Collector Interview

Give a short explanation of the band's origins. (story behind the name, when you got started etc) 

The band started off playing shows as much as we could in our area (Columbus, Ohio). After we played a show with Carnifex and Oceano in April of 2011, Devin Shidaker, the guitarist of Oceano, talked with us and he soon became our manager. A member change here and there brings us to our current lineup and name.

What are some of the band's influences? 

Our influences range from many different types of music. When we write, we tend to get ideas from And Hell Followed With, whitechapel, Molotov Solution, Impending Doom and Thy Art Is Murder. But we love to listen to anything, pretty much.

What was your favorite show to play? 

Our favorite show to play, hands down, was the Third Jamboree. We had a huge crowd and an even bigger pit (someone put a whole in the wall) and we got to hang out with a bunch of our friends the whole day. It was so much fun.

What band(s) do you want to share the stage with in the future? 

We hope to share the stage with whitechapel, The Acacia Strain, Oceano, Chelsea Grin, Winds of Plague, Impending Doom, the list could go on forever. There are too many to choose from!

Can you give any details on future release? (EPs, singles, full-lengths - anything you can give)

We are releasing a self-titled, 5-track EP on August 18th at the Basement in Columbus, Ohio, sponsored by The Artery Foundation. If you buy a ticket from us, you get a free EP! We are going to be recording it sometime in the next month or so.

Do you plan to tour in the future? 

We would love to tour! We are currently working on getting a van and a trailer so that we are able to, but we are definitely looking forward to touring sometime soon.

If so, where do you want to play most?

One place I would love to tour personally would be California. Hot girls, sweet venues, and awesome crowds. What more could you ask for?

Where do you see yourself in ten years? 

In ten years, we hope to be touring the world playing our music to our fans. A tour bus, awesome equipment, and a tour crew so we don't have to load in or set up! That would be so great.

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Ephemera Interview

Give a short explanation of the band's origins. (story behind the name, when you got started etc)

We first got everyone together on the 14th of July, 2011.  Everyone in the band except Ryan and Dillon are from Shawnee and attended high school together.  Taylor knew Ryan from his previous band and recruited him.  Down the road after the need for a bass player arose, Ryan suggested Dillon, whom he knew from his previous band as well.  We tried coming up with a name for about a month, even resorting to Google for elegant-sounding words.  We all agreed on Ephemera, which means something that is beautiful, but short-lived.

What are some of the band's influences? 

We all come from a variety of musical backgrounds, and as a seven piece, the influences everyone brings to the table are extremely diverse.  We obviously derive a lot of inspiration from metalcore giants Bring Me the Horizon and Like Moths to Flames, but we also take a lot of musical direction from other genres. For example, Aaron is heavily influenced by Telle of The Word Alive, while Michael’s favorite band is Avenged Sevenfold.

What was your favorite show to play? 

Our favorite show would probably have to be the Ink for Your Letter Apparel Presents the Southern Swing Tour.  We recently won an endorsement with that company and we played our first headlining show for the release of their Spring line of shirts.  We got to play with some awesome locals and made new friends in Righteous Vendetta and Not One is Upright.

What band(s) do you want to share the stage with in the future?

We all would pretty much like to play with the bands that inspire us, most notably Bring Me the Horizon.  Motionless in White would also be monumental, as would The Word Alive and Haste the Day.  The greatest honor we as a band could receive would be to play with some of the innovators of our genre. Bands like As I Lay Dying and Underoath.  Really the list is endless, as we want to share the stage with as many bands as possible and to make as many friends as possible.

Can you give any details on future release? (EPs, singles, full-lengths - anything you can give)

We’re currently writing the last of the material for our EP, which we expect to record and release some time in the early Fall of this year.  We’ve discussed shooting a music video as well, but it’s only in talks at the moment.

Do you plan to tour in the future? 

While it’s still an early idea, we would all love to be able to travel the country (the world some day, hopefully!) and play music and meet as many people as possible.  That’s the reason we got together and decided to play music, because it’s the passion we all share and that drives us to do what we do.

If so, where do you want to play most? 

We would absolutely love to tour the west coast.  California is known for its innovative and thriving music scene, and we would love to see how the crowd over there reacts to our music.

Where do you see yourself in ten years? 

In ten years? It’s hard to say where we see ourselves in one year, let alone ten.  But we would like to think we’re still pushing forward, driving as inspired as ever to creating the music we love for the people that love us.

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Obliterationist Interview

Give a short explanation of the band's origins. (story behind the name, when you got started etc) 

We all got together as a band for the first time in December of 2010. Back then we were rather unserious about our band and we named us "Killing what's Lifeless" - a name only reffering to our first song named "A Soulless Monster".
As we wrote more songs and played local venues we noticed that we recieved more and more positive feedback, we couldn't believe it but people actually thought we were good!
We then decided that we would maintain our band more seriously and recruit a bass player which we had never had before. During this time it was the summer of 2011 and it wasn't until March of 2012 when we found our bass player. Shortly after he had joined we decided that we would pretty much start over from scratch and leave the "Killing what's Lifeless"-era behind us. We then named us "Obliterationist" which basically means "someone who has the plain ideology to destroy or ideas to obliterate, kill". A name we thought, and still do, fitted our songs and their meanings much better than "Killing what's Lifeless".

What are some of the band's influences?

Our bands influences are rather scattered although they are all in the metal section. We play deathcore/extrememetal that is a bit more to the deathmetal than to the hardcore. We are sort of a mix of Whitechapel and Chelsea Grin although people have said that we sound like Job For A Cowboy.

What was your favorite show to play? 

We haven't really played that many shows since we are newly established but our favorite show so far was when we played at a metal festival named "Entering Spring Festivalen" in the middle of April not too long from where we live.
We played together with larger Swedish bands such as Yersinia and Walking With Strangers and the crowd of around 300 people was amazing!

What band(s) do you want to share the stage with in the future? 

We would love to share the stage with any of our greatest inspirations such as Suicide Silence, Whitechapel or Chelsea Grin. You can always hope, haha!

Can you give any details on future release? (EPs, singles, full-lengths - anything you can give)

We just released our first EP and right now we are only promoting it continiously to build up a solid fanbase. We are looking at re-entering the studio by the end of this summer again to record some more. What it is we are not really sure about yet although pre-production songs could be submitted this summer!

Do you plan to tour in the future? If so, where do you want to play most?

We definitely plan to tour in the future. Right now it looks like we will be doing a tour or two this summer here in Sweden. On future tours we hope to be going to places all over Europe and also places such as the US and Australia.

Where do you see yourself in ten years?

We have fortunately no ideas of where we will see ourselves in the future as we are a newly started band. We are only wanting to maintain our band at a steady level, write music and bring it out to a supportive crowd to see wherever it takes us!

Korotory Interview

Interview with Korotory

Give a short explanation of the band's origins. (story behind the name, when you got started etc) 

Korotory is a Death/Trash/Groove metal band from Long Island, NY, USA We formed in 1995 and survived every terrible trend in music, We never gave into anyone or and trend we made our own rules even when everyone said METAL was DEAD. We said fuck that and waved the flag of metal high and proud and here we are 17 years later. We have had many line ups over the years but our vocalist Ray Truhn, and me drummer Darren Markoff have been the core of the band since the beginning. Our original guitarist Gary Hoyt left the band in February and was replaced by guitarist Matt Scriva We added guitarist Chris Clemente and bassist Brett Weatherston to the fold a year ago

What are some of the band's influences?

There are so many but I guess the big ones are Pantera, Exodus, Testament, Death, At The Gates, Overkill, Meshuggah, Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, Vio-lence, Machine Head, and Kreator

What was your favorite show to play?

The three best shows we ever played were1. Exodus, Malevolent Creation, Holy Grail & Bonded by Blood in NYC 20102. Satyricon/Cthonic in NYC 20093. Death/Hammerfall in NJ 1998What band(s) do you want to share the stage with in the future?We would love to play with as many bands as possible the one band that would be beyond a dream but will never happen is Pantera.

Can you give any details on future release? (EPs, singles, full-lengths - anything you can give)

We have a new album due in August 2012 it will be called Chapter III : The Conquering

Do you plan to tour in the future?

We hope to do some touring for this record, we will have to wait and see.

If so, where do you want to play most?

We will cover our areas in NY, NJ, CT, MA, and PA and hopefully make it to other areas as wellRyan thanks for the interview bro and for all your support \m/ Darren

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Plagues of Prophecy Interview

Plagues of Prophecy Interview

Where when and how did Plagues of Prophecy form? (how the band started, how long have you been a band, etc...)

"The name Plagues of Prophecy came from an idea the vocalist had while in prison in 2006.
The vocalist called a meeting from prison in 2008 to get the band started upon his release in 2009, and have been together ever since."

What are some of your musical influences?

"Some of our influences consist of Cannibal Corpse, Cattle Decapitation, Winterhorde, Vehemence, Behemoth, Dark Funeral, and Cephalic Carnage. "

Is there a concept behind the band and/or your art?

"Our art work comes from song influences - basically depicting what the songs are about...horror, gore, and brutality. We hired an artist for the album art of our first CD and it came out awesome."

Are you planning to tour any time soon? Where do you want to go?

"We are working on shows around the northeastern region at the moment, as well as Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia, and anywhere else we are welcome/wanted to play. "

Where do you see Plagues of Prohecy being in 3 years?

"Playing as many shows as possible and hopefully in the hearts of every true death metal fan."

Are there plans for a 2nd full length album in the works?

"We have seven new songs that are written in 7 strings and hope to be recording a 2nd album soon to release those new ones and more."

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After Ail Interview

Interview with Ben Veau of After Ail

Give a short explanation of the band's origins. (story behind the name, when you got started etc) 

"After Ail has been a band for many years. With many different member changes and even name changes. I am not the original member. The only past members I do know are Corey McKinstrey who was the original vocalist. Fill in guitarist, some kid named Chris. then a fill in bassist, a kid named Carl Gustafason who has been in many bands playing many different spots. The band finally became named After Ail in May of 2010. Basically the meaning behind the name is simple.. AFTER AIL: After Ailment. Ailment means pain/sickness/blah blah blah. So overall it just means the aftermath of a disease or something along those lines. Like I said, I never came up with the name! I can say that I have known the members of the band for 4 years. So the band has been around at least that long!!! We recently have been endorsed by Monogram Apparel, a clothing company that supports tours and the owner of it was in a band called Anomia which recently had their last show. R.I.P. Also we just picked up some amazing management with Nasty Promotions, my good friend Matthew Hebert (Our manager) who owns the company is heartfelt dude who puts up with a lot from the local music scene and literally spends his life doing this, helping bands, raising an awesome kid and being one hell of a guy! He deserves all the credit he can and he has been helping us as a band more than ever. Thanks Matt! You're the man!"

What are some of the band's influences?

"Some of After Ail's influences are tricky and you might not believe this but..... here they are!Korn. I Killed The Prom Queen. Behold Oblivion. Adestria. As I Lay Dying. The Faceless. King Conquer. Periphery. Welcome The Tide. Destroy The Runner. Born of Osiris.

Each band named (...and there are more...) influence each one of our members in a different way. Whether it is lyrically and vocalist wise for me. Double bass patterns, breakdowns, to the tuning of the drums for our drummer. To the riffs and melodic parts we have in our songs for our guitarist, and for our bassist, well he is all over the place. In a good way!!!"

What was your favorite show to play?

"Hard question man! I do believe that everyone in the band's favorite show was one date in Hartford CT at The Webster Theater. The guys were telling me the crowd was insane, people wanted pictures with them, autographs, the owner said they could come back anytime they wanted! I guess it was one hell of a show! sadly I was not in the band at that time.I can say our next show with local acts and very good personal buds of ours on June 29th which is personally my favorite local band A Wanted Awakening's CD Release show with: A Wanted Awakening. The River Neva. Still Silent. Drama Queen For 600. We Ate The Survivors. Flood of Arcadia. Heal The Destroyer. this show is going to go in the books man, all amazing bands and anyone reading this should definitely check them out!!"

What band(s) do you want to share the stage with in the future?

"Very easy dude...Periphery, Behold Oblivion, Born of Osiris, I Killed Everyone, The Faceless, Rings of Saturn, Adestria, Breakdown of Sanity, Welcome The Tide, Suffokate, Betraying the Martyrs, Argent Strand etc..."

Can you give any details on future release? (EPs, singles, full-lengths - anything you can give)

"Well all I can personally say at the moment is that everyone keep your eyes and ears open for August. Some killer things are in the works. You will all love it! "

Do you plan to tour in the future?

"Touring is up in the air at the moment my man, 2 members in our band each have a kid, and one is getting married in a week. But hey, who ever said that can stop someone from living their dream. I personally want to tour the UK, but we will have to wait and see!

If so, where do you want to play most?

"There is no specific place we want to play the most, we want to play many different places playing as much as we can to get our music, name and message out there through my lyrics and through our heart for this.  All I can say to anyone is, it doesn't matter what genre you are, whether you play all breakdowns, open notes, or if you are nothing but guitar sweeps, vocal squeals and blast beats. It doesn't matter what you play, as long as that "genre' doesn't stop you from progressing as a band. Play what you want, write what you want, do what YOU want. Don't let anything get in the way of that. It is a therapy for music, and a hobby for few nowadays. release yourself through the music you play and write, and keep on shredding. Fuck."


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Valor

Valor (Pa) Interview

Give an explanation of the band's origins. (story behind the name, when you got started etc)

"Our vocalist had a side project with a few guys from his previous band named Valor.
We all liked it and thought that it would fit us best, so we just used that for our name.
Matt Bilby from Empyreal actually came up with Valor. We got started and playing shows
early 2012 after we got a new vocalist and changed our name to Valor."

What are some of the band's influences?

"I would say I, the Breather, The Gun Show, Volumes, Structures, and Upon a Burning Body.
We like fast, bouncy, and heavy bands."

What has been your favorite show to play so far?

"When we played with The Last Ten Seconds of Life and Johnny Booth. They were both crazy live and really down to earth guys."

What band(s) do you want to share the stage with in the future?

"Volumes, I, the Breather, Structures, and Stray From the Path would be awesome to share the stage with."

Can you provide any details on future release? (EPs, singles, full-lengths - anything you can give)

"Currently we're in the process of finishing up our EP "Restless: Attachments." We've only got two or three more songs to record for a 5 or 6 song EP."

Do you plan to tour in the future?

"Actually this summer we're trying to get a tour going. If you're a band or if you're booking
shows, we're always down to play. Email us (ryanbilby92@gmail.com) or add us on http://www.facebook.com/ValorPA"

If so, where do you want to play most?

"NYC and FL would be awesome. Even Pittsburgh would be awesome to play. We would really like to play out of the state."

Check out, "like" and support Valor.
Big things coming from this band.
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