Garza sits down in-person with Otep Shamaya. Vocalist & founder of OTEP. Her new album THE GOD SLAYER is out now! https://www.linktr.ee/otepofficial SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Smoking & Drinking Is Unnecessary For the Creative Process 04:40 - No Rules While Creating Otep Songs 08:24 - Performing on HBO’s Def Poetry 16:02 - Acting & Performing 17:28 - Winding Down From an Intense Perfor...
Oct 02, 2023•1 hr 51 min
Garza sits down in-person with South African deathcore band VULVODYNIA. https://www.facebook.com/vulvodyniaslam SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! VULVODYNIA is: Luke Haarhoff - Guitar Lwandle Prusent - Vocals Kris Xenopoulos - Guitar Tom Hughes - Drums CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Lwandile’s Not Into Drugs 03:13 - Chilling at an AirBnB For Days Off 04:55 - Band Member Intros 05:17 - Quick Band History 08:17 - Lwandile Playing Guitar & Singing Live 14:0...
Sep 25, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Garza sits down in-person with NOLA extreme metal band GOATWHORE. https://www.linktr.ee/goatwhore SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! GOATWHORE is: Sammy Duet - Guitar, Backing Vocals L. Ben Falgoust II - Vocals Zack Simmons - Drums Robert Coleman - Bass CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Holiday Decor Year-Round 02:53 - Louisiana Bands 07:03 - Metal Elitism 08:53 - How the Band Gets Along Throughout the Years 12:42 - Touring Lifestyle 15:42 - New Orleans/Louisian...
Sep 18, 2023•1 hr 32 min
Garza sits down in-person with Jahred Gomes. Vocalist of Huntington Beach, California's (Hed) P.E. Their new single DETOX is out now! https://www.hedpe.ffm.to/detoxsingle SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Conspiracy Theories 04:32 - On Being Considered Nu Metal 06:57 - Being Prolific & Consistent Throughout the Years 10:07 - Upbringing & Moving to California 11:57 - Hed P.E. / Orange County Origi...
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Garza sits down with Ernie Iniguez. Drummer of Riverside/Corona deathcore band Suicide Silence. Catch them on tour w Chelsea Grin 10/13-11/9! https://www.linktr.ee/suicidesilence SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Drummers Are a Different Breed 06:49 - Keeping Your Ego in Check as a Musician 09:06 - Guitar Center to Whitechapel to Suicide Silence 19:52 - Getting the Whitechapel Touring Gig 22:53 - Getting...
Sep 04, 2023•1 hr 25 min
Garza sits down with Nathan Aurora. Singer, guitar player of Iya Terra. Pop Punk Goes Reggae drops 9/15! https://www.linktr.ee/nathanauroramusic SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Scented Candles & Playing Deathcore Music Back in the Day 03:43 - Mitch Lucker’s Star Power 06:49 - Combining Reggae with Metal 08:55 - Deathcore Beginnings 10:10 - Why Nathan Stopped Smoking Weed 11:57 - Deathcore to Reggae...
Aug 28, 2023•1 hr 57 min
Garza sits down with Stu Folsom. Singer & main songwriter of SPIRITWORLD. https://www.linktr.ee/spiritworldprophet SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB CHAPTERS: 00:00 - The Inspiration Behind SPIRITWORLD, Building a World 05:55 - First Album, Pagan Rhythms, Building a Band 09:49 - Being the Main Songwriter, Being Prolific 13:00 - Self-Criticism 14:35 - Fender Telecaster 17:06 - Coming up with “DEATHWESTERN” Album Title ...
Aug 21, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Garza sits down with Cleveland, Ohio death metal band 200 STAB WOUNDS. https://www.200stabwounds.net SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! 200 STAB WOUNDS is: Steve Buhl - Vocals, Guitar Raymond Mac Donald - Guitar Ezra Cook - Bass Owen Pooley - Drums CHAPTERS: 00:00 - First Day of Tour w Dark Funeral & Cattle Decapitation 03:00 - Member Intros 03:10 - Humbling First Jobs (Washing Dishes, Making Pizza) 08:30 - Being Lifelong Friends & Playin...
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Garza sits down with India folk metal band BLOODYWOOD. https://www.bloodywood.net NEW PODCAST COFFEE: https://www.conceptcafes.com BLOODYWOOD is: Karan Katiyar - Guitar, Flute Jayant Bhadula - Vocals Raoul Kerr - Vocals Vishesh Singh - Drums CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Other Bands From India (Skyharbor, Keshav Dhar) 04:24 - Band Member Introductions, Early Tour Experiences 07:12 - Breaking Out in India’s Metal Scene 12:22 - Quitting Law & College to Play Heavy Music 13:38 - Early Viral Videos, Writing...
Aug 07, 2023•1 hr 10 min
Garza sits down with North Vancouver, BC, Canada deathcore band ANGELMAKER. https://www.linktr.ee/angelmaker SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! ANGELMAKER is: Mike Greenwood - Vocals Casey Tyson-Pearce - Vocals Colton Bennett - Guitar Matt Perrin - Guitar Johnny Ciardullo - Guitar Cole Rideout - Bass Steven Sanchez - Drums CHAPTERS: 00:00 - South Park Stays Consistent 04:50 - Sharing the Work Load on Tour 07:27 - School of Rock Inspired Matt to P...
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Garza sits down with Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania deathcore band Signs of the Swarm. Their new album "Amongst the Low & Empty" is out July 28! https://www.signsoftheswarm.com/bio SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! Signs of the Swarm is: David Simonich - Vocals Bobby Crow - Drums Michael Cassese - Bass Carl Schulz - Guitar CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Puffco Dab Rig 02:06 - Returning on the Podcast, Manifesting Dreams 04:27 - Carl Joining & First Tour wi...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 15 min
Garza sits down with Travis Ryan. Singer of San Diego deathgrind band Cattle Decapitation. Their new album Terrasite is out now! https://www.cattledecapitation.com SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! TIME STAMPS: 00:00 - San Diego Brutal Death Metal Scene 07:50 - Brutal Death Metal Uniform & Keeping Your Ass Clean on Tour 11:00 - Becoming Vegetarian (Working at Arby’s) 14:11 - Starting Cattle Decap in 1996 as Vegans/Vegetarians 15:44 - Dean Mc...
Jul 17, 2023•1 hr 37 min
Garza sits down with Maryland death metal band Dying Fetus. https://dyingfetus.komi.io SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB DYING FETUS is: John Gallagher - Guitar, Vocals Sean Beasley - Bass Trey Williams - Drums TIME STAMPS: 00:00 - Dying Fetus’ Impact on Heavy Music 03:19 - John Playing Drums on the 1st Demo/Alesis D4 08:16 - Early Musical Influences (Van Halen, Stryper & More) 11:33 - Guitar & Bass Tone, Double D...
Jul 10, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Garza sits down with Colorado tech deathcore band Crown Magnetar. Check out their new album EVERYTHING BLEEDS out July 14th! https://www.linktr.ee/Crownmagnetar SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB CROWN MAGETAR is: Dan Tucker - Vocals Byron London - Drums Nick Burnett - Guitar Grant Robinson - Bass TIME STAMPS: 00:00 - Chaos & Carnage, Transportation Problems 05:40 - Keeping Up With Other Musicians On Tour 08:25 - New A...
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Garza sits down with San Jose, California's MUGSHOT. https://www.linktr.ee/mugshotca MUGSHOT is: Ringo Waterman - Vocals Michael Demko - Guitar Connor Haines - Drums TIME STAMPS: 00:00 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) & Seth Rogen Reboot 03:56 - Suicide Silence Guitar Play-throughs Embarrassment 06:24 - Taking Heavy Music to a New Level 08:35 - Member Intros 09:56 - Finding Band Members, Writing First Songs 13:04 - Learning Guitar by Jamming to My Chemical Romance Songs 15:45 - C Standa...
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Garza sits down with former members of SUICIDE SILENCE Josh Goddard & Rick Ash. From the classic EP line-up. Check out Torn Within! https://www.tornwithin.bandcamp.com SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! TIME STAMPS: 00:00 - Rick’s Running Career 02:29 - Reuniting After 10 Years 04:50 - Josh Joining Suicide Silence/Living with Mitch Lucker/Early Days 12:10 - Recording the First Demos at Lovejuice Studios 15:30 - Rick Didn’t Love the Recordings...
Jun 19, 2023•2 hr 13 min
Garza sits down with Long Island, NY melodic hardcore band KOYO. https://www.koyolihc.com SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! KOYO is: Joey Chiaramonte - Vocals TJ Rotolico - Guitar Sal Argento- Drums Harold Griffin - Guitar Stephen Spanos - Bass TIME STAMPS: 00:00 - Feeling Fatigue After Shows, Getting Older 03:05 - Rhythm vs Lead Guitars 04:43 - Currently On Tour 07:36 - Taking Back Sunday, Brand New Appreciation 12:45 - Long Island/New York Sce...
Jun 12, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Garza sits down with Jersey City, NJ deathcore band Fit For An Autopsy. https://www.fitforanautopsy.co SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB FFAA is: Joe Badolato - Vocals Will Putney - Guitar Pat Sheridan - Guitar Josean Orta - Drums Tim Howley - Guitar Peter Spinazola - Bass TIME CODES: 00:00 - Keanu Reeves is Nice AF 04:19 - Traveling to Shows in the Early Days 06:32 - Josean Joining the Band 11:15 - Joe Bad Joining the Ba...
Jun 05, 2023•1 hr 41 min
Garza sits down with Melbourne, FL deathcore band Bodysnatcher. https://www.bodysnatcherofficial.com SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB TIME CODES: 00:00 - Sold Out Tour w/ Great Supporting Bands (Distant, Angelmaker, Paleface) 09:30 - How Bodysnatcher Started, Dealing w/ Pandemic 19:35 - “King of the Rats” Was Written in 45 Minutes 24:15 - Long Distance Writing Process 26:40 - Working w/ Neil Westfall from A Day to Rememb...
May 29, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Garza sits down with Dallas, Texas death metal band Frozen Soul. https://www.frozensoultx.com SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! TIME CODES: 00:00 - Chad Screams at People 04:51 - Touring with The Black Dahlia Murder 06:38 - Warming Up Before Playing, Having a Drink 09:37 - Death Metal Revival, Coming From Texas, Chaos in Tejas Fest 15:50 - Death Metal Revival continued, Swords 19:40 - Blood Incantation Goes Synth 21:35 - Working with Matt Heafy ...
May 22, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Garza sits down with Phil Bozeman & Alex Wade from Tennessee deathcore band Whitechapel. https://www.whitechapelband.com SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! TIME CODES: 00:00 - The Deathcore Pig Squeal, Jonny Davy (Job For a Cowboy), Ross Sewage (Exhumed) 01:52 - Being Part of the First Wave of Deathcore w/ Suicide Silence, Despised Icon, Job for a Cowboy, All Shall Perish; MySpace Days 07:14 - New Generations of Heavy Bands 09:52 - Knoxville,...
May 15, 2023•1 hr 15 min
Garza sits down with Columbus, OH drug death band Sanguisugabogg. https://www.sanguisugabogg.com SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB Sanguisugabogg is: Devin Swank - Vocals Cody Davidson - Drums Drew Arnold - Guitar Cedrik Davis - Guitar TIME CODES: 00:00 - Cheers, Full Circle Moments, Making Shit Happen 02:12 - Writing Music on Weed & Adderall 08:00 - Writing Music Quickly (A Song Per Day) w/ Homicidal Ecstasy, 2023 09...
May 08, 2023•1 hr 23 min
Garza sits down with Paleface Swiss. We talk about they got into heavy music & became one of the heaviest bands to ever come out of their country. Putting schizophrenia awareness into beatdown & much more! https://www.palefaceswiss.com SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB TIME CODES: 00:00 - Playing Heavy Music 04:02 - Why Add “Swiss” to Name? 07:00 - Greenfield Festival 08:14 - Dan Kenny (Suicide Silence) Getting Pa...
May 01, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Garza sits down with Diego Sanchez. Guitar player of the legendary death metal band Disgorge. Starting in the mid 90's. Disgorge would become known as one of the most relentless, brutal bands on the planet. Diego shares his life experience how he got those heavy riffs out of his head & onto the records we still love years later. Also becoming a father, his time playing bass in Cephalotripsy, the extremely deep concept of all those evil album covers, how writing poetry helped him write death ...
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 45 min
Garza sits down with Brandan Schieppati. Singer of Orange County metalcore band Bleeding Through. With animosity/bitterness between the Inland Empire & Orange Country hardcore scene. This conversation between Brandan & Garza took 20 years to happen. We talk about the deep origins of HEAVY music as we know it today. If it wasn’t for Brandan. Most of our favorite heavy bands wouldn’t exist. https://www.instagram.com/bleedingthrough SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com ...
Apr 17, 2023•1 hr 37 min
Garza sits down with Philadelphia metalcore band Jesus Piece. In this episode we shout out a ton of sic bands for you to check out. How Aaron got to sing on a Sanguissugabogg track, non-metal influeneces & much more! Their new album ...So Unknown is out this 4/14! https://www.jesuspiecehc.com SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB Jesus Piece is: Aaron Heard - Vocals David Updike - Guitar John DiStefano - Guitar Anthony Ma...
Apr 10, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 73
Garza sits down with Bay Area hardcore band Sunami. If you love heavy slams. Check them out! sunami408.bandcamp.com/album/sunami SPONSORS: https://www.martyrstore.net Promo Code: GARZA 10% OFF! Sunami is: Josef Alfonso - Vocals Michael Durt - Guitar Theo - Bass Benny Eissmann - Drums TIME CODES: 00:00 - Seeing Pantera in Colombia 03:52 - New Generation of Hardcore Kids at Shows & Chain Reaction 08:02 - Theo & Joseph Met at a Show 10:20 - Being Introverted 12:50 - Sunami Started on a Whim...
Apr 03, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Garza sits down with JB & Brent from Lancaster, PA metalcore band August Burns Red. Over 20 years being in the game together we talk about how you stay consistent, managing your own band to getting nominated for a Grammy. Their new album Death Below is out now! augustburnsred.com SPONSORS: Click this link to purchase from Sweetwater & help support the podcast: imp.i114863.net/rnrmVB ABR is: Jake Luhrs - Vocals JB Brubaker - Guitar Brent Rambler - Guitar Matt Greiner - Drums Dustin Davids...
Mar 27, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Garza sits down with Las Vegas Deathcore band Ov Sulfur. Their new album The Burdern Ov Faith drops this Friday! ovsulfur.com SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! Ov Sulfur is: Ricky Hoover - Vocals Chase Wilson -Guitar Ding - Bass Leviathvn - Drums TIME CODES: 00:00 - Too Much Caffeine & Trash Energy Drinks 03:22 - Clean Singing in Deathcore 06:45 - Uranium & Juliya 08:26 - Dimmu Borgir & Synthwave 12:42 - Drummers Are Fun To Watch (Le...
Mar 20, 2023•1 hr 22 min
Garza sits down with American metalcore band Gideon. Their new album MORE POWER. MORE PAIN. is out now! https://gideonal.com SPONSORS: distrokid.com/vip/garza 30% OFF! emgpickups.com Promo Code: Heavy 15% OFF! Gideon is: Daniel McWhorter, Tyler Riley, Jake Smelley & Caleb DeRusha TIME CODES: 00:00 - Don’t Stop Believin’ in Yourself & Journey 04:28 - Suffocation Is Still Heavy AF 06:40 - More Power. More Pain & Writing Process 19:16 - ‘Bama, Nashville & Mississippi Boys 27:42 - Me...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 14 min
