Metal Assault: Interviews

Interview by Jason Williams

Los Angeles based melodic death metal quintet Voices Of Ruin has been in existence for nearly a decade, and in that duration they have established itself as one of the most honest and hardworking bands in the Southern California metal scene. Not straying from their path and instead honing their skills in playing exactly the style of music they love and want to play, Voices Of Ruin have released two excellent albums thus far, and still have a long journey ahead. Most recently, they embarked on a successful North American tour with Vader, and Metal Assault is very pleased to welcome them home by having them on our Viper Room event Friday June 30th, also featuring Castle, Alien Satan and Malison. On June 5th, after their set at the Santa Ana show of the Vader tour, our man Jason Williams sat down with vocalist David Barrett for an interview. Enjoy the pleasant chat below, and join us at the Viper Room next week! Continue reading “Conquering Black Horizons: In Conversation with Voices Of Ruin vocalist David Barrett”

Interview by Jason Williams

Long Island, New York death metal group Internal Bleeding has been in existence since 1991, and they are known as the ‘Gods of slam’, for injecting an unmistakable element of groove and slam into the genre they loved most as young aspiring musicians. In 2017, they are still going strong despite having recently undergone a change in vocalist, and the sudden and tragic passing of drummer Bill Toley, who died in April this year while on his day job as firefighter. Internal Bleeding recently concluded a North American tour as support act to Vader, and after the Santa Ana show at Malone’s on June 5th, our writer Jason Williams sat down with guitarist and founding member Chris Pervelis for a very open, honest chat about a variety of topics. Read it below. Continue reading ““We wanted to make Death Metal with a Street Attitude”: In Conversation with Internal Bleeding guitarist Chris Pervelis”

Interview by Jimmy Cabbs

Fresno, California horror doom trio Beastmaker has been on a rapid rise in the last year or so, releasing their stunning debut LP ‘Lusus Naturae’ in 2016 and quickly following it up with another stellar full-length called ‘Inside The Skull’ in 2017, both via Rise Above Records. The band has also engaged in a slew of touring activity throughout, and most recently they concluded a US tour supporting Zakk Wylde’s Black Sabbath cover band, Zakk Sabbath. The last show of the tour took place at the El Rey in Los Angeles on June 17th. Before the show, our man Jimmy Cabbs caught up with Trevor William Church (guitar/vocals), John Tucker (bass) and Andres Alejandro Saldate (drums) for an interview about all things Beastmaker. Listen to the 14-minute conversation below, and check out the music video for their song ‘Evil One’! Continue reading “Psychic Visions: Beastmaker discuss New Album, Touring with Zakk Wylde & more”