Band: Hellblast
Year Formed: 2008
Genre: Death Metal
Hometown: Nederweert
Websites:http://www.hellblast.com
Interview with: Bram Keijers (Drums)
Interview Through Email:
Is there a band that you would like to tour with that you haven't? "At this moment we haven't toured much, only short weekend trips. But when we could choose we would definitely want to tour with Misery Index,Dying Fetus, Origin and all other US death metal bands who inspired us to write extreme music. Also we really would like to go to the US, Asia and Australia (and tour with Psycroptic!!) but until we really get the change to make long tours across Europe these continents are still unreachable."
What is your favorite song you have written? And why? "Our favorite song is the title track of our upcoming EP "The Die is Cast" because it contains all the elements we want to include in our music; we want to have tempo changes, aggressive riffing and some diabolic melody's mixed with the thundering voice of our latest singer Marius (which is debuting on this EP)."
How do you get ready before you play a show? "I as a drummer have a short warm up routine consisting of playing single strokes at various tempo's with the feet, paradiddles and double strokes with the hands and I like to do some blast beats at the tempo's of the songs; so at this moment the fastest song contains a blast of 260 BPM so I make sure that prior to the show I have done some blastbeats at this tempo. Same with the feet: the fastest double bass roll in our songs is now 240 BPM
so I make sure I reached this tempo."
"Marius our singer likes to warm up with singing some opera music. I love the look on the face of members of other bands when Marius starts to warm up with a deep and very low opera like voice while on stage he can grunt on any pitch imaginable. Also when he is having a cold he would drink a zipof vodka of whiskey just to numb his throat a bit. And then he always complains the show went bad while nobody can even hear the slightest difference."
"Our guitar guys like to warm up with some stretching of the arms, legs and neck (on stage there is always headbanging and windmilling). Also they pick up a guitar around 15 minutes before playtime to get their hands warmed up."
"We hardly drink before a show. That is simply because we want to feel the fear and excitement before going on stage and we want to give the people the best show possible."
What is your favorite song you have written? And why? "Our favorite song is the title track of our upcoming EP "The Die is Cast" because it contains all the elements we want to include in our music; we want to have tempo changes, aggressive riffing and some diabolic melody's mixed with the thundering voice of our latest singer Marius (which is debuting on this EP)."
How do you get ready before you play a show? "I as a drummer have a short warm up routine consisting of playing single strokes at various tempo's with the feet, paradiddles and double strokes with the hands and I like to do some blast beats at the tempo's of the songs; so at this moment the fastest song contains a blast of 260 BPM so I make sure that prior to the show I have done some blastbeats at this tempo. Same with the feet: the fastest double bass roll in our songs is now 240 BPM
so I make sure I reached this tempo."
"Marius our singer likes to warm up with singing some opera music. I love the look on the face of members of other bands when Marius starts to warm up with a deep and very low opera like voice while on stage he can grunt on any pitch imaginable. Also when he is having a cold he would drink a zipof vodka of whiskey just to numb his throat a bit. And then he always complains the show went bad while nobody can even hear the slightest difference."
"Our guitar guys like to warm up with some stretching of the arms, legs and neck (on stage there is always headbanging and windmilling). Also they pick up a guitar around 15 minutes before playtime to get their hands warmed up."
"We hardly drink before a show. That is simply because we want to feel the fear and excitement before going on stage and we want to give the people the best show possible."
What has been the biggest hill you had to over come in your career? "The biggest hill was getting everyone on one line and finding our way, which we feel we have done lately. From the original lineup only our two guitarists are the original members. Also our music took the time to evolve. But these struggles only made us stronger and we are ready to conquer the stages again."
Megadeth or Metallica? "Both; as teenagers everyone started exploring metal music with Metallica. But then we found out there was more awesome thrash in the form of Megadeth, Anthrax, Exodus and many more. Also the British metal music like Iron Maiden really formed us in our Youth. So their are equally important for us.
Also when we go out to play a show on the way there we mostly listen to trash metal to get ourselves in the mood. On the way back we mostly like to listen to dance music or talk shows but that's only to not fall asleep and crash."
Megadeth or Metallica? "Both; as teenagers everyone started exploring metal music with Metallica. But then we found out there was more awesome thrash in the form of Megadeth, Anthrax, Exodus and many more. Also the British metal music like Iron Maiden really formed us in our Youth. So their are equally important for us.
Also when we go out to play a show on the way there we mostly listen to trash metal to get ourselves in the mood. On the way back we mostly like to listen to dance music or talk shows but that's only to not fall asleep and crash."
What is your favorite brand of instruments to play? "For me it is Pearl drums and Demon Drive pedals, Vic First extreme 5B sticks, Evans heads on the toms, Remo coated on the snare and a Remo powerstroke pro (coated) on the bassdrum (which is awesome because it give a very low sound ideal to mix with triggers). Out guitarists play with Ibanez 7-string guitars and our Bass player likes to record with a specter 5 string bass but live it is too heavy so live he uses a four string."
We would like to thank Bram and Hellblast for doing this this interview with us. We wish them nothing but the best luck with there Metal career.
Also check out the link for the first song, Regurgitated by Satan, on there upcoming EP The Die is Cast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSiiGoSite8
We would like to thank Bram and Hellblast for doing this this interview with us. We wish them nothing but the best luck with there Metal career.
Also check out the link for the first song, Regurgitated by Satan, on there upcoming EP The Die is Cast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSiiGoSite8
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