Interview with Chad from Malice420 by Jen

Personally, I wouldn't consider you guys to have the "cookie cutter" death metal vocals. How would you describe the way the vocals sound?
I think death metal vocals are more deep with more grumble. I think you could classify us as more thrash metal than anything and try to deliver my vocals in the same manner.
In some parts, your music reminds me more of black metal, not for the speed, but for the melodic harmonies. Would you agree with that statement?
While we all enjoy various black metal bands we don't necessarily try to implement that into our music. With that said, you can hear some influences from the melodic styles of black metal.
Give us some Malice 420 history.
Malice 420 started as 4 drunken marines, who had played other bands prior to enlisting, decided to get together and piss off some neighbors. It started as a way to pass the time but began to come together pretty well. We parted ways with our original guitar player and picked up Rob soon after. We managed to play hundreds of shows around southern California and record our first full length album when we decided to try our luck on the east coast. We packed up our shit and got in a moving van and headed east but had to leave our drummer in Missouri to be a father. We struggled to find a replacement until Dan moved out from Cali in March of 2004. We have been playing the east coast and other states for the past 5 months and are starting to build up a following.
420= pot…are you guys big smokers of the wacky tabacky?
Damn skippy. Also outspoken advocates for the reform of marijuana laws.
Tell us about your cd, 'Hateful Preachings’.
It was our first full length and I think it went pretty well aside from the fact that we are independent and we had a small budget. The new album is currently under construction and due to be out by the new year. We will be releasing the single "The Opportunist" In October and I think this album will show how much we have grown since the first one. The style is the same but our abilities as musicians and song-writers have definitely grown.
How do you think it differs from material done in the past?
This is our first release together but our prior experiences differ a bit.
Any luck with labels? Interested in any in particular?
Their has been a little talking going on. That's about all I will say for now but if you check with me in 6 months I think you will find me much more informative on that topic.
Who are some influences of the band?
We all grew up on stuff like, Slayer, Megadeath, Metallica, Pantera. You know, the metal greats of our lifetime. We hate were this new-metal shit is going so we have vowed to keep it a little closer to the real deal by not jumping on that gay ass bandwagon.
Do you guys get to play a lot of shows? How is the scene where you are?
Yeah we are playing a lot lately but their can always be more.The seen here isn't all that great as far as good venues but there are definitely some hardcore metal heads here and we have met some incredible bands here as well.
Who is your favorite band to play with? Any least favorite?
We always dig playing with "Fearingmind"(http://www.fearingmindmetal.com) and "Sufferchannel". Yeah there is a few bands we didn't like playing out with but we don't play the shit talking game so we will leave it at that.
Is there anything you guys do right before a show to get pumped up?
A bong load, a heineken, and a shot of Jagermeister. That usually does the trick.
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