{"id":2925,"date":"2013-10-09T21:12:16","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T15:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/?p=2925"},"modified":"2013-10-11T22:45:11","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T17:15:11","slug":"red-fang-bassist-talks-about-new-album-whales-and-leeches-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/2013\/10\/09\/red-fang-bassist-talks-about-new-album-whales-and-leeches-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Fang Bassist Talks About New Album &#8216;Whales And Leeches&#8217; (Audio)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Andrew Bansal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/whalesandleeches_1500-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2926\" title=\"whalesandleeches_1500 copy\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/whalesandleeches_1500-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/whalesandleeches_1500-copy.jpg 300w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/whalesandleeches_1500-copy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Through their 2009 self-titled debut album, the sophomore effort &#8216;Murder The Mountains&#8217; in 2011, and<em> lots<\/em> of touring all around for the past few years, Portland, Oregon-based riffmongers Red Fang have caught the attention of just about everyone who has anything to do with heavy stoner metal. The band is now ready to release their third studio album &#8216;Whales And Leeches&#8217; via Relapse Records on October 15th, and to coincide with the release they are embarking on a run of headline dates starting tonight in Sacramento and hitting the Troubadour in West Hollywood tomorrow October 10th. Recently, I had a chat with bassist\/vocalist Aaron Beam about the making of the album, past touring experiences including Metallica&#8217;s Orion Festival, and more. Listen to the 10-minute chat below.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GIjmrDNMB94?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/gig_reviews\/2013\/10\/11\/red-fang-play-rifftastic-show-at-troubadour\" target=\"_blank\">Gig Review: Red Fang Play Rifftastic Show At Troubadour<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit Red Fang on the web at:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/redfang.net\" target=\"_blank\">redfang.net<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/redfangband\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/<wbr>redfangband<\/wbr><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/redfang\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com\/redfang<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/redfangband\" target=\"_blank\">instagram.com\/<wbr>redfangband<\/wbr><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>North American Tour First Leg (with Helms Alee and Wild Throne):<\/strong><br \/>\n10\/9 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow&#8217;s<br \/>\n10\/10 West Hollywood, CA @ The Troubadour<br \/>\n10\/11 San Diego, CA @ Brick by Brick<br \/>\n10\/12 Tucson, AZ @ Southwest Terror Festival<br \/>\n10\/13 Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad<br \/>\n10\/14 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater<br \/>\n10\/15 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge<br \/>\n10\/16 Boise, ID @ Neurolux<br \/>\n10\/17 Spokane, WA @ The Center of Spokane<br \/>\n10\/18 Bellingham, WA @ The Shakedown<br \/>\n11\/9 Seattle, WA @ Showbox At The Market<br \/>\n11\/10 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Leg (with The Shrine, Indian Handcrafts, Cancer Bats &amp; Radkey):<\/strong><br \/>\n11\/30 San Francisco, CA @ Slim&#8217;s<br \/>\n12\/1 Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory<br \/>\n12\/2 Tempe, AZ @ Club Red<br \/>\n12\/4 Austin, TX @ Red 7<br \/>\n12\/5 Houston, TX @ Fitgerald&#8217;s Downtairs<br \/>\n12\/6 New Orleans, LA @ Siberia<br \/>\n12\/7 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn<br \/>\n12\/8 Raleigh, NC @ Kings Barcade<br \/>\n12\/9 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts w\/ Cancer Bats<br \/>\n12\/10 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East w\/ Cancer Bats<br \/>\n12\/11 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w\/Cancer Bats<br \/>\n12\/13 Montreal, QC @ Cabaret Mile End w\/ Cancer Bats<br \/>\n12\/14 Toronto, ON @ Lee&#8217;s Palace<br \/>\n12\/15 Detroit, MI @ The Shelter w\/ Cancer Bats, Radkey<br \/>\n12\/16 Chicago, IL @ Logan Square Auditorium w\/ Cancer Bats, Radkey<br \/>\n12\/17 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock w\/ Radkey<br \/>\n12\/19 Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep w\/ Radkey<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Andrew Bansal Through their 2009 self-titled debut album, the sophomore effort &#8216;Murder The Mountains&#8217; in 2011, and lots of touring all around for the past few years, Portland, Oregon-based riffmongers Red Fang have caught the attention of just about everyone who has anything to do with heavy stoner metal. The band is now ready &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/2013\/10\/09\/red-fang-bassist-talks-about-new-album-whales-and-leeches-audio\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Red Fang Bassist Talks About New Album &#8216;Whales And Leeches&#8217; (Audio)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2926,"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\/2925"}],"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=2925"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2928,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2925\/revisions\/2928"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}