{"id":2407,"date":"2013-06-19T07:33:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T02:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/?p=2407"},"modified":"2013-06-19T07:33:06","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T02:03:06","slug":"vreid-bassist-discusses-recent-tours-lyrical-inspiration-more-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/2013\/06\/19\/vreid-bassist-discusses-recent-tours-lyrical-inspiration-more-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"Vreid Bassist Discusses Recent Tours, Lyrical Inspiration + More (Audio)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Andrew Bansal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vreid1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2408\" title=\"vreid1\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vreid1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vreid1.jpg 300w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/vreid1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even though Norway is famously known in the world of heavy music for its black metal scene, there are certain bands based in that country that do not follow the rule book set by the generations of bands before them. Vreid, led by bassist Jarle Kv\u00e5le, happens to be one such band. They started out in 2004 and have been releasing one solid album after another, the latest being &#8216;Welcome Farewell&#8217;, their sixth studio effort and one that sees Jarle&#8217;s creativity expand further. Last Sunday June 16th 2013, they visited the Joint in West Los Angeles to begin their current North American tour as main support act to Melechesh. Before the show, I sat down with Jarle to discuss the band&#8217;s recent travels, the latest album, lyrical inspirations, and more. Listen to the 9-minute chat below, and read my review of that show or visit the band online using the links at the bottom.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qZQ60o81S6c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/2013\/06\/17\/melechesh-vreid-lightning-swords-of-death-start-north-american-tour-in-los-angeles\" target=\"_blank\">LA gig review<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/vreid.no\" target=\"_blank\">vreid.no<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/vreidofficial\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/vreidofficial<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vreidofficial\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com\/vreidofficial<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>VREID<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>w\/ Melechesh, Lightning Swords Of Death, Reign Of Lies<\/strong><br \/>\n6\/18\/2013 Hawthorne \u2013 Portland, OR<br \/>\n6\/19\/2013 Studio Seven \u2013 Seattle, WA<br \/>\n6\/20\/2013 Rickshaw Theatre \u2013 Vancouver, BC<br \/>\n6\/21\/2013 Pawn Shop \u2013 Edmonton, AB<br \/>\n6\/22\/2013 The Exchange \u2013 Regina, SK<br \/>\n6\/23\/2013 The Zoo \u2013 Winnipeg, MB<br \/>\n6\/24\/2013 Station 4 &#8211;\u00a0 St. Paul, MN<br \/>\n6\/25\/2013 Mojoe\u2019s \u2013 Joliet, IL<br \/>\n6\/26\/2013 The Smiling Moose &#8211; Pittsburgh, PA<br \/>\n6\/27\/2013 Wreck Room \u2013 Toronto, ON<br \/>\n6\/28\/2013 Foufounes Electriques \u2013 Montreal, QC<br \/>\n6\/29\/2013 Railroad Tavern &#8211;\u00a0 Keene, NH<br \/>\n6\/30\/2013 Europa \u2013 New York, NY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Andrew Bansal Even though Norway is famously known in the world of heavy music for its black metal scene, there are certain bands based in that country that do not follow the rule book set by the generations of bands before them. Vreid, led by bassist Jarle Kv\u00e5le, happens to be one such band. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/2013\/06\/19\/vreid-bassist-discusses-recent-tours-lyrical-inspiration-more-audio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Vreid Bassist Discusses Recent Tours, Lyrical Inspiration + More (Audio)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2407"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2414,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407\/revisions\/2414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}