{"id":88828,"date":"2019-01-15T13:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T19:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/?p=88828"},"modified":"2019-01-15T05:30:26","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T11:30:26","slug":"interview-with-malleus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/interview-with-malleus\/","title":{"rendered":"Hammered To Hell: An Interview with Malleus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ancient witchery is alive in America. Boston is more known for its punk scene than its metal one, but there\u2019s always an exception, and Malleus<\/b> are one of Boston\u2019s best right now, playing primordial black metal noticeably inspired by groups like Hellhammer<\/b>, Bathory<\/b>, Sodom<\/b>, and Venom<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Though the band is fairly new they\u2019ve made waves in the underground, and fresh off the release of a new two-song mLP titled Night Raids<\/i> guitarist The Hammer<\/b> has agreed to do an interview with me to talk a bit about the band.<\/p>\n

So, why are you called The Hammer instead of the drummer, who goes by the moniker \u201cThe Relentless?\u201d Seems to me that it should be the other way around.<\/b><\/p>\n

The Relentless is Malleus’ drummer. \u00a0His first appearance actually pre-dates Malleus on a couple really limited tape demos for a band called Akrasia that also featured our original singer, The Channeller<\/strong>. \u00a0Akrasia<\/strong> was more primitive akin to the likes of Ildjarn<\/strong> or even Darkthrone<\/strong> at times, but very minimalist in its approach. As far as The Hammer goes, Malleus is the Latin word for hammer and being that the band is so guitar driven and riff oriented, we felt that it was the most fitting moniker for myself, handling guitar duties in the group.<\/p>\n

You say your original vocalist, who I believe also sang on <\/b>Night Raids<\/i><\/b>. Does that mean you\u2019ve had a lineup change? <\/b><\/p>\n

This is going to read like a Napalm Death<\/strong> discography but last fall, our original singer decided he was leaving the band. \u00a0It\u2019s funny because he told us he was leaving not even a week before we were going to open for Merciless<\/strong> in New York. But he agreed to sing on Night Raids<\/em> and play whatever shows we had booked so he stayed on for the Merciless gig. Knowing that we would need to fill the void on bass, we added The Watcher<\/strong> to fill that role. The last show with our original singer was this past February as a four-piece opening for Morbosidad<\/strong>. Not too long after that, we found a vocalist, who we’ve now played half a dozen or so shows with, and who will be on our next record.<\/p>\n

Does that mean that your next release will be the full length I\u2019ve been waiting for?<\/b><\/p>\n

Yes. The next release will be a proper full length album. We actually get asked about this a bit, with Storm of Witchcraft<\/i> originally being a demo which got the vinyl treatment a little over a year later. While we are proud of that record, it is more or less a collection of songs that were written over several years. While our ultimate goal for those songs was always a 12″ vinyl release, they were not necessarily written from the start with that in mind. As for the next record, we began writing for it in earnest this summer and hope to have it completed early next year. Our goal is to write an album that is slightly darker, heavier, and more intense than Storm<\/i>.<\/p>\n