September 24, 2024 • 62 mins
My guest this week is Benjamin Pitts, vocalist and guitarist for the powerful and mesmerizing melodic death metal band, Nightwraith.
The band has a new record coming out tomorrow and Ben was able to slide in to the calendar and join me today. For that, I'm super grateful. Listen to the show and learn about this fantastic, humble human, who happens to be a total nerd who loves heavy brutal music but has a kind heart of gold. What a mensch.
This is Ben Pitts!
Time Codes:
3:00 Metal guys are the best guys
7:00 Being really cautious about faith stances
10:00 Professing love for David Lynch
14:00 Welcome to the weirdness
15:00 Slipknot with modern tighter influences
19:00 When Ben started playing and formed his first band
23:00 Offering hope over the darkness of humanity
27:00 The Seattle scene isn't just grunge
31:00 The fastest and the heaviest
35:00 Being married in other bands
39:00 Musicians are filling the God sized hole with another panacea
44:00 Driven to create and produce good music
49:00 Taming the tongue is a good idea
51:00 Blackened thrash in New Mexico
55:00 Fight Club with Ben
59:00 Trapt fans tend to be total goobers
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: I'm a huge movie buff, so I thought it was cool to mention that the David Lynch film, Blue Velvet, debuted in Toronto 38 years ago today, which is madness because I saw it first run myself. I can't believe that much time has gone by.
SONG OF THE WEEK: BornBroken, from Montreal QC, has a new single out, called Am I Invisible.... which reminds me of some of the best metal out there. It's well produced and thought you might enjoy it. Let me know what it reminds you of, and is that a good thing?
The new NightWraith album 'Divergence' - being released TOMORROW, SEPT 13TH, worldwide. 5 shows in Sept are booked to support the album release.
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I'm a former professional drummer hosting challenging conversations with other artists/creatives about mental health, new music, weekly news, and spiritual truths.
Please consider supporting the show.
Watch every UNCENSORED show here: https://www.patreon.com/thisissentimentalillness
Copyright 2024 Sentimental Illness - All Rights Reserved
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The band has a new record coming out tomorrow and Ben was able to slide in to the calendar and join me today. For that, I'm super grateful. Listen to the show and learn about this fantastic, humble human, who happens to be a total nerd who loves heavy brutal music but has a kind heart of gold. What a mensch.
This is Ben Pitts!
Time Codes:
3:00 Metal guys are the best guys
7:00 Being really cautious about faith stances
10:00 Professing love for David Lynch
14:00 Welcome to the weirdness
15:00 Slipknot with modern tighter influences
19:00 When Ben started playing and formed his first band
23:00 Offering hope over the darkness of humanity
27:00 The Seattle scene isn't just grunge
31:00 The fastest and the heaviest
35:00 Being married in other bands
39:00 Musicians are filling the God sized hole with another panacea
44:00 Driven to create and produce good music
49:00 Taming the tongue is a good idea
51:00 Blackened thrash in New Mexico
55:00 Fight Club with Ben
59:00 Trapt fans tend to be total goobers
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: I'm a huge movie buff, so I thought it was cool to mention that the David Lynch film, Blue Velvet, debuted in Toronto 38 years ago today, which is madness because I saw it first run myself. I can't believe that much time has gone by.
SONG OF THE WEEK: BornBroken, from Montreal QC, has a new single out, called Am I Invisible.... which reminds me of some of the best metal out there. It's well produced and thought you might enjoy it. Let me know what it reminds you of, and is that a good thing?
The new NightWraith album 'Divergence' - being released TOMORROW, SEPT 13TH, worldwide. 5 shows in Sept are booked to support the album release.
----
I'm a former professional drummer hosting challenging conversations with other artists/creatives about mental health, new music, weekly news, and spiritual truths.
Please consider supporting the show.
Watch every UNCENSORED show here: https://www.patreon.com/thisissentimentalillness
Copyright 2024 Sentimental Illness - All Rights Reserved
Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sentimental-illness--6163498/support.
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