Billy Graziadei of BIOHAZARD joined Welsh ragga-metallers SKINDRED on stage at the Hegyalja Fesztivál — which was held July 18-22 in Tokaj, Hungary — to perform the song “Nobody”. Video footage of his appearance can be seen below.
Commented Billy: “We toured with DUB WAR [pre-SKINDRED] and DOG EAT DOG earlier in our career and got along great with Benji [Webbe] and the guys. SKINDRED is an awesome band on and off stage, I had an great time jamming with them! Looking forward to touring with them sometime soon!”
Guitarist/vocalist Billy Graziadei of New York hardcore/metal veterans BIOHAZARD got tattooed on stage while performing a sweat-driven and crushingly intense gig on July 10 at the Atlantik club in Freiburg, Germany.
“We pulled into the city and while walking into the club I passed by a tattoo parlor,” explains Graziadei. “Dropped in to say hello and met Tom Deyhle from Silverskull Tattoo. We had mutual friends and hit it off. I sat down for some ink before the show then had to split before we finished it, so I asked him if he’d be into finishing it during the show. Tom thought it was a cool idea, so he came down to the sold-out show that was probably one of the hottest shows we’ve ever played. During ‘Reborn’ from our new album ‘Reborn in Defiance’ I finished my ‘Reborn’ tattoo. It took longer than we thought, so we went into an old song we never played before called ‘Ink’ off of ‘State Of The World Address’… What an awesome time!”
He added, “Another cool detail was that Tom used a wireless tattoo gun. The power for the gun was internal and the controller that he steps on was connected to the gun via bluetooth! Times change, sometimes for the better, sometimes not… glad this was one of the good times!”
BIOHAZARD‘s current European summer tour will wrap on July 22 at the DevilSide Festival in Oberhausen, Germany.
BIOHAZARD‘s latest album, “Reborn In Defiance”, was released in Europe on January 20 via Nuclear Blast Records.
Not only is “Reborn In Defiance” BIOHAZARD‘s first original lineup album in 18 years, but it also marks the last album recorded by the band before the departure of bassist and co-vocalist Evan Seinfeld. The effort remains a testament to the four founding members (Billy Graziadei, Bobby Hambel, Evan Seinfeld and Danny Schuler) and their unique chemistry.
Seinfeld left the band in June 2011 after the band’s new CD was completed and was replaced by Scott Roberts, who played on the band’s 2005 “Means To An End” album and has been part of the BIOHAZARD extended family since.
Jo Schüftan of Horns Up Rocks! recently conducted an interview with former BIOHAZARD and current ATTIKA 7 frontman Evan Seinfeld . You can now listen to the chat in two parts below.
When asked about his decision to leave BIOHAZARD and join ATTIKA 7, Evan said, “BIOHAZARD was my thing — I founded the band, I started the band, I wrote the music, I wrote the lyrics, I named the albums, I did the tours. I always identified myself with it. But things change as you go on and things evolve and sometimes things stray from your original vision so far that it’s no longer… it’s not the same drug and it doesn’t get you high anymore.
“I think [the latest BIOHAZARD album] ‘Reborn In Defiance’ was a really good record; musically, it was good, but I think lyrically, to be honest, it was a little bit uninspired, and I didn’t know if realized it while I was doing it.
“The process of making that album was just long and tedious, and in the end, it’s not even gonna come out in the USA.
“The way that went down for me was I put a lot of time and energy making that record and I don’t know what I was expecting, it’s just that this is who I am and this is what I do.
“When the opportunity came up to play with Rusty [Coones, ATTIKA 7 guitarist], for me…. I don’t wanna go on and on about BIOHAZARD. For me, it was a long time coming. I really needed a change. It’s something that I thought about every day: ‘I would love to just start something new. I would love to just let this thing that I created kind of be remembered with dignity.’
“When I started playing with Rusty, I found something in my voice that I always knew was there but I didn’t know how to get to. I think that’s what I’m trying to say when I needed a change — I don’t feel like I was reaching my full potential as a singer.” ATTIKA 7 recently announced the addition of guitarist Zach Broderick (formerly with NONPOINT), drummer Tommy Holt (ex-UPO) and former KYUSS bassist Scott Reeder to the group’s ranks.
ATTIKA 7‘s debut album, “Blood Of My Enemies”, will be released on July 31 via Rocket Science Ventures/THC:MUSIC in North America and Membran/Ninetone in Europe. The CD was recorded with producer Mudrock (AVENGED SEVENFOLD, GODSMACK). The bass and drum tracks on the effort were laid down by Tony Campos (SOULFLY, POSSESSED, STATIC-X, ASESINO, MINISTRY) and Devin Lebsack, respectively, but due to scheduling conflicts they were not able to make the required commitment to ATTIKA 7.
Profesionally filmed video footage of BIOHAZARD performing the song “Vengeance Is Mine” on June 15 at the Reload Festival in Sulingen, Germany can be seen below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
New York Hardcore veterans BIOHAZARD will invade Europe once again in support of their most recent effort „Reborn In Defiance“ which was released in early 2012 via Nuclear Blast.
The band will play a selection of renowned festivals as well as one off shows during June/July in several parts of Europe.
BIOHAZARD
09.06. Nickelsdorf – Novarock Festival (Austria)
10.06. Darmstadt – Steinbruch Theater (Germany) + Still Screaming + Fallbrawl
11.06 Metal Hammer Awards (London, UK)
13.06. Geneva – L’usine (Switzerland)
14.06. Basel – Sommercasino (Switzerland) + Lionheart
15.06. Suhlingen – Reload Festival (Germany)
16.06. Rotterdam – Baroeg (Netherlands) + Hoods
17.06. Clisson – Hellfest (France)
07.07. Moniraes (Pennellville, NY – US warm up show).
09.07. Paris – Nouveau Casino (France)
10.07. Freiburg- Atlantik (Germany) + Lionheart
11.07. Pinarella Die Cervia – Rockplanet (Italy)
12.07. Dornbirn – Conrad Sohm (Austria)
13.07. Tabor – Mighty Sounds Festival (Czech Republic)
14.07. Oradea – Evolution Rock Festival (Romania)
15.07 Kosice – Collosseum (Slovakia)
17.07. Cham – L.A. (Germany) + Six Reasons To Kill
18.07. Nova Gorica – Mostovna (Slovenia)
19.07. Sarajevo – Amfiteatar Mladih (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
20.07. Tokaj – Hegyalja Festival (Hungary)
21.07. Jarocin – Festival (Poland)
22.07. Oberhausen – Devilside (Germany)
As long as Roadrunner Records has been around, our roster has been widely varied – there’s never been a “Roadrunner sound.” So when we put together this week’s Spotify playlist, we decided to show that even 20 years ago, we were exploring all kinds of sonic avenues, from death metal to industrial, from hardcore to sludgy doom. So enjoy 10 tracks by Deicide, Obituary, Malevolent Creation, Type O Negative, Biohazard, Mercyful Fate, Fear Factory, Front Line Assembly, Controlled Bleeding, and Exhorder!
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