{"id":6158,"date":"2017-05-11T16:19:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T23:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/?p=6158"},"modified":"2017-05-11T16:19:08","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T23:19:08","slug":"20-questions-with-battle-beast-bassist-eero-sipila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/2017\/05\/11\/20-questions-with-battle-beast-bassist-eero-sipila\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Questions with Battle Beast bassist Eero Sipil\u00e4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Interview by Rosie Walker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BattleBeast2016d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6159\" src=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BattleBeast2016d-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BattleBeast2016d-1024x640.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BattleBeast2016d-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BattleBeast2016d-768x480.jpg 768w, http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BattleBeast2016d.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finnish metal group Battle Beast has come out all guns blazing on their first ever North American tour and are firing on all cylinders, opening for Sabaton and Leaves&#8217; Eyes on this run. They&#8217;re touring in support of their 2017 Nuclear Blast full-length release &#8216;Bringer of Pain&#8217;, a stellar slab of ultra-catchy no-bullshit heavy metal. At the Louisville, Kentucky stop of the ongoing tour, bassist\/vocalist Eero Sipil\u00e4 accepted Rosie Walker&#8217;s 20-question challenge, and here&#8217;s the result. Enjoy the 10-minute conversation below:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XraUJ78KGfs?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you like what you\u2019ve read\/seen, <a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/shop\">buy a shirt<\/a> and help keep Metal Assault running full time!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you live in the LA area, come to one of our <a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/metal-assault-nights\">Metal Assault Nights<\/a> at the Viper Room, and\/or the <a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/metal-assault-matinee\">Metal Assault Matinee<\/a> events at the Silverlake Lounge!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Battle Beast remaining tour dates with Sabaton and Leaves&#8217; Eyes:<\/strong><br \/>\n05\/11\/2017 &#8211; Anaheim, CA @ City National Grove<br \/>\n05\/12\/2017 &#8211; Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre<br \/>\n05\/14\/2017 &#8211; Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theater<br \/>\n05\/16\/2017 &#8211; Dallas, CA @ Trees<br \/>\n05\/17\/2017 &#8211; San Antonio, TX @ Alamo Music Hall<br \/>\n05\/18\/2017 &#8211; Houston, TX @ Scout Bar<br \/>\n05\/20\/2017 &#8211; Tampa, FL @ Orpheum<br \/>\n05\/21\/2017 &#8211; Charlotte, NC @ The Underground<br \/>\n05\/22\/2017 &#8211; Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interview by Rosie Walker Finnish metal group Battle Beast has come out all guns blazing on their first ever North American tour and are firing on all cylinders, opening for Sabaton and Leaves&#8217; Eyes on this run. They&#8217;re touring in support of their 2017 Nuclear Blast full-length release &#8216;Bringer of Pain&#8217;, a stellar slab of &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/2017\/05\/11\/20-questions-with-battle-beast-bassist-eero-sipila\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;20 Questions with Battle Beast bassist Eero Sipil\u00e4&#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\/6158"}],"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=6158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6161,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6158\/revisions\/6161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}