HUMP DAY – WE’RE ALMOST THERE…

Well my HeadBangers we have snow today maybe 1-2 inches, hopefully it will all be gone tomorrow.   Here are 3 bands I picked for Hump Day and I hope it gets your blood moving…

IN FLAMES

“Meet Your Maker”

Love these guys and their Melodic Metal from Gothenburg, Sweden.

OVERKILL

“Scorched”

Now for some New Jersey Thrash, these guys have 20 albums, so you know they are the shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SMORRAH

“The Burden of Necrosouls”

These guys are part of my Metal Familia and have been for years, I love them and their Thrash’n Death Metal.  Straight from Gelsenkirchen, Germany.  Check them out.

Hope these 3 help get you through the rest of the week.  2 more days and we are done, hang in there HeadBangers.  See you back this Saturday with the weekly band.  Stay warm….

WEEK 235 – NECROWRETCH

My HeadBangers I ran across this band and since I’m French I had to add them to the blog.  I love their sound and look.  It gets pretty dark, but they are a Black/Death Metal Band.  Take a listen…

“Numidian Knowledge”

This was just released 3 days ago.  Listen to those vocals...

“Tredeciman Blackfire”

Ok this one is from 5 years ago, but I had to put it on.  Can you see and hear how they really get into their music.  Love it.

Let’s look at some bio on these guys:

Necrowretch was formed in 2008 by guitarist Vlad with “the impure intention to play sadistic-gravecracking-possessed death metal”.  Vlad was joined by drummer Blastphemator and recorded their first demo “Rising from Purulence” after 3 rehearsals. Bassist Amphycion joined after seeing them play a gig, making the band a trio and then going on to record their second demo Necrollections in 2010. Their first EP, Putrefactive Infestation was released in 2011 on 12″ vinyl containing 4 tracks.  They then released a compilation; Ripping Souls of Sinners, followed by a second EP; Now You’re in Hell, released on 7″ vinyl consisting of two tracks and featuring a cover of  Death’s “Zombie Ritual”. Blastphemator later left the band later in 2011 due to a “total lack of motivation”.

“Zombie Ritual”

I’m not kidding this man has those vocals down…

Before the release of their second EP, Necrowretch were signed to Century Media Records on February 6, 2012.  Necrowretch began recording their first studio album in August 2012.  “Putrid Death Sorcery”,  was released through Century Media Records on January 28,  2013 on CD, vinyl and digital download.  Necrowretch then played live shows with touring drummer K Desecrator, who left the band on June 14, 2013 after playing  7 shows.  

Necrowretch released a music video for “Putrid Death Sorcery” on 17 July 2013, with a compilation album being announced for release on 21 October 2013. Fans attending the Live Evil Festival in London were able to buy copies early from the band themselves.  Bestial Rites 2009–2012 was released as a compilation of the band’s previous demo and EP material, on October 21  in Europe and November 5 in North America through Century Media Records on CD and digital download.  Necrowretch were also confirmed as being one of the bands in the lineup for Hellfest in June 2015

In a post on their Facebook page, Necrowretch stated that Ilmar Marti Uibo would play all the 2014 shows and would be their drummer on the next album.  Following the departure of Amphycion in August, the band announced they had signed with Season of Mist, with plans to release their third studio album in 2017.  In January 2017, the band premiered the first track from their third album, titled “Satanic Slavery”, which was released on April 14, 2017.   Their latest album, “The Ones From Hell”  was released on February 14, 2020, on Season of Mist.

Their new album will be released February 2, 2024.  Check it…

Let’s meet the band:

Vlad – Vocals, Guitar (2008-present)

Wence – Guitar (2017-present)

Pierrick – Bass (2009 -present)

Ilmar Marti Uibo – Drums (2013-present)

My Thoughts:

If you look at the pics you can see how much they are into their music.  That’s how it should be, it’s all over their faces.  Check out the new album in February.  They are on FB and Instagram,  their website is really nice check that out also.  Well that’s it for this week my HeadBangers.  Join me Wednesday for Hump Day and next Saturday for the weekly band.  Until then don’t stand to close to the fire if you can’t handle the burn…..

HUMP DAY – A DAY LATE….

Well my HeadBangers a day late but here I am, so let me give you 3 new ones I found…

INTO THE VEIN

“Echoes Within”

This band is from Melbourne.  They have really grabbed my attention, you know what comes next hopefully …

LUTHARO

“Time to Rise”

This band is from Ontario, Canada.  I love her voice, you all know how I am about my growl vocals and she has some great ones.

IHSAHN

“Pilgrimage To Oblivion”

And to round out the week how about some Norwegian Black Metal of course…

I hope you like these 3 for this week.  I love finding different bands I haven’t heard before.  Enjoy the rest of your week and see you Saturday for the weekly band. 

WEEKLY BAND LIST

  • Week 235 – Necrowretch – Black/Death Metal – France
  • Week 234 – BaYat – Rock – Serbia
  • Week 233  – Kalmo  – Doom Metal – Finland
  • Week 232 – Batushka – Black Metal and something more – Poland
  • Week 231 – Serpents Oath – Black Metal – Belgium
  • Week 230 – Any Given Day – Metalcore – Germany
  • Week 229 – Grymheart – Melodic Power/Death Metal – Hungary
  • Week 228 – Hrothgar – Melodic Death/ Heavy Metal – France
  • Week 227 – Mur.Doc 104 – Old School Thrash, Malta
  • Week 226 – Persevera – Metal – Sumaré, SP, Brazil
  • Week 225 – Wake Up Frankie – Thrash – Helsinki, Finland
  • Week 224 – Legion Of The Damned – Thrash/Death Metal – The Netherlands
  • Week 223 – GREH – Part 2 – The Interview – Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Week 223 –  GREH – Sludgy Death – Doom Metal – Karlsruhe, Germany
  • Week 222 – Soilwork – Melodic Death Metal – Sweden
  • Week 221 – Carbon Black – Metal/Hard Rock – New South Wales, Australia
  • Week 220 – Stormruler – Black Metal – St. Louis, Missouri USA
  • Week 219 – Arkona – Pagan Metal – Russia
  • Week 218 – Let It All Burn – Darkwave Metal – Helsinki, Finland
  • Week 217 – Horse of Troja – Rock & Roll – Sweden
  • Week 216 – Kvelertak – Metal and a little more – Norway
  • Week 215 – Eternal Drak – Metal – Canada/Columbia
  • Week 214 – Before The Dawn – Melodic/Gothic Death Metal – Finland
  • Week 213 – Triddana – Celtic Power Folk Metal – Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Week 212 – Caregah – Heavy Metal – Southeast of Sweden
  • Week 211 – Destruction – Thrash Metal – Germany
  • Week 210 – Black Rabbit – Death/Thrash Metal – Apeldoorn, Netherlands
  • Week 209 – Eldfaerd – Folk Metal – Östersund in the Northland of Sweden
  • Week 208 – Vomitory – Brutal Swedish Death Metal – Sweden
  • Week 207 – Arched Fire –  Speed/Thrash Metal – Lapland, Finland
  • Week 206 – Lord of the Lost – Industrial Metal – Hamburg, Germany
  • Week 205 – Mar 17 – Primordial – Metal – Dublin, Ireland
  • Week 204 – Mar 10 – Ciemra – Black Metal – Belarus
  • Week 203 – Mar 3 – Suotana – Melodic Death Metal – The Coldest Part of Finland
  • Week 202 – Feb 24 – Lost Society – Thrash – Jyväskyla, Finland
  • Week 201 – Feb 10 – Crypta – Death Metal – Brazil
  • Week 200 – Feb 3 – Thyrfing – Swedish Viking Metal – Sweden
  • Week 199 – Jan 27 – Methane Metal – Thrash Metal- Järfälla, Sweden
  • Week 198 – Jan 20 – Disempath – Heavy Alternative Metal – New Jersey USA
  • Week 197 –  Jan 13 – Krilloan – Power Metal – Ålmhult, Sweden
  • Week 196 – Jan 6 – Silent Skies – Pop (with something more) – Sweden
  • Week 195 – Dec 16 – VOLA – Progressive/Djent – Denmark
  • Week 194 – Dec 9 – Cruachan – Folk/Celtic/Black Metal – Dublin, Ireland
  • Week 193 – Dec 2 – Heidevolk – Folk/Pagan/Viking Metal – The Netherlands
  • Week 192 – Nov 18 – Venom Prison – Death Metal – South Wales, UK
  • Week 191 – Nov 11 – Nothing New In Heaven – French Melodic Death Metal – France
  • Week 190 – Nov 4  – Dragonland – Symphonic/Power Metal – Gothenburg, Sweden 
  • Week 189 – Oct 21 – Kallfront – Swedish Fucking Metal – The coldest part of Sweden
  • Week 188 – Oct 14 – Mindistry – Industrial Thrash Metal – Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Week 187 – Oct 7  –  Bornholm – Hungarian Black/Pagan Metal – Hungary
  • Week 186 – Sep 30 – Saltatio Mortis – Medieval Metal – Germany 
  • Week 185 – Sep 9 – Evil Invaders – Metal/Thrash – Belgium
  • Week 184 – Sept 2 – Sur Austru – Atmospheric Folk/Black Metal – Romania
  • Week 183 – Aug 26 – POP EVIL – Hard Rock/Alternative Metal – Muskegon, Michigan
  • Week 182 – Aug 18 (early, this is release date) – Kalmo –  Doom Metal – Kerava, Finland
  • Week 181 – Aug 12 – TEOR – Post/Hardcore – Regensburg, Germany
  • Week 180 – Aug 5 – Jericho Six – Rock – US
  • Week 179 – July 22 – Bloodywood – Metal – India
  • Week 178 – July 15 – Turmion Kätilöt – Industrial Metal – Kuopio, Finland
  • Week 177 – July 8 –  ViadukT – Hard Rock – Gefle, Sweden
  • Week 176 – June 24 – Until I Wake – Metalcore – Buffalo, New York
  • Week 175 – June 17 – Archspire – Technical Death Metal – Vancouver, Canada
  • Week 174 – June 10 – MONO INC – Gothic Rock – Hamburg, Germany
  • Week 173 – June 3 – Battlecross – Thrash/Classic American Heavy Metal – Detroit, MI 
  • Week 172 – May 27 – Baest – Classic Death Metal – Aarhus, Denmark
  • Week 171 – May 20 – Darkest Oath – Symphonic Black Metal – Greece
  • Week 170 – May 13 – The Halo Effect – Melodic Death/Heavy Metal – Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Week 169 – May 6 –  Kalmah –  Melodic Death/Power Metal, Oulu, Finland
  • Week 168 – Apr 29 – Wind Rose – Power/Folk Metal – Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
  • Week 167 – Apr 22 – Northlane – Metalcore – Sydney, Australia
  • Week 166 – Apr 15 – 2 Shadows – Metalcore/Altmetal – Vancouver, Canada
  • Week 165 – Apr 8  –  Bury Tomorrow – Metalcore – Southampton, England
  • Week 164 – Apr 1  –  The Failsafe – Hard Rock – Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Week 163 – Mar 25 – Rhapsody of Fire – Symphonic Power Metal – Trieste, Italy
  • Week 162 – Mar 18 – Diablo – Melodic Death Metal – Kalajoki, Finland
  • Week 161 – Mar 11 – Evergrey – Progressive Power Metal – Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Week 160 – Mar 4  – Analepsy – Slamming Brutal Death Metal – Lisbon, Portugal
  • Week 159 – Feb 25 – Insomnium – Melodic Death Metal – Joensuu, Finland
  • Week 158 – Feb 18 – Shady Glimpse – Thrash – Shizuoka, Japan
  • Week 157 – Feb 11 – Nailed To Obscurity – Melancholic Melodic Death Metal – Germany
  • Week 156 – Feb 4 –  Beyond The Styx – Metallic Hardcore Metal – Tours, France
  • Week 155 – Jan 28 – Mors Principium Est – Melodic Death Metal – Pori, Finland
  • Week 154 – Jan 21 – Becoming – Inspirational Metal – San Jose, California
  • Week 153 – Jan 14 – Affection – Modern Rock/Alternative Metal – Helsinki, Finland
  • Week 152 – Jan 7 – Wythersake – Symphonic Black/Death Metal, Washington, DC
  • Week 151 – Dec 31  – Wrap up of 2021
  • Week 150 – Nov 12 – The Raven Age – Heavy Metal – London, England
  • Week 149 – Nov 5 – Penny Billionaires – Hard Rock/Electronica – Phoenix, Arizona, USA
  • Week 148 – Oct 29 – Blood Red Throne – Death Metal – Kristiansand, Norway
  • Week 147 – Oct 22 – Shepherds Reign – Metal/Hard Rock – South Auckland, New Zealand
  • Week 146 – Oct 15 – Shadow of Intent – Deathcore – Hartford, Connecticut
  • Week 145 – Oct 8  –  Darzamat – Atmospheric Black Metal – Katowice, Poland
  • Week 144 – Oct 1  –  Jungle Rot – Thrash/Death Metal – Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
  • Week 143 – Sep 24 – Lifechanger – Melodic Rock – Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Week 142 – Sep 17 – Testament – Thrash Metal – Berkeley, California
  • Week 141 – Sep 10 – Bleed From Within – Heavy Metal – Glasgow, Scotland
  • Week 140 – Sept 3  – At The Gates – Death Metal & More – Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Week 139 – Aug 27 – The Soul Of Bushido – Thrash Metalcore – Lorraine, France
  • Week 138 – Aug 20 – WoR – Aggressive Groove Metal – North Carolina, USA
  • Week 137 – July 3 – Wolves In The Throne Room – Atmospheric Black Metal – Olympia, Washington
  • Week 136 -June  26 – Deathbale – Postapocalyptic Viking Death Metal  – Germany
  • Week 135 – June 19 – Repaid in Blood – Pure Fking Geek Metal Revisited – San Jose, Calif
  • Week 134 –  June 5 – Wardruna – Dark Folk Metal – Bergen, Norway
  • Week 133 – May 28 – Rotting Christ – Black Metal – Athens, Greece
  • Week 132 – May 21 – Carmilla – Metal – Sverige, Sweden
  • Week 131 – May 14 – Wake Up Frankie – Thrash/Rock/Metal – Helsinki, Finland
  • Week 130 – May 7  – Disquiet – Melodic Death/Thrash – Utrecht, Netherlands
  • Week 129 – Apr 30 – Thanatos – Extreme Thrash/Death Metal – Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Week 128 – Apr 23  – Arched Fire – Heavy Speed Metal – Lapland, Finland
  • Week 127 – Apr 16 – The Haunted – Heavy/Melodic Death Metal – Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Week 126 – Apr 9 –  Updates 
  • Week 125 – Apr 2  –  All Taken – Hard Rock with a little Grunge – Los Angeles, California
  • Week 124 – Mar 26 – Aeon Of Awareness – Melodic Death Metal – Germany (Song Review)
  • Week 124 – Mar 25 – Scythian Fate – Dark Prog Thrash – Sydney/Melbourne – Australia
  • Week 124 – Mar 24 – Hate & Deceit – Danish Melodic Death Metal – Slagelse, Denmark
  • Week 123 – Mar 21 – Beyond the Pale – Dutch Metal – Utrecht, Netherlands
  • Week 122 – Mar 12 – Thy Kingdom Will Burn – Melodic Death Metal – Kouvola, Suomi
  • Week 121 – Mar 5 –  H.E.A.T. –  Hard Rock/Heavy Metal – Uppsland Väsby, Sweden              
  • Week 120 – Feb 26 – Temple Balls – Hard Rock – Finland
  • Week 119 – Feb 19 – Aeon of Awareness – Melodic Death Metal – Germany
  • Week 118 – Feb 12 – Vreid – Black Metal / Black n Roll – Sogndal, Norway
  • Week 117 – Feb 5 – Artilharia – Heavy/Melodic/Speed/Thrash Metal – Brazil
  • Week 116 – Jan 29 – This week was for Alexi, COB, Rip my dear HeadBanger
  • Week 115 – Jan 22 – Paradise Lost – Death/Doom/Gothic Metal – Halifax, West Yorkshire
  • Week 114 – Jan 15 – Wintersun – Power/Folk/Melodic Death Metal – Helsinki, Finland
  • Week 113 – Jan 1 – Dark Tranquillity – Melodic Death Metal – Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Week 112 – Dec 25 – SepticFlesh – Greek Symphonic Metal – Athens, Greece
  • Week 111 – Dec 18 – Die From Sorrow – Melodic Death Metal – Beijing, China
  • Week 110 – Dec 11 – Fireproven – Progressive Metal – Finland
  • Week 109 – Dec 4 – Wolfheart – Winter Metal – Myrskylä, Finland
  • Week 108 – Nov 27 – Angelus Apatrida – Thrash – Albacete, Spain
  • Week 107 – Nov 20 – Gojira – Heavy Metal – Bayonne, France
  • Week 106 – Nov 13 – Enslaved – Prog/Black/Viking Metal – Sveio, Norway
  • Week 105 – Nov 6 –  Like A Storm – Metal – Auckland, New Zealand
  • Week 104 – Oct 30 – Firewind – Power/Heavy Metal – Thessaloniki, Greece
  • Week 103 – Oct 23 – Shiraz Lane – Rock – Vantaa, Finland
  • Week 102 – Oct 16 – The Agonist – Metal – Montreal, Canada
  • Week 101 – Oct 9 – Butcher Babies – Heavy Metal – Los Angeles, CA
  • Week 100 – Oct 3 – BaYaT – Alternative Rock – Novi Sad, Serbia 
  • Week 98 –  Sept 25 – Dirt – Rock – Heksinki, Finland
  • Week 98 –  Sept 18 – Unearth – MetalCore – Boston, Massachusetts
  • Week 97 –  Sept 11 – Stratovarius – Power Metal – Finland
  • Week 96 –  Sept 4 – SynlakrosS – Mel Death Metal – Valencia, Spain
  • Week 95 – Aug 28 – Striker – New Wave Heavy Metal , Canada
  • Week 94 – Aug 21 – Turisas – Metal –  Hämeenlinna, Finland
  • Week 93 – Aug 14 – Tyr – Metal – Faroe Islands (Part of Denmark)
  • Week 92 – Aug 7 –  After Release of EP – Interview with WuF, Kasperi Merilainen
  • Week 91 – July 24 – Review of EP – Wake Up Frankie – Helsinki, Finland
  • Week 90 – July 17 –  SPECIAL ON THRASH METAL BANDS
  • Week 89 – July 13 – SPECIAL ON MELODIC DEATH METAL BANDS
  • Week 88 – July 10 –  Hinayana Band – Melodic Death/Doom – Austin, Texas
  • Week 87 –  July 3 –   Viikate – Rock/Metal – Kouvola, Finland
  • Week 86 – June 26 – Lumberhead – Metal – Leipzig, Saxony (Germany)
  • Week 85 – June 19 – Nidhoeggr – Pagan Death Metal – Bern, Switzerland
  • Week 84 – June 12 – Aetherian – Dark Melodic Death Metal – Athens, Greece
  • Week 83 – June 5 – Frosttide – Epic Dark Folk Metal – Jyväskylä, Finland
  • Week 82 – May 29 – Amthrya – Advantgarde Death Black Metal – Italy
  • Week 81 – May 22 – Suicidal Angels – Trash – Athens, Greece
  • Week 80 – May 15 – Heart of Jordan – Alter Metal – Lansing, Michigan
  • Week 79 – May 8 – Parasite, Inc. – Melodic Death Metal – Aalen, Germany
  • Week 78 – May 1 – Wake Up Frankie – Grove/Trash/Rock – Helsinki, Finland
  • Week 77 – Apr 24 – Abbath – Black Metal – Bergen, Norway
  • Week 76 – Apr 17 – Entombed – Dark/Rock Death/Metal – Stockholm, Sweden
  • Week 75 – Apr 10 – Cruish-Nir – Gothic/Doom – Romania
  • Week 74 – Apr 3 – [Amatory] – MetalCore – St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Week 73 – Mar 27 – Njord – Viking Rock – Sandviken, Sweden
  • Week 72 – Mar 20 – Mystic Prophecy – Metal – Dortmund, Germany
  • Week 71 – Mar 13 – Astralborne  – Melodic Death Metal – Toledo, Ohio
  • Week 70 – Mar 6 –  Shakra – HardRock/Metal – Trub, Switzerland
  • Week 69 – Feb 28 –  The Browning – Metal – Kansas City, Missouri
  • Week 68 – Feb 21 –  Tempting Fate – Hard Rock/Metal – Los Angeles, California
  • Week 67 – Feb 14 –  Dynazty – Hard Rock/Metal – Stockholm, Sweden
  • Week 66 – Feb 7  –  Dreyelands – Melodic Progressive Metal – Budapest, Hungary
  • Week 65 – Jan 31 – HoundWolf – Heavy Metal – Witten, Germany
  • Week 64 – Jan 24 – Shadecrown – Melodic Death/Doom/Thrash Metal – Finland
  • Week 63 – Jan 17 – Sea of Treachery – Heavy Metal – Cincinnati, OH
  • Week 62 – Dec 21 – Immersed in Darkness – Black Metal – Brownsville, Texas
  • Week 61 – Dec 14 – Skälmöld – Metal – Reykjavík, Iceland
  • Week 60 – Dec 7  –  The Local Band – Rock – Helsinki, Finland
  • Week 59 – Nov 30 – Re-Armed – Melodic Death/Thrash Metal – Kerava, Finland
  • Week 58 – Nov 23 – Ashen Crown – Metal – West Midlands, UK
  • Week 57 – Nov 16 – FEJD –  Swedish Folk – Trollhattan, Sweden
  • Week 56 – Nov 9 – Forever Still – Hard Rock/Metal – Copenhagen, Denmark – This is where it all started.  ONE YEAR AGO, THEY WERE THE FIRST LET’S REVISIT
  • Week 55 – Nov 2  –  Krigere Wolf – Black Death Metal – Catania, Sicily
  • Week 54 – Oct 26 – Aephanemer – Melodic Death Metal – Toulouse, France
  • Week 53 – Oct 19 – Infected Rain – Nu Metal/Nu Metalcore – Chișinău, Moldova
  • Week 52 – Oct 12 – The Veer Union – Hard Rock/NuMetal – Vancouver, BC
  • Week 51 – Oct 5 – Ligature Marks – Metal – Portland, Oregon
  • Week 50 – Sept 28 – AEolian – Metal – Palma, Spain
  • Week 49 – Sept 21 – Smorrah – Thrash/Death Metal – Gelsenkirchen, Germany
  • Week 48 – Sept 14 – Beyond the Styx – Hardcore Metal – Tours, France
  • Week 47 – Sept 7 – Brackish Tide –  Metal – Somerset County, MD
  • Week 46 –  August 31 – Kryptos – Old School Heavy Metal – Bangalore, India
  • Week 45 – August 24 – Spyder Volt – Alternative Rock – Laredo, Texas
  • Week 44 –  August 17 – Descent of The ArchAngel – Underground Metalcore – US
  • Week 43 –  August 10 – Dark Messiah – Heavy Metal – Winnipeg, Canada
  • Week 42 –   August 3 – Arcsin -Modern Melodic Progressive Metal – Miami, FL 
  • Week 41 –  July 27 –  Methane Metal – Southern Thrash Metal – Sweden/Jersey
  • Week 40 –  July 20 –  Bloodred Hourglass – Melodic Death/Thrash – Mikkeli, FI
  • Week 39 –  July 13 –  Atarka – Metal – Birmingham, UK. 
  • Week 38 –  July 6   –  Silverbullet Band – Symp Heavy Metal – Riihimaki, Suomi
  • Week 37 –  June 29 –  Hammer Down Hard – New Age Hard Rock/Metal
  • Week 36 – June 22 –  Syth Glasgow – Old School Metal – Glasgow, Scotland
  • Week 35 –  June 15  – Virtues – Metalcore – Brisbane, Australia
  • Week 34 –  June 8  –  Vovkulaka  – Dark Angry Evil Metal – Odessa, Ukraine
  • Week 33 –  June 1  –  Executioner  – Hardcore Thrash – San Antonio, Texas
  • Week 32 – May 25 – Night Shadow – Power/Speed Metal – San Diego, California
  • Week 31 – May 18 – Primitive Machine – Rock, Dublin City, Ireland
  • Week 30 – May 11 – Daggerplay – Punk, R&R, Power Pop, Helsinki, Finland
  • Week 29 – May 4 –  Kalmo – Finnish Doom Metal – Kerava, Finland
  • Week 28 – April 27 – Repaid in Blood – Pure Fucking Geek Metal – San Jose, CA     
  • Week 27 – April 20 – Arch Enemy – Melodic Death Metal – Halmstad, Sweden 
  • Week 26 – April 13 – Falling Into Red – Hard Alter Rock – Pittsburg, PA
  • Week 25 – April 6 – Tulsadoom – Evil Barbaric Heavy Thrash – Vienna, Austria 
  • Week 24 – March 30 – Dream Troll – Old School Rock – Leeds, England
  • Week 23 – March 23 – The 69 Eyes – Goth & Roll – Helsinki Finland
  • Week 22 – March 16 – Ghost Season – Alternative Metal – Athens, Greece
  • Week 21 – March 9 – Vane – Pirate Melodeath Metal – Poland
  • Week 20 – March 2 – Ravenscroft – Rock – Orange, California
  • Week 19 – Feb 23 –  Love Machine – Heavy Rock – Milano, Italy
  • Week 18 – Feb 16 – Children of Bodom – Melodic Death Metal – Espoo, Finland
  • Week 17 – Feb 9 – 10 Gauge – Hard Rock – England, UK
  • Week 16 – Feb 2 – Everlit – Hard Rock – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Week 15 – Jan 26 – Victim of Illusion – Progressive Rock – Turin, Italy
  • Week 14 – Jan 19 – September Sky – Alternative Metal – Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Week 13 – Jan 12 – The Edge of Reason – Post Hardcore – Regensburg, Germany
  • Week 12 – January 1, 2019 New Years Day – The HU BAND – MONGOLIA
  • Week 11 – Dec 29 – Apocalyptica – Rock/Metal – Helsinki, Finland
  • Week 10 – Dec 22 – Hidden Scars – Prog/Indus Metal – Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Week  9 –  Dec 15 – In Hell – Black Death Metal – Lille, France
  • Week  8 –  Dec 08 – Fireproven – Prog Death Metal – Tampere, Finland
  • Week  7 – Nov 30 – Amon Amarth – Death Metal – Tumba, Sweden
  • Week  6 – Nov 23 – Chernobyls Uterus – Grindcore Metal – Pripyat, Ukraine
  • Week  5 – Nov 17 – Five Finger Death Punch – Metal – Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Week  4 – Nov 10 – Universal Theory – Gothic Metal – Madrid, Spain
  • Week  3 – Nov 03 – Mawcore – Hard Rock/Metal – Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
  • Week  2 – Oct 27 – Sin7 Band – Heavy Metal – Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Week  1 – Oct 20 – Forever Still – Hard Rock/Metal – Copenhagen, Denmark

 

WEEK 234 – BaYat – PART II – THE INTERVIEW

My HeadBangers here I am back with the Interview.  It came in about 2 hours after I had posted the first part.  Sorry guys but, it’s worth the wait, and the time difference always effects us.   When I got up this morning I didn’t even want to move but, the metal cat Snake made me lol.  So I got my Lemon Water, tied my hair back in a pony tail and here I am.  I want to thank Anton Hedberg at Rexius Records for contacting me about the band and putting me in touch with BaYat’s manager David Anthony Kitching who worked with me getting the questions answered and back to me, a big thanks to David, it was a pleasure working with him, I look forward to working with him in the future.  OK  let’s get to the Q&A provided by their Vocalist, Milos, aka M8.  As always mine in blue and Milos is in black.  

My first question is why the change with the band line-up?  Did any of you know each other before the change?  I am so bad at putting more than one question together, sorry about that, I’m working on it.

That is something that happened naturally and logically even though that is not that often.  The previous lineup moved from almost 10 years of doing covers to the original band and with 2020. And everything that has been happening we ended up in different places, emotionally, in genre, in creativity so we decided to part ways. 

The current lineup is completely new for everyone and Ghost (drums) and Z (Guitar) knew each other and I knew Johnny from before. Blitz was auditioned and he was a great addition to the band, I am really satisfied with how we work and sound together already.  It feels like we have known each other for years now even though we got together recently.

BaYat was on the blog at Week 100, awhile I know, now for Week 234. At Week 100 I spoke to my readers a lot about the message I was getting through your music. Now that the line-up has changed is this going to change the music too?

Well, I feel like that we changed the sound a bit on this EP. The first album was different, nothing major but at least I can feel the difference. From the start, we had an idea of creating the trilogy, having the warnings on the first album and this EP that says that we ignored those warnings and that we need to start over.  Initially 3rd one will be some sort of closure to this story and I always had in mind that it should be even rawer just more RnR. And with this line up I believe that we are on the right way. The new guys brought slightly different sounds but the point and foundations are the same.

I bought your new EP and I’m listening to the songs at this writing. What was your inspiration for these songs? I really am interested in learning about “So It Begins”. I love Wasted Land, but “So It Begins”, feels like you are pulling it right out of your heart/soul. What a great song to end the EP with.

Thanks, I’m glad you liked it.. Inspiration really comes from everyday experiences that surround us and the feelings that are created by those situations. “So It Begins” had its first version in 2016. but that idea never saw the light of the day. When we started this bend I found that one again and it fit perfectly in the ambiance and storyline. We did remodel it a bit and I have made some changes to my earlier lyric and there she was.

But it’s original message is environmentally oriented but It has many layers and represents those emotions that most of us feel at least once. All in all, we are really satisfied with how the music lyrics and video came out, that was our message and that is why the first album is named after that one.

As for the rest of the songs they were created in that period from 2020. Where we had a lot of time to think about the stuff and a lot of things have changed. I have to admit I was in the right place for those types of lyrics at that moment so again that fit perfectly in this second EP called “Purge”.

The whole EP is great, and I mean that.  How long did it take you to come up with these 6 songs?

Thanks again. It wasn’t that long. I believe 4 studio songs were finished in 2021 and “Wasted Land” and “So It Begins” were arranged and recorded live a couple of months ago. We were busy looking for the right people for the band.

Who comes up with these songs? I mean the words are hitting you right in the face. Is it one person or does everyone contribute?  Whoever comes up with the words you get a head bow from me, they are just fire.

We were usually doing it that way the guitar player from the first lineup had some riffs recorded sometimes somewhere and meantime I was writing on some topic that affected me or my surroundings.

Then we just feel when lyrics hit the riff and vice versa and start building. Sometimes from chorus sometimes from just riff sometimes from verse. You just lose yourself in the process until you are satisfied.

Most if not all of the songs were created that way. A new lineup has a similar workflow for now but we are still preparing to promote this EP and for the live gigs so we’ll see once we start working on the new material.

What is next in store for BaYat?

Right now we are 100% focused on live gigs and potential tours for promotion of our latest EP. Pubs, moto gatherings festivals, we want them all. And of course, slowly we are thinking about the 3rd album.

Winter is coming so what will BaYat be doing during this time?

Gigs relaxing with families during the holidays and preparing for next year’s challenges.

Do you have any plans for touring?

As I mentioned yes we do have plans but for the end of this year we are focused on playing live again, it’s been too long. We will go into more detail and full organization in 2024.

Is there anything you would like to say to your fans?

Thank you all for the support so far hopefully we won’t have any of these long breaks and we’ll see ya soon live. Till then stay smart and listen to good music.

My Thoughts

My HeadBangers I am serious when I say listen to this EP.  Itunes has it that’s where I bought mine.  It was the best money I’ve spent in awhile.  I already have it on my phone and a CD in my beast.  Do yourself a favor and check it out,  it’s on YouTube, so get to it. 

See you all this Wednesday for Hump Day, and remember, don’t stand to close to the fire if  you can’t handle the burn…..

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