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Pass The Mic: Artists on 2013

December 24, 2013

Pass The Mic: Artists on 2013
Pass The Mic: Artists on 2013

Jeff Lohrber (Enabler)

1. What are your top five albums that were released in 2013? (In order 1-5)

  • Carcass – Surgical Steel
  • Gorguts – Colored Sands
  • Pissed Jeans – Honeys
  • Misery Signals – Absent Light
  • Northless – World Keeps Sinking 

There really are so many to pick from this year, great records from Watain, Inquisition, Satyricon, Darkthrone, Portal, Ulcerate, Nails, Hail of Bullets, Agrimonia, etc. And fuck it, I listened to the shit out of the new Black Sabbath and Fall Out Boy records as well.

2. What band did you discover in 2013 (can be a brand new band or an older band) that had an impact on your life? What made them significant?

I discovered the self-titled Metal Church record. I’d never heard it before, and holy shit, it’s gotta be one of the most metal records I’ve ever heard.

3. How will you remember 2013? (In terms of music)

Insanity. We’ve released two EPs this year, toured in Europe and Australia, in addition to US and Canadian touring this year. We’ve had 3 drummers, I feel like we took a major blow when our second guitarist left earlier this year and we’ve totally overcome that at this point and the band is sounding tighter than ever. So many highs, so many lows, but I’ve done things I’ve never thought I would do in my life this year so it’s been amazing. And the year isn’t even finished, Enabler will be recording our new record, and I rejoined a band that I used to be in and we are recording a new full length as well, which will both be finished by the end of the year!

4. What can we look forward to from you in 2014?

New LP and as many shows as we can humanly handle.

5. What records are you looking forward to most in 2014?

The Entombed record that got pushed back!

6. There is a lot of debate over streaming sites and royalties, namely with Spotify. What is your stance on the economic policies behind the current streaming services? Do you have a preferred one?

Not really. I just want people to be able to listen to and explore new music. If there happens to be money involved, awesome. So if you’ve never heard Enabler, go download the record for free, I don’t care. If you dig it, order a record online, come to a show and see us play, whatever… I think that it’s ok to take advantage of free music in whatever form as long as you give back when you’re able to. Before people were streaming music, or downloading shit, I was borrowing my friends tape collections and dubbing myself copies of everything good that I could get my hands on.

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— words by the SPB team • December 24, 2013

Photo of Nick 13 by Viva Van Story.

Pass The Mic: Artists on 2013
Pass The Mic: Artists on 2013

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  1. Opening page
  2. Aki (Worthwhile Way/ Eager Beaver Records)
  3. Alex (Autistic Youth)
  4. Alex Estrada (Silver Snakes)
  5. André Foisy (Locrian/ Kwaidan/Ablution Media)
  6. Ben Crew (In Defence - vocals)
  7. BJ Rochinich (Ancient Shores/ Keep - guitar)
  8. Bobby Hussy (The Hussy/ Fire Retarded/ Kind Turkey Records)
  9. Brian Gorsegner (Night Birds - vocals)
  10. Charles Miller (Better Off - drums)
  11. Chris Cresswell (The Flatliners - vocals/guitar)
  12. Chris Grigg (Woe)
  13. Chris Moore (Coke Bust/ Sick Fix/ D.O.C. - drums)
  14. Dave Drobach (The Careeners fka Grabass Charlestons)
  15. Drew (Brain Tumors - vocals)
  16. Eddy Marflak (Harvey Pekar - guitar/vocals)
  17. James Hofer (Burn Your World - guitar, Extract - vocals)
  18. Jason Hall (Western Addiction)
  19. Jeff Lohrber (Enabler)
  20. Jenks Miller (Horseback/ Mount Moriah)
  21. Josh Lyford (Foxfires - vocals)
  22. KayCee Townsend Tarricone (Convul)
  23. Leo Atreides (Plagues - vocals/ Fissure - guitar)
  24. Lesbian
  25. Mikael Kjellman (Martyrdöd)
  26. Mike (Gehenna)
  27. Nick 13 (Tiger Army, solo)
  28. Ontto (Oranssi Pazuzu - bass)
  29. Rob Fraser (Utter Failure/ Boar Hunter/ Vinehell Records)
  30. Roo Pescod (Bangers - vocals/guitar)
  31. Ryan Encinas (Sworn Vengeance - vocals)
  32. Sam (Lunaire)
  33. Sean Gray (No Paris/ Fan Death Records)
  34. Spencer (Full of Hell - guitar)
  35. Stephen Brodsky (Mutoid Man/ Cave In)
  36. Trevor Shelley de Brauw (Pelican)
  37. Xavier Godart (The Great Old Ones - guitar)

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