178 - MALEVOLENCE: Metalcore Riffs, Guitar Rundown & Navigating Fatherhood

Varials is an American hardcore punk band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. We talk about the after-life, quitting college to be in a band & much more! SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! Varials is: Mitchell Rogers, James Hohenwarter, Mike Foley, Sean Rauchut & Shane Lyons TIME CODES: 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - Quitting College Is The 1st Step To Being In A Band 16:09 - Orthodox & Boundaries 21:05 - Mitch Singing Full Time 30:05 - Taking Things For Granted 34:06 - Scars For You To Remember 40:19 - In Darkness Writing Process 44:06 - Demons, Ghosts, Spirits & The Wizard 55:26 - Ross Robinson Vinyl & Listening To Music High 58:48 - Hip Hop Influence, Joey Jordison, BMTH & The DOOM Soundtrack 01:04:02 - Fender 7-String 01:08:43 - Turnstile & Future Of Heavy Music 01:12:01 - Lorna Shore & Knocked Loose

21 Nov 20221h 21min

Left to Suffer is an metalcore/nu-core band from Atlanta, Georgia. We talk about doing mushrooms on stage, their early eays of jamming in a storage unit & much more! SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! Left to Suffer is: Taylor Barber, Peter Higgs, Jacob Gordon, Christian Nowatzki & Alex Vavra TIME CODES: 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - Recording Snake & Three Days Grace Connection 08:46 - Touring W Carnifex, Spite & Drinking At 3pm 10:45 - Writing Together 15:50 - Tone Is In Your Hands 18:08 - Influenced By Disturbed & St. Anger 23:02 - Not Being Into Metallica, Thrash & Stranger Things 26:21 - Korn Woodstock 99 & Time Travel 34:01 - Opening For Wage War & Emmure 42:12 - Writing Process In The Woods 48:06 - Going Viral On TikTok 52:36 - Being From Atlanta, Sevendust & Nu-Metal Tattoos 58:03 - Meeting Other Members After Jail 01:03:46 - Taking Mushrooms On Stage 01:08:30 - Garza Is On Ayahuasca 01:12:22 - What Happens When You Die, What Is Hell?  01:14:18 - Taylor Was Homeless - “LTS Saved Me Life” 01:20:00 - Future of LTS

14 Nov 20221h 25min

Vended is an metal band from Des Moines, Iowa. We talk about Griffin's love for Green Day, hearing Skrillex in the 1st grade, playing along to Slipknot songs & much more! SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB VENDED is: Griffin Taylor, Cole Espeland, Simon Crahan, Jeremiah Pugh & Connor Grodzicki TIME CODES: 00:00 - Intro 00:51 - Band Name & Iowa 05:44 - Formation & Covering Nirvana 11:05 - AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses & Metal Influence 17:46 - Finding Your Sound 24:20 - Friendship 33:23 - 1st Show & The Pandemic 37:45 - Recording Process of Ded to Me 43:02 - Playing Injured 50:03 - Destroying Your Body At Shows 55:31 - Future of Vended 59:01 - Writing Process

7 Nov 20221h 10min

Hemorage is an hardcore thrash band based out of San Francisco, California. We talk about how to be a DIY band, what being from the Philippines is like & much more! SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB TIME CODES: 00:00 - Mosh Pit 01:29 - The Start, Sound of Noise & The Minibus 11:58 - Finding Band Members 17:21 - Being From The Philippines & Metal Gatekeepers in America 22:32 - Meeting Gary Holt & Exodus 28:10- Printing Your Own Merch & Savage People 32:49 - Finding Inspiration From All Genres of Music 34:34 - Web3 & Tech N9ne 39:44 - Quitting your job 46:44 - Fighting Your Demons, Insecurities & Listening to Slayer 52:55 - Future of Metal

31 Okt 20221h 1min

Shadow of Intent is an American deathcore band from Connecticut. We talk about Halo's connection to the band name, Cattle Decapitation's influence on deathcore & much more!  SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! TIME CODES: 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - Formation, Halo & Band Name 06:00 - Primordial & 1st Show 12:00 - Is Moving to California Worth It? 17:30 - Trying Out For SOI & Finding Band Members 27:05 - How To Manifest Your Dream 34:12 - The Life Changing Message 39:45 - Cattle Decapitation & Travis Ryan Influence On Modern Deathcore 44:11 - Songwriting, Being Yourself & Letting Others Be Themselves 52:41 - Are All Bass Players Lazy?  55:27 - Dream Theater, Black Dahlia Murder & Whitechapel Being Influences 01:03:28 - Being Independent, Self Managed & CURRENTS 01:14:54 - Balancing Time & Your Life 01:19:03 - Future of SOI

24 Okt 20221h 24min

Tim Lambesis is the founder & vocalist for American metalcore band As I Lay Dying. We talk about the early years of AILD, Tim's time being incarcerated, what is was like for the band coming back & much more! SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! TIME CODES: 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - The Start of AILD 10:29 - Finding Band Members, Metal Blade & The Black Dahlia Murder 16:44 - Shadows Are Security, Creative Tension & Ozzfest 23:53 - An Ocean Between Us 31:36 - The Powerless Rise 37:44 - Awakened & Spirituality 44:54 - Being Incarcerated 54:00 - Communication with the Band 01:00:04 - The Discussion, Post Prison & Rehabilitation 01:05:08 - My Own Grave 01:09:16 - The Classic Lineup 01:14:15 - What Incarceration is, Non Profit & Therapy 01:18:23 - The Fans  01:25:36 - 2nd Chance, Redemption & Childhood Trauma 01:36:13 - Future of AILD

17 Okt 20221h 46min

Garza and Zack the Kid talk about recently seeing Meshuggah, taking risks in music, the new Slipknot record & much more! SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB TIME CODES: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Papa Roach & Evanescence being great live bands 6:12 - Meshuggah playing Rational Gaze 11:24 - Cobra Kai & Dahmer 16:06 - Dark & the beautiful 23:51 - Peace in chaos 28:39 - Carlos Santana on the podcast? 35:00- Garza playing deathcore longer than anyone? 41:50 - Taking risks in heavy music 45:00 - The new Slipknot record 48:37 - Wearing football jerseys

10 Okt 202253min

Garza is back from the Lamb of God tour! We talk about going to baseball games to drink/eat hotdogs, being an introvert on tour & much more! SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB TIME CODES: 00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Time perception going faster as you age 06:40 - Do we go to Dodgers, Angel’s games just to drink beer? 10:18 - Primal music & Kublai Khan 14:20 - Cats will eat your face off 19:07 - Baroness & avoiding a car crash 25:47 - Being high AF at the gym VS cardio 29:40 - Suicide Silence & having an introvert battery life 37:31 - Slipknot is better than ever 46:27 - Lamb of God & Killswitch Engage 51:24 - The key to life & being consistent

3 Okt 202256min