…e do you see the next 12-18 months going for Stone Magnum in terms of shows, songwriting for the third album, promotion, etc.? Do you think there is interest in playing festivals outside of North America? Tavernier: It’s hard to say what will happen down the road with Stone Magnum. We do know that we’ll head out to the east coast in November 2013 where we’ll hit Cleveland, New York, and finish in Virginia for the Stoner Hands of Doom festival. The…
…with; I’m looking out for numero uno. Self-interest is the name of the game, baby,” I selfishly grunted to myself. As the band was getting the grand tour and being polite, I took off in a flash in search of a soft surface to rest my weary head. I came across a large room I can only describe as a utopia of sleeping apparatuses: couches and bunk beds galore. I had my first pick of all of them. I believe I started laughing maniacally before doing a q…
…AVIUS is seeking a suitable record company to release the band’s debut album, for which 13 songs have already been written, including “Released,” “Alive,” “Successor,” “Find The Light” and “Caged Love.”…
…the diverse cultural musical heritage of Western New York through education, scholarship, and performance.” As the BMHOF celebrates its 30th Anniversary, it is done with pride knowing that every type of music is eligible and honored, from Classical to Polka, from Jazz to Rock, from Composers to Performers, and from Hip Hop to Opera. It fills us with great pleasure to include such a hugely successful band as CANNIBAL CORPSE into the organization. C…
…pecial FX. All other processing are real chambers, hardware reverbs, delays, compression and EQ. Five times more work, but five times more fun and inspiring plus it’s five times more fun to listen to.” DEGRADEAD’s singer, Mikael Sehlin, recently joined fellow Swedes ENGEL as their new frontman. Regarding what impact Sehlin’s addition to ENGEL will have on his status in DEGRADEAD, DEGRADEAD said: “Mikael is still our vocalist and he is still 100% d…
…I did in the late 90s when I listened to it a lot. Bands like Celtic Frost, Carcass, Entombed, Morbid Angel – I have fond memories of those times. I do try to follow it though and I’m amazed how many bands are still going. On the last The Pineapple Thief tour we bumped into Autopsy at the chunnel, still going strong it seems! Dead Rhetoric: You wrote the songs for Wisdom of Crowds with Jonas’s voice in mind. Was there any specific album you leane…
…-school passion and aggression you still crave. If you’re a fan of CRO-MAGS, LEEWAY, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES or BAD BRAINS, then look no further. Without fail, DEATH RAY VISION delivers uppercuts straight to your gullet, then repeatedly peppers your forehead with sledgehammer fists. That’s right, the beatings are swift and pummeling on this record, with two-minute anthems of ruckus chaos, party jams. The perfect soundtrack to set the city a blaze, or…
…to start mentioning the most obscure bands we could find so people could go, “Gosh, they’re so smart.” Listen, I know where I was in the early 80’s and I know what bands I was seeing, so I don’t have anything to prove. We kept it about music and had no other ulterior motives. Dead Rhetoric: You’re fighting a losing battle trying to show how much you know. There’s always some internet geek or message board troll who claims he knows more than everyo…
…d to wear a GPS monitor and turn in his passport and was warned by the judge that, if he is released from jail, he must stay away from his immediate family. Lambesis’ wife, Meggan, filed papers in September 2012 in San Diego Superior Court seeking a dissolution of the couple’s marriage….
…ly functioning stomach squirm. It’s another visceral display of power-grind, accomplished in a brief, but fulfilling 32 minutes. The new album and more were on the docket with Harrison, who thankfully, wasn’t pulled over while talking to Blistering… Blistering.com: The obvious place to start is that it has to feel good to have a new record out, especially after five years. Blake Harrison: We’re thrilled. There’s been a lot of mitigating factors in…
…some singing on, so it was a progression that was inevitable. It needed to come, but there was too much arguing and bickering before to make that happen. Once that lightened up, it was impossible for it to happen. Blistering.com: I was surprised you started to do them, frankly. Davis: A lot of people were. Everything we did on this record is from the heart. We knew we’d be shaking up the waters by doing something different. It’s never been our pol…
…ire dynamic of the Pharaoh work ethic. On Cruz Del Sur, we are given total freedom, if we take four years to do an album, it’s not that big of a deal. I’m sure Enrico [Leccesse, Cruz del Sur owner] would like us to put out more material in say half the time, but no one is breathing down our neck, threatening to drop us or withhold our money. When we looked at a lot of these other contracts, they would specify after you deliver one album when they…
…ee years. Performing live has defiantly improved our interaction as players, and also helped us to better understand the music itself. The intense energy of live performance definitely found its way intoMammal. Blistering.com: Needless to say Mammal isn’t White Tomb Part II; in fact, it’s a more challenging and dark listen. Was that one of your intentions? Kelly: To a degree yes. Overall, we wanted Mammal to be much more natural then White Tomb, w…
…er metal and thrash metal, to death metal and everything in between. Thrash, however, will always be extra special in the history of German metal. One of the best purveyors of thrash metal’s fine timeline is the one and only Sodom. The band that wanted to be louder, faster and heavier than Venom has certainly reached that goal and done so much more. Their influence is timeless and their music is some of the tightest, heaviest and honest that will…
…0 CD-Rs or something on cassette and Neil will be listening to some obscure, funk, Lafayette Afro band from New York in 1970. It’s kind of like, that’s the stuff we listen to, so there’s no point putting on some metal station and try and catch up. Blistering.com: Well, it should be a case that if you’re going to be playing new songs, off your new record, it should be music that you want to play and have a connection with. Cairns: Exactly. And we’v…
…Along those lines, you’re no stranger to bad luck… Filth: [interrupting] No, no, that’s a misconception! There’s no such thing. You have what appears to be bad luck, but it’s only there to make what we call, a thousand lucky escapes. A thousand lucky escapes doesn’t equal bad luck, does it? Blistering.com: I suppose not. Even with all the stuff in the early portion of your career with Cacophonous bumbling things up or Mayhem/Fierce going belly up…
…of experimental touches than those of the more straight-forward first half, a welcome change given their suffocating nature. The synth-dominated closing tracks “Yet I Breathe” and “Departure” are both indicative of the shift and the album’s betterment for it. As with any form of doom but especially the funeral variety everything involved can take awhile to digest, especially after only one listen. Repeat listens reveal more layers and grant clari…
…htful (that’s right – “delightful”) sort of album that one can put on and drift way. Totally cliché-sounding, but in this instance, the utter truth. www.framesmusic.com (This content originally appeared on Blistering.com)…
…appears the circle will be complete. Testament remains at the head of that group and The Formation of Damnation was worth the wait and should hold up for another, oh, nine years. www.testamentlegions.com (This content originally appeared on Blistering.com)…
