Formed back in 2015 by vocalist Jamal Bacchus in Louisiana but brought to life here in Austin, TX in 2019 after he moved, Honor Me is an up-and-coming band that has a little something for everyone. From a hashtag on IG to a Facebook message and apparently an alien, Jamal has his sights set on bringing something new to the central Texas arena. I got to catch up with them during one of their shows back in June 2022. This is a down and dirty, get to know ya chat so if you're curious about the origi...
Sep 13, 2022•16 min•Ep. 77
Welcome to the 2nd installment of "Come and Cast It", live interviews from Come and Take It Live in Austin, TX. In this episode Ryan chats with members of "Feels Like Forever" Trevor (Vocals), Seth (Guitar), Haval (Drums) and Steve (bass) but sadly missing was Sam (Lead Guitar). This is one of those bands that is literally full of former band members that I knew from their previous bands when the podcast was only an infant. With their powers combine Captain Planet style, this fairly young, up an...
Sep 07, 2022•13 min•Ep. 76
If you have ever been to Come and Take It Live in Austin, TX and seen a dude rocking an American flag bandana up front capturing the moments on stage, then at least you know the guest for this episode. I sit down with good friend of mine Michael Mullenix for this episode to get to know him a little better and to nerd out a little bit about live music photography and videography. Michael has been shooting live music since 2006 while studying at Boston University. He started off doing interviews w...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 75
This a new series we have put together of on-site interviews from Come and Take It Live from Austin, TX, our sponsoring venue. In this episode, I talk to Kalan and Koda, not Jada, of Notions, a Rap/Metal 4 piece based out of Austin, TX. Notions has been on quite a ride as a band but the current line up and sound seems to be the way forward for these hustlers. Enjoy this short interview where we talk past and current events with Notions. Todays featured songs are off Notions' latest self-titled a...
Aug 15, 2022•14 min•Ep. 74
From when she was a a little girl singing on her grandpas balcony in Milwaukee to here in Austin, TX in her adult form, Bre MacKenzie brings "The Unlimited Stars" to join the the always growing roster of rock bands to the community. Bre (vocals/guitar) and Wayne Duncan (drums) join me for a conversation to introduce themselves a bit. From their website bio: "The Unlimited Stars was founded during Austin's infamous snowstorm of February 2021. One morning, during the blistering cold, the lead song...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 73
It's not every day that you run into someone new that you shar so many connections with but yet, this is just one of those situations. I sit down with Tyler Scholz (Vocals) and Seth Carruthers (Guitar / Production) of the newly formed band "Future//Ghost", a 6-peice outfit from Austin, TX. With all new bands new to Austin, or me haha, I like to get to know some of the members and share their story. After only a handful of minutes into the convo, I realized Seth and I have only been 1 person sepa...
Jul 20, 2022•57 min•Ep. 72
As well all know, every band needs someone to take the sexy shots while they are doing their thing. In this episode of Kick It With Kittie, Kittie sits down with Erik Bredthauer or Necrobalnca Photography and Design to get to know him and what he does best. The Austin metal community includes all types of artists. The photographers and videographers capture the energy and intimacy's of those live performances. They discuss his longtime contributions to Austin's extreme metal scene, getting to kn...
Jul 12, 2022•38 min•Ep. 71
I sit down with the RIVALS crew to check in and see what's been going on since the release of their latest single "Dark Matter" and Kalie drops some breaking news heard here first! As quoted from Glasse Factory "Inspiring fans with a charge forth and rise from the ashes of what was, this band has risen to the challenge and confront their demons head-on. Paired with an irresistible series of layered guitar melodies and shining vocals, RIVALS has transformed with a renewed energy, and we look forw...
Jun 28, 2022•45 min•Ep. 70
Psycho Pact is a Groove Metal Power trio formed in Valencia, Venezuela back in 2011 by Nelson Guevara (BOX), Luis Binimelis (WAJI) and Carlos Munoz (CHALDO). Wanting to escape Venezuela due to the political climate in the early to mid 2010's, Box moved to Houston, TX while Waji went to Chile but still kept their dream alive to get Phsyco Pact back on stage and Chaldo landed in Spain. After some time, Box convinced Waji to join him in Texas. With the desire to get Psycho Pact back on stage, Waji ...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 69
If you were around for the mid 2000's Metal explosion, Bleed The Sky should be familiar to you (or is one of your fav's like it is mine). With their recent line up change by adding Rudy Flores to vocals (So This Is Suffering) and dropping their newest single "Rot in Flesh", Belled The Sky is ready to get back out on the dance floor and mix it up with their fans. Formed in 2003 in Cali, they quickly signed to Nuclear Blast in 2004 and dropped "Paradigm in Entropy" in 2005. What followed were mult...
May 31, 2022•41 min•Ep. 68
On this installment of Kick It With Kittie, host Kittie Farmer interviews her best friend and inspiration G of BONDBREAKR. They discuss how G fell in love with heavy music, the evolution of BONDBREAKR and their bend of punk and metal and what the future holds for the band. Catch BONDBREAKR opening for HR of Ban Brains this Thursday, May 19th at Kick Butt Coffee in Austin, TX. BONDBREAKR intersects grime, noise, and metal to create hardcore psych-rage punk rock. Their hard-driving sound underscor...
May 18, 2022•37 min•Ep. 67
Combining elements of alternative metal, post hardcore, and progressive rock, San Antonio outliers Donella Drive cannot be categorized by a singular label. Forming over a decade ago as a 5-piece, weaving their way through the struggles as most bands do, the now 3-piece are heading out to the Viper Room in Los Angeles, CA to compete for a chance to head across the pond to play Wacken Open Air. Having won their regional battle in San Antonio, they headed to Austin, TX for the state final and out t...
May 03, 2022•53 min•Ep. 66
Happy Four-and-Twenty y'all! Sit down, relax, and grab your munchies of choice. This episode is a pizza party with Sudden Deaf! These guys are some of the hardest working musicians in the Austin metal scene. Between playing shows and recording, they are always out supporting other locals bands and venues. Join Kittie as she discusses all that and more with guitarist Alex and drummer Max, plus you'll hear Sudden Deaf's debut single "Headhunter". Intro song - "Common Flow" by Arborenna Featured so...
Apr 20, 2022•36 min•Ep. 65
This episode is coming in hot! Fast and loose as they say. I sit down with the guys from Sadistic Force, one of two winners of the Wacken Fest battle from Austin, Tx that are competing on March 20th at Come and Take It Live for their chance to head to the Viper Room in LA and then off to Wacken!!! With sounds hailing from one of the best times in metal, Sadistic Force is in your face with unrelenting blackened speed metal. This 3 piece out of Austin, Tx are part of the metal fabric that makes up...
Mar 18, 2022•20 min•Ep. 64
I'm a fan of naps. Who's not right? Well, apparently we all have been sleeping on ENOX. This 5 piece Metalcore outfit out of New Jersey and Georgia respectively, has a new album out titled "Euphoria" and is heading out on tour. It just so happens, they will be playing at Come and Take It Live on March 17th for the SXSW Officially Unofficial show date. Zooming in from the ENOX house in Georgia, I chat with Mike, Roy and Mikey to gain some insight into the world that is ENOX. This all came about a...
Mar 15, 2022•54 min•Ep. 63
Chuck Loesch has been part of the metal scene in Austin since the early 90s, started NO CONTROL Radio on a sister radio station in 2005. He has since given a voice and a home to metal within the community and is partly the reason or why we began this podcast in 2014. His Twitter handle is @BeardedApe, he's been smooth cheeked for a while but he's still sexy so don't worry. Ryan and Chuck just shoot the shit and play catch up. Chuck tells stories about 70 Tons of Metal cruises, his recent video s...
Mar 04, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 62
The Mystical Hot Chocolate Endeavors started off as a passion project by Hate Storm Annihilation founder Craig Schmuhl, who had been interested in pursuing musical endeavors outside the sonic boundaries of the Death Metal genre for quite some time. With the intention of delivering a more diverse musical experience, he began writing in the summer of 2015. No real purpose or goals, just writing with the only mission statement being that it needed to be music made without limitation; genera, song l...
Feb 18, 2022•56 min•Ep. 61
Nick Haas is a homie of the podcast and continues to deliver amazing music for the masses. The solo artist from the Cisco, Tx area has released some really powerful music as of late. His latest album "Variants" delivers a wild ride of emotions from front to back and Nick himself advises to listen to it with a good set of headphones and get lost in sound. Ryan and Nick just kick it and have a good time this go around. The convo ranges from time and space, to what is existence to Nick's "how I got...
Feb 10, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 60
Welcome to the first episode of Kick It With Kittie for 2022! For those that are new here, this new series is something we tried out last year and had to keep it going. The host of this show is one of Austin's own, Kittie Farmer who also happens to be a vocalist for a local band "Flooded Tomb". While Ryan and the guys are busy over on the main channel, Kittie has been given free reign to find some of the coolest bands she can find. She did not disappoint with her first few and I am sure there wi...
Jan 19, 2022•41 min•Ep. 59
I, The Breather are back! After a long hiatus from 2015, the guys are back on the road doing their 10 year tour with support from Sleep Waker, Curses and Execution Day and are coming through Austin, Tx. We got to catch up with Shawn Spann, a founding member and vocalist of the band. From formation in 2009 to disbanding in 2015, I, The Breather was a common name in the metal scene. But after some time off and a line up change, the guys are back and touring the states getting back into the groove....
Jan 15, 2022•34 min•Ep. 58
Welcome to the first episode on the year! We kick off this year with Arborenna. Founded 2017 in Austin, TX Arborenna is a metal trio based in Austin, TX. While delivering a "brick wall" of sound that's as powerful as it is groovy, Arborenna aims to bridge the gap of accessibility and to make progressive metal more digestible for a wider audience. Arborenna went from flying under the radar to your release radar. Ryan doesn't get BlockChain, Rick visits MySpace, Brien is a genius and Braedon has t...
Jan 11, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 57
Rounding out the year, Ryan has a chat with Jerecho Berrera, the vocalist of Mourning Sun to get a few more details on the band. After some technical difficulties with the internet, the guys were finally able to link up and knock out a sesh. Formed in 2017 hailing from San Antonio, TX, Mourning Sun has been slowly creeping into listeners ears and playlists. They have been dropping new music this year that is just getting better and better. They have multiple songs that they are working to prefec...
Dec 24, 2021•55 min•Ep. 56
It's always a good time when there's a Craigslist story involved when it comes to forming a band. From meeting folks at a bar that no longer exists to random texts at 4am, Release The Captive have story that is similar to those we've heard before but it's always nice to learn a new origin story. Still a relatively young band, formed in 2018 in Austin TX, Release The Captive will be a band to watch. With their latest release "Spitting Image" and hitting the stage with Levels, Release The Captive ...
Dec 10, 2021•58 min•Ep. 55
Aduanten is a dark-textured death metal collaboration featuring contributions from members of VEX, OBSEQUIAE, and HORRENDOUS. For their debut EP “Sullen Cadence,” the band enlisted the talents of VEX bassist Joel Miller, with lead vocals provided by Eoghan’s collaborator and long-time friend of the band Tanner from OBSEQUIAE. Additional vocals were provided by Damian Herring of HORRENDOUS, who also mixed and mastered the EP at his Subterranean Watchtower studios. Additional sound design was prov...
Dec 09, 2021•37 min•Ep. 54
Josh and "The Young One" Jared have a chat with the guitarist Nick Lee and Drummer Ray Marte of Moon Tooth to see what's been going on with the band and to nerd out a little because, that's what they do. They talk about the best laid plans, playing and not playing shows, how their writing and recording process has differed across releases and while working with different producers such as Weird Al. Also there are a couple secrets mixed in so press play already and enjoy! Also, the verdict is out...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 53
Welcome back to another episode of Kick It With Kittie! In this episode, Kittie has a chat with a close homie of the podcast, Mr. Jake Wayman. Last time Jake was on the podcast was when he was in a band named "Avarice" which there is news on the horizon with them as well. This go around he is now the front man of Nahaya. Kittie and Jake chat about his personal journey through the bands he has been in and says he has finally found his group of band mates that allow him to express himself more cle...
Oct 14, 2021•33 min•Ep. 52
Astrixion is an American heavy metal band out of Killeen, TX. Formed in 2011, our founder Ron Flores, Guitarist Lj Whaley, and Bassist Kurt Savage have crafted the Astrixion tone from various genre styles. The guys have been busy to say the least. Now working with members of Austin, TX hometown favorites Fire From The Gods, Astrixion have been in the studio with some amazing results and can't wait to share it with their fans. The guys take the deep dive on how the band originated and came to be ...
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 51
Welcome to our newest series "Kick It With Kittie". We have brought on one of our local musicians to join the podcast team to get even more involved with our Texas metal bands. This is the pilot episode where she talks to Phil and James of Whore of Bethlehem straight out of Austin, Tx. Whore of Bethlehem is an extreme metal band that hails from Austin, TX. Originally formed in 2009 by Ryan Sylvie, TJ Rodriguez, and Rene Martinez the band was established to break away from the signature brutal de...
Sep 13, 2021•33 min•Ep. 50
This episode features our very own Taylor Anderson and his band mate Andy McErlean of Pala (ATX). This one is close to the chest as Pala and the podcast have been close since they performed down in San Antonio for the podcasts first out of town showcase and the bands first time down there as well. Pala was founded in late 2016 by front man Andy McErlean (vocals/guitar). He recorded his initial demos with Chad Rockwell at Westfall recording Studio in Austin, Texas. For their debut EP, "The Seven ...
Sep 02, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 49
Death Of A Dream are one of those bands that can be considered the "glue" that helps hold this metal scene together here in Austin, Tx. The guys have been around the local metal scene for decades. As a band though, they have been jamming since 2015. If you have ever been to a metal show here, you have probably bumped into one or all of the members. With only one EP to their name, they took the time during COVID to really have a strong comeback. With the release of the second EP "SENTENCED TO SUF...
Aug 13, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 48
