One of our features here at Scene Point Blank is our semi-daily quickie Q&A: One Question Interviews. Follow us at facebook or twitter and we'll post one interview every Monday-Thursday. Well, sometimes we miss a day, but it will be four each week regardless.
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Minneapolis crust/trash crossovers War/Plague are back with a new album on the day before Halloween, Manifest Ruination, which releases via Phobia/Organize and Arise.
Recorded last December, the new record is their twelfth in total since forming in '08.
Vinyl will be available in October, followed by a …
Andy Lefton (War//Plague)
SPB: Minneapolis seems very engrained in your sound. How much of that is conscious? Is it purposeful, or does is just sort of happen through osmosis? Do you find the TC scene to be fairly supportive and/or conducive? Are their limitations or frustrations that come with …
Andy Lefton (War//Plague – guitar)
SPB: What guitar model do you play in War//Plague and how does it lend to “the War//Plague sound”?
Lefton: It took some time to get the signature sound we wanted. Staying heavy and retaining clarity while playing blistering fast was something we strived …
Andy Lutz (War//Plague-vocals and guitar)
SPB: Do you use any special equipment to emphasize your vocals when playing live?
Lutz: Generally, I just use a Shure SM58 microphone. I like to throw some subtle effects on vocals, like maybe a little delay, and then have some bourbon to …
Chad (War//Plague – drums)
SPB: Walk us through your kit and how you chose its various pieces?
Chad: I've always been a huge fan of TAMA DRUMS ever since I was a kid! This hasn't always been my traditional set up, like everyone in War//Plague it has been …
Vern (War//Plague-bass)
SPB: What type of bass do you play (and how did you choose it)?
Vern: I am currently playing a Gibson RD bass. I also have an LTD Eclipse bass with EMG active pick-ups but was looking for something classic with passive pick-ups. I stumbled upon …
Plague Mind, a hardcore band out of Seattle, WA, has announced they will self-release Always on the Outside, a new EP out Sept. 27.
The band released a self-titled debut in 2022. Members have played in Betrayed, With Honor, Love Is Red, Sinking Ships, and Trial.
Here's …
Cvlt Nation is streaming the debut LP from War//Plague, On a Darker Dawn. The Profane Existence release will be officially released on August 14, 2012 and includes former members of Provoked, Calloused, and Pontius Pilate.
Selfmadegod Records announced a new signing today. On April 7, the label will release Context Is A Stumbling Corpse, the debut album from UK deathgrind duo Heretic Plague.
The band features guitarist/bassist Adam Watts (an original member of Beef Conspiracy) and his former band mate Tom Bradfield on …
Over the course of their last few records these Minneapolis crust punk stalwarts have really honed their metal chops. I’ll do my best to avoid any “who put their metal in my punk” type of argument and just say, as someone who prefers my metalpunx leaning more to the punk …
The introduction of a review is usually a chance to capture the reader with something funny or even insightful. Considering it's 2:27 AM and I can't go to sleep, all that's on my mind is this Welcome the Plague Year album and how much it's going to suck when I …
Marshalltown, IA band Modern Life Is War have posted a facebook statement that they have not only reunited, but will be releasing a new album on Deathwish Inc. later this year.
States the band:
In September of last year, we wrote an album in John's basement in …
The recently reunited Modern Life Is War has set a release date for their first record since 2007's Midnight in America. The new album will hit stores and the web on Sept. 3 on Deathwish, Inc.
Check out a track listing below.
Post-hardcore band War from a Harlots Mouth have announced an upcoming "indefinite hiatus" after 8 years and four full-lengths as a band. The group most recently released Voyeur last November.
While thanking many in their official statement, it also offers this hint as to their break-up:
The …
Harley's War, featuring Harley Flanagan, a founding member of Cro-Mags, will release its second LP on Southern Lord later this year. Flanagan last released under the moniker in 2002, Cro Mag.
No release date has been set.
Baltimore's War on Women has joined Bridge Nine Records, who will release their upcoming 11 song debut full-length. The record is still to be titled and was just recorded--it will likely release in early 2015.
Members have previously played with AVEC and Liars Academy.