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By Andrew Bansal

San Francisco-based metal band Early Graves are releasing their third studio album “Red Horse” today, on October 30th 2012, via No Sleep Records. After the tragic death of their vocalist Makh Daniels in a van accident in 2010, the band recruited John Strachan from The Funeral Pyre as their new vocalist, and played a few shows in 2011 before writing this new record. To support this release, they have just completed a US touring run including a 32-date tour with Skeletonwitch & Havok, and a few headline dates. A few days ago, while they were still on tour, I caught up with guitarist Chris Brock to discuss the making of the new album, the US tour, change of vocalist, and lots more. Read the conversation below, and visit the Early Graves facebook page for more info. Continue reading “Early Graves Guitarist Chris Brock Talks New Album, US Tour & More”

By Andrew Bansal

Chicago-based avant-garde metal band Yakuza released their sixth studio album ‘Beyul’ on October 16th 2012 via Profound Lore Records, and after exploring it through a couple of listens, I found myself enjoying what the album has to offer. Yesterday, I spoke to frontman Bruce Lamont to discuss the making of this album amongst a variety of other topics in this extremely detailed interview. Enjoy the conversation below, and if you’re completely unfamiliar with the band, check out my review of ‘Beyul’, where I’ve given a thorough introduction of what Yakuza is all about. Also visit Yakuza’s facebook and twitter pages for more info on ordering the album and to stay up to date with them. Continue reading “In-depth Interview With Yakuza Frontman Bruce Lamont”

Interview by Avinash Mittur

This year, San Francisco Bay Area thrash legends Death Angel are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their debut album “The Ultra-Violence”. They have issued a remastered version of the album, and they just about to finish a US tour on which they’ve been playing the album in its entirety, with support acts Threat Signal, Bonded By Blood and Wretched. Last night, on Friday October 19th 2012, they played at the Whisky-A-Go-Go in Hollywood, and our man Avinash had a detailed chat with guitarist Ted Aguilar to talk about the Ultra-Violence and other things. Check out the 20-minute video below, and visit the band’s official website for more info. Continue reading “Death Angel Guitarist Talks About ‘The Ultra-Violence’ & US Tour (Video)”

By Andrew Bansal

Greenfield MA-based thrash metal band Lich King recently released their new album “Born Of The Bomb”, a thoroughly impressive effort that’s right up there with any thrash album released this year, in my opinion. With killer tunes such as “We Came To Conquer”, “Wage Slave”, “In The End, Devastation”, “Combat Mosh” and a true salutation to the old-school in the form of the Agent Steel cover “Agents Of Steel”, this album rages hard. Couple of days ago, I had a detailed but fun-filled, light-hearted and candid conversation with vocalist Tom Martin, bassist Dave Hughes and drummer Brian Westbrook. Enjoy the interview, check out “Wage Slave”, “We Came To Conquer” and “Agents Of Steel” using the YouTube embeds, and visit the band’s facebook page for more info. Continue reading “In-depth Interview With Lich King”

By Andrew Bansal

Pasadena-based classic heavy metal band Gypsyhawk released their second studio album, and first on Metal Blade Records, ‘Revelry & Resilience’ on August 28th, an album I’m really fond of at the moment. They did a US headline tour after that, and are now gearing up to go out on the road again, supporting The Sword on a 37-date US tour. Gypsyhawk is a band that has been featured in the news, album reviews and gig reviews on this website, but I never really got a chance to do an interview with any of the members, even though they were pretty much ‘local’ to me for a long time. But finally today, on October 16th 2012, I spoke to vocalist/bassist Eric Harris over the phone to discuss the new album, the recent headline tour, upcoming stuff, and various other things. Enjoy this candid conversation below, and visit Gypsyhawk’s facebook and twitter pages to keep up with them. Continue reading “Gypsyhawk Frontman Eric Harris Talks About New Album & More”

By Avinash Mittur

For six years, Witchaven have been playing shows all across America and giving audiences a dose of their blackened thrash. The band has done tours with Nocturnal and Speedwolf and has played national festivals like SXSW and Maryland Deathfest. I saw the band play at the Key Club with Dr. Know and Ghoul last Friday and was treated to a killer set as always. I caught up with guitarist/vocalist Henry Montoya at the show and we got to talk about their soon to be released second album, their upcoming shows and the differences between the Bay Area and Los Angeles among a myriad of other topics. Read our chat below, check out Witchaven’s facebook page for updates on the new album, and make sure to head out to the band’s show on Halloween night at the Key Club. Continue reading “In-depth Interview With Witchaven Frontman Henry Montoya”