Alright, Death angel has been around for a while… The band was formed in 1982, Rob Formed it in 82, Rob and Andy, and all the others came after

Well you know just by talking to Rob and Mark since they were there back in the day, I just joined in 2001, much different, you know in the 80's it was it was really live, new and vibrant, less bands, and nowadays you know there's the thrash scene made its way to Death metal, Metal Core so it's a lot different now there's more bands and more sub genres

I mean the evolution of the band, of course we evolved, every band evolves, I think we came full circle, in a sense, you have Ultra-Violence, our first album to now The Dream Calls for Blood, is our most intense album since then.

Thank you

So the Band did Ultra Violence and they experimented with Frolic and they honed in their style in Act 3, then the band broke up and everyone went their own ways and they were experimenting with other projects and what not then when the band came back together, the first two albums art of dying and killing season, they are more like, well the art of dying is more like getting our feet wet because they hadn't played in eleven years, everyone grew up as musicians, and trying to figure it out.

People change but I think it has come full circle, The Dream calls for Blood is kindof like a start to the new back to the way it is.

It has been Great, I mean Tyr great band from the Ferrel Islands really, you know people say that are lacking metal but they have their own thing going. Great band, great bunch of guys.  Children of Bodom, those guys have been awesome, their whole crew, as a crew and the band they have been nothing but great and you know they are tearing it up live.  It's a great tour, it's a great combination of all three bands.  You have Children of Bodom, they have their own thing, we have our thing and Tyr has their own thing.  It's three bands people are coming to see three different styles and they are leaving happy.  It's been an amazing tour

As long as everyone is happy when they leave it's good Yeah, yeah. And getting along too, it's tough to do something long term a tour like this, if you aren't getting along with the people you are touring with. Everyone is getting along, it is awesome

That's really a hard one to answer because every country we have been in I like it for different reasons. Germany is always a good country because of the metal scene there, then you have all of the countries in South America, South Americans go crazy for metal, really passionate. Of course you have San Francisco, our home town you know there are some spots.  It's hard to choose but if I had to choose I would say probably Holland, I like Holland, it's like a second home to the band and it's like being back home but Dutch.  I like Holland a lot.

A lot of this album was written on the road, with relentless retribution, the album before it we were on the road for three years for that record right, and we knew we weren't going to stop after three years, we aren't going to be like alright it's time to write a record so Rob started writing after a year and a half into touring, started getting riffs together and ideas, basic song structures and in between tours we would go into our rehearsal studio and put things together. So a lot of it was written on the road.

Yeah we had to though. Get it done that way, That's the initiative right there. Yeah and you get that live feel, like those times when we get off stage and Rob has the itch to write riffs in the back room of the bus and just write, so inspiration comes from the road.

Most of the stuff was written on the road, some of it was written at home.

Wow, again it's like picking your favorite city to play in. I mean there are two eras of Death Angel, the first three albums, I have to pick right?  Act 3 would be my favorite in the 80's.  Now The Dream Calls for blood but I hold Relentless retribution dear to my heart because it is a statement album. We've gone through some bad times before that album and that album pretty much says fuck you

Incredible, Incredible

Incredible

We are winning over crowds every day its really cool to, we aren't really used to playing to a thrash crowd.  We've done tour with Creator, Anthrax, testament and Exodus, and you know with Bodom it's a totally different crowd you are up there and the majority of them don't know who you are. Heard of you, never seen you, and trying to win them over it's a good challenge, makes us play killer and the reaction has been amazing.

As of right now, after this tour in April we are going to Australia and Asia with Creator and were getting some summer festivals in Europe and some touring up there, nothing solidified but that's the plan as of right now.  The goal is more touring for this year till probably around Christmas, but as of right now it's just Australia and Asia with Creator and probably June through August in Europe doing festivals and probably hooking up with some other bands,

They are huge and they are fun to play and it's a good vibe. Summertime, you know

Thank you man, enjoy the show tonight