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Interview with GLEN DROVER: “I think it’s the strongest album I’ve ever done”

Posted by aliblackdiamond on February 21, 2019
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Well known for his time with MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND and his own power metal band EIDOLON plus more besides, Canadian guitarist Glen Drover is back with a brand new project –  WALLS OF BLOOD. The album, titled “Imperium” featuring an esteemed assortment of metal vocalists such as Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH), Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT), Todd La Torre (QUEENSRŸCHE) and Henning Basse (METALLIUM, FIREWIND), is set for release on 22nd February via Metalville.

MSF Senior Manager Alison Booth recently caught up with Glen to chat about the album in more detail, as well as various other subjects, including the story of a career highlight at the UK’s Download Festival. You can read a few excerpts from the conversation below and the full interview is on the audio player:

Discussing “Imperium”, Glen stated:

“I think it’s the strongest album I’ve ever done, period. This album for me, you know I worked on it sporadically over six years and I’m just really proud, I love the whole album. I couldn’t be happier right now.

It was all people that I really wanted to work with and some, in fact most of them, were singers I might not have worked with before, but wanted to.

And then there were situations where I would approach somebody that I wanted to have on the album and then I would write a song around his type of style – something I knew he would probably be comfortable with and be able to deliver.”

On Matt Cuthbertson, who provides vocals on the track ‘Walls Of Blood’:

“Yeah he did a really good job. The band Untimely Demise, they’re from Canada and I really liked his, he’s got the raspy, growly voice like a lot of bands do – but he has more of an identity I think. I find, with all due respect to the bands that do sound similar in the vocal department, sometimes I can’t tell them apart. But there are some that have an identity, ‘oh yeah, that’s him or that’s her’ or whatever, you know. And he’s one of those guys and I just thought he’ll do really well on the song. Shawn wrote the lyrics and away we went.”

Talking about what’s next for WALLS OF BLOOD and if there’s any possibility of touring, Glen revealed:

“I’m gonna wait to see how it’s received and how I feel about it down the road. One thing I can say is that I probably wouldn’t do another album with multiple vocalists, because I’ve already done that now and it’s a little bit harder. I’m very, very happy that I did it and I’m extremely proud of the album like I mentioned, but I don’t think I would do that again. I would do an album with one singer.

As far as touring, no not at this point because of everything I just said, but is it possible that I could streamline it where it’s one line-up of say four guys, yeah and play shows, absolutely possible. If I’m gonna do it, I’m gonna know when the time comes and it would be very easy to do that. I have a couple of vocalists in mind, one in particular, I’m not gonna mention his name, that I know would be able to do all the different material that’s on the album.”

Reflecting on highlights from his career, Glen reminisced about a MEGADETH performance:

“Highlights, there’s a few. And you know, speaking of the UK, I gotta say, that’s probably if I had to pick one particular event it would’ve been the first time we played Download. We played there twice, but you know you can’t forget that.

We played on the main stage. I remember we were back waiting as the into was about to be rolled. And I was looking out in the field on the main stage at Download and there was a lot of holes. I went ‘oh shit, I was hoping it was going to be full!’ And then just before the intro, I looked my other way and in droves there’s all these people coming down the pathway ’cause one band just finished on another stage. By the time we got on stage there was not a piece of grass you could see, it was just so electric. As far as you could see, everybody was going nuts, you could feel it – it was so heavy with electricity. We played for fifty minutes and it felt like five minutes, literally. That has to be the pinnacle for me.”

“Imperium” Track Listing:

01. Leave This World Behind (feat. Nils K. Rue)
02. Discordia (feat. Todd La Torre)
03. Waiting To Die (feat. Chuck Billy)
04. Blood Sacrifice Ritual (feat. Henning Basse)
05. Tarnished Dream (feat. Tim Owens)
06. Walls Of Blood (feat. Matt Cuthbertson)
07. The Fault Of Man (feat. Henning Basse)
08. Dark Lords Of Sleep (feat. Dan Cleary)
09. Junkhead (ALICE IN CHAINS cover) (feat. Lance Harvill)
10. Seven Spirits (feat. Henning Basse)

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Ex- MEGADETH Glen Drover: “Dave Mustaine was not a Taskmaster, he didn’t really question me”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on January 14, 2019
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Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voice  recently spoke to Former Megadeth, King Diamond guitarist Glen Drover. Drover spoke about his new Band/Project  Walls of Blood  and his new album Imperium which will be release February 22 2019 via Metalville. He also spoke about his days recording with Megadeth on United Abominations  and King Diamond’s album House of God.

Watch the interview here:

When asked about his new project Walls of Blood
“I started this project about six years ago. What happened was for fun in between whatever I was doing at that point, I got Henning Basse (Firewind, Mayan) to sing an old Eidolon song that I’d always loved but unfortunately was destroyed by mediocre vocals. So I gave Henning the lyrics but not the original music, I didn’t want him to listen to the original melodies and he just loved it and we did the track and it came out killer. Then shortly after that I had started talking to Todd LaTorre from Queensryche and he said yeah let’s do a song. So I thought to myself you know what how about an album that’ll have multiple guest singers on it. Ten songs, ten different singers and that was the original design and that’s what ended up happening in the end. I think we did a good job and making everything sound real cohesive with all the different singers. It’s pure heavy metal, there’s some pretty heavy stuff on it you know, there’s a lot of melody too.”

When asked if he would Tour with Walls of Blood
“I compare my situation to Jake E Lee’s Red Dragon Cartel, Jake formed a band and released an album that had different singers. I think he was testing the waters, since he had not been in the industry for sometime. Then he did a tour and it turned out really positive and then on Jake’s second album he decided just to have one singer and tour. I feel the same way let’s see how it goes on this album, test the waters and then I am open to anything that makes sense in regards to touring.”

When asked what he thinks of Megadeth’s United Abomination album today
“I think it came out really well, it’s a very strong album, there are songs on there that I favour more than others of course but overall I think it’s a great album. My favorite albums by Megadeth are the first three ones, especially So far So good, So What and Peace Sells But who’s Buying.”

When asked about his experience working on the album with Dave Mustaine and if Dave sang him the solos to reproduce

“Dave I got along with him really well, he wasn’t a taskmaster with me you know I always went in very prepared.  I did my homework so much that he really didn’t question a whole lot. When it came to solos I would do something and then Dave would go why don’t you try something like this. Dave was not singing all the notes in the solos he was just kind of  mimicked  the melodies and the flow of the tempo of the solo. That’s what it was like for me I can only speak for myself.  “

“I remember doing  Sleepwalker, the first song on the album. By the way, that song wasn’t going to make the album thank god it did because it’s pretty much one of the very a few up-tempo tracks  because there were too many  mid-tempo songs  and we needed something that was going to be more of a fast.  But Dave didn’t want to do it. In the end what happened was me and Andy Sneap did a demo of it and sent it to the record company and they said  yeah we’re using this one.  So I guess Dave was overpowered on that sorry Dave but that’s how the story went.”

When asked about his experience working on the King Diamond album House of God
“It was amazed experience. How I got the gig was as I sent an audition tape in the early 90’s to their people while I was still living at home, I was really young. King liked it and we kept in contact and then the situation came up in 1997 and he called me and said you want a job and that was that. It was great everybody got along really well together. In the studio I just went in and had a lot of fun. They flew me into to Dallas and I spent two weeks just doing all my solos. I would do three or four songs a day and then I go back to the hotel that night and work out the songs for the next day and I go in. I also had a great time touring but my lifestyle had changed, I got married and I had a kid on the way, so I couldn’t just rely on the sporadic touring that would happen here and there.”

When asked if he had any regrets leaving King Diamond and Megadeth too soon
“For King Diamond I don’t have any regrets because I’m not sure how much of a difference it really would have made after I left King Diamond, their next album was Abigail two. Yeah it that came out okay but I would say the House of God album is a little stronger. For Megadeth there was issues that came up and I had to go at that point. I couldn’t have stayed any longer because of what was going on and I didn’t have any regrets. If I stayed in there longer there might have been more problems but I I left when I had to and that was that.”

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WALLS OF BLOOD, “Imperium”,  contains 10 songs of “high-class power metal,” with guest appearances by some of the genre’s most acclaimed vocalists, including Tim Owens (JUDAS PRIEST, ICED EARTH), Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT), Todd La Torre (QUEENSRŸCHE) and Henning Basse (METALLIUM, FIREWIND).

Drover handled all guitars and keyboards on the album, while the drums were tracked by Scott Barrymore and bass by Chris Myles (except the songs “Discordia” and “Tarnished Dream”, which feature bass by Joe DiBiase). All music was recorded, produced and engineered by Drover at Eclipse Recording in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

“Imperium” track listing:

01. Leave This World Behind (feat. Nils K. Rue)
02. Discordia (feat. Todd La Torre)
03. Waiting To Die (feat. Chuck Billy)
04. Blood Sacrifice Ritual (feat. Henning Nasse)
05. Tarnished Dream (feat. Tim Owens)
06. Walls Of Blood (feat. Matt Cuthbertson)
07. The Fault Of Man (feat. Henning Basse)
08. Dark Lords Of Sleep (feat. Dan Cleary)
09. Junkhead (ALICE IN CHAINS cover) (feat. Lance Harvill)
10. Seven Spirits (feat. Henning Basse)

MEGADETH’s Dave Ellefson: “I was on METALLICA’s short list when Jason Newsted quit in 2001”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on December 28, 2018
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Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voice spoke to MEGADETH‘s bassist David Ellefson about his new album with his side project ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE titled ‘Get it out’ (with Anthrax’s Frank Bello), his upcoming book ‘More life with Deth’, the direction of MEGADETH‘s new album, his upcoming induction into the Hall of Heavy Metal History, METALLICA‘s short list when Jason Newsted quit and his upcoming Bass History tour.

Watch the interview here:

When asked about his side project with Frank Bello of Anthrax, called Altitudes and Attitude and their new album
“This side project is an addition to Megadeth and I think that is why the fans like it and embrace it. I have played on a lot of records so fans are used to hearing different sides to me. For Frank Bello, what is cool for him is that he is the singer on this project, so you really get to hear a different side to Frank. Musically it is very different it is not a thrash metal record, it’s got some powerful hard rock drive to it but it also an emotional side. The album has sensibilities to it, it is not just a freight train Heavy Metal by any stretch.”

When asked about his upcoming induction into the Hall of Heavy Metal History January 23 2019 in Anaheim California
“Last year I inducted Nick Menza into the Hall, it was great because his family was there and it was a special privilege and honour especially since Nick is no longer with us. So this year when the Hall’s CEO Pat Guesaldo contacted me for the induction, I thought it was great and super cool. The Hall does a great thing, they are honouring and inducting a lot of cool artists. They are inducting the Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard of Oz artists, drummer Lee Kerslake and bassist Bob Daisley, also my friend Mike Portnoy ex Dream Theater and so many more great musicians. I am especially looking forward to meeting Lee Kerslake (who recently told The Metal Voice he had 8 months to live due to cancer) who did the drumming on Ozzy’s first two albums, Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman, because those two albums changed my Life. Those two albums were very influential to me as a teenage musician.”

When asked about the musical direction of the upcoming new Megadeth album
“We have been really trying to re frame the band, there have been a few records in the past years that really hit the mark well. I thought Dave did a great job on the Endgame album, 13 Album was an album that I played on when I came back into the group I thought was a really good strong record. So as we talk about this next record we said Dystopia is the bench mark, it seems to be what fans like to hear. A combination of melodies, amazing playing and the thrash stuff a kind of a greatest hits of everything Megadeth has ever done. All this can be heard on Dystopia. To early to say what it will sound like but Dystopia is a benchmark for us.”

When asked if in 2001 when Megadeth disbanded and when Jason Newsted left Metallica, did he ever get a call to join Metallica to join the band
“Metallica didn’t call me, I do know know there was a conversation about considering me. I know I was on Metallica’s short list. ”

When asked about his upcoming new book More life with Deth
” It will be released next summer around the Ozzy Megadeth tour. It talks about me leaving Jackson, Minnesota and going off to Hollywood, I also include the things we doing today with my business partner Thom Hazaert, EMP label group, Combat Records, Ellefson Coffee Company, the Grammies with Megadeth, Dystopia there has been lots that happened since the last book when it came out. Also I go into a lot of Megadeth’s history that wasn’t been talked about on my last book.”

ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE’s debut album, “Get It Out”, which will be released on January 18, 2019 via Megaforce. The follow-up to ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE’s 2014 self-titled EP was once again produced by Jay Ruston (ANTHRAX, STEEL PANTHER, STONE SOUR), with Jeff Friedl (A PERFECT CIRCLE, ASHES DIVIDE) returning behind the kit

Ellefson will release “More Life With Deth”, the follow-up to his memoir “My Life With Deth”, in 2019 . The book was co-written by his business partner, radio personality and music journalist Thom Hazaert.

Dave Mustaine: “New MEGADETH Album sounds like a combination of everything we have done”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on December 4, 2018
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Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voice recently spoke with Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine about the upcoming Megacruise, Megadeth’s new album, Mustaine Wine and A Tout Le Monde Beer and the possibilities of working with Jeff Waters of Annihilator and Michael Sweet of Styper sometime in the future.

Watch the interview here:

When asked how he would differentiate the Megacruise compared to all the other Metal cruises out there
“As far as I know all the cruises in the USA that had happened are on the East Coast, we are the first metal cruise on the west coast, so we’re pretty stoked about that. I’ve been to both sides of the nation and I think that California is probably the most famous State for the beach cities, though Florida is pretty close. The cruise leaves Los Angeles and goes to San Diego which has great weather all year long, then to Ensenada, Mexico which is really quaint small city, then we’re going to u-turn and go back to Los Angeles. I’m just excited because we’ve got great bands and mostly every band on the tour are my friends that I’ve grown up. Some of the bands are new bands and I looked forward to getting to know them. The majority of the bands, Anthrax, Armored Saint, Overkill, etc.. are like my brothers that have carried the flag for American metal for 3 almost 4 decades. You can find the full list on our website but we still have a few more slots left. We’re just trying to make this be one of those cruises that you know people say you know this was the one cruise you can’t miss. I mean the cruise has been on sale for a couple weeks now and the sales have been phenomenal. ”

“In terms of activities there’s a movie theater on the boat and we are discussing the movies we wanted to play and I was thinking maybe, some documentaries on some of the bands, maybe movies that I like, like ‘The Good The Bad and the Ugly ‘and ‘Mad Max’ stuff like that. We also have been talking about a Mega karaoke contest so we will have some Megadeth tribute bands on board to help. The contest will be the tribute bands plays and you have one of the fans on the cruise sign up and they sing with the band with lights, with the PA, with an audience and after they are done, we judge you. ”

When asked about the wine tasting on board the Megacruise
“I think it’s gonna be called wine guzzling when people get a grip on how good the stuff tastes but yeah we’ve got several varieties of Mustaine wines that we will be bringing with us. It’s the end of these wines with very limited inventory so depending on how many people buy the wine before we get out on the cruise, we may not have any left. Our wine business is doing really well but a problem with alcohol businesses is that a lot of people in the alcohol business they see people like myself coming in and they think f**k this musician they come in and put their name on the wine bottle and then try and take money out of our business. That’s not me. I’m in for a long haul, we did our vineyard at my house, I hand planted those vines I didn’t pay someone to do it, I did it.”

When asked about the musical direction of the new Megadeth album to be released in 2019
“I don’t how to answer that because if you want me to say what record it sounds like, it sounds like a combination of everything. When I write a riff if I don’t like it I don’t record it, if I do record it, I save it and if I don’t use it now I’ll use it at some point. There is a complete finished song left over from Dystopia that I forgot we did . When were in the studio and you’re doing 16 songs and you’re working your ass off every day sometimes, somethings just slip through the cracks like this song. We’ve already got a huge head start on this new record. Kiko just came out to see me, Dirk was here before him and David Ellefson will be visiting me shortly to start playing some bass stuff. We’re doing things a little bit differently this time we’re kind of approaching the songs one riff at a time and just kind of focusing on the riff and if the riff doesn’t sound good on its own and then why put it in a song? A lot of people when they write songs they’ll put a part in section in the song just because they need something in there. For me I don’t like doing that. I don’t want that one part of the song where there’s a weak spot. I’ve tried just about every way to write a song over my career and I found this way’s probably the best way because if you have a riff and it’s not it’s not carrying its own weight and it doesn’t sound cool , how can it possibly sound cool to good lyrics over it.”

When asked if his lyrics on the new album will be politically inspired by the politics in USA today
“I’ve kind of toned it down a little bit with the political stuff to where it’s more about being a one world kind of people, about the stuff that affects us as people not so much as citizens of any particular government or nation. Why I put an unnecessary walls up between us right. ”

When asked if he would ever work with Jeff Waters of Annihilator or Michael Sweet from Stryper
” Jeff Waters is an amazing talent and has had a really unfair run because of the same thing I suffered from lineup changes and and it’s a bummer. You start off with one vision and then that vision changes over time from different members in the band and it’s usually because of one of the four P’s power, property, Prestige or Pussy For us every time you’ve ever had a breakup it’s been over drugs money or women. So we yeah would be great to do something with those guys. I don’t know how people would actually respond to me doing something Michael Sweet because of the Stryper but I I really care a lot about Mike he’s been to my house for dinner several times. ”

Departing out of Los Angeles aboard the Norwegian Jewel, the five-day/five-night full ship charter cruise will set sail October 13-18, 2019, visiting two ports of call (Ensenada, Mexico and San Diego, California) and host two heavy metal-filled days of music and events. The cruise will also feature an optional pre-cruise party in Los Angeles (details to be announced).

Cabins start at $1,349 per person (double occupancy). Government fees, taxes, and gratuities are additional and mandatory for all passengers, regardless of age.
Joining MEGADETH will be ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT, DRAGONFORCE, OVERKILL, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, DEVILDRIVER, PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS, DORO, ARMORED SAINT, JOHN 5, METAL CHURCH, DANKO JONES, BEASTÖ BLANCÖ and METALACHI, with more performers to be announced. In addition, official cruise hosts Eddie Trunk (VH1, SiriusXM, AXS), Luc Carl (SiriusXM) and Jose Mangin (SiriusXM) will be moderating Q&As and events.

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Also on the show Razor guitarist Dave Carlo talks about the bands new album that will be recorded early 2019 and that their current drummer Rider Johnson has decided to leave the band due to personnel reason with drumming auditions beginning in December 2018.

MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON Honored With “David Ellefson Day” In Hometown, Announces Formation Of David Ellefson Youth Music Foundation, Benefitting Underprivileged Youth and Underfunded Public-School Music Programs

Posted by tarjavirmakari on October 3, 2018
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On October 9th, Megadeth Bassist David Ellefson will be honored in his hometown of Jackson, MN, with a declaration of a ceremonial annual holiday in his honor. “DAVID ELLEFSON DAY” will kick off in Jackson on Tuesday, 10/9, with a ceremony at Jackson High School, David’s alma mater, where Jackson mayor Wayne Walter will declare October 9th “David Ellefson Day”. Ellefson will also perform a special variation of his BASSTORY performance to the student body, and gathered local attendees and media.

The event in Jackson will be the official announcement of the formation of the DAVID ELLEFSON YOUTH MUSIC FOUNDATION, a charitable foundation which will help put instruments into the hands of underprivileged and deserving youth, as well as underfunded public-school music programs, starting with a donation of items to the Jackson Public Schools of donated gear from Jackson Guitar, EVH AMPS, HARTKE, and more.

Says Ellefson, “I grew up in Jackson, and the music program at the High School was so instrumental to the fundamentals of my music education, and, really, served as a huge part of the foundation that I would build my career on. So it is a tremendous honor to not only be able to be honored by my hometown in such an incredible fashion, but to be able to give back, and hopefully help inspire the dreams of the next generation of musicians.”

Ellefson left Jackson in the early 80s to move to Los Angeles, where he met former Metallica guitarist Dave Mustaine, and the pair co-founded multi-platinum, Grammy-Winning Hard Rock act MEGADETH, going on to become one of the “BIG 4” of Thrash Metal. Ellefson’s small town Jackson roots have been immortalized in Megadeth lore as the subject of classic songs including the smash hit “Foreclosure of a Dream”, and the underground classic “Mary Jane”.

Ellefson is also an author and entrepreneur, with partner Thom Hazaert, holding the reins of EMP LABEL GROUP, COMBAT RECORDS, ELLEFSON COFFEE CO, and more, in addition to a diverse portfolio of brands and signature products. Ellefson was also inducted into the 2018 class of the Iowa Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame, just over the border from Jackson in Spirit Lake, IA.

There will be a public after-party at ELLEFSON COFFEE CO. inside KAT’S HOG HEAVEN, 608 2nd St. in Jackson, Tuesday afternoon following the ceremony.

Ellefson is currently the middle of his BASSTORY World Tour, with shows across America and Europe. For more dates and information visit davidellefsonbasstory.com

BASSTORY DATES:
10/3 Bradley, IL – The Looney Bin (w/ Green Death)
10/4 Lombard, IL – Brauer House (w/ Green Death, WRATH)
10/5 Sturtevant, WI – Route 20 Outhouse(w/ Green Death, WRATH)
10/6 Ringle, WI – Q and Z Expo Center (w/ Green Death, WRATH)
10/7 Mankato, MN – What’s Up Lounge (w/ Green Death, WRATH, Kublai Khan)
11/16 Manchester, NH – Jewel Nightclub (w/ BUMBLEFOOT, Dead By Wednesday)
11/18 Holyoke, MA – Waterfront Tavern (w/ BUMBLEFOOT, Dead By Wednesday)
11/20 NYC – The Iridium (w/ BUMBLEFOOT, Dead By Wednesday)
11/21 Albany, NY – Chrome (w/ BUMBLEFOOT, Dead By Wednesday)
11/23 Niagara Falls, NY – Evening Star Concert Hall (w/ BUMBLEFOOT, Dead By Wednesday)
11/25 Waterbury, CT – Shamrock Pub (w/ BUMBLEFOOT, Dead By Wednesday)

Shawn Drover: “Dave Ellefson & Dave Mustaine reunited in MEGADETH from a text I sent”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on July 23, 2018
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Jimmy Kay from Canada’s The Metal Voice spoke ACT OF DEFIANCE, ex MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover. Drover talked about his time in Megadeth, his current tour and new Act of Defiance record Old Scars, New Wounds.

Watch the interview here:

When asked if it was a text from him who got Dave Mustaine and Dave Ellefson to reunite together in 2010
“Yes it was me. Megadeth was in a situation where we were going to go on the 20th anniversary of Rust in Peace and we were without a bass player. I said if we were going to do that tour it would be smart for the band to get David Ellefson back even if it was just for that tour. That was the mindset I took when I contacted Dave Ellefson and I asked him what do you think about possibly coming on board to do this tour, it was just an American tour at that time for a month. he was open to it. I prsented that to Dave Mustaine and they haggled out all the stuff they had in the past and a day later he was down the street rehearsing.”

When asked about his feelings towards Megadeth Super Colider today as it had mixed reviews by the fans
“That is subjective, I have nothing bad to say about it with those guys in Megadeth, it was perhaps a different musical avenue. I am always an advocate for the heavier stuff it’s no secret but I like all kinds of music. The album wasn’t as well received as the other records but it is what it is. I don’t really have anything bad to say about the album, it’s not my favorite record but that doesn’t mean I hate it either. ”

When asked with the mixed reviews on Megadeth’s Super Colider, was that one contributing factor why he left the band
“No not really, I just wanted to do my own thing and so did Chris Broderick so we decided to join forces and start a new musical endeavour, it’s as simple as that I wish I had some sort of scandalous story to tell you but I don’t.”

When asked what is next for Act of Defiance
“Keep on touring, we are going to go well into next year in support of our new album Old Scars, New wounds and then we will start coming up with a game plan to writing the next record, putting it out and touring all over again. It’s the only way, you have to go old school, you got to go out there and grind it out. The bands who are really committed to doing this are the bands you will survive at the end of the day. “