{"id":2415,"date":"2013-06-19T09:56:17","date_gmt":"2013-06-19T04:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/?p=2415"},"modified":"2013-06-19T09:59:16","modified_gmt":"2013-06-19T04:29:16","slug":"interview-with-melechesh-frontman-ashmedi-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/2013\/06\/19\/interview-with-melechesh-frontman-ashmedi-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview With Melechesh Frontman Ashmedi (Audio)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Andrew Bansal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/melechesh_cover-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2416\" title=\"melechesh_cover copy\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/melechesh_cover-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/melechesh_cover-copy.jpg 300w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/melechesh_cover-copy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Assyrian black metal band Melechesh released their fifth studio album &#8216;The Epigenesis&#8217; via Nuclear Blast Records in late 2010, and following two previous North American tours to promote the album as a support act to bigger bands, Melechesh have returned to North American shores for a two-week headline run of their own. The tour began at the Joint in Los Angeles last Sunday June 16th 2013, and prior to the show I caught up with mainman Ashmedi for a chat about what to expect from this tour, plans for the next album, his thoughts on metal bands using unconventional instruments, and other topics. Listen to the 10-minute interview below, and read a review of the LA 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\/_zZqGmGyAm0?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:\/\/melechesh.com \" target=\"_blank\">melechesh.com\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/melechesh\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/melechesh<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/melechesh\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com\/melechesh<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/melechesh\" target=\"_blank\">youtube.com\/melechesh\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MELCHESH<\/strong>, <strong>VREID<\/strong>, <strong>LIGHTNING SWORDS OF DEATH<\/strong>, <strong>REIGN OF LIES<\/strong><br \/>\n06\/19\/13\u00a0 Studio Seven \u2013 Seattle, WA<br \/>\n06\/20\/13\u00a0 Rickshaw Theater \u2013 Vancouver, B.C. \u2013 CANADA<br \/>\n06\/21\/13\u00a0 Pawn Shop \u2013 Edmonton, AB \u2013 CANADA<br \/>\n06\/22\/13\u00a0 The Exchange \u2013 Regina, SK &#8211; CANADA<br \/>\n06\/23\/13\u00a0 The Zoo \u2013 Winnipeg, MB<br \/>\n06\/24\/13\u00a0 Station 4 \u2013 St. Paul, MN<br \/>\n06\/25\/13\u00a0 Mojoe\u2019s \u2013 Joliet, IL<br \/>\n06\/26\/13\u00a0 The Smiling Moose \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA<br \/>\n06\/27\/13\u00a0 WreckRoom\u00a0 &#8211; Toronto, ON &#8211; CANADA<br \/>\n06\/28\/13\u00a0 Foufounes Electriques \u2013 Montreal, QC &#8211; CANADA<br \/>\n06\/29\/13\u00a0 Railroad Tavern \u2013 Keene, NH<br \/>\n06\/30\/13\u00a0 Europa \u2013 Brooklyn, NY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Andrew Bansal Assyrian black metal band Melechesh released their fifth studio album &#8216;The Epigenesis&#8217; via Nuclear Blast Records in late 2010, and following two previous North American tours to promote the album as a support act to bigger bands, Melechesh have returned to North American shores for a two-week headline run of their own. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/2013\/06\/19\/interview-with-melechesh-frontman-ashmedi-audio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Interview With Melechesh Frontman Ashmedi (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\/2415"}],"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=2415"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2418,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2415\/revisions\/2418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}