Eyes of Fire.ON THEIR SECOND full-length album Prisons, Southern California's Eyes of Fire provide listeners with an entrancing ride. The band blends soaring melodies and infectious tribal percussion with a monstrous wall of guitars and screams, expanding the boundaries of heavy music in the process. Drummer Nicky Bernardi provides an insightful look into his band's epic record. In fact, this work of cerebral metal can proudly stand alongside the finest offerings from progressive luminaries such as Neurosis neurosis, in psychiatry, a broad category of psychological disturbance, encompassing various mild forms of mental disorder. Until fairly recently, the term neurosis was broadly employed in contrast with psychosis, which denoted much more severe, debilitating mental and Mastodon mastodon (măs`tədŏn'), name for a number of prehistoric mammals of the extinct genus Mammut, from which modern elephants are believed to have developed. The earliest known forms lived in the Oligocene epoch in Africa. . One listen to Eyes of Fire and you may not be able to turn away. Was the creative process behind Prisons a natural evolution? If you listen to it with headphones Head-mounted speakers. Headphones have a strap that rests on top of the head, positioning a pair of speakers over both ears. For listening to music or monitoring live performances and audio tracks, both left and right channels are required. , there's a lot of percussion, some African drums, some congas, and some shakers Shakers, popular name for members of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, also called the Millennial Church. Members of the movement, who received their name from the trembling produced by religious emotion, were also known as Alethians. . I got to add a more tribal feel to the songs and that's one progression. I also did a lot of the sequences, keyboards, and electronics. We recorded the drums and bass at Grandmaster Recorders. We were wedged between Weezer and Nine Inch Nails and only had three days. They did the guitars and I did the percussion at Shiva Shiva or Siva (shē`və), one of the greatest gods of Hinduism, also called Mahadeva. The "horned god" and phallic worship of the Indus valley civilization may have been a prototype of Shiva worship or Shaivism. Industries. I was there for the whole mixing, and producer Matt Bayles Matt Bayles is a well-known and recognized producer based in Seattle, Washington. Information Bayles is known for his work with bands such as Isis, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Botch, Mastodon, The Fall of Troy, Vanna, and Norma Jean. (Mastodon, Isis) was really cool. He mixed it in Pro Tools. I got to see the way that he does it, which is different from what I had learned. I also got to pick his brain. So it was definitely a learning experience for me. Also, when we were at Shiva, Matt Fisher (bass) engineered a lot. The record was totally a band effort.. To craft such intricate songs, who are some of your influences? Our influences are really broad. Some of us have really old punk rock influences, while others have old death metal influences. All five of us are individuals in terms of where we came from; however, this is my favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. way to work in a band. We are different people, but we have enough in common to come together and write diverse music. That's what made me really excited about joining this band. For me personally, my influences include Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin, English pop music group formed in 1968 by guitarist Jimmy Page (1944–), singer Robert Plant (1948–), bassist John Paul Jones (1946–), and drummer John "Bonzo" Bonham (1948–80). and I was really into the Goth thing like Bauhaus and Joy Division. I grew up in Chicago and played in bands during the whole industrial era, so I'm a huge fan of Ministry and Front Line Assembly. I had a love of drum machines and copying those rhythms on my set growing up. Also, I've always been interested in African music African music, the music of the indigenous peoples of Africa. Sub-Saharan African music has as its distinguishing feature a rhythmic complexity common to no other region. . You've done some diverse tours, with everyone from Danzig to Apocolyptica. How do the crowds differ? We got really good responses from the punk kids at Danzig. It was really cool, and a bit surprising. We got asked to do Apoeolyptica because we have that arty side to us. It was an honor to play with them because it was just us and them. The metal kids and the classical musicians were totally digging what we were doing. We have even played with some metalcore bands; however, we don't play breakdowns. We're huge Slayer fans, but I think because we love it so much we don't play it. With metal and hardcore getting bigger, is it tough to stand out? We're not a singles-oriented band. We're more about writing songs from the heart, and sometimes they end up eight minutes long. Or sometimes they even end up to be 25 minutes, like "Home." How much jamming leads to a song like "Home"? We start every rehearsal jamming. As we're slowly strolling in, there's always someone playing, then someone after that, and so on. This is the story behind "Home." We played Century Media's Christmas party in 2004 with Death Angel and Strapping strap·ping adj. Having a sturdy muscular physique; robust. n. 1. Straps considered as a group. 2. Material for making straps. Young Lad in LA. We had a 25-minute set and we played this one piece. For me personally, it's a real punk rock thing to do, we have 25 minutes and just build this thing up. It was cool, because we did our own thing and everyone there watched. The label was pretty excited about that. They suggested that we record it and release a double CD with limited pressings, which is awesome. Being from Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , do any of you guys skate? I used to skate when I was younger, but I was more into freestyle on the bike. Matt always surfed since he was younger. But for me, music just took me right over. I could have chosen a much safer career, but I would much rather be a struggling musician and be happy. I have no regrets about where my life's been or where it's going. |
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