The Evil Dead have been causing quite a storm with their new album Earth Inferno. Metal & Carnage is here to give you the lowdown on the band, album promotion, live shows courtesy of the bands guitarist Michel Regueiro.
Firstly i would like to take the opportunity to thank you for doing this interview.
Thank you! much appreciated.
I'm aware that the band also features your two brothers Ian & Alejandro but we're curious to know how and when the band was formed?
The band was formed was formed in Beunos Aires arond the Autumn of 2006, it merely started as a way to have fun playing cover songs and drinking beer but within a few months we were already doing our own material, had a manager and booked a studio for the recording of our first demo.
Alejandro literally joined a couple of days before the recording, he never got to rehearse.
I really love the sound on Earth Inferno and have noticed a progression from what was on offer on Pronounced The Evil Dead and would like to know where was the album recorded and who produced & mixed the album?
We wanted
a different sound, the first album sounds very alive, raw and mean but this time we needed a more clear and controlled sound while maintaining that rawness of the speakers moving air. The album was recorded at The Four Winds Studio in Beunos Aires, it was recorded and engineered by
Pablo Fontan and mixed by both of us. I took care of the production. It will never sound exactly as one envisions it in your head but i think we came pretty close, the overall result is pretty good.
With regard to the album do the band plan on playing live shows to promote it?
Once the promotion time is up we will get into that .There is no rush at the moment first we wanna see how well the album is received but we definitely are interested in taking the Inferno out on the road so don’t hesitate to get in touch .
I've noticed on the album that there's elements of Black Metal.Traditional Heavy Metal & Rock n Roll what we'd like to know is what bands were The Evil Dead mainly influenced by?
We are influenced by all kinds of music ,when it comes to metal the classics will always be there to look up to but we also listen to classical music, movie/games soundtracks,50´s style music and more .Some bands that have definitely been a direct influence on us are Dissection, Metallica ,Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Bathory, Beherit, Skynyrd , AC/DC , BÖC , Motörhead and many more.
Have to say the cover art for Earth Inferno is pretty cool who came up with the concept & design for it?
Another Vision Design brought over some rough sketches of the general idea to us backstage at a gig and we signed on it immediately . The song Earth Inferno had been written and he based the designs on the music and lyrics and we went through a LOT of changes til we had the perfect one . It couldn’t have come out any better its an absolutely iconic piece of artwork.
We're interested to know what is the metal scene like in Argentina and is there a strong fan following?
The Argentine metal scene is quite fragmented and its very hard for new bands to succeed .Nowadays there are tons of bands with lots of talent and prospects but the crowds mainly show up for international acts ,touring the country is super difficult due to poor infrastructure and long distances which make touring a financial black hole and on top of that promoters very rarely honour their contracts (even if there is a contract to begin with ). Metal is pretty big in Argentina but like I said its pretty hard for bands to “make it” over here.
Not sure if you've been asked this before but what type of Guitars & Equipment do the band use in the studio and at live gigs?
Our equipment is very simple we are very old school, for a live setting we've been mostly using Sovtek and Vintage Electric(Argentine amp) heads and Marshall cabs with no pedals whatsoever. In the studio this time we put a lot of effort into the guitar sound we used Sovtek, Marshall, Mesa Boogie and Vintage Electric heads all run through my Marshall cab. Bass was a Fender with an Ampeg and for guitars we had an SX Eplorer, a Scheter, a Korina Flying V, Fender Stratocaster, Jackson King V and an old Hagstrom too but of course we won't disclose all studio secrets hehe.
As a Collective do the band have any future plans to come and play in Europe,is there any particular festival or country that you would all like to play?
Yeah we would love to in fact we were supposed to do a brazillian and European tour for “Pronounced(The Evil)Dead” but those fell through due to shitty promoters and bookers . We´d like to play them all honestly ,European festivals are fantastic whether big or small they all have something special . Germany is great market for metal as is the UK and Scandinavia ,The states and Japan would be beyond our wildest dreams !
Before i finish this interview is there anything you'd like to say to your fans,also for those not aware how to get hold of a physical copy of the album,what sources/links could you provide to help them out?
Thank you all and this record is for you ,the album will be distributed by Plastic Head so it should be available all around the globe but you can always get in touch with the label or us through facebook or at theevildeadargentina@hotmail.com .The vinyl version and merchandise should come later on so be sure to check on that .
Cheers & beers .
Michel
