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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Kevin Pell Podcast. Day to Louder in Life. I'm here
with mister Matt Burne from Hatebreed. How do you feel
(00:21):
it's today? I feel pretty good. I'm a little tired.
I just flew in from New York. I've been up
since three thirty am and we still got to play.
We still still gotta play. But it's like one of
the biggest, if not the biggest Danny Were Presents festivals ever.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
I think this is the biggest one. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
Have you got a chance to like walk around check
the places out yet.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
A little bit?
Speaker 3 (00:38):
It's huge, easy to get lost, there's stuff everywhere, there's
crazy people everywhere. It's the type of festival you want
to be at. It's exactly what you expect, right, It's wonderful.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
How does one get ready for a festival this size, Well.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
You obviously rehearse because you want to put on the
best show you can, but we are well seasoned right now.
We're a well oiled machine because we're on tour all
summer between Europe and the US, so we had a
couple weeks off following that. We ended our summer tour
August twentieth.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
Here we are.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
This is the first show since then, so we're a
well oiled machine.
Speaker 2 (01:12):
We're ready.
Speaker 3 (01:13):
Not much prep had to go into this particular show
because we're already prepped.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
We're already ready to go. Well, what can fans expect
from the set? Here a new song. We released a
new tune back at the end of July. I think
it was getting August somewhere in there, So.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
We've worked that into the set. We've been playing it live.
It sounds killer and it's a preview of some really
good things to come, so that'll be in the set.
We got about a forty minute set, so it's not
super long, so we're just gonna blast everyone over the
head with.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
All the access.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
I feel you so more material in twenty twenty five,
or we're looking at twenty twenty six.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
Twenty twenty six, twenty twenty five, you know, in the
music world as far as releases and stuff, go years
basically over Really it's already mapped out right, things are
mapped out. So, yes, we were planning some new stuff
for twenty twenty six.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
When's the best time to release a song and why
to release a song?
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Yeah, well we figured I don't know, is there a
method too?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Is there?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Maybe?
Speaker 2 (02:07):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (02:07):
It was during the summer we were on the road.
I think it's the best time to release a tune
is when you're active. Yeah, when you're busy, because then
it's out there and you're following it up and you
could play it live and you're following it up with
shows and stuff like that. So that's our methodology behind
it for these live performances. What's your favorite hate pread
song in the play and why? Probably the new one
(02:28):
right now because it's fresh, it's new, it's exciting.
Speaker 2 (02:33):
You know, a song like I will be heard. I
love it to death. Of course.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
You know you love all your kids, right, we got
all our songs there are kids, but we've been playing
it for twenty plus years and still gets a great reaction.
But it's nice to play some new material and fresh
en up to set.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
When it comes to this new material, how are you
guys approaching music writing anything different from previous releases.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
I think this new material is way thrashier. I mean,
there's always a tinge of metal to hate preed, right.
I think a lot of people try to kind of
pitcheonhole us as a hardcore band, but I think over
the years we've just gone way more metal. There is
still the hardcore punk vibe to us, but I think
the new stuff is way more metal, thrashy, fast Slayer esque,
(03:14):
if I may use that term. Yeah, that's kind of
the direction we're going in right now. But there's still
a lot of groove to it. It's definitely the heaviest
stuff that we've written to date. I know that can
be a cliche thing with bans and you know, watch
out everybody, it's the coolest stuff or whatever they say,
but it's true. It's true, it really is. So I'm
excited for everyone to hear the other stuff too.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Okay, I'm excited as well, aybury Van since well, my
first one was Perseverance, But of course you go through.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Discography and keep going, going going.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
I want to know, what's one thing that you always
make sure you bring with you on tour no matter what. Well,
I don't think there is just one thing. I've heard
a lot of classics. Well, yeah, to bring your toothbrush
and underwear and this and that.
Speaker 3 (03:51):
But yeah, I'm trying to think, you know, of course, yeah,
of course you don't want to forget any of that stuff,
the deodorant, the body wash.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
But that's boring.
Speaker 3 (03:59):
Like, you know, what's one thing that that I bring
that you know you can't live without?
Speaker 2 (04:03):
Okay? So my ear plugs I have.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
I've been using an your monitors, okay, and I've had
I've been carrying this thing, this particular thing with me
for a bunch of years now. My ear plugs I
carry in a pouch. It's a it's an old school
brown tattered leather change pouch, you know, like old school
where where you push the sites together and it opens up.
And it's actually my grandmother's old change pouch all that
(04:29):
I started keeping my when she passed away. I started
keeping my earplugs in it, and so she travels with
me everywhere. So that's one thing I never leave without.
Last thing I'm always like, all right, where's the earplugs? Okay,
goes the front pouch of the backpack. I always know
where they are. My Grandmother's always with me in that
little form. What's the pre show warm up? A ritual
that you go through every time I sit.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
At my pad.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
You know, I got some drum pads, not a whole set,
but I got one or two pads. I get used
to the sticks a little bit, just moving them in
the hands and wrap on the pads a little bit,
just doing the basic bore ring rhythiments, just to loosen
up the muscles and the fingers and the forearms and
all that stuff, and to.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
Get the blood flowing. Of course, all right, fundamentals, you
gotta go through fun fundamentals.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Maybe some light stretching, you know, you stretch out the
hips and the and the cabs and stuff. But nothing crazy,
nothing crazy outside of that. Just really get the blood flowing,
loosen up a little bit. What drums will we playing tonight?
Speaker 2 (05:21):
And why? What Star Classic?
Speaker 3 (05:23):
I'm atama guy since two thousand and two. I think
they're the best in the business. It's not a sales pitch.
I really do think that, and I'm happy to be
endorsed with the company. Uh yeah, Thomas Star Classic, great
finish on him. It's actually an old kit that I
had for a while stored in my basement, busted it
back out. Everybody thinks it's brand new, Yes, of course,
because I keep it in great shape.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
But it's not brand new. But it still looks pristine.
I mean, sets, you gotta are you celerating?
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Okay? Seven?
Speaker 3 (05:49):
I guess I've sold to and I still got seven
or eight? You know, you know those two there are
your kids them too.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
You know, you don't want to get rid of that
so much money, you know, I'm like, I'm not selling them.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
It's tough to get rid of.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
You know. Each one has some kind of emotional attachment
or a tour attachment, or a record cycle attachment that
you can't just be like, I got to get this
thing out of here and sell it.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
You know, what was.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
The rock or metal album that got you into rock
or metal?
Speaker 3 (06:14):
The first thing I ever heard was Black Sabbath Paranoid,
followed by led Zeppelin the song remains the same, okay,
followed by Iron Maiden Peace of Mind.
Speaker 2 (06:22):
So it was like bam, bam bam.
Speaker 1 (06:24):
I had an older cousin turned me onto all that
stuff around the same time as except Restless and Wild,
and then it was a weekend too, So yeah, yeah, yeah, great,
and then of course then I fell into the thrash
thing and then it was just off and run of course.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
Okay, A great answer.
Speaker 1 (06:38):
So when it comes to advice for up and coming bands,
what would you give and why don't do it?
Speaker 2 (06:44):
Don't do it? Give up though, give up right now?
Just quit right now?
Speaker 3 (06:48):
No. I mean, well, you always started as a hobby
I think, right start in the basement, wherever you're at.
I think, you know, guys like me, you started with
the boombox and you're playing the tape while you're trying
to play along with it, and you know, and your
kid in your parent's basement or whatever. Technology now, of course,
is way beyond that where you can just perfect the instrument.
(07:08):
I think a little faster because you have these tools
at your hands, at your fingertips. So it starts as
a hobby man. Get lost in it, have fun with it,
let it see where it takes you.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
You know.
Speaker 3 (07:19):
I think everybody, well I shouldn't say everybody, it's a generalization,
but I think a lot of people just think they're
going to go out and play these huge shows right
away and then they're off to the races.
Speaker 2 (07:29):
I mean, is that possible. Yes, absolutely.
Speaker 3 (07:31):
I think like now you're able to do a lot
more on your own production wise. You can make a
record in your bedroom or that sounds like something that
came out on Universal Records perfectly, you know, So can
it happen? Yes, But always never lose sight of the
fact that it's fun, it's a hobby.
Speaker 2 (07:47):
Always have the love.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
For it, always have the joy for it, and just
keep riding that train and see where it takes you.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
I appreciate your answer.
Speaker 1 (07:53):
I've talked to a lot of different bands over the years, new, veteran, whatever,
and I get different answers every time, So thank you
for sharing thatsoutly What can fans expect of hatebrid in
twenty twenty six.
Speaker 3 (08:03):
New record, new music. It's a new era of the band.
We've had some lineup changes. We dealt with some curve
balls this summer, you know, some health stuff. So we're
coming out on top, we're grinding through, we're coming out
on top.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
And yeah, it's just all new production.
Speaker 3 (08:17):
We're just stepping up the show, okay, and just forging onward.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Awesome.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Well, I appreciate a little of your time today. Any
final words you want to say to fans.
Speaker 3 (08:27):
Thanks for hanging that Louder than Life, thanks for chatting
with me, and can't wait to get up there in Jam.
Speaker 1 (08:33):
I can't wait for more, haybred, I hope you can either.
Get ready for twenty twenty six. Get ready for a
louder to life with these guys. We'll see you next time.
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