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Death metal act Mouth Of The Serpent call Los Angeles, California their home and are currently in the writing and recording process of their follow-up release to debut EP "Manifest". The new material will be revealed upon their full-length album due out soon! Frontman vocalist Max Reis talks to us about the recording progress and how this new album is coming along.


1. What type of band are you?

Max: We're a melodic death metal band.

2. Tell us the brief history of your band.

Max: We're just a bunch of metal heads that came together through the good graces of the Internet and mutual friends. We started jamming here in Los Angeles as teenagers back in 2008. 5 years, a couple of lineup changes, 2 EPS, A full-length album, and a grip of U.S. tours later and here we are keeping it brutal today.

3. How did the band get the name, Mouth of the Serpent and does it have a meaning behind it?

Max: Our guitarists thought of it when they first started jamming together. I think they just thought it sounded brutal. I see it as the temptation of forbidden knowledge in the religious sense, you know, like eve being tempted by Satan in the form of a serpent... but that could be over thinking the whole thing.

4. Who are your musical and non-musical influences?

Max: We all draw a lot of influence from the classic death metal and black metal bands that defined the genre years and years before us. Death is a big one you'll hear us blasting in the van. A lot of us are into prog as well; everything from Zappa and Yes, to more modern prog like Between the buried and Me and T.R.A.M., which I think really comes across in our music at times.

5. What are your dreams and goals?

Max: If we can make a living traveling around the world playing metal then that's the life for us. More music, more people, more places. That's it.

6. What are your songs about? (What specific themes do they cover?)

Max: Our latest EP lyrically covered the use of hallucinogenic drugs in religious practice. Our new album is more about the cultivation of men and women for their inevitable enslavement by society. You know, metal stuff... Horse cops, vaginal surgeries, zombies... you name it.

7. Do you write your own songs? (Discuss the songwriting process in detail.)

Max: Yes, we write our own songs. It usually involves us all meeting up, kicking some riffs around, and making them fit together in a way that resonates with us. We pretty much just smoke a bunch of weed, and when the cloud clears we have a song hahaha. Once we have the bare bones structure of a song, we all work on our contributions to it separately, then reconvene and refine the song into a more cohesive idea.

8. Where are you in the process of the new album?

Max: We're currently recording pre-production demos for all the new material, and putting some final touches on the last couple tracks we've written. Making sure everything is perfect before hitting the studio, essentially. Our new album cover art by Tony Koehl (who did our previous EP cover) is almost done, so everything is really coming together.

9. Where will you be recording the album?

Max: We are tracking guitars and bass in our own studio in Los Angeles, and we will be tracking drums and vocals (as well as mixing) at either Hour Glass Recording Studios (in Phoenix, AZ) or Castle Ultimate Studios here in CA.  

10. You're currently only in the pre-production mode, so would you know how the sound and style of these new tunes compares and differs from your EP tunes?

Max: You can expect the new songs to be darker, more technical, and more driving than the tunes on our previous album, Manifest. All the songs flow more smoothly, and progress over the styles which we had to communicate more quickly and in less time when we were recording Manifest. The production value I think you'll find will also be a huge step up from our previous release.

11. When can we expect the new album to be released?

Max: Were hoping to have it printed before the end of the year.

12. Have you been road testing any of the new material? If so, how have audiences reacted to the new material?

Max: On our latest tour with Apparitions from AZ we played an average of 5 new songs every night, and we think we can all agree that the audience approved. It was especially cool to see how comfortable we became playing them by the time everything was said and done. Very stoked.

13. What are your upcoming tour plans?

Max: We're hoping to head out in November on another west coast run, and a longer run in January to promote the new Album. Very excited about some potential headliner bands we're talking to...

14. What plans do you have for the near future as a band?

Max: Finish up this album and tour the fuck out if it, then hopefully get some larger label attention and proceed from there.

15. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

Max: You can download our album off iTunes or Amazon, and listen to it for free on the on Spotify. You can check out our videos, tour dates, and other content on www.mouthoftheserpent.com, and you can get help support what we do by picking up some merch from www.mouthoftheserpent.bigcartel.com THANKS AGAIN!
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Twenty years is an awful long time for anyone or anything for that matter to be in existence and for this it has to go to advertising mascot character created by Cosmic Debris Etc. Inc. and creator Rob Reger... Emily The Strange! But wait who is this you ask? Well you may have seen her plastered around the internet or at your local shopping center or perhaps even library?!?!

Yes Emily The Strange is that one young gal with the black hair, black dress, and white ghostly appearance with her black cats at her side. She's known to be in black/white with red in her backdrop at times and now that twenty years can be put under her name she has expanded ever so further with a book series, comic series, live action full-length film from Universal and even her new musical project a band! Emily and The Strangers is the latest newest creation from Rob Reger himself and he has got even further plans once the music is unleashed. Take the Metalocalpyse experience with Dethklok creator Brendon Small for instance.

Rob Reger himself decided to discuss the beginning with Emily and how far she has actually come and what she has up her sleeves next. Because he himself has been involved in his creativity for many years now and since Emily The Strange's creation he has built upon that developing his own ways and imaginary with not just her creation but other projects as well. There is no stopping or telling where Emily and her Strangeness will be heading next.


1. Emily The Strange has been around for 20 years did you ever see this day to come, what runs through your mind when you look back at the very first time or day you thought of this creation up until this exact moment?

Rob: In the beginning I really had no idea that it would take off like this. There was a certain point though, when I realized that the stores that carried the same 5 or 6 Emily T-shirts for years, with constant re-orders, I realized that I could develop the character and world around her more. I built a team of people to help me develop my ideas regarding Emily. Initially it was me and Brian Brooks and soon my longtime pal Buzz Parker joined in. I look back to the days of hand printing shirts in my garage and it sure has been a long strange trip since then.

2. Out of everything you have accomplished or done with the Emily The Strange character what more could you possible do or want to do? Like how far do you think this character can go?

Rob: I am currently working really hard to create her band, Emily and the Strangers, as a legitimate band, albeit animated, that can tour and entertain and thrill the public with a stage performance... And I'm not stopping until there is an Emily theme park attraction - an interactive world full of entertainment, surprise, rides, puzzles, and much more strange activity!

3. Will we ever be seeing Emily in an animated cartoon series like a webisode or full on thirty minute episode ordeal?

Rob: I am sure that we will get to do some episodic cartoon story telling... Since I am working on a feature film with Universal now, it is their preference that we create this phase of Emily after we have made the film. That is also a reason I am interested in creating short animated music videos - so we can mean while see her world come to life.

4. You plan to take Emily to the big screen but wanted to go with using people as opposed to animation, why go in this direction and do you think the people role can pull her character off the right way? How do you think the fans take will be on this?

Rob:  When I decided to work with Mike Richardson, President and Producer for Dark Horse Comics and Entertainment, it was clear I was going to be working with someone who really understood story telling and could take a comic book and make a live action movie while retaining the look, feel, and essence of what the comic books started out as. I am very confident that the team I am working with at Dark Horse and Universal will stay true to my vision. I also believe we will create a movie that, through live action actors, can engage and personally connect with the audience in a way that perhaps animation might not be able to.

5. Why does Emily wear the same black dress every day? Why did you want her to love math and science out of all the subjects in school?

Rob: She wears the same dress so that she doesn't have to think about what to war everyday. That way she can concentrate on her creativity, math, and science more.  Really, I just wanted to stick with one thing myself to help her become easily recognizable someday. Math and science simply help Emily bring her creations to life. She is quite the genius in all subjects though.


6. What about her pet cats, why does she have four of them, and how does their personalities similar to her own? Are there 2 girls and 2 boys or whats the deal with the 4-piece?

Rob: Her 4 cats actually do represent 4 parts of her personality... First off, the cat, and its independence and love of the night are closely related to how Emily is as well. Mystery, Miles, NeeChee, and Sabbath.


7. Having published 18 comic books and 4 young adult novels do you ever see these to ever come together in one mega set, not the novels and comics but having all of the comics into one giant set and then the same for the novels. Does each series differ or do they follow or lead into one another in one way, shape, or form?

Rob: The comics really started out as one-offs, not serializing into one another... The last 2 series have though, and we will continue to collect them into mini series. I am sure that once we have all 3 series of Emily and the Strangers completed, we might collect those into a bigger volume... I don't see the novels being combined, but they do work nicely when read in order.


8. Why did you want to call this character Emily The Strange? Does her name "Emily" refer to a real person in your life or in general or no?

Rob: I liked the name Emily since my grandmother was named Emily.  The initial idea for "the Strange" came from a parody of "Andre the Giant has a posse" sticker we did. Emily's cats were referred to as Emily's Posse after that as well!

9. As many do, Emily loves music and for her newest comic book created a band called Emily and the Strangers, where did the band's name come from?

Rob: Initially I was going to call the band "The Emilys" in the vein of "the Ramones" and "the Donnas"... and all the members would be Emily herself (cloned)... But then I realized this was a good opportunity to introduce NEW characters into her world, and the first was named Evan Stranger... so "the Strangers" naturally evolved from that.

10. What type of band is it?


Rob: An eclectic rockin band of misfits!

11. Can you introduce the band and who has what role in it?

Emily: vocals, gadgets, guitar
Evan (Stranger): guitars
Trilogy (Stranger): keys
Winston: bass
Willow: horns, harp, vocals
Raven: Stix

12. What are the songs about? (What specific themes do they cover?)

Rob: Cats, having fun, experiments gone wrong, attitude, dreams / nightmares, cats, staying up all night, sleeping in the day, other me, cats, carnivorous plants, outer space, cats, etc.

13. Does she write her own songs? (Discuss the songwriting process in detail.)

Rob: Yeah... she writes her own songs... with input and melodies from the band... often the tunes come to her in her sleep and she records the first demos via her Dream Recorder.

14. Who are her musical influences?

Rob: Everything. She's a sponge for creativity - pulling inspiration from everything... including the telephone pole with lots of staples on it and the dandelion growing through a crack in the sidewalk.

15. Can you tell me about the new single, "Calling All Guitars" and what the song is about?

Rob: It's about her "coming to life" by being animated - and her imagination being the source of that and the coming to life of all her creations... is it all in her mind????

16. You had a Kickstarter to get the money to get the single and if more is raised a full EP release, did you see your goal to be reached? Why did you want to use Kickstarter?

Rob: We used Kickstarter because I didn't have the money to do it on my own, and I was tired of waiting for labels and other people to get off their butts to make it happen. It was a lot more work to hustle a campaign like that than imagined, but I am happy we are "doing it ourselves".

17. If this band does do well how far do you plan to take it? Like you may be familiar or maybe not but another animated series known as Metalocalypse with the band Dethklok created by Brendon Small, took that from an animated series to albums to even live showcases with tours etc. Would you see doing that with this project or consider bringing the two together for a tour?

Rob: Yeah, like I said above, I really look forward to taking this to live shows... I have a lot of cool ideas of how we can make her live show an experience to remember... I would love to go on tour with the guys from Metalocalypse (they are great)!

18. You have an extensive collection of Emily items, are all of those items every single item ever released or just a good handful? Which items out of all that has been released or that you have seen would you say is your favorite?

Rob: I love the guitar. I love the stories (comics and novels). I love this animated music video and song (such a new experience!). I also really like our Nintendo DS game. I liked the chocolate bars we did with Dark Horse (they included booger bits, and worm pieces, and screws, and teeth). Those are some of the faves... I have at least 1 of everything in my collection.

19. What other projects aside from Emily The Strange do you have or have you been working on? Where can we check out your other work or work in general?

Rob: I am always working in the garden, and playing music too... Thuja is an experimental band I was in for years- a lot of that instrumental music can be found online... I am always creating and just finished an exhibition at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco. People can see a lot of my creations on Facebook.com/RobReger and robreger.com (although I have not updated my personal website in a long time).

20. Do you ever look back or think of regretting creating this character in anyway?

Rob: No way!

21. Does Emily have any hidden secrets or anything you have not told about her yet?

Rob: Yes. I can't tell you though!

22. Why is she purely white skin? Why give her this look and feel?

Rob: Her skin is white by default of having only 1 color to print with (black) in the early days... I never considered it to be a race, or "pale skin" although that is what a lot of people think...

23. What else do you have planned for the rest of this year overall?

Rob: Comic Con, 20th anniversary party for Emily in San Francisco next month in September, more art, more music.


24. Anything else you'd like to say to the fans out there?

Rob: Stay Strange, and BE all you CAN'T be!
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Mattel's Monster High line has gone on to re-release some of it's products from dolls to other sets for instance it's re-released Frankie Stein, Clawdeen Wolf, and Draculaura from the wave 1 set. Along with other doll re-releases like the Classroom assortment that featured Lagoona Blue, Ghoulia Yelps, and Frankie Stein minus the pink lockers. Another few other re-releases have been the Sweet 1600 assortment, some of the Dead Tired line featuring now the bed's and the dolls themselves and other similar sets like Draculaura and her powder room and Ghoulia and her scooter.

Speaking of which, Ghoulia's scooter and Draculaura's Sweet 1600 racer car are yes you guessed it being re-released BUT this time they are coming in total style! This time around they will be automatic somewhat with a remote control yes a remote control so you can guide your ghouls on the cruise of their desires..... So if you were a buyer of these gadgets when they first debut now you will have to double, triple, or who knows how many you will have to invest in this all new set coming soon!


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Deathcore act We Butter The Bread With Butter will be making their U.S.A. debut soon enough on an upcoming tour and with the release of their third album "Goldkinder" there is no telling as to just how far these guys will take their musical aspect and approaches to life. Guitarist Marcel Neumann does the talking of the band's U.S.A. run and album release.


1. Introduce yourself, tell me what you do in We Butter the Bread with Butter, and how long the band has been together.

Marcel: Hi, I am Marcel, the guitar player of We Butter The Bread With Butter. I write most of the songs and create the live shows. The band exists since 2008.

2. Can I get a backstory on the band/ band biography?

Marcel: There are probably some unknown stories about us. But if they are unknown there is a reason for it for sure. I can tell you some secrets about the band members itself. Can, the drummer, is also a really talented piano player. He played big classical concerts before he was on tour so much. He is also almost fanatic of watching movies or riding roller coasters. Max, the bass player, has Spanish roots. I bet he can also dance Tango if he wanted to. Furthermore he is our art guy. The one who is interested in literature and painting art. Paul, the singer,  is actually a chef. But he quit his work for the band. And he is the only one who doesn't live in Berlin. And I don‘t have any secrets... Besides music I am mostly interested in good vegan nutrition and Final Fantasy.

3. Why did you want to go from being a duo to a full band? Do you regret making these changes?

Marcel: We would never regret that! It was the best decision ever. It‘s the only way to put on a good live show.

4. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?

Marcel: We are based in Berlin. There are many music scenes. Unfortunately you have to say that there are very split up and everyone is interested of doing their own thing. We haven‘t any roots in one of these scenes. We were always very open minded and wanted to look across these barriers.

5. How did you guys come up with your band name?

Marcel: Actually there is no big story behind it. The name describes a really normal thing - something everyone does everyday. Just like we are. Pretty normal guys . We don‘t want to represent this fake hard brutal thing. So this name is more authentic than a band name full of blood and brutality.

6. What bands have influenced your band and its sound?

Marcel: We are getting inspired by music that creates something which wasn't there before. We like music that is able to touch many people all around the word. So we are open minded to everything from classical to pop or rock music. There are no special bands we can name - from Muse to Metallica, from Chopin to Lady Gaga, from Linkin Park to Jessy J.

7. What lyrical theme do you guys use in your music? What message do you want to send?

Marcel: Mostly we create little timeless stories.  We like to keep our private opinion private and let people just enjoy music. On the new record GOLDKINDER we tried out some more lyrical theme. Now we also have songs about a love story or an insecure man. But that‘s just because it fitted better to the music. At first we write a song and afterwards we listen to it and what it tells us. The lyrics should only support the music.

8. Was your songwriting and recording process any different than usual for this CD?

Marcel: Yes, it changed a bit. First of all we needed much more time than on the other records because after writing more than 80 songs we weren't satisfied with the sound at all. It needed some time to find our final sound. So we started over and over again until we created something totally new. That's always our biggest motivation. The creation of something that hasn't been there before. When we reached that point we really knew that this is more We Butter The Bread With Butter than ever before. The songwriting process itself didn't change - except that Can and I wrote together on most of the songs. We wrote and recorded everything by ourselves (like before). What we give to the people should be 100% by ourselves. It was an exhausting time but absolutely worth it.

9. You guys shot a video for the song "Alles was ich will" can you tell me about the song and the video's concept and why did you want this song to be made into a video? Do you have any other videos in the works?

Marcel: It‘s a straight heavy forward rock song. The lyrics are about doing absolutely what you want to do and becoming everything or everyone you want to be. When we finished this song we totally knew that this should be the opener for GOLDKINDER.  We really like the heavy sound of the song and therefore we wanted to have this one as a music video. The lyrics are really good represented in the video and we wanted to have a kind of dark and surprising video for our first one. It also represents Paul, the singer, in a very good way. We just released a new music video for "Meine Brille". You can take a look on Youtube. Its even more epic! There are some more videos in the making and we hope that we can visualize more songs from the new album.

10. Why did you want this album and your previous EP to be released independently?

Marcel: It was very important for us to go our own way. After our first experiences in the music business we knew that we could only do it by ourselves. You win the freedom of full creativity and you can just let go so much.

11. How has the bands sound evolved from your previous releases onto Goldkinder?

Marcel: Our sound is getting more heavier now. It's not always just fast and tricky anymore and has more emotions in it. The lower tempo brings a bigger heaviness in our music and so we had the chance of arranging bigger melodies around.

12. How would you say all of your releases compare and differ to Goldkinder?

Marcel: Like I said before: GOLDKINDER is heavier and in a lower tempo but therefore the music has more space to create feelings. It‘s not about technical skills or how fast you can play an instrument. It‘s more about creating a certain atmosphere for the listener.

13. Is there any story or concept behind the Goldkinder title?

Marcel: The idea of the title GOLDKINDER was to have one word that expresses the emotion of the full record. The word GOLD stands for things like grown, valuable, precious, rarely and unusual... KINDER for things like: growing up,being adventurous, seeing the light of day, the creation of something new.

14. Who produced Goldkinder and what was it like working with them?

Marcel: We produced GOLDKINDER by ourselves. Like I said we want to present everything 100% by ourselves. Can and me are a really good combination in songwriting cause we often think totally different. That creates an interesting writing process. We can break and push each other.

15. Who did the cover art for Goldkinder and how much input did you have on it?

Marcel: Actually the cover was a lucky accident. We had an own organized photo shooting where we wanted to try out some looks. A friend of us, Andrea Schindler, came by and just took a photo with her Polaroid camera. Right after it was released we knew that should be the cover (on that point we didn't even have all songs written). The good point about it was that Andrea is also a graphic designer. So she didn't only take the cover photo she also designed the whole booklet. We told her what we had in mind and she realized it perfectly.

16. Select two songs from Goldkinder and what inspired the lyrics.

Marcel: "Viva Mariposa" - We thought that the music sounded very Spanish so we decided to put some Spanish phrases in it. Mariposa means butterfly and the story is about a boy who heard that you have butterflies in your stomach when you fall in love. So he, naive as he was, ate two butterflies to get this feeling of being in love for the first time. The animals survive and a fight of life and death begins. The boy wants to keep this feeling and the butterflies want to escape desperately.

"Kind im Brunnen" - The music sounds very dark. So we thought about a dark story. There is a fountain deep in the forest. Every full moon night a beautiful melody is heard out of it and children of the nearby village are getting drawn by this melody. In the end it is shown that a child is trapped in the fountain and it can only escape if a new child takes his place.

17. You guys you will be touring in the USA is this the band's first time over?

Marcel: Yes it is and we are really looking forward to it. We are more than excited to play our show in the states.

18. If so, what do you hope to expect from the USA and it's fan base?

Marcel: We hope that we will meet some open minded people who can enjoy music for what it is. And of course we are really curious if the USA is like we imagine it to be.

19. What would be one thing that you just have to do once your in the USA?

Marcel: Riding a motorbike on the route 66 with Metallica or Iron Maiden in my ear or cuddling a bear in the Rocky Mountains.

20. What are the other plans you guys have for this year?

Marcel: After coming home from the USA we will play a 2-months Europe tour and in December some dates in Russia. I think we really come home at Christmas.

21. What is it you'd like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time?

Marcel: That was something totally new. So heavy but with big melodies instead of  brutality.

22. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

Marcel: Of course we have a website where are many information about us and our music: www.wbtbwb.com. You can also go to our Facebook page. We keep people updated nearly every day with news, concerts or just pics from our tourlife: https://www.facebook.com/WBTBWBofficial and you can find music on our Youtube channel as well.

Or you come out to a show and experience the real live feeling with us. We always try to put on a great show with new stuff. And of course we are there to say hello and get in touch. In the US you can buy merch on MerchNOW.

23. Any final words of wisdom?

Marcel: We always like to thank people around the globe for supporting us. That means the world to us. 
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iwrestledabearonce has come a long way since their formation way back when. Now that they are three albums in with a new vocalist in place there is no stopping or telling just how much more or far out these guys plan to go. Guitarist Steven Bradley discusses their latest album "Late For Nothing" and upcoming touring plans for the rest of this year!


1. Introduce yourself, tell me what you do in iwrestledabearonce, and give me a brief summary as to how the band came together and how long they have been around?

Steven: I'm Steven and I play guitar. We have been around for 6 years, and the brief summary is that we met in the Men's room at a truck stop in Louisiana.

2. Tell me why and how did you get the name, iwrestledabearonce?

Steven: Gary Busey said it on a TV show he had for a while… and it seemed like a good idea for a band name.

3. What made you guys decide to form a band?

Steven: This isn't any of our first band… we've all been in bands since we were really young. It's just always been our passion.

4. Krysta Cameron left the band due to pregnancy then was replaced by Courtney LaPlante for good, why did Cameron decide not to return to iwrestledabearonce?

Steven: She never had any intention of returning. She sent us an email quitting the band before our set in Dallas, and we talked to Courtney and she flew out the very next day to join up. We didn't know if she would be permanent or not when we first called her, but it quickly became apparent that she is the best fit for our band that we could ever find.

5. How has Courtney LaPlante adjusted to the band and how have the fans taken to her role as opposed to Cameron?

Steven: She fit right in immediately. From day one, we discovered that we all have the same sense of humor and love the same silly shit, so there was never any weirdness like there undoubtedly should have been… it
was pretty amazing. Everybody was pissed at first, but I think now that people have heard the new album and seen Courtney live since actually practicing with our band (we never practiced prior to Warped and she learned our set in one day!) that we have seen a HUGE amount of support, even from people who had previously talked shit.

6. "Late For Nothing" is your third album to date as a band, how does this make you feel?

Steven: Old as hell.

7. Not only is this your third album but third release for Century Media Records, the relationship with them is going well no?

Steven: I love a lot of the people there, but I think it's pretty obvious we aren't a priority for them anymore and they're focusing more on other things. Our contract with them is now up though, so we shall see what
happens.

8. You guys will be heading out on The About A Life Tour what have you done to prepare yourselves for this tour?

Steven: We've been drinking quite a bit… We know the Attila guys and have toured with and partied with them before, so things should be pretty damn ridiculous.

9. What are you looking forward to about working with the other bands on this tour?

Steven: Drinking in parking lots across the US.

10. You guys have toured a lot over the years but where hasn't iwrestledabearonce set foot in?

Steven: We need to go to South America! Also there are some other countries we could play in Southeast Asia that I'd love to go to. Also South Africa… I mean I would honestly love to play everywhere on Earth, so this list could get pretty long...

11. What do you do to get ready for a show?

Steven: Depends on the show… but shots are fairly common. And listening to Slipknot.

12. You guys have toured with a lot of great bands, which would you say is your favorite?

Steven: Definitely a tough call… I miss watching Closure in Moscow every night. We toured Japan with them and they just blew our fucking minds every single night.

13. What is your favorite song to play live (from any release)?

Steven: Tough call… Were going to be playing some more new songs on this Attila tour, so the answer could change soon! But for now, I love playing Tastes Like Kevin Bacon, Danger in the Manger, and You Know That Ain't Them Dogs' Real Voices from the old releases and the two new song we've been playing live are REALLY fun… and it seems like more people are singing along to them than the past albums, so that's awesome.

14. What's the best and worst shows you've ever played?

Steven: Best show is a tough call… but probably Heavy MTL fest in Montreal or With Full Force festival in Germany. We did a tour with Otep a few years ago, and there are a lot of shows from that tour that would tie for worst shows! Also a skate park that we played with Stray From the Path and American Me like 5 years ago always comes to mind as being completely terrible… the power went out after a song, and it was just a shit show.

15. Do you remember the first show your band played?

Steven: Yep! Gainesville, TX and we had an iPod for a drummer because we couldn't find one at the time in Shreveport, LA.

16. Once the tour in the USA is over what do you have planned afterwards?

Steven: More tour! Keep in touch with us on Facebook, Twitter, and all that shit and we will announce things when we can!

17. Any last words to your fans?

Steven: Thank you to anyone who has ever supported us in any way or just listened to and enjoyed our music! We appreciate it.
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TEAR OUT THE HEART have announced they will be joining THE BROWNING and others for a full US tour beginning September 20th. Check out the dates below!

TOUR DATES:

9/20 – Portage, IN @ Camelot Hall
9/21 – Indianapolis, IN @ Old National Centre
9/22 – Muskegon, MI @ Club Envy
9/24 – Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop
9/27 – Providence, RI @ Loft 71
9/28 – Lemonye, PA @ Championship
9/29 – New York, NY @ Tobacco Road
10/1 – Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
10/2 – Jeanette, PA @ Gators
10/3 – Stanhope, NJ @ Stanhope House
10/4 – Trenton, NJ @ Championships
10/5 – Richmond, VA @ Kingdom
10/6 – Frederick, MD @ Café 611
10/8 – Fayetteville, NC @ The Drunken Horse Pub
10/9 – Winston-Salem, NC @ Ziggy’s Winston Inc
10/10 – Spartanburg, SC @ Ground Zero
10/11 – Orlando, FL @ The Backbooth
10/12 – Ybor City, FL @ Orpheum
10/13 – Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbit
10/17 – Little Rock, AR @ Downtown Music Hall
10/19 – St Louis, MO @ The Mad Magician
10/20 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Chameleon Room
10/22 – Austin, TX @ Dirty Dog Bar
10/23 – San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
10/25 – Corpus Christi, TX @ Zero’s Hard Rock Club
10/26 – Grand Prairie, TX @ QuikTrip Park
10/27 – Farmington, NM @ Top Deck
10/28 – Tempe, AZ @ Club Red
10/29 – Lancaster, CA @ Industry Theater
10/30 – Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
10/31 – Klamath Falls, OR @ Klamath County Fair
11/1 – Richland, WA @ Rays Golden Lion
11/2 – Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
11/3 – Missoula, MT @ Palace
11/4 – Billings, MT @ Railyard
11/5 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
11/6 – Kansas City, MO @ Czar
11/8 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
11/9 – Sauk Rapids, MN @ Bubbas
11/10 – Burnsville, MN @ The Garage
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California hard rock metalheads Behind The Fallen are here to take over the music scene as it is with their own unique style of music making and five of the sexiest motherfucking guys to walk this planet as we knew possible. Guitarist and vocalist David Bruno talks of the band's latest release and what plans they have next.


1. Can I get a backstory on the band/band biography?

David: Behind the Fallen started in late 2011 by our singer, Johnny Presley. He was later joined by guitarist/screamer David Bruno, guitarist Kyle Ort, bassist Chris Khaos and drummer Josh Wimberly. We all had the same ideas when it came to what we wanted to incorporate with our sound, and how we wanted to manage things as a band. We all wanted to hit the ground running so we worked hard at developing some solid songs, which were recorded soon after onto our debut EP “Pages of the Past.”

2. How did you guys come up with your band name?

David: The idea behind the name was to say we support anyone and everyone who has fallen victim to anything, and give that notion that people are never truly alone in any fight.

3. Where is the band based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?

David: We are based out of Orange County, around the Fullerton, Anaheim area. The music scene here is amazing, there are some really talented bands out here, and what is great about that is we established a community where we all look out for each other. All the bands realize that we have the same goals, so we help each other out. A couple bands we would love to recommend are Assuming We Survive, Rival Tides, Lions Amongst Wolves and Valor and Vengeance.

4. What lyrical theme do you guys use in your music? What message do you want to send?

David: It’s actually a funny subject to us. We like to say that our singer Johnny just talks about being an awkward teen with high hopes in life. But really we like to talk about relatable things in life; however one of the reoccurring messages in our EP is one of never letting anything hold you back in life. Whenever those obstacles emerge, just keep pushing forward and not let things discourage you from doing the things that matter most to you.

5. What bands have influenced your band and its sound?

David: We have a range of bands that we’re influenced by. From bands like Escape the Fate, Memphis May Fire and Avenged Sevenfold to bands like Motley Crue and Metallica. All these bands successfully incorporated such a big sound to their genre, and that’s something that really influences us in our song writing.

6. Is there any story or concept behind the Pages Of The Past title?

David: There was no initial concept or overall story conceived when writing our EP. The overall message behind the six songs all related to experiences that happened in the past. So we wanted a title that could capture and expose our past experiences and how we grew from them.

7. Who produced Pages Of The Past and what was it like working with them?

David: Erik Ron produced our EP as well as other bands like Get Scared and Panic at the Disco. It was our first real taste of working with a professional. He really took the time to truly understand the feel for each song and help expand the idea into something much bigger and better. Each member really grew from working with him individually and we definitely feel like we grew together as a band from that experience.

8. Who did the cover art for Pages Of The Past and how much input did you have on it?

David: Our friend Steve Juliano, singer for the band Requiem for the Dead, did all our album artwork. He’s really talented, we were happy he was willing to work with us. He initially sent us random ideas on what he wanted to do for the artwork and we worked together to finalize the finished product. We are really happy with the outcome.

9. You've released several songs "Above the Rising", "Listen Ally", and "You're Just A Friend", will either of these or another song turn into a music video in the coming future?

David: We just recently finished work on our music video for “You’re Just A Friend.” We had a blast shooting this video. Our director really came up with a great storyboard that really fit well with the song. We just received the final cut and are releasing the video to the public on 08/22/2013. You can catch it on YouTube and other social media.

10. Where are you in the process of the new EP?

David: It is completely done. We actually just pressed them as well so everything is set for our release date.

11. How would you describe the overall sound of it?

David: We definitely wanted to incorporate a big sound without sacrificing the hard rock edge to it. We are not looking to be tied down to one specific scene or genre so we worked hard on creating songs that can appeal to different audiences.

12. Did the band have any definitive goals they were shooting for before the recording process began for this release?

David: In all honesty, we really love doing what we do and our goal is to be able to do this full time. So everything we do is to strive and help accomplish that goal. From day one we always wanted to provide a great product to the audience, and that is still our goal as a band, to give the audience our all.

13. Are you using any new instrumentation you've never used in the recording process before?

David: One thing that we picked up from our studio time with Erik Ron is incorporating backing tracks, whether it be orchestral, piano parts or an 808 drop, we feel like it really brings our sound to new levels.

14. When did you start writing for this release?

David: We started working on this EP over a year ago, which in retrospect sounds insane to us! We really wanted things to be as perfect as can be for our debut EP so we took our time. We are really happy with it and we hope our fans will be too.

15. When can we expect the new album to be released?

David: We are just about ready to release it. We have this great show lined up on the 09/07/2013 at the Glasshouse in Pomona CA as our CD release show where we will have hard copies of our EP, after that we are releasing the EP on iTunes on 09/10/2013. We are extremely proud of these songs; we put all our effort and heart into it, so we’re excited to get this out to our fans.

16. Have you been road testing any of the new material? If so, how have audiences reacted to the new material?

David: We have, we actually have been playing most of the songs on the EP as well as some more recently written songs. We have been lucky enough to receive a positive reception on the songs we've been playing live, which is a definite relief. Some of the new songs are definitely pushing a more mature sound so we’re always happy when we have positive feedback on them.

17. What are your upcoming touring/show plans?

David: We are actually ready to hit the road starting on 08/26/2013. We will be doing shows all up the country leading us as far as Indiana and back. After that we are going to be pushing our EP as much as we can locally and also set up shows having us venture out to AZ and TX on constant basis as well.

18. Where can we listen to your band and where can we buy your stuff?

David: We will have hard copies and other merchandise at all our upcoming shows, you can keep up to date on that by following us on Facebook and all other social media. We also have behindthefallen.bigcartel.com where you can order our merchandise as well. You can download our EP “Pages of the Past” via ITunes after 09/10/2013.

19. What is it you’d like a listener to remember the most when hearing your music for the first time?

David: The connection felt, via it’s musically or vocally. Our songs are about experiences we personally went through, and we want to connect with others who experienced the same and let them know that they are not alone.

20. What can the fans expect to see from you in the future?

David: Ideally we’d like them to see more us. We want to help rejuvenate the rock scene out here, so let’s start that revolution!

21. Any final words of wisdom?

David: As long as you keep doing what you love to do, always strive to accomplish more. We've met some great people and had some memorable experiences in the short amount of time that we've been a band, and we’re looking forward to more, and we credit that to always working hard at our craft.
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Cemetery Road: What is now a solo project, originally formed in September of 2006 under the name" Fall of Ancient" as a full band. After a lot of time, many member changes, and musical differences, Stephen decided it would be in his best interest to continue this project alone.

Stephen is influenced by many styles of music but his main interest was to start a metal band that brought forth influences from all different types of metal. Bringing you tight low end rhythms, harmonies, and catchy lead lines, Stephen hopes to write music that will attract a broad range of audiences by including many different styles in his music. With that Stephen himself discusses his latest works and plans for the coming future.


1. Introduce yourself, tell me what you do in Cemetery Road, and how long has this project been together?

Stephen: My name is Stephen Miskie and I'm 22.  I've been playing guitar for approximately 8 years.  In Cemetery Road I am the only member other than a good friend of mine who has been kind enough to do all the screaming vocals for me.  (Nathan Bales, who has a full time project called "Psychotic Pulse") .

All the music was written, arranged, and recorded by me with the exception of the screaming vocals
along with most of the lyrical content with the exception of contributions made by Nathan. I've been working on this project for a long time but I will go into further details in the questions below.

2. Where is this project based out of and what is your music scene like there? Are there any local bands you could recommend?

Stephen: Cemetery Road is based out of Mississauga, ON Canada.  The music scene here isn't bad, bands support each other which is definitely something to be cherished.  If I had to recommend any local bands from around this area I could definitely name a few.

Horizons
Something You Whisper
Starfall
Dreamers
Where Giants Once Stood
Unlimited
The Northern

3. Can I get a backstory on the project and it's biography?

Stephen: In the beginning, this project started out with the intentions of being a full band.  I had been working with a drummer for a while and the two of us began searching for more members.  After about 2-3 years of searching for talented/committed musicians, the two of us ended up having a falling out (for reasons unrelated to music or the band) that resulted in the ending of our friendship and the band.

In light of things coming to an end, I decided it would be in my best interest to continue the project alone, under a new name.  Since all of  the material was written and arranged by me, there was no issue in doing so.  I went ahead and started recording.  I re-wrote all the drum parts and programmed them into my songs and I got in touch with a vocalist (Nathan Bales) who was kind enough to record all the "screaming" vocals on my debut EP along with some lyrical contributions of his own.

At this stage, I now had a 3 song EP fully recorded and I was starting to see my dreams come together.  I had been sitting on this material for so long and I was really upset when everything fell apart.  I thought at that point, for sure, no one would ever hear my music.  Because of all the help from Chris Cosentino at Citadel Studio and Nathan Bales, I was able to accomplish my dreams of releasing music to the public, that I had written.

4. You were once called Fall Of Ancient then changed your name to Cemetery Road why the name change?

Stephen: The circumstances of the project changed and I felt that it was time to start over with a new identity.

5. Why did you want your project to be called Cemetery Road? What does it mean?

Stephen: When I was trying to come up with a new name, I knew I wanted something a little more mature than the previous one.  I wanted a name that stood out and grabbed peoples attention.  I was out driving around up north one weekend through some country roads and I came across a street called Cemetery Road.  It really stood out to me, and I liked the way it sounded.  After pondering on that as a name
for a while I decided that it was a good choice for me.


6. What bands have influenced your band and its sound?

Stephen: My biggest influence would have to be Lamb of God, but there are plenty of other bands that have made a big impact on my writing style. To list a few: Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying, All That Remains, Affiance, and Parkway Drive.

7. What lyrical theme do you guys use in your music? What message do you want to send?

Stephen: In my debut EP a lot of the lyrical content was written based on past relationships and moving on from them.  Now, that's not to say that in my future releases the lyrical content will only consist of the same. There isn't a specific message that I try to send in my lyrics.  Everyone is different and everyone will interpret the lyrics differently. Take from my songs what you will and hopefully they help you get through whatever it is that you're going through. :)

8. Who produced  "Fear of Dreams... Love for Nightmares" and what was it like working with them?

Stephen: Chris Cosentino @ Citadel Studio in Mississauga, ON.  He was an absolute pleasure to work with, very professional and I would recommend him to anyone in the area looking for quality recordings at an affordable price!

9. Is there any story or concept behind the  "Fear of Dreams... Love for Nightmares" title?

Stephen: I've found when things are good, something almost always goes wrong but when things are bad there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.  So to put it simply, the fear of something good because it will probably turn sour and the love for something bad because it will probably turn out better.  I tried to apply that concept into a title that could be used to describe relationships, based on that topic being the main influence for the lyrical content on this EP.

10. Who did the cover art for  "Fear of Dreams... Love for Nightmares" and how much input did you have on it?

Stephen: It was Mikey Powell, the vocalist of "Conducting From The Grave" another big influence of mine! To be honest, it was actually a pre-made design he had that I just instantly fell in love with when I saw it.  I already had the title of the EP in mind and to me, it just fit so perfectly.

11. Select two songs from  "Fear of Dreams... Love for Nightmares" and what inspired the lyrics.

Stephen: Considering that this is only a 3 song EP, I can basically narrow down all 3 songs for you.  They are all based around relationships. Some people may think it's corny or repetitive to write about that but to each their own.

The lyrics written for all of these songs have helped me get through certain tough times in my life and reading the lyrics today I look back on them and see how I've grown.

Sometimes all people need to do is write their feelings down on paper to begin their healing process without hurting the people who hurt them by voicing it to their faces.

12. Do you have any new music in the works as far as a follow-up release?

Stephen: At this current time I have a new EP in the works that will consist of 5 new songs.  I have almost all of the instrumentals recorded for it,  just a few final tweeks on them and then on to some vocals!  I'm hoping to have this new 5 song EP out sometime around Christmas :)

13. Has Cemetery Road ever played in the States or plan to do so in the future?

Stephen: Cemetery Road has never played a show, because it's a solo project it is basically just my studio project.... at least for now. Who knows what the future will bring!

14. What are your upcoming touring and show plans?

Stephen: Please see the above question :)

15. What can the fans expect to see from you in the future?

Stephen: They can definitely be expecting some merch and of course more music!

16. Anything else you'd like to say or add?

Stephen: I'd like to thank you all for taking the time to read this interview.
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