September 22, 2025 • 12 mins
PipemanRadio Interviews ENMY at Louder Than Life 2025
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Louder Than Life 2025 Wrapped Up 8 Electrifying Days Of Music Performances In Louisville, With America’s Loudest Rock & Metal Festival (Sept 18-21) & Bourbon & Beyond A Week Prior (Sept 11-14) Bringing In A Combined, Record-Breaking Attendance Of Over 450,000 Fans
Louder Than Life Returns September 17-20, 2026 First Headliner Revealed: My Chemical Romance Plus Many More Acts To Be Announced Early Bird Tickets Will Go On Sale This Fall At LouderThanLifeFestival.com
Louder Than Life not only continues its reputation as America’s Loudest Rock & Metal Festival with the 2025 edition, but the 11th year of the event also marked the biggest festival in the history of DWP, and breaking rock festival records in North America. There were a number of once-in-a-lifetime moments over the course of the four days that added to the specialness of Louder Than Life.
In addition to music performances, this year’s edition of Louder Than Life featured various partner onsite activations, award-winning beverages and delectable eats from partners including Acathla Clothing, Al Capone, Angel's Envy, Basil Hayden, Beatbox Beverages, Black Shades, Blackcraft Cult, Bud Light, Cutwater Spirits, Demons Behind Me, Dimebag Hardware, Drew Estate, Eargasm, Elijah Craig, Fxck Cancer, Huber's Starlight Distillery, Jack Daniel's, Jim Beam, Knob Creek & Rye, KREWE, Kroger, Maker's Mark, Middle West Spirits, Milagro Tequila, Old Forester, Park Community Credit Union, Voices for Consumer Choice and Citizens for Tobacco Rights, Parlor Root Beer, Red Bull, Strüng, Take Me Home, The Music Experience, The Taylor Foundation, Tito's Handmade Vodka, To Write Love on Her Arms, U.S. Army, U.S. Marines, Voices for Consumer Choice and Citizens for Tobacco Rights, White Claw, and Willett Distillery. According to Louisville Tourism, it is estimated that Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life together generated nearly $43 million in local economic impact in 2025. The back-to-back festivals also drove some of the highest hotel demand of the year, with overall occupancy reaching more than 80% citywide. These preliminary estimates highlight the tremendous tourism and economic value of the festivals, which bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to Louisville and fuel spending across hotels, restaurants, bourbon attractions, and local businesses.
Louder Than Life is produced by Danny Wimmer Presents, one of the largest independent producers of destination music festivals in America.
To learn more about Louder Than Life, please visit:
Website: https://louderthanlifefestival.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/louderthanlifefestival
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LTLFest
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/louderthanlifefest
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@louderthanlifefestival
#LouderThanLife
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Louder Than Life 2025 Wrapped Up 8 Electrifying Days Of Music Performances In Louisville, With America’s Loudest Rock & Metal Festival (Sept 18-21) & Bourbon & Beyond A Week Prior (Sept 11-14) Bringing In A Combined, Record-Breaking Attendance Of Over 450,000 Fans
Louder Than Life Returns September 17-20, 2026 First Headliner Revealed: My Chemical Romance Plus Many More Acts To Be Announced Early Bird Tickets Will Go On Sale This Fall At LouderThanLifeFestival.com
Louder Than Life not only continues its reputation as America’s Loudest Rock & Metal Festival with the 2025 edition, but the 11th year of the event also marked the biggest festival in the history of DWP, and breaking rock festival records in North America. There were a number of once-in-a-lifetime moments over the course of the four days that added to the specialness of Louder Than Life.
In addition to music performances, this year’s edition of Louder Than Life featured various partner onsite activations, award-winning beverages and delectable eats from partners including Acathla Clothing, Al Capone, Angel's Envy, Basil Hayden, Beatbox Beverages, Black Shades, Blackcraft Cult, Bud Light, Cutwater Spirits, Demons Behind Me, Dimebag Hardware, Drew Estate, Eargasm, Elijah Craig, Fxck Cancer, Huber's Starlight Distillery, Jack Daniel's, Jim Beam, Knob Creek & Rye, KREWE, Kroger, Maker's Mark, Middle West Spirits, Milagro Tequila, Old Forester, Park Community Credit Union, Voices for Consumer Choice and Citizens for Tobacco Rights, Parlor Root Beer, Red Bull, Strüng, Take Me Home, The Music Experience, The Taylor Foundation, Tito's Handmade Vodka, To Write Love on Her Arms, U.S. Army, U.S. Marines, Voices for Consumer Choice and Citizens for Tobacco Rights, White Claw, and Willett Distillery. According to Louisville Tourism, it is estimated that Bourbon & Beyond and Louder Than Life together generated nearly $43 million in local economic impact in 2025. The back-to-back festivals also drove some of the highest hotel demand of the year, with overall occupancy reaching more than 80% citywide. These preliminary estimates highlight the tremendous tourism and economic value of the festivals, which bring hundreds of thousands of visitors to Louisville and fuel spending across hotels, restaurants, bourbon attractions, and local businesses.
Louder Than Life is produced by Danny Wimmer Presents, one of the largest independent producers of destination music festivals in America.
To learn more about Louder Than Life, please visit:
Website: https://louderthanlifefestival.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/louderthanlifefestival
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LTLFest
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/louderthanlifefest
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@louderthanlifefestival
#LouderThanLife
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Check out our segment Pipeman in the Pit dedicated to Music, Artistry and Entertainment.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hey, you lunto here?
Speaker 2 (00:06):
That's sure?
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Why?
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Ray Young, This is pipe Man here on the Vengurans
pipe Man W four C Y radio, and I'm here.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
With Brady from Enemy.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Nice. You're not my enemy though, right?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
No, no good good? I don't think so.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
I just want to make sure is anybody your enemy
in here?
Speaker 1 (00:33):
I don't know. I've seen some pretty mean comments online.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
I know, right that person over there riding a huffey bike, they're.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Your enemy exactly.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
Like now I broke character Jesus Christ.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
So here you are louder than life, hiding in here
as a storm is about to come.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
For another code read second of the day. Man.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Yeah, we're worried. So we were sitting they told us
to go out to our van. We thought our set
was going to be canceled. So yeah, we were sitting
out there and our guitarist he was like, dude, this
is crazy, Like we haven't played any shows this year.
This is going to be the first one because like
so we're from Cincinnati. There's a radius clause and first
time playing. We didn't want to ruffle any feathers. We
were like, this is going to be our show, Like
(01:20):
we're gonna come out we're gonna show out. So he's like, dude,
this is oh my, this is horrible. But the s
guy's parted and they brought us in and it was great.
We played one song and they're like, hold on, you're
gonna pause your set. Like okay, They're like, we're pushing
everything back an hour. So we're like this amazing. And
(01:40):
by the time that we went on stage, Sunny Skies,
it was amazing. It was so awesome, and all the
people that were coming into the entrance they got to
filter in and see us, and then all of our
fans got to make it out as well.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
So I love it.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
I love it, you know, because nothing sucks worse and
you're about to perform at fest and then you're cut.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Like it's a bummer. Yeah, not only a bummer.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
There's a lot of work that goes into it for
you as an artist to be here at this festival,
for sure.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Yeah, showing up on time and promoting on your end,
as well as that the promoter saying like, hey, these
guys are going to be here, and it's like it's
such a shame to dis upset the fans. Yeah, because
we wouldn't have played. People would have been so upset, Like, man,
we really wish we could have seen you.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
So yeah, And credit to Danny Wimmer and his whole team,
because I don't think there's any other festivals in the
United States besides his that can handle leads weather in
scenarios like this with safety but also where people are
not missing.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
Now.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Yeah, well, and I think it's a testament to like
DWP and like just the people that come out and
work these events, Like everybody is very professional, they're on
the ball, but they're also like out.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Here having a genuinely good time.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Yeah, And like I feel like that's the best kind
of employee to have, is someone that enjoys what they're doing.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
So it's so cool.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
And I have friends that work in the production team
and friends that work at the VIP booths and stuff,
and it's like they just love they this is their
highlight of their love that yeah, of the summer.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
And it's the only way it should be, too, you know, Like, yeah,
especially in this business, if you're not having fun, this
is the wrong business for sure. And that holds true
for an artist too, Like, and you could tell you
see an arts up on stage, you can tell if
they're having fun or if they're like.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Going through the motions.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Yeah, So tell the listeners a little bit about who
you are as an artist and about your music for
those that are not familiar.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Yeah, So I sing for the band Enemy. My name
is Brady, and we're from Cincinnati, Ohio, and we're kind
of like a blend of new metal and metalcore. We've
had people compare us to like Motionless and White Breaking,
Benjamin Lincoln Park, which is all like great comparisons.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Yeah, like compliment right.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Yeah, heavy hitters, So it's nice to have those comparisons
for sure. If I could paint a picture, like a
visual representation of what we are, I like to say
that we're like we're kind of like a fallout shelter
inside of a church, so it wouldn't be out of
like out of the norm to hear like synthesizers or
strings or like guitars and bass and drums. So it's
(04:25):
like if you try to incorporate all those things and
put it together in a way that's like fresh and new,
And I feel like as we progress as a band,
we can experiment more with that.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
And you know why I love about everything you said there.
First of all, the word experiment, because I think that
is the key to being an artist. If you're a creative,
you need to experiment and that's where you get the
great stuff. But more importantly is having that passion that
you obviously have for the music and really knowing who
(05:00):
you want to be as an artist opposed to what
people want you to be.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Yeah, I think that's a big part of it, is
just experimenting and finding out. Always be on a pursuit
of finding out who it is and what you are.
And I think that's that might be an issue with
some of the other groups that are just starting out.
It's like, don't pay attention to like, oh you sound
like this band. Oh we need to start writing stuff
like this group or like that group. Or we can't
(05:25):
do this, we could never do this. Don't pigeonhole yourself.
Just go out there and do what comes naturally to you.
And I feel like that's the difference that separates most
of these bands that pop off and rise to the
top is they're not afraid. They're not afraid to experiment,
and they're not afraid to do the things that other
bands aren't doing. And that's how you find out who
and what you are.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Oh one hundred percent.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
And then fact in the matter is is if you're
true to yourself as an artist, your people will come,
whereas if you're not, maybe some people like you for
a little while, but then they realize you're not really
being altruistic and they go somewhere else.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
For sure. You know it's a great word, right, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
It's so important, and I think it's important for your
soul as an artist. Like for sure, I can't imagine
any artists sitting there and playing music that they're not
into and isn't their thing. Also, I love how you
describe the Fallout Shelter, Yeah, because I had a lot
of times I'll ask people, how would you describe your
(06:25):
music without using a genre.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
I think genres are bullshit.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
It just creates division, It creates boxing in an artist,
And I think an art should just do whatever they feel.
And if this song they want to be metal, yeah,
this song they want to be this, that should be
their prerogative.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
It's a scary thing to do, especially when you have
a lot on the line, like some of the bigger artists,
they can't afford to experiment, They can't afford to There's
so many people that are like I know you for
this kind of music, yeah, or I know you for
this sound and if you deviate from that like there.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
So yeah, hopefully.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
I feel like our fan base with the experimenting that
we've done, I feel like everybody's on board.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
So yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
For the fact is like you mentioned all different things,
and I think it is music is like you just
put a whole bunch of ingredients in that you want
to put in and the final product makes you unique.
Because that's the problem nowadays, especially in certain microgenres of metal.
It's like I feel like they have to use a
(07:31):
formula and this is how you need the sound, but
you really don't. You need the sound who you want
to sound like, which is you? And then you take
like bring me who's headlining tonight? Ali got a lot
of shit for changing things up and not being a
purest death core And and meanwhile, when I say an
(07:53):
interview was why do I want to write the same
song over again?
Speaker 4 (07:56):
I get it. I'd be boredish.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Yeah, for sure. I love that about them.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
I love it they're free to experiment. I just feel
like some of the stuff that they've done has been
they're pioneering things that haven't been done before, and it's
it's so cool to see that. I'm very excited to
see them tonight. That's the first time I'm going to
see them live. So really yep.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Okay, so my first time one night a Banning Wimmer festival.
I didn't even know who they were, and I'm a
metal head from way back, but I was like, it
didn't even take me fifteen seconds before I was like,
oh my god. Now they're like when my top five.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Paper bands, and I feel like that's a big thing
as well. It's at some point it changes from being
a musician to being an entertainer, and they have that.
They are entertainers. Their whole set, all of the interactions,
all of the video wall stuff. Like just from what
I've seen online, I can't wait to see it in person.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Oh yeah, I love it. You're going to be pumped.
You need to go on tour with them.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
I'm putting that out there in I would love that.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Right, I'm putting it out there in the universe. So
what do you have coming up that has just happened,
is going to happen? Things that the listeners need to
know about.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
So we were featured on a bunch of radio stations.
Recently we're featured on WWE. So it's been a whirlwind,
but we're accepting it with open arms. We've got a
few local shows coming up, like Greater Cincinnati area. There's
a metal band that reached out to us from like
the Dayton, Ohio area, and we've got two other bands
(09:30):
from the Dayton, Ohio well that scene. So it's gonna
be cool. But yeah, I mean, we're open to more
shows and I think we're gonna pick things up this
coming year.
Speaker 4 (09:39):
So I love it.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
And so how do people reach out to your socials
on your web by your merch all that stuff.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
So we're on Instagram, Enemy Music at enemy Music, and
then you can find us on Facebook as well e
nmy Music. But yeah, if you find us on either
one of those, I mean and look us up on
our website as well, E nmy music dot com and
then all of our socials link so whatever you guys
use follow us on there.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
Very cool.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Yeah, And so one other question is how do you
feel Danny Wimber treats as artists?
Speaker 3 (10:16):
Great, just the fact that we were able to play
like okay, so with the whole weather situation, we were
worried that we weren't even going to like get to
play right, So we played one song. The stage managers
was like, hey, we got to shut it down, like
we got to wait, and we're like okay, So we
wait for twenty minutes and then we play one more
(10:37):
song and we're done. But the fact that they push
everything back, like that's a testament to respecting the fans,
respecting the bands, and like trying to make something happen.
You can't control the weather, so like just making the
best of the situation, that's awesome. And the fact that
like so many people come out to this, like one
of the highest attended shows.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Not only that two days ago, number one rock festival
in the.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Country, and it's that way for a reason.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
That's like what we were talking about earlier, that people
care about what they're doing. Like we were playing in
our tent the big Bourbon bar, and the bartenders were turning.
They were like yeah, like throwing up the horns, like
like rocking out with us. I'm like, that's awesome. Like
people that are genuine fans of the stuff that they're
(11:27):
it's like that's what it's about.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Totally so cool, And what was it like being involved
with WWE.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
It was a whirlwind like it. It's when we were
featured on there. We didn't even know we were gonna
be featured. One of our fans reached out and they're like, hey,
you know that they just played you on WWE.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
We had no idea.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
That's a trip.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Yeah, we had no idea, and we messaged our label.
We're like, did you know about this? Like yeah, So
it was like surprise.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
There's a test amount of why it's sometimes good to
the label.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Yeah, that was one of the things because they have
a partnership with a licensing group and our songs are
dumped into a bank so they can pick whatever they want.
But they featured us. WWE has featured us like at
least eight times now. It's insane. So if anybody from WWE,
WWE is listening, we want to do something with you guys.
(12:21):
We want I don't know in what capacity that is,
but we live in Cincinnati and we're willing to drive.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
But yeah, it's been nuts.
Speaker 4 (12:31):
Well that's badass, and you guys are badass. And thanks
for being on the e bench.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
Thank you, thank you for having us, thank you
Speaker 2 (12:37):
For listening to the adventures of plate Man on w
for CUI Radio.
Hey, you lunto here?
Speaker 2 (00:06):
That's sure?
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Why?
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Ray Young, This is pipe Man here on the Vengurans
pipe Man W four C Y radio, and I'm here.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
With Brady from Enemy.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Nice. You're not my enemy though, right?
Speaker 1 (00:28):
No, no good good? I don't think so.
Speaker 4 (00:30):
I just want to make sure is anybody your enemy
in here?
Speaker 1 (00:33):
I don't know. I've seen some pretty mean comments online.
Speaker 4 (00:36):
I know, right that person over there riding a huffey bike, they're.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Your enemy exactly.
Speaker 4 (00:46):
Like now I broke character Jesus Christ.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
So here you are louder than life, hiding in here
as a storm is about to come.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
For another code read second of the day. Man.
Speaker 3 (00:58):
Yeah, we're worried. So we were sitting they told us
to go out to our van. We thought our set
was going to be canceled. So yeah, we were sitting
out there and our guitarist he was like, dude, this
is crazy, Like we haven't played any shows this year.
This is going to be the first one because like
so we're from Cincinnati. There's a radius clause and first
time playing. We didn't want to ruffle any feathers. We
were like, this is going to be our show, Like
(01:20):
we're gonna come out we're gonna show out. So he's like, dude,
this is oh my, this is horrible. But the s
guy's parted and they brought us in and it was great.
We played one song and they're like, hold on, you're
gonna pause your set. Like okay, They're like, we're pushing
everything back an hour. So we're like this amazing. And
(01:40):
by the time that we went on stage, Sunny Skies,
it was amazing. It was so awesome, and all the
people that were coming into the entrance they got to
filter in and see us, and then all of our
fans got to make it out as well.
Speaker 4 (01:52):
So I love it.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
I love it, you know, because nothing sucks worse and
you're about to perform at fest and then you're cut.
Speaker 4 (02:02):
Like it's a bummer. Yeah, not only a bummer.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
There's a lot of work that goes into it for
you as an artist to be here at this festival,
for sure.
Speaker 3 (02:11):
Yeah, showing up on time and promoting on your end,
as well as that the promoter saying like, hey, these
guys are going to be here, and it's like it's
such a shame to dis upset the fans. Yeah, because
we wouldn't have played. People would have been so upset, Like, man,
we really wish we could have seen you.
Speaker 2 (02:26):
So yeah, And credit to Danny Wimmer and his whole team,
because I don't think there's any other festivals in the
United States besides his that can handle leads weather in
scenarios like this with safety but also where people are
not missing.
Speaker 4 (02:44):
Now.
Speaker 3 (02:44):
Yeah, well, and I think it's a testament to like
DWP and like just the people that come out and
work these events, Like everybody is very professional, they're on
the ball, but they're also like out.
Speaker 1 (02:56):
Here having a genuinely good time.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
Yeah, And like I feel like that's the best kind
of employee to have, is someone that enjoys what they're doing.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
So it's so cool.
Speaker 3 (03:05):
And I have friends that work in the production team
and friends that work at the VIP booths and stuff,
and it's like they just love they this is their
highlight of their love that yeah, of the summer.
Speaker 2 (03:16):
And it's the only way it should be, too, you know, Like, yeah,
especially in this business, if you're not having fun, this
is the wrong business for sure. And that holds true
for an artist too, Like, and you could tell you
see an arts up on stage, you can tell if
they're having fun or if they're like.
Speaker 4 (03:31):
Going through the motions.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Yeah, So tell the listeners a little bit about who
you are as an artist and about your music for
those that are not familiar.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Yeah, So I sing for the band Enemy. My name
is Brady, and we're from Cincinnati, Ohio, and we're kind
of like a blend of new metal and metalcore. We've
had people compare us to like Motionless and White Breaking,
Benjamin Lincoln Park, which is all like great comparisons.
Speaker 4 (04:00):
Yeah, like compliment right.
Speaker 3 (04:01):
Yeah, heavy hitters, So it's nice to have those comparisons
for sure. If I could paint a picture, like a
visual representation of what we are, I like to say
that we're like we're kind of like a fallout shelter
inside of a church, so it wouldn't be out of
like out of the norm to hear like synthesizers or
strings or like guitars and bass and drums. So it's
(04:25):
like if you try to incorporate all those things and
put it together in a way that's like fresh and new,
And I feel like as we progress as a band,
we can experiment more with that.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
And you know why I love about everything you said there.
First of all, the word experiment, because I think that
is the key to being an artist. If you're a creative,
you need to experiment and that's where you get the
great stuff. But more importantly is having that passion that
you obviously have for the music and really knowing who
(05:00):
you want to be as an artist opposed to what
people want you to be.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Yeah, I think that's a big part of it, is
just experimenting and finding out. Always be on a pursuit
of finding out who it is and what you are.
And I think that's that might be an issue with
some of the other groups that are just starting out.
It's like, don't pay attention to like, oh you sound
like this band. Oh we need to start writing stuff
like this group or like that group. Or we can't
(05:25):
do this, we could never do this. Don't pigeonhole yourself.
Just go out there and do what comes naturally to you.
And I feel like that's the difference that separates most
of these bands that pop off and rise to the
top is they're not afraid. They're not afraid to experiment,
and they're not afraid to do the things that other
bands aren't doing. And that's how you find out who
and what you are.
Speaker 4 (05:45):
Oh one hundred percent.
Speaker 2 (05:47):
And then fact in the matter is is if you're
true to yourself as an artist, your people will come,
whereas if you're not, maybe some people like you for
a little while, but then they realize you're not really
being altruistic and they go somewhere else.
Speaker 1 (06:01):
For sure. You know it's a great word, right, Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:03):
It's so important, and I think it's important for your
soul as an artist. Like for sure, I can't imagine
any artists sitting there and playing music that they're not
into and isn't their thing. Also, I love how you
describe the Fallout Shelter, Yeah, because I had a lot
of times I'll ask people, how would you describe your
(06:25):
music without using a genre.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
I think genres are bullshit.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
It just creates division, It creates boxing in an artist,
And I think an art should just do whatever they feel.
And if this song they want to be metal, yeah,
this song they want to be this, that should be
their prerogative.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
It's a scary thing to do, especially when you have
a lot on the line, like some of the bigger artists,
they can't afford to experiment, They can't afford to There's
so many people that are like I know you for
this kind of music, yeah, or I know you for
this sound and if you deviate from that like there.
Speaker 1 (07:00):
So yeah, hopefully.
Speaker 3 (07:02):
I feel like our fan base with the experimenting that
we've done, I feel like everybody's on board.
Speaker 1 (07:08):
So yeah.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
For the fact is like you mentioned all different things,
and I think it is music is like you just
put a whole bunch of ingredients in that you want
to put in and the final product makes you unique.
Because that's the problem nowadays, especially in certain microgenres of metal.
It's like I feel like they have to use a
(07:31):
formula and this is how you need the sound, but
you really don't. You need the sound who you want
to sound like, which is you? And then you take
like bring me who's headlining tonight? Ali got a lot
of shit for changing things up and not being a
purest death core And and meanwhile, when I say an
(07:53):
interview was why do I want to write the same
song over again?
Speaker 4 (07:56):
I get it. I'd be boredish.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Yeah, for sure. I love that about them.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
I love it they're free to experiment. I just feel
like some of the stuff that they've done has been
they're pioneering things that haven't been done before, and it's
it's so cool to see that. I'm very excited to
see them tonight. That's the first time I'm going to
see them live. So really yep.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
Okay, so my first time one night a Banning Wimmer festival.
I didn't even know who they were, and I'm a
metal head from way back, but I was like, it
didn't even take me fifteen seconds before I was like,
oh my god. Now they're like when my top five.
Speaker 3 (08:31):
Paper bands, and I feel like that's a big thing
as well. It's at some point it changes from being
a musician to being an entertainer, and they have that.
They are entertainers. Their whole set, all of the interactions,
all of the video wall stuff. Like just from what
I've seen online, I can't wait to see it in person.
Speaker 2 (08:51):
Oh yeah, I love it. You're going to be pumped.
You need to go on tour with them.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
I'm putting that out there in I would love that.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Right, I'm putting it out there in the universe. So
what do you have coming up that has just happened,
is going to happen? Things that the listeners need to
know about.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
So we were featured on a bunch of radio stations.
Recently we're featured on WWE. So it's been a whirlwind,
but we're accepting it with open arms. We've got a
few local shows coming up, like Greater Cincinnati area. There's
a metal band that reached out to us from like
the Dayton, Ohio area, and we've got two other bands
(09:30):
from the Dayton, Ohio well that scene. So it's gonna
be cool. But yeah, I mean, we're open to more
shows and I think we're gonna pick things up this
coming year.
Speaker 4 (09:39):
So I love it.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
And so how do people reach out to your socials
on your web by your merch all that stuff.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
So we're on Instagram, Enemy Music at enemy Music, and
then you can find us on Facebook as well e
nmy Music. But yeah, if you find us on either
one of those, I mean and look us up on
our website as well, E nmy music dot com and
then all of our socials link so whatever you guys
use follow us on there.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
Very cool.
Speaker 2 (10:09):
Yeah, And so one other question is how do you
feel Danny Wimber treats as artists?
Speaker 3 (10:16):
Great, just the fact that we were able to play
like okay, so with the whole weather situation, we were
worried that we weren't even going to like get to
play right, So we played one song. The stage managers
was like, hey, we got to shut it down, like
we got to wait, and we're like okay, So we
wait for twenty minutes and then we play one more
(10:37):
song and we're done. But the fact that they push
everything back, like that's a testament to respecting the fans,
respecting the bands, and like trying to make something happen.
You can't control the weather, so like just making the
best of the situation, that's awesome. And the fact that
like so many people come out to this, like one
of the highest attended shows.
Speaker 2 (10:58):
Not only that two days ago, number one rock festival
in the.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
Country, and it's that way for a reason.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
That's like what we were talking about earlier, that people
care about what they're doing. Like we were playing in
our tent the big Bourbon bar, and the bartenders were turning.
They were like yeah, like throwing up the horns, like
like rocking out with us. I'm like, that's awesome. Like
people that are genuine fans of the stuff that they're
(11:27):
it's like that's what it's about.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
Totally so cool, And what was it like being involved
with WWE.
Speaker 3 (11:34):
It was a whirlwind like it. It's when we were
featured on there. We didn't even know we were gonna
be featured. One of our fans reached out and they're like, hey,
you know that they just played you on WWE.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
We had no idea.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
That's a trip.
Speaker 3 (11:47):
Yeah, we had no idea, and we messaged our label.
We're like, did you know about this? Like yeah, So
it was like surprise.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
There's a test amount of why it's sometimes good to
the label.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Yeah, that was one of the things because they have
a partnership with a licensing group and our songs are
dumped into a bank so they can pick whatever they want.
But they featured us. WWE has featured us like at
least eight times now. It's insane. So if anybody from WWE,
WWE is listening, we want to do something with you guys.
(12:21):
We want I don't know in what capacity that is,
but we live in Cincinnati and we're willing to drive.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
But yeah, it's been nuts.
Speaker 4 (12:31):
Well that's badass, and you guys are badass. And thanks
for being on the e bench.
Speaker 1 (12:35):
Thank you, thank you for having us, thank you
Speaker 2 (12:37):
For listening to the adventures of plate Man on w
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