Warbringer Interview

Interview with John Laux from "Warbringer".

I am John Laux and ive been writing music for the band since we started. had a blast working on it.


1.- Hey how are you guys? You have a great Old School sound, who are your main influences?
-Thrash wise Artillery, Violence, Stone, Sacrifice, Demolition Hammer. There's also to lots of Death and Black Metal like Dissection, Carcass, Death... everything that rocks. Our taste is very ecliptic and We each have spent years of our lives digging up and listening to underground metal acts.

2.- What do you think about this recently boom of Thrash Metal bands all over the World, maybe this is the beginning of a golden era like the 80..s?
-For many of us thrashes glory from the 80's seems like it was cut short. If all these bands new bands want to push thrash further than the legends before us, certainly. if enough bands come out with an inspired original thrash sound, its not rehashed era worship, its fucking HEAVY METAL.

3.- Could you talk to us a little about your history?
-Well Warbringer really kicked off when John Kevill and I started writing music in 2004. Shortly we found Adam Carroll from Ventura to fill in on drum duties. Our first real line up also included Emilio Hoschet on Guitar and Brother Andy Laux on bass duties. We Just naturally fell into the thrash metal circuit in LA playing every few weeks with then local legends Merciless Death and Fueled by Fire. We had a few line up changes and a little drama after each of our 2 EP's and now our lineup had Adam Carroll switch to guitar and the drummer from his band Zombie; Ryan Bates. Since the One by one the wicked fall ep, everything took off for us! And with our new lineup were feeling unstoppable.

4.- How is the energy in gig of you? Because your music is violent as hell!
-Our live act is VERY important to us. I think thrash creates a truly energetic live atmosphere. If the audience sees the band raging, there going to get in to it and everyone's gonna have a blast!

5.- Generally, how is the process of composition?
-Jamming and parting all day and all night, I always try to make sure the song were writing sounds inspired, it can take us anywhere from a day to weeks to finish a song. Vocals usually come in last.

6..- Tell us about your EP "One by One the Wicked Fall", this EP was the catapult to signs with Century Media?
-Yea, we tracked, mixed, and mastered that at Love Juice Labs in Orange County and finished that thing in about 32 hours. Our goal was to record the most bone crunching, speedy thrash record we could at the time.

7.- By the way, how is be signed with a fuckin monster label in the Metal Music like Century Media?
-Fucking Awesome. I have plenty of there shirts and cds, and now our music is going to be sold With the same production value as the stuff I grew up on. It's overwhelming. We made music video for Combat Shock, and were completely psyched about it. It's fucking thrashing.

8.-Now you have this excellent album "War without End", how was the experience recording with Bill Metoyer, is a demanding dude?
-Hardly. I think he even liked us a bit because we were all patient hard working kids. If not working as hard as us he would be working harder
To make sure the record would sound as flawless as possible for us. I would defiantly enjoy working with him again.

9.- In the States exist a lot of places for play or just a few?
-In California, in LA, I couldn't even count. There are a handful of shows every week with new, young and hungry bands
playing out of the old school sound. The gigs can sometimes round out to sold out shows with thrashers that aren't even
21 yet.

10.- Which has been your best gig at this moment?
-Probably playing in san Fran with a band Like Suffocation, or opening right before Exodus at the whiskey

11.- Exodus or Metallica?
-Well, when I started listening to metal, it was Megadeth. So fucking Exodus easy, they just get heavier and heavier.

12.- Have you suffered any kind of misfortune on stage?
-Broken strings has almost become a regular occurrence for me, they never last more than one show.

13.- Plans for touring soon?
-Tons, the best part about CM is they can put us out on the road with the right bands Jan-Feb with Exodus, Arsis, and Goatwhore.

WACKEN OPEN AIR!

And we have a few more that are on the drawing orld.

14.- Would you like come to play in Mexico?
-The last time we were there with Exodus we had a fucking great time! there was such a strong reaction from the audience that i don't think ive felt anywhere else.

15.- For last, anything to say?
-Thrash or be thrashed fuckers! Thanks for any support, just checking out our tunes is great!