Hellbound’s Gene Gaona in conversation with JUNGLE ROT’s Dave Matrise. Recorded at Oakland Metro Operahouse on May 16, 2019.
Jungle Rot on tour with Deicide, Origin, The Absence:
Remaining tour dates:
May 28 – Toronto, ON @ Mod Club May 29 – Montreal, QC @ L’Astral May 30 – Quebec City, QC @ Le d’Auteuil May 31 – Manchester, NH @ Jewel Nightclub Jun. 01 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater
Jungle Rot in Europe:
Jul. 19 – Gefle Metal Festival Gavle, SE Jul. 27 – Stonehenge Festival Steenwijk, NL
Gene A. Gaona enjoys writing album reviews and conducting artist interviews for Hellbound.ca and Capital Chaos TV as well as taking in as many live metal shows as possible. He firmly believes there is nothing better in this world than his family, and great heavy metal.
Sylosis have just unleashed their latest masterpiece Monolith through Nuclear Blast on October 5th. On this, their third album, the band has taken their blend of progressive thrash and moved things forward. While still a complete ‘shred fest’, Monolith has more feel to it, more ambience if you will. Taking the band to record where giants have tread before (Monnow Valley Studio, which has housed Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Rush to name a few) seems to have given Sylosis the ability to convey mood a little more, and dial back on the technicality of their songs. Monolith is a fantastic achievement for this young band, and I had the pleasure of speaking with founding member/guitarist/vocalist Josh Middleton a few days after the North American release of the album.