Interview with Denial Fiend

This is the Interview with Sam Williams guitarist of Denial Fiend.

1.- Evil regards guys how are you? You are four really talented and experimented dudes into the Metal, how was the contact to create Denial Fiend?
-Sam: I'm good! Thanks for asking. As you mentioned, most of the band members have been in great metal bands throughout the years. I just thought it would be swell to call them up and see what we could come up with. Luckily it turned out pretty keen.

2.- All of you are played in pioneers bands of the Death Metal sound from Tampa, now how is the Metal scene in Tampa?
-The Tampa metal scene is odd. Tampa is a place with a lot of great bands of all genres, but not many fans that go to local (or even touring, sometimes) shows. And that's how it is in the metal scene as well. Of course there are the really big, great bands like Morbid Angel and Obituary playing here and people go see them. But even then, the show is much smaller than it would probably be outside of Florida.
Tampa may not be the center of the death metal world now. But the originating bands still play. And there are some great new bands coming up as well.

3.- What is the most important inspiration for write your lyrics?
-Kam writes all of the lyrics. He is a big Misfits/Sam Hain fan (as are most of us). So our lyrics range from campy to creepy to gory as hell. But they all revolve around horror movies, one way or another.

4.- How was the contact with Ibex Moon Records, John McEntee talk directly with you?
-We spoke to John as soon as our first rehearsal demo was recorded. It sounded really bad, but John is old school enough to see the potential in such things. Plus, he's a die hard metaller from way back. So he was very excited to work with members of Massacre, Death and Nasty Savage right off the bat.

5.- Until now, how was the relation with Ibex Moon?
-Ibex Moon is a hell of a label and everyone should support it. John is a very honest label owner with lots of integrity and a deep love for all things metal. It's something you probably don't see on a lot of labels these days. If anyone deserves success and respect, it's Ibex Moon and John Mcentee.

6.- "They Rise" is a great album, how do you decided record "Legions of Doom" from "Mantas"?
-Yes. We know that a big part of our band is the history of the members, and we're not running from that. We thought it would be a pleasant surprise for the fans, as some of the tunes from the historical Mantas demos were never properly recorded. Since we have the guy that sung those songs in our band, we went ahead and put it on there. Needless to say it's one of our most successful live songs. Both because of it's historical significance and because it's a great song.

7.- Could you talk us a little about this song "Cover in Blood"?
-One of the first songs we wrote that never changed. A big influence for the main riff was the old crust punk band, Amebix. And then the middle section was kind of a tribute to Venom. At least that's how I saw it. Curt came up with a really amazing drum beat for the main riff as well. Because of it, for a long time the song was referred to as “the funky song” before we had lyrics and a title. Kam's lyrics are pretty self explanatory.

8.- How is the raction of the crowd when they see Kam, Terry, Curtis and you Sam? because you are a fuckin masters in the worldwide Metal Scene.
-Kam gets a huge reaction because he's a great frontman and his voice is really legendary in the death metal scene, and everyone is really glad and excited to seem him back in action. It's a similar situation with Terry and there are always tons of Six Feet Under fans in the crowd. The really hardcore motherfuckers that know about the history of metal are always happy to see someone from Nasty Savage on stage. And Curt blows people away with is old school style double bass playing. No one seems to know much about me, which is to be expected. My band, Down By Law, was from such a vastly different scene (melodic punk) that I don't think there are a lot of crossover fans. Once in awhile I'll meet someone that asks about DBL and is astounded that I'm in a band like Denial Fiend now.

9.- For you what is better, moshpit, stage diving or the crowd acting like a fuckin nekro?
-As long as the audience is enjoying our music and having fun, I don't care how they express it as long as they show us a little bit that they like us and don't fight each other.

10.- What is the most funny or crazy thing, do you see in a gig?
-So many years of touring, I can't even begin to think of the craziest thing. Maybe hanging out with Jason Priestly from the tv show 90210 at a Down By Law show once?

11.- .Plans for this 2008? by the way, do you come to Mexico with Massacre?
-I believe 2008 will be very busy for us. We have several festival appearances booked, including the Central Illinois Metalfest and the LA Murderfest. We hope to have some sort of US tour before the end of the year as well. We'll begin recording our next release at some point.
There has been some talk of us coming to Mexico with both Denial Fiend and Massacre and we hope it will happen.

12.- For last, anything to say?
-Thanks very much for the interview and thanks to Randall Amplifiers.

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