…e is an otherworld voice telling you what to do, like what note to go to next. When I am writing about something I love, starting with a blank word document and then seeing it pour out and seeing it take shape – then going back through and editing/refining it, it’s a really comforting experience for me. With the band, when we write music together, I like that synergy. It’s my favorite part. Many people in bands say that touring and playing live is…
…ol, I went along to some sort of performance deal, and a kid who was our next-door neighbor was performing on an electric guitar. I decided I wanted to do that. I started having lessons straight away until I was sixteen from when I was eight years old. Dead Rhetoric: A Sign of Things to Come is the sixth studio album for Sylosis. Where do you see this record sitting in the catalog of discography for the band? Did you feel like you have to continua…
…e’re going to be shipping all that out before we leave for tour, so get pre-orders in now, now, now. Gallop: Yeah, that’s right, that’s what I’m getting to. I’m going to link our Bandcamp, where we have our merch with all of our pre-order bundles and things like that. So if you do want to have a bit of Ice Giant merch in your life soon, then do order some pre-order stuff. And while we are going to be together during this week leading up to tour, w…
…records, and we’re set on making our efforts more than just a studio project. There’s also always another solo album coming. That’s how I explore the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqHHgqP65_4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tw8mmo5dRhQ Michael Abdow on Facebook…
…s that was covered – I’m talking about promoting my band, managing the band. Organizing everything, doing the merch, selling the merch, being responsible, taking care of the money that we had to reinvest in everything else. I am basically the band’s manager because I take care of everything, other than the music. That moment when I thought I had to learn how to do this effectively – and then I started researching and started talking to other peopl…
…erything. We have a lot of offers and good things happening next year. We will start the promotion of the new album and for sure we will be playing a lot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GgUoAN0NGQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP9nI9cNREU Nervosa on Facebook…
…ven’t released anything in so long, and I forgot how it feels…and what’s next.” Finishing up our chat, Castillo brings up an entertaining bit about the band’s recent trip to Blue Ridge Rock Festival. “Apparently, you can’t sell music at Blue Ridge, we could only sell shirts. So we were onstage like, our album released today and you can buy it…anywhere but here, so don’t ask us for it because we don’t have it!” Ending the chat on one more bout of l…
…songs? Boatwright: Three songs. We had a fourth that was tied to our now ex-bassist and it was a good song, but it was very much tied to that bassist, who isn’t with the band anymore. So we let that song go with that bassist. So three. Lanthier: Yeah, so we had three songs kind of put together by the time Boaty joined in. And then when Boaty joined in it just started becoming more and more of what it was over time. Boatwright: Which was great. I…
…tar for this outfit, he recruited vocalist Marc Grewe (Insidious Disease, ex-Morgoth) and drummer Morten Toft (Raunchy) to fill out the lineup, the results coming to life in this debut album Impii Hora. Long-time producer Jacob Hansen was the missing piece on bass beyond providing his veteran behind the board skills, while The Arcane Order guitarist Flemming C. Lund laid down the lead parts. The combination of players paying homage to late 80’s to…
…plans. Dead Rhetoric: Skull & Crossbones formed a few years ago with four ex-members of Stormwitch. What can you tell us surrounding the circumstances that led to the formation of this group, adding vocalist Tobi Hübner to round out the lineup? And did you know straight away the style of heavy metal you wanted to develop, or was it a feeling out process to arrive at your sound? Tobi Kipp: First I can say, Volker, Jürgen, Marc, and myself were very…
…to these years in a more aggressive, open way. We reached out to vocalist A.A. Nemtheanga to catch up on the new record, thoughts on choosing singles, studio to stage preferences, discussion of his podcast, his interesting history course work he would set up for both Americans and Europeans to learn more about each other, and what’s on tap for the next few tour/live festival outings. Dead Rhetoric: The latest Primordial studio record is How It End…
…rk serves as a strong example of what can be accomplished outside of the box. Opening track “Rising Sun” is as good as any to give a proper dissection to in order to lay bare the wild and off-kilter swerves in sound that Broken By the Scream not only pull off convincingly, but to the point where the tracks will earworm their way into your mind. Starting off with some frenetic thrashy riffs and blasting drums, the dual scream/growl vocals interplay…
…but album for Never Obey Again here – those who love modern metal with plenty of hooks, melodies, and momentum should be quite pleased with The End of An Era. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SikK-9AX8cU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJnaWirdIMM Never Obey Again on Facebook…
…gle Infected Rain album so far, and we are about to release album number six. That tells you something [laughs]. He was born and raised in the same country as me, as well as the majority of the members of Infected Rain. He is also the brother of our drummer. We invited him to the band later, after we had met Valentin. We had a drummer but he moved to a different country and stopped playing music. So there is a different drummer on the first album,…
…al progression from the debut album. Maybe have some more additional layers as well. People who like our debut will be sure to like the next one we’ve got. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g3G-MDSnIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb2smP8DKyA Outergods on Facebook…
…writing all these preorders for The Netherlands, France, and Finland – all the cool metal places like Germany…let’s get out there. I feel like we haven’t really tapped into that market at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trl25dP19SM&pp=ygURc3RpdGNoZWQgdXAgaGVhcnQ%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWXYbBILoN4&pp=ygURc3RpdGNoZWQgdXAgaGVhcnQ%3D Stitched Up Heart on Facebook…
…ne feedback from the fans. There are plenty of ideas. We will ride out the Dragonforce wave with the album and touring next and worry about that afterwards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzopKmkUBN8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWdwm2V6Lkw Marc Hudson on Facebook…
…sic that’s truly unlike any other, which leads us to the subject of The Anix. Originally forming as an electronic rock group in 2001, the then full band released five full-lengths, with 2017’s Ephemeral traveling further down the electronic side of the coin, with heavy trance and even electro pop influences present. This was a precursor to what was to come, as founder and vocalist/guitarist/synth player/producer/jack of all trades Brandon Smith co…
…’t express the different colors of each room in the story, it’s very complex. I just did it to reflect the times. There are fewer battle scenes like on previous albums. Dead Rhetoric: How did the idea to track “Moonchild” from Iron Maiden come about – as Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is one of the last classic Maiden records from that unparalleled 80’s-period when they seemingly could do little wrong on the studio front… Gonzalez: That was very las…
…ic will never satisfy me because somebody is always going to be making more. Online popularity – that’s about the most bullshit metric that existed in the history of the world. Success to me means, I’ve been writing new material the past three days. That’s success to me – I got caught up in the business side of things, trying to play your favorite shows with bigger bands, or your favorite bands. I’ve played with Metallica and Iron Maiden now, so t…
…oming up. Until then, people can follow us on social media platforms. Liljestam: And we will do our best to be back in North America as soon as possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKYHfQuBHFg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pRwOy33DEM Eleine on Facebook…
…had to play a whole lot of notes and impress everybody right out of the box. And that’s not really a priority right now. I have a better understanding of playing within a genre. For the new Blindstone record, I actually slowed down a bit in the lead guitar department. I have made my point on other projects, so here I don’t have to play a million miles an hour. It’s maturity, generally. Age, and the fact that I’ve had the good fortune to do a lot…
…ad Rhetoric: You shot a video for the title track with Kasper Erichsen at K.E. Cameraworks. How do you feel the shoot went, who came up with the narrative scenes and how did you secure the actors for those roles? Radtleff: Kasper did everything. He is a very talented videographer – and he’s also a musician. He went into that wholeheartedly, and I love that. He’s also a dear friend of the band. Of course, he has done almost all of our videos, excep…
…add the title track as a brand-new cut to provide even more value to the mix. Documenting their journey as a band, “Condemned to the Gallows” originally appears on their 1984 To the Death!… demo as well as the Metal Massacre V edition of that critical Metal Blade compilation series – while “Killing Technology” from the 1987 album of the same name reminds the listener of their frantic, jagged chord progressions thrown into a hypnotic, rhythmic semi…
…utumn, but I can’t speak on that right now as it’s not official. When it comes to writing music, we do it all the time. No complete songs though as of yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz_ZsZ7vvcs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDBrD6qwpj0 Bloodbound on Facebook…
…the song they would be like, “Well it just sounds like Jinjer and Spiritbox.” It was like, oh my god, did you not read the lyrics? This is the problem – people just look on a surface level and don’t go deeper. Overall, I think that there has been a sense that people have gotten the message, and I have gotten some really cool comments and private messages from people saying that they felt the same way and that it’s really helped them. I think we a…
…oyal Thunder has it’s own vibe. It’s not something easily nestled into a box. Weaver: I would agree with that. I never liked putting a stamp on it. Rock is about the most general thing you could put on it. It’s very moody, and emotional at times, but I don’t think it’s emo-rock either. Our roots are in playing with heavier bands, ones part of the Relapse roster, and I absolutely love that. I am so thankful that the scene accepted us with open arms…
…that when assembling all the key ingredients in the proper fashion, the outcome can be tasty enough for multiple, repeated servings for quite a long time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8iEYSUhM20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD9fjuSFOcI Lockjaw on Facebook…
…Senseless among others – plus played live with acts like Destruction and Exhorder. What have been some of your favorite memories surrounding this work and the relationships you’ve developed with other artists in your career? Drake: Gwar was definitely a highlight. Speaking with Dave (Oderus), he was such a funny, cool guy. There are so many great times. Destruction was great, they’ve been one of my favorite all-time thrash bands growing up. Our o…