[Editor's Note: In the ultimate act of laziness and in an effort to quickly update the site, I did not edit Insan0's typed answers. They appear exactly as he sent them to us, and perhaps that is the way he wanted them to appear in the first place.]

It’s should be no secret to horroryearbook alumni that your old pal Brain Hammer loves Satan. I say it all the time. Any of friend of the Devil is a friend of mine…and one of my more interesting myspace friends is an INSANELY talented and demented motherfucker named insan0. insan0 is blowing the fuck up out of the underground with his unique brand of “Ultra Psychopathic Snuff Serial Killer Horrorcore Brutal Evil Extreme Satanic Death Murder Music.”

On Halloween Night 2009, insan0 dropped a brand new ep titled SAY YOU LOVE SATAN. This 3 track ep was created specifically for the true crime/murder music enthusiasts. SAY YOU LOVE SATAN is inspired by true events – a violent murder that occurred in Northport, New York back in 1984. Ricky Kasso (RIP) was THE ACID KING. He supplied the town of Northport with all the doses, dope, and dust they needed, and then some. Gary Lauwers was a scumbag who made the fatal mistake of ripping off the Acid King and he paid with his young life. Ricky, along with his evil disciples Jimmy and Albert invited Gary out for a night of fun in Azteka Woods, and then butchered him as a sacrifice to SATAN.

insan0’s SAY YOU LOVE SATAN ep takes you right back to that dark night in 1984 and puts you right inside the twisted mind of the Acid King. The three new original songs are titled “The Acid King,” “Knights Of The Black Circle,” and “Say You Love Satan.” There are also several samples and intermission skits that stretch out the running time to over 15 minutes. The whole ep is meant to be listened to from start to finish, and it not only neatly tells the story of Ricky Kasso, it also captures his spirit. This is pure aggression, unbridled rage, and drug fueled paranoia. It’s also a crushing hybrid of hardcore hip hop and heavy metal. Fans of demented shit like Necro, Twiztid, or even Macabre will eat this up.

I was so fucking impressed with insan0’s music and the new SAY YOU LOVE SATAN ep that I decided to drop him a line and ask him a few questions…

Horror Yearbook: Give me the story of insan0. How did you get started? How long have you been making music?

insan0: I have been dropping underground albums since 2002.. & Been making alternative hardcore music for over 17 years..& producing recording my own music (and music for others) for nearly 6 years…

i always knew i wanted to be a muso of some sort as a kid..& just kept with it..i started playing guitars and drums in school bands in my early teens,…I’m self trained…& had a few lessons in school on drums…along time ago my best friend pedj showed me all the power chords on guitars…i basically took it from there and rolled with it.

The first punk hardcore metal grunge band i joined in the 1990’s at the time ‘clinic’ had 2 guitarists…so because i could play drums,i took the job of beat smith & one of the song main writers..i still played guitars but not as much,So we got good,we did shows in our home town,wrote over 100 songs…picked the best songs & we recorded a album on 2 inch tape in a proper studio in 2002..the album is a classic..we weren’t online…we were 100% crazy at this stage…,people that had computers were nerds & geeks to us,in the end the album was never released & soon after we broke up.

i got really into the drums & a lot of crazy music in this period,and had a natural ability to write songs on keyboards,guitars or drums…and i was ok with lyrics..besides skateboarding or motorbike riding or watching movies,making crazy music was something i liked to do and was good at. .i been recording decent alternative underground music since the year 2000, played shows in clubs & pubs in my home town to decent sized crowds.,we did it old school no Internet promo…word of mouth & by putting out flyers and networking.we did sick shows,pulled big crowds and got paid fuck all because we didn’t know anything about business or how to handle our shit.we got ripped off for a long time….no manger..or brains,you know the deal,,i paid my dues old school style.

So i came into a nice bundle of cash in 2002 wheeling & dealing and spent $4,000 on a sick new drum kit (i got a big discount…it was like a $7,000 kit..but i knew the shop owner and paid in cash..i was lucky to get it) & in 2003 i jammed with lots of other bands in my home town..

i knew nothing about the Internet or computers & began to see the power of the net….i began to teach myself and got some tips,hooked up a net rig ‘n’ i finally Went Online in 2004…..Quit the bands in 2004,got back into song writing,guitar playing,writing lyrics & studied audio engineering at S.A.E college,i began to slowly set up my recording studio which cost me a lot of money,finally i went solo & dropped my first solo album called ‘Psychotic Behaviour’ ( since then re released as D.E.A.D) in 2004.it went number 1 here on out fm metal radio station..and got played a lot..i know it did well because at the time it sounded so different & raw….my music was in the charts and was charting above Marilyn manson and Anthrax…i got told Many Fans rang the station asking for my album…but i didn’t have money to release it..it was a wasted opportunity,but gave me the confidence boost i needed,i reassured me i was on the right path..it was a blip on the radar,& it was a album made from hate and anger..and was very experimental,thrashy death metal cyber grind…very unorthodox …i learned heaps of stuff in this period.& how to channel my anger into music..its not my best shit at all…but served as an exorcism because i was really depressed at the time…everything started to fall into place after this…and i found my own fucked up style…and my shit was getting out there to & heard by fans for the first time…it felt good.

After years of commitment,practice & lots of money,my skills,experience,training,my talent for writing sick deranged songs began to seriously escalate…my vision for insan0 had been born & i focused,nurtured,developed & morphed it into what it is today…

HYB: When did the concept of insan0 come together?

insan0: Early 2005…. All my past band experiences prior to 2005 left me quite bitter about ever being in another band situation,i was sick of relying on others for one thing, failing because of others & compromising because of other peoples lack of talent,skill,motivation,peoples different work schedules,personal drive & musical differences & really just sick of the band vibe etc…..so i went solo and have never looked back.I checked out tons of bands all over the world & still do & i realized there are only a hand full of artist making true evil shit….But there is so many fake evil music making poser sheep bands out there it makes me sick..they are all clones of each other & sound the same….look the same… & have enjoyed huge mainstream success…its all weak & all cashing in..but its not real evil…its commerical manufactured big budget evil poser evil….& i knew there was not 1 single person in my town that was doing what i wanted to,would want to do what im doing,or could do it that way i can…

i knew when i was creating the image of insan0 & sound/vibe,i wanted more of an overall b grade quality feel to my stuff,nothing glitzy or super slick n shiney..the polar opposite,like the feeling of finding a fucking brutal old school grimey cult horror grindhouse snuff slasher style vhs video you have never seen,& after you watch it you think fuck! thats was fucking insane shit…that director or writers that came up with that shit must have been crazy psychopaths for real!!

on a side note…for the main part,Most of the feed back i get is awesome from dark music fans….Lots of new insan0 fans always send me messages & leave comments online daily saying my shit is sicker then icp,necro,goretex,mr. hyde…..im just glad to be mentioned in this class of underground music artists,these guys have made some serious noise & cash in the underground…….so i guess im on the right road..”much love to all the insan0 fans out there.”

The difference between me & them is,I’m living in a long way from the action in Australia,Theres no scene here for fans of what i do in my country,i’m really underground…,& im un signed with no budget + i really dont care to much about being a scene queen or need my ego fed as much as them..+ i dont fit in anywhere musically in my country.

if i wanted to be rich popular & famous,i would not be making the type of music that i do…that’s for dam sure.

my only goals for insan0 are to create the sickest songs i can,what ever happens because of it is a bonus,ill cross the bridge when i get to it..i got lots of drive & ambition,but i dont have dreams of grandure..& at the end of the day music fans have ears & can tell the difference between real hardcore evil scary shit or show pony fake poor quality shit…no matter if im un signed or havent sold 50,000 cds…as my exposure & fans base grows,my day in the sun will come & fans let me know all the time,

for now im still in the shadows.Since 2005,every song i have made i actually purposely set out record pure evil & capture it in my songs.The musical reality to me,is that proper sinister devious evil music is rare to find in todays times,vary rare,,its more of a popularity contest for these poser fuckhead horror music wanabees…when i was creating the insan0 concept,i didnt want to be a part of that contest.

I think bands dont need to rap or play tunes 1 million miles a hour to get your point across..or need to have the deepest craziest cookie monster death metal vocals that most people cant understand a word of..or bands dont need to be be preaching anti religous black metal themes just so fans think your evil..or being lyrically gross just for shock value….or because your wear black clothes or paint your face….most bands dont really have a grasp or understanding of what is really scary or truely evil….& come off more comical..fake,…watered down..or more to the point,their version what they think is evil music is played out & weak and sheepish…too many bands sound the same & ripp each other off..specially all the swededcore & emo shit everyone tries to copy thesedays..fuck it makes me puke.

originality, balls & inovation to do something different is gone in todays times…

its as if all these dark vocalists & lyric writers of today are way to pollitically correct..or a vague with lyrics..scared to say what they really want,,.they make dark commerical music to pick up Fluff (aka Poon Tang aka Pussy) & get laid,emo fags…

violent guys or tuff guys or bad guys in music is fading ….it makes me sad.

Most musicians/vocalists are scared to make shit like what i do because they know most people,thier own families,friends,music fans,major record lables, a & r types,shrinks,cops, & law people will think they are crazy…

i dont care what most people would think of insan0, letting go is freeing & i know im failry crazy & offensive to most humans…

i really dig words & lyrics with impact,deeply psychological catchy violent shit that most people can remember & understand even if there is alot of lyrics & words in the song..to me,it doesnt have to rhyme at all,So i started to apply it in 2005…with no remorse…

HYB: Describe your music to someone who has never heard it.

ill try to break it down as best i can for people that have never heard of my music…or that dont understand it,.or for people that are new to this sort of stuff,or never knew it could exist.

Evil, Psychological, intense, scary, catchy, gritty, underground, lyrical, disturbing, raw yet slightly polished..

an unorthodox experimental fusion of hardcore hip hop/rap,grunge,metal & electro…i really love making brutal scary sick disturbing songs…each one is like a short psychological thriller/horror/snuff movie…Forget about any pre-conceived notion of what you may think is extreme evil music..such as your typical metal head shit like playing ultra ultra fast guitar riffs or double pedal kick drums or blast beats ..cookie monster vocals etc etc…or douche bag shit like limp biscuit metal rap shit…my shit makes Marilyn mansons horror music sound like a pg rated kids stuff…..my music scares most women….it doesn’t attract them…its like 80s proof alcohol….too much of it can fuck you up.

(its like the movie the exorcist,..that movie actually contains real evil…its a crazy fuckin’ old school film…movie fans that have seen it dont watch it everyday,day after day, after day…if you did, i think something very bad would happen to your mind.)

Musically speaking,its a mash up but a very stylized and solid sounding blend of looped soundtracks/scores, with a hip hop-rap based central foundation,with a very strong sprinkling of crust, punk, grindcore, death metal, black metal, hardcore, electro & goth….on paper, with all these genres its sounds crazy…but its not schizophrenic A.D.D music like mr bungle or is discordant or messy or has lots of changes..its a lot more straight up & simple,..the music is a back drop for the story telling.

Lyrically ….extreme psychological first person style lyrics mostly ‘in the mind of a serial killer or psychopath,mass murderer’…i don’t try to be a wigga like necro,im not a ‘g’ or a baller,i was a death metal grind punk head but i didn’t really fit in,im not a juggalo,i liked rap as a kid but im not a nigga or a crack dealer,& i liked psychological thriller/horror movies & true crime docos & books…..i don’t try to be funny in my music (but to some people its funny) or have comedy in it…i dont try to copy anyone.

Vocally,i do lots of different vocal styles….from singing,screaming,rapping,growling,death screams,hardcore vocals,whispers to multiple character style vocals….

i wouldn’t call it horrorcore or death rap or acid rap or horror rap…its not really metal rap as most people know it……but its related to these genres,..

i grew up listening to 70s & 80s rock,80s shit,…metal,thrash,punk,goth,new romantic shit,grunge,grindcore,death metal,cheesy 80s music,rap/hip hop…& im a big fan of movie soundtrack composers…they are all different genres,but some how i manage to fuse them all in my music and make it work.

HYB: What inspired you do do an ep about Ricky Kasso?

insan0: The age old argument that ‘music & drugs make people kill & make people turn evil’ was a driving force, ..and its still being fought today…Ricky was like a martyr for this cause.

People of this generation need to know his story.

i read all about Ricky kasso in one of my brothers books along time ago,and when i saw the movies ‘the black circle boys & my sweet satan’…it deeply affected me in a profound manner.

My brother & i would always talk about him & those movies when we get high on weed.,so i began to research a lot more about him online & in what ever books i could find,its as if the spirit of Ricky kasso possessed me to do it,he was very much alive in my soul & mind for a few months making me do this.

I like to think of it as a very relevant cautionary tale the shouldn’t be forgotten.

in my teens i was living the sort of life at 1 time that Ricky & his friends did…the music,the huge amounts of hard drugs,were living recklessly,had the evil influences….many others can relate to him,his friends,his story all around the world…..When i read his story,i freaked my out how many similarities there was,i felt as i personally knew him and his crew.

At one stage of my life…i was so crazy that a really good friend of mine that i knew for at least 6 or more years at the time,…owed me $20…..i literally wanted to kill him because he was giving me the run around…it was getting into some Gary and Ricky style shit…over something small.I can see how stupid & petty it is now years later that im a grown man,,,but the same principal applies.At the time,I was fucked up on drugs,depressed,living in the dark side,my home life was in shambles….& had poor self impulse control..bad things can happen when all these thing are combined & you have no parental supervision or guidance.

At any one time anywhere in the world, there is ‘rick kasso’ types out there about to loose their mask of sanity….Teenage killers are on the rise in todays times…people should be scared.

HYB: Are you down with the Acid King?

insan0: I’m down all right….i released this Satanic E.P on Halloween night oct-31 2009 as a tribute to the Acid King…(Ricky once did a seance at the infamous ‘defeo’ house in amityville on Halloween night) & it cost $6.66 to buy.

HYB: Do you condone murder?

insan0: In real life (or my personal life or person own views) i don’t condone senseless murder of innocent people for no reason..,i don’t condone abuse or murder of children…but i specially condone murder for self defense purposes,& for revenge (an eye for a eye type shit)

i also condone murder against rapists & pedophile’s…any pedophile or rapist deserves to die in the most brutal fashion possible…i have no remorse for pedos or rapists…i could kill them day in,day out & i wouldn’t loose sleep over it at all…id sleep really good & would be a happy man. (unfortunately its against the law,& i value my freedom, so i fight back the urges of wasting this type of scum off the planet as im sure many other fathers out there do…)

In my songs/lyrics,not too much is held sacred, i have slaughtered, hacked, slashed, tortured, stabbed, shot, strangled, poisoned to death & done what ever else your mind can imgine to thousands of fictional/semi fictional souls…

i have to let go of most rational sane thoughts when i write my lyrics & record my vocals,So lots of different semi fictional & fictional characters get murdered in my songs & lyrics…..,young,old,male,female,gay,lesbians,trannies,straight,all races,family pets & animals,theres female & male rape..i don’t discriminate against anyone in my lyrics/songs..but i will say this, i usually dont do lyrics about killing kids or babies,thats a super rare thing for me,im not really into child killer lyrics at all..theres better killers or things out there to write about.

HYB: Do you love Satan? If so, how often do you say it?

insan0: hahahah…Cool question….

I dont mind him…to me,its not about how often you say it,its the way you show it…sometimes actions speaks louder then words do,if i loved him,he would have to be my leader…i don’t have leaders or follow anyone or worship anyone,specially false music idols..

i really admire and agree with lots of things that charlie manson has said or stood for….in the same token,i know its part is his skill as a charismatic leader to suck people in with his words & speeches,regardless if he truely belives in what he is saying.

i have the laVey satanic bible & satanic rituals & have read them,its very funny stuff…i have studied up on lost of different religions and beliefs by freaks..Crowley,the Scientologists,Hinduism,buddism,the freemasons,illuminati etc etc…..im not a person that can be brainwashed..im a non conformist..i dont follow anyone…or i dont have a leader….im my own man,anti religious,I’m not a official member or the satanic church,(a church started by a organ playing jew!) nor do i want to be,..but i practice and live my life fairly close to the ideals of left hand path..with some pagan , buddhist – hindu philosophy & street life twists…you know,like… mind body & soul as 1……or karma & pay back is a bitch….or clean your own back yard before you point the finger..fuck with the bull you get the horns etc..

i remember doing one album a long ago and it was quite evil and i was fucked up at the time… i remember in my head i was like (ill sell my soul to Satan to be rich & famous….)

I’m not rich….& the fame never came….it was all in my head,not to say, pure evil or evil as a force isnt real or does not exist is a lie…we all know it is,& it is alive and healthy…

you cant have the ying with out the yang,they both co exist together on the same plane & need each other to remind them selfs who they both are,for with out each other,they would not know which one is really the good or which one is the evil….& lets all remember there is a grey area……lots of people including me live in this grey area… not everything is black & white…sometimes there is a mix of both sides into 1….

its important to remember popular satanic violence inciting bands like slayer just use the imagery for shock value & to sell lots of albums…when in actual fact, the singer from slayer is a devout catholic & is religous,Sure they make fucking kick ass music no doubt & Sure they are metal legends….but you cant get more fake then that to me…yes,sure evil musos can have separate lifes from music & raise good normal kids & live normal,that’s not what im saying,…for the most part,a lot of music fans out there are dumb & are tricked way too easy with a few heavy riffs & a big advertising budget.

HYB: Tell me about the tracks on the album.

insan0: First of,i wanted to capture the essence of Ricky kasso in this e.p as best i could, my own way.

& wanted to do a beginning,middle and end story style..to make it informative for people that have never heard of ricky kasso,at the same time make it as legit & true to the real story as i could with out being to anal about it or contrived…and to make a music release that could really become ‘cult like’ one day for all the people that are ‘in the know’ about the ricky kasso story.

i knew i didn’t want to make a full rap or hip hop album,or something that was to cheesy electo or 80s hair metal sounding…

Because Ricky was a rocker & a metal head from the 80s,i wanted to do my own thing musically & still add the underground cult vibe to it….it definitely needed to have a metal vibe & hard core rap vibe…bringing it into todays times..i mean its his story retold in 2009….insan0 style.

i thought about doing a full album about it,but if you get a chance to check out my e.p,and have read ricks story….i did manage cover all the bases in the songs with out dragging it out…its like a condensed compressed version of factual events…with out the boring stuff…with the additional audio samples & intermissions,they fuse the gaps and also help top paint the picture & profile who ricky was.

the first intro is called ‘A child of the devil.’…That’s actually a title for a song ricky once played on guitar intimately to his girlfriend.

The front cover features a real picture of ricky as he was being led into the police station ,& you will notice in the background a gazebo,that’s a actual place where ricky used to spend alot of time hanging out and get wasted & talk shit with his friends.

The back cover features a authentic picture of a actual acid tab sheet from the circa 1984.

HYB: What is you favorite Ricky Kasso movie?

id have to say the short film by Jim Van Bebber ‘my sweet satan’ is the most authentic or appealing to me to date,or the black circle boys.. i really love those movies..i saw a bootleg of Ricky 6..but the dude looked like a little girly fag that played Ricky..other then that, it was fairly good.

HYB: What are some of your favorite horror flicks?

insan0: my collection is fairly extensive…and growing weekly..its a disease….i have was too many favs to list and could give you a really big list,ill give you the short list of some favs of the top of my head that’s stick out to me so you can get a idea…

lots of people have different interpretations of what horror is,….specially in the last 5 to 10 years the face of horror has changed..I’m really big into revenge films more these days….super natural movies or movie monsters don’t scare me to much anymore…i think its played out to the max…

in recent times

some of my fav new flicks & favs over the past few years are- Martyrs, High tension, Sheitan,Calvaire, Frontier(s), irreversible, Cigarette Burns,E den lake, Midnight Meat Train, Death Sentence, Hills have eyes, The August Underground movies,S crap Book, old boy, 13: Game of death, 13 tzameti, ichi the killer, Death Proof, Planet Terror, No country for old men…I’m sure theres more.

& oldies….note some of these are not horror…

id have to say – Cannibal Holocaust, Guinea Pig:Flower of Flesh and Blood , Cannibal Ferrox, Faces Of Death, The New York Ripper, The Thing, Fright Night 1 & 2, Night Breed, Re Animator, Henry: Portrait of a serial killer, Driller Killer, Pet semetery, Peter Jackson’s Bad Taste & Brain Dead, The Fly, Maniac (joe Spinell) Men behind the sun, Death wish 1 & 2, The Exorcist, Lost boys, Ghost busters 1 & 2, the omen,i spit on your grave, Henry:Confessions of s serial killer, white of the eye, Taxi driver, Gods lonely man, Bad Boy Bubby, No Apparent Motive, Bad Lands,the list could go on and on….

im also a big 80’s movie fan,martial arts,blaxsploitaion,& grind house style movie fan..

HYB: How can people get SAY YOU LOVE SATAN?

insan0: Go to my web sites insan0.com or myspace.com/insan0 & all the info is there for anyone that wants to buy it..you wont find this in any store..

its a digital download only.

HYB: What’s next for insan0????

insan0: my independent underground serial killer movie should be out in 2010 if all goes to plan..and 3 new albums are in the works,stay tuned sickos..