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		<title>An Interview with Ludicra / Impaled Bassist, Ross Sewage: Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
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As promised, here is part two of my interview with Ludicra / Impaled bassist, Ross Sewage. In Part 2, Sewage fills us in on the upcoming Impaled tours and what else the mighty Oakland “Death Metaleers” have in store for 2010.

It&#8217;s not uncommon for musicians to have several projects going at once these days. You have a few Impaled shows intermingled with Ludicra&#8217;s, how do you manage your time between both bands?
Ross: I manage my time poorly. I&#8217;m utterly broke, have a huge amount of credit debt, a wonderful girlfriend who I piss of regularly, and all my clothes are at least three years old. My sneakers have holes. This is not a life, it&#8217;s a challenge. When everything is in full swing, I would be having four to five practices a week, sometimes more. That&#8217;s while trying to work&#8230; trying I say because I took up an awesome telecommute ...]]></description>
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		<title>An Interview with Ludicra / Impaled Bassist, Ross Sewage: Part 1</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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As far as Ludicra and Impaled bassist Ross Sewage is concerned &#8211; shit is going down this year! In a good way &#8211; of course. A veteran of the Bay Area metal scene, Sewage pulls double-duty bass jobs in at least two separate Bay Area metal bands, both of which are playing monsterous metal festivals in 2010. The highly-anticipated new album from Ludicra called The Tenant came out this week (order the new album here) and the band is preparing to head out for the Scion Rock Fest later next week. On the other side, Impaled are getting ready to depart on a Central American tour in support of Nile before they gear-up for the 2010 Maryland Deathfest.
I had a chance to exchange a few letters with The Boss over the past weeks and decided to break up the interview into two parts. In part 1, Mr. Sewage lays out ...]]></description>
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		<title>BAMS Interviews Chris Broderick of Megadeth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Photos from Megadeth myspace page (no credits listed).
It&#8217;s been about 5 years since I first met Megadeth guitar player Chris Broderick. Newly transplanted to Los Angeles from Colorado, he was just a man with his guitar and a hope in his pocket, educating whoever he could in the art of shred. Well, at least teaching aspiring guitar players like myself whatever we could absorb.
At the time, Broderick was tearing it up in the legendary power metal band, Jag Panzer. Anyone who listened to Jag at the time knew how much of a beast Broderick was on the 7-string (and in real-life), and when a friend played Casting the Stones for me one day, I knew that this was someone that I had to learn from. That album is still one of my all-time favorite metal albums.
I think most people know the story by now, how Nevermore needed a tour replacement ...]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Low: An Interview With Renowned Bassist Steve DiGiorgio</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask any metal-head to name the first bass player that comes to mind and 99% of the time you&#8217;ll get one of two Steves: Harris or DiGiorgio. Both are great, but only one of them is considered the de-facto go-to person for bands in need of someone that can dominate the low-end of the audio spectrum.
DiGiorgio has worked with countless legendary metal bands like Death, Testament and Sadus, and continues today with his new bands Charred Walls of the Damned and Future&#8217;s End. Picking up the bass wherever he is needed, DiGiorgio is renowned for playing fast and for bringing the fretless bass into metal.
I met Mr. DiGiorgio outside of the Cynic show last month and, after a brief update, I knew that I had to find out more about what the bass phenom was up to. I was fortunate enough to speak with the man about his bands, his ...]]></description>
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		<title>Spitting Venom: An Update From Black Cobra&#8217;s Rafa Martinez</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been 8 years since Jason Landrian (guitars, vocals) and Rafa Martinez (drums) started making noise together as Black Cobra. The two-piece sludge metal band, having just released their 4th CD Chronomega last year (check out our review), are getting ready to unleash their fangs on tour in 2010. Before they hit the road, I was able to exchange a few quick emails with Rafa to get the scoop on what he thought about their recent successes and what they had in store for us this year.

It&#8217;s been a few months now since Chronomega came out. From over here, it seems to be at the top of everyone&#8217;s radar, including ours. How has the reception been towards the album so far?
Everything has been very positive. People who like the earlier albums as well as new fans have been very receptive to the new album.
In celebration of the vinyl release of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Steve Smyth Is Taking Over In 2010: A BAMS Exclusive Interview.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s fair to say that Steve Smyth is going to do more in 2010 than most musicians do in their life time. He already has an impressive resume that I touched upon in a post a few weeks ago, and now it sounds like he&#8217;ll be building that resume up even more in 2010. This year is going to be a multi-faceted year for one of metal&#8217;s most versatile guitar players.
Over the past few weeks I&#8217;ve been emailing Smyth and getting the scoop on what the future has in store for him. Aside from teaching guitar and pulling double-duty as lead axe man in Forbidden and The EssenEss Project, he&#8217;s working on a hush-hush metal project featuring Mikkel Sandager of Mercenary. I also ask Smyth where he stands with Nevermore, now that they&#8217;re back down to one guitar player and looking to tour.


Many people remember the news that broke when ...]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusive Interview with Cannabis Corpse</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The definition of Stoner Rock might have to be broadened these days. Forget the slow, un-polished sounds that you&#8217;re accustomed to knowing, because Virginia death metal band Cannabis Corpse is taking the genre and making it louder, faster and yes, &#8220;stonier&#8221;. With songs like &#8220;Blunted at Birth&#8221; and &#8220;Mummified in Bongwater&#8221;, well, you know you&#8217;re going to be in for a good time.

First, a little disclaimer: Obviously this band sings about smoking weed, and weed happens to be fairly illegal in most places. Here in California, it&#8217;s mostly tolerated and accepted. Does that mean we think it&#8217;s okay for everyone in all ages to get baked? No. But, let&#8217;s be real here &#8211; everyone in the band is an adult, everyone at the show was an adult, and just like any other area in life, when you&#8217;re an adult you can choose to live your life how you like, as ...]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Kowloon Walled City</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Call it &#8220;noise rock&#8221;, call it &#8220;metal&#8221;, or call it neither. San Francisco&#8217;s Kowloon Walled City is pushing noise around and getting recognized. I was lucky enough to meet up with front man Scott Evans and guitar player Jason Pace at their record release show in the city. They seemed like a couple of down-to-earth guys that were quite modest in their approach to music, metal and the industry.


So you guys have been getting some pretty awesome reviews lately; metalsucks loves you guys, lambgoat gave you a 9/10. You guys feeling the love?
J: It&#8217;s great. I mean, you can&#8217;t really complain about getting that kind of review.
S: I found it very surprising.
J: It is surprising because we recorded the record and Scott mixed the record for an eternity.
All by yourself?
S: All by myself.
J: So we&#8217;ve been hearing the record for an eternity and we have no frame of reference at ...]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Skinlab Frontman Steev Esquivel: New Album, New Metal and Old Times.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve been around the Bay Area metal scene for the past decade you&#8217;ve probably heard of and/or seen the band Skinlab. Discovered in the late 90&#8217;s by veteran metal band Machine Head, Skinlab has made a name for themselves in the groove/hardcore genre over the past 12 years and built a broad base of loyal fans. Their new album, &#8220;The Scars Between Us&#8221; came out on Tuesday and marks their first album in 3 years. (I saw copies of it next to Megadeth&#8217;s new album at Rasputin&#8217;s here in Berkeley).


&#8220;The Scars Between Us&#8221; doesn&#8217;t waste any time getting to the heavy. &#8220;Face of Aggression&#8221; grooves and blasts right into the next track &#8220;Amphetamine God&#8221;, arguably the heaviest track on the record. In a world where hybrid variations of metal runs rampant, Skinlab stick to their guns and churn out the heavy down-tuned groove, and they get respect for that. ...]]></description>
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