Five Finger Death Punch guitarist Zoltan Hellyeah and Bathory vocalist Chad Gray were outcasts before joining the metal scene. Today they're at the center of an ever-growing community of metal bands and fans. This fall they'll tour with Volbeat and Nothing More, september 16 in Salt Lake City starting. What sort of statement are you making on this package tour? Zoltan Bathory: This is the thing about the heavy metal guys, that we're not going to go away. This is here to stay. And if things get difficult, we'll figure out how to do it anyway. This is part of the genre. We do stick together, because we have a long history of being the voice of rebellion; it was sort of the middle finger to the operational system. And that trait is still there. Those types of individuals stick together and form coalitions naturally, and that's what you're witnessing. This is their way of saying, "We are here, and we refuse to go away." No, hip-hop will not rule the global world. We will divide the musical pie, and we shall be here. Chad Gray: I think it just adds to the experience of the concertgoer. You've got heavy bands but all varied in what we do. It's going to start out when it starts; it's going to end when it ends; and whatever happens in between is going to be awesome. And I don't know about anybody that's into heavy metal where heavy metal didn't save their life. I mean, it changed my world a long time ago really, and I've embraced it ever since, whether it's on the upswing, on the mainstream, or on the down. Whatever it is, it's always there. When I look out over the crowd, it's just like I remember being that kid. And, you know, it's therapy. People pay money to go lie down on a talk and couch to psychiatrists. Or a concert can be bought by you ticket and go. The pit is had by you, let out your aggressions; you could sing along. FN15. I think it's just an awesome thing from the concertgoer fan's point of view. I'm not BSing when I say that heavy metal music saved my life. It really did. I think many people turn to heavy metal from being that outcast. I went to small schools and didn't have a lot of money and wasn't in the "in" crowd. So I was into metal, and that's something that I always had. And it was something I built a personal bond with. And I feel that that's how a lot of metal heads look at heavy metal music. It doesn't matter who wins. It's just the idea that the underdog is winning. And that's what's exciting. And you got to be careful of an underdog man. You start backing people like that into a corner, they're going to come out scrappy. So you can't expect something to save your life, and you turn your back on it. I think there's a level of help and hope that we give to persons that maybe feel like they don't belong. Were both bands friendly before the tour? Chad Gray: Yes. We go back with these guys since pretty much the beginning. premiumlinks. We did some touring with them on Family Values, and we've always kept in contact. Yes, we're excited to be a part of the tour. Zoltan Bathory: Any show you ever play, Hellyeah is the glue. These guys are the guys who bring in the barbecue, bring in the ongoing party. optionsturbabit. We were old friends anyway. But when you add Hellyeah to the tour, you know that it's going to be fought in the back; it's going to be crazy. You know they're going to be partying all day. It's a major circle of friends. How do you translate your albums to the stage? Zoltan Bathory: All of us grew up when bands brought huge live shows. And if you look at the story of the genre, the bands that stayed really, they did not neglect the visual component of the live shows. Because why would you go to a concert if you're performing accurately what you're performing on the CD? Then you just stay home and skip the whole thing and just listen to the CD. So we've been always working on that, and this is part of the show. The audience has to win; that's basically the ultimate goal. Each band has new albums out. What was your songwriting process? Zoltan Bathory: Usually the band writes the music together. I shall email Jason, the other guitarist, and he adds a verse to that and emails it back then. And then we all sort of ping pong back-and-forth until we all feel that it is a really good set. It's a continuous revolving sort of thing that we just balance the song to each other; that's how we do it. Once that is done, it goes to Ivan then, and he writes the vocals. So everyone was involved in the song. Chad Gray: We just wanted to get back to who we were individually. I think that was important really. Vinnie Paul needs to be Vinnie Paul, I need to be me, Tom needs to be him. So we sort of came in with the head space of just just, you know, writing better -- writing smarter songs. Zoltan, what was it like working with Rob Halford on the "Lift Me Up" track? Zoltan Bathory: Oh, wow. We were listening, mixing the songs. Somebody made a comment at the studio, "Hey this song is -- remember, like, old-school Judas Priest?" A couple of weeks before that we actually heard that Rob Halford said on TV that one of his favorite bands of the new crop is Five Finger Death Punch. And, you know, that's pretty much good enough that you can hang up your guitar right there. You're justified; you achieved everything. But let's reach out and let's see if he would actually sing on our song. And to our surprise, he actually called and said, "Oh my God, guys, I like this track, and I want to be involved definitely." And we were sitting in the studio, looking through the little window there or the cameras, and Rob Halford is singing the song. It was an incredible experience just. So I can say that if I die at this time actually, it's OK because I played on stage with Rob Halford singing one of the songs that we wrote. So if lightning comes right now, I'm good. mastertags. Five Finger Death Punch had a slew of special guests on the latest albums, and Hellyeah was formed by several different musicians from several different bands. Who haven't you worked with that you might like to? Zoltan Bathory: Maybe this is going to be an odd choice, but I would like to do something with Eminem really. Табрикнома Барои Зодруз. I really like the way he puts together his lyrics. The guy is very, very talented. And I'm not really into the hip-hop scene. But he's special. And I always imagine like how cool it would sound like he's doing his thing and puts some nasty, mean freaking rock-heavy beats, some nasty guitar under that flow that he has, how cool that would sound. juicebittorrent here. Chad Gray: I would have to go with somebody that played. I can't really work with Eminem. We can't be both spitting lyrics. I mean, come on, dude. It's like I come from the world of Metallica, Megadeath, Slayer, and stuff like that. You know, any of those guys. Where do you draw your inspiration from? Zoltan Bathory: It's about being socially, culturally, and relevant emotionally. Meaning we don't sing about Viking warriors. Nothing is wrong with that, and they're pretty much fun and dungeons and dragons and all the crap. A lot of men and women love that, and I'm not criticizing that. But you know, that's just one school of lyrical content. Everything we say or talk about is something that is an experience or happens to us in our lives or struggles or pain or happiness. All of these plain things will hook up to the fans because it is real for them; this is about real life. You go out there and play these shows, and you could tell on the faces of all these persons who are there that you are actually touching them. Chad Gray: Yes, I think that I'm always sort of in the now when I'm putting stuff together. I mean, I might have notes or themes that I want to be sure that I touch on. But this record was pretty emotional. We just wanted to separate ourselves from what we've done in the past. But we also wanted to go back to who we were in the past. internetgallery. But it's a heavy record from a heavy standpoint, and it's a heavy record from an emotional standpoint. Even some of the more midtempo tracks are a little deeper lyrically than what Hellyeah is known for in the past. So it was a nice kind of break, just to further distance ourselves from the drawer that people want to put Hellyeah in. Инструкция По Сигнализации И Связи Украинских Жд. You had a major change to the Hellyeah lineup recently. With guitarist Greg Tribbett leaving, how has that changed the Hellyeah dynamic and sound? Chad Gray: I'm just careful about talking about it. I love Greg. I'll always love Greg. I've done some of my best work with him. graphicstracker there. I've worked with him for however many umpteen years. And it was an emotional process. But people re-evaluate their lives every day. And I think that one day Greg woke up just, and this wasn't at the top of his priority list. And I think that he needed to go do his own thing. I mean, everyone needs a break. So I think that's really what led to it. But as far as the sound goes, I don't think it's different necessarily as a result of Greg. I think Tom really stepped up. And I think we just tightened up that give attention to this record and made it a little more seamless than it's been in the past. I mean, it's a priority to us. We want to allow it to be the best it could be. And in order to do that you have to really hunker down and focus just. And it was really emotional as a result of that change. We leaned on the other person to get through it. And I eventually think, for Greg even, this is probably an improved situation for him. Like I said, I just wish him the best. I really do. I'll always love Greg. What applications are you using on the road? Zoltan Bathory: We have an application called Master Tour that answers all the information that we need to know, and every person has it on their phone. It's an application that organizes our touring life. It's helping me remain a child in a grown-up body and not remember all the dates that I have to remember. I am told by it what to do and when to do it. I definitely use Google Maps all the time, so we can find where to get coffee and all that stuff. Chad Gray: The Weather Channel. Google Maps if you're in a foreign area. I just got on Viber, and it's pretty cool. I'm a huge Saints fan, so I've got my New Orleans Saints iphone app so I can follow the draft and all the talks and stuff like that in football. And iBooks, because I read quite a bit, so I can keep on top of my reading. Do you guys use anything like Skype or social media programs like Facebook or Twitter to keep in touch with persons back home? Cinema Online Watch Rogue One: Una Historia De Star Wars 2016. Zoltan Bathory: I'm addicted to Instagram. I live on that. Sometimes I make the joke, like let me see my life on Instagram. Like what am I doing? Twitter sometimes. Twitter is more like "Hey, we're going to go to Hard Rock Cafe, and we're going to hang out there for an hour." Whoever follows your Twitter would get that. It's more of a quick information delivery. Instagram is like our own little ego game when you expose your life and like, "Look what I'm eating." Facebook is more of the complex information that you have to give, where to buy tickets for a show -- those varieties of things. What would be your dream app? Zoltan Bathory: If somebody can build an app that says, "Hey, guys, run -- the cops are coming" -- that would be awesome. A whole new iPod family on this page.
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