to a certain form of Satanism, which he describes in detail in the 4th issue of his 'zine. He has nothing to do with idiots who think Satan as an actual entity; rather, the Satanism he is involved in is a school of thought. They use the term "Satanism" because it is derived form the Hebrew word for "adversary," & they want to emphasize the confrontational nature of their stance against mainstream society & religion today. In brief, some of his basic tenets are "do unto others as they have done unto you," be aware of your surroundings, and value yourself. He values "quality over equality," in human being as in everything else, and he hates those who ignorantly misconstrue that phrase to refer to some form of racism. Adel says that people shouldn't have to live by the Satanist rules any more than by any other set of rules, but he thinks they'd be a lot better off if they did, & he doesn't understand those who do not desire to. He recommended Nietzsche, R. Redbeard, Anton LaVey and Carl Jung as being authors that have some really good ideas to offer. Adel is a member of Anton LeVay's official Church of Satan, which is more of a think tank/philosophical group than a church. Adel told me that in Satanism certain rituals are used, to reveal to people parts of themselves they become out of touch with (the animal side of humanity, and certain unused powers of the mind). DAAB-SOUL DESTRUCTION was band he was in that performed rituals; they almost got sued for one show where people complained of after effects form the performance. The name of the band came from a rumor about experiments with astral projection by the US army in the 1950's. Adel's zine Feast of Hate & Fear is, I think, the best zine out there today: it's packed with concepts and essays that you should think upon whether or not you agree, thought-provoking comics and quotes, literally four times as many record reviews as MaxumumRockNRoll (much better ones, too!), all sorts of hilarious humor, and it's very well put together and user-friendly to boot. Adel says he started the zine to be a contrast to the typical zine of today which is filled with "useless bitching and brainless articles," by actually sitting down & thinking out everything he put in each issue. He told me that the response to issues 2 & 3 was lukewarm, probably because the readers weren't expecting or looking for the kind of zine they got. He told me that now apparently a more intelligent and interested readership has developed, so he has recently had a much more positive response. He said that his main aim with the zine is to find those like himself, that it would be nice to "enlighten others" but that he thinks that "most people are scum anyway" so that isn't a primary goal. He pays for the zine with funds form his job, and by ripping of corporate printing companies (that I guess I shouldn't name here.) Most of the comics in his zine come form political comic books he collect s form the 60's & 70's; he mentioned "Zap" and "Slow Death" as being particularly good ones. His 3rd issue had a hilarious (I mean that in a general sense) interview with Charles Manson… Adel has been in correspondence with him for a while, he told me that he's interested in him as a sort of "political prisoner" and that Manson is much more sane and aware of what is going on that he acts like he is. Write to Adel about any of his various projects at PO Box XXXXXX, South Florida, FL 330XX-XXXX, or call 305-XXX-XXXX. If you send him some stamps I'm sure he'll send you all sorts of cool stuff…