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Continued from page 34 do , [ and ] we ’ ve been doing it as the last song of the night for 30 years - since the [ original ] incarnation of the band , so we decided to do it . Jeff Duncan just happened to be in the studio when Bill ( Metoyer ) was mixing it , and ( Bill ) brought it up and ( Jeff ) did it . And it turned out fantastic .
Mosh : How ’ d you get Bill Metoyer to mix the album ? Gary Modica : I got turned on to him when we started working with Combat , and they were quite familiar with us as being an old-school metal band . Thom Hazaert , which is Dave ’ s partner in the label , said there ’ s like one guy for the job to work on this record and that he ’ d hook us up . The next day I got the phone call from Bill , and we worked out all the details . He immediately hopped on the project , and we were at that point long before preproduction on any of the stuff , we were still going through the material . He was in on everything from the very first step all the way till the end . He really put his stamp on it . Bill or the label wasn ’ t interested in any particular dates or rush it until all parties were happy . So it was worth the wait .
Mosh : Rage will be released on Oct 5 . Any plans for a release party ? G . G .: We ’ ll be playing at Route 20 Outhouse in Wisconsin . We played with Armored Saint there before and UDO , it ’ s a great bar . That will be our official release date , so we ’ re doing an album release celebration party , and Dave ( Ellefson ) will come up and play a couple of songs . We ’ re going to play the album in full , from front to back . It ’ ll be an awesome night .
Mosh : Since the band ’ s inception , what has been your most significant accomplishment ? S . N .: I think the biggest accomplishment for us
is to be out there and doing what we like doing . It ’ s a different game now . I don ’ t think any of us are looking at this as anything more than the extreme fun of it . G . G .: Obviously , we want as much success as possible . But just like Scott says , it ’ s a whole different ball game out there now . Bands just don ’ t sell like they used to thanks to the internet . You want to get back out on the road . We ’ re looking to get back to Europe next year . You don ’ t go into it with the same thought as back in the ’ 80s or even the early ’ 90s of like we ’ re going to sell a million copies . It ’ s just not realistic anymore unless you ’ re some huge pop band . But for the most part , you try to get your name out as much as possible , get out on the road , and that ’ s what you do . And that ’ s what we ’ re looking forward to . Also appearing 10 / 4 at Brauerhouse , Lombard .
MOSH-WORTHY RELEASES : Malichor Nightmares
and Abominations ( Iron Blood and Death ; Ashes
of Mankind A Scene In Hell ( Lost Apparition );
Depravity
Evil
Upheaval
( Transcending
Obscurity ).
MOSH-WORTHY LIVE : Unleash the Archers , Helion Prime , Striker , Shokker ( Reggies , 10 / 05 ); Soil , The Outfit , Saint Tragedy ( RocHaus , 10 / 12 ), Suffocation , Cattle Decapitation , Krisiun , Soreption , End of Sanity ( The Forge , 10 / 26 ).
MENTION-WORTHY : Testament and Dragonlord ’ s Eric Peterson has created a firstever black metal superhero comic book called The Burner . The 20-page full-color comic was available in limited copies at Comic-Con in July , with more copies coming soon at retail .
Des Moines death metallers , Green Death is releasing a third full-length album Hallowmass on Oct . 10 via Combat Records .
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