By Andrew Bansal
Los Angeles-based hard rock outfit Black Belt Karate has been one of the very few new bands that have really caught my eye and ear in recent times, as was evident from the crushingly heavy and compelling musical exhibition they put on at the Satellite in Silver Lake around four months back. I’ve kept tabs on their progress ever since, and I was glad to discover that they’ll be opening for the mighty Valient Thorr at the Roxy Theatre on September 17th. Besides, they have their debut EP ‘Volume 1’ out now, and are working on new material as I write this. Of course, I had known guitarist Jason Achilles Mezilis through his exploits in the band Owl which is what drew me towards BBK in the first place, but upon checking out their live show and EP, it’s quite clear that it’s a complete band effort. I had Jason as my in-studio guest on Episode 3 of the new Metal Assault radio show on Razor KXRZ for the live broadcast last Wednesday September 4th 2013, and now the podcast version of the entire episode is posted here. The BBK segment begins at exactly the 1:22:42 mark. Check out the full playlist for the episode here.
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