|
Brian Rademacher of RockEyez recently conducted an interview with veteran San Francisco Bay Area vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza (HATRIOT, TENET, DUBLIN DEATH PATROL, EXODUS, LEGACY). You can now listen to the chat in the YouTube clip below.HATRIOT supported TESTAMENT on February 19 at The Avalon in Santa Clara, California. Multi-camera video footage of the performance can be seen below (courtesy of Zero To Hero Films).Regarding HATRIOT's musical direction, Zetro told Metalholic.com, "It's in the vein of typical Bay Area thrash, but these guys are a lot younger,Becky Sauerbrunn Jersey, so there's gonna be some blast-beats in there. There's gonna be some kind of death [metal] approach to it,Patrice Evra Jersey, a little bit. 'Cause these guys are new. They're raw, and they're fast, young, heavy,Mario Gomez Jersey, hard and aggressive,Dimitri Payet Jersey, and I'm trying to convey that along as well."He added, "These new kids seem to understand what we did in the '80s, but still bring a little bit of a new essence to it. We put that together with what I write vocally and it's turned out to be really,Steve Birnbaum Jersey, really killer. It's good stuff."HATRIOT's lineup includes Zetro's 21-year-old son Cody, who got his first bass as a present from his father after Zetro bought it off current EXODUS bassist Jack Gibson. "I told him," said Zetro, "You have to try out [for the bassist position in HATRIOT if you want to be in the band]. There's no nepotism here, boy. If you can hang, you're on. So he actually tried out, and he got the gig."Zetro saved some of his strongest praise for HATRIOT drummer Alex Bent, whom he called "a monster" and "probably the best drummer I've seen,Morgan Schneiderlin Jersey, ever." He added,Mathieu Valbuena Jersey, "He's like a machine. He plays drums constantly,Mesut Ozil Jersey, like eight hours a day. He's an animal in the studio, he's an animal live. I don't know if HATRIOT would be the same with another guy."HATRIOT's December 23, 2011 concert at The Avalon in Santa Clara marked the band's first live performance with new guitarist Miguel Esparza HATRIOT is:Steve "Zetro" Souza - VocalsKosta Varvatakis - GuitarCody Souza (Zetro's son) - BassAlex Bent - DrumsMiguel Esparza - GuitarHATRIOT last year made its entire four-song demo available for free download.Featured tracks:01. The Fear Within02. Weapons Of Class Destruction03. Globacidal04. The Mechanics Of Annihilation"Weapons Of Class Destruction" audio stream: Interview: Performance footage (February 19 at The Avalon in Santa Clara, California): |
|