Severed Savior’s Servile Insurrection is one of the classic releases from the California Death Metal scene. Released in 2007, it is, according to guitarist Mike Gilbert, the first death metal album to be recorded using a Fractal Audio guitar amp simulator. However, the story behind the guitar recording on the album includes even more history, as Mike explained to us in Ep. 3.
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Ep. 12: Cary Geare (Son of Aurelius, AllRealm (who?), &…Odious Mortem?!?)
We did a deep dive into music projects past, present, and future with longtime friend Cary Geare. Some topics we covered in this episode: Meeting Joel & early projects Seeing Odious Mortem for the first time Writing music with KC at the furniture dome Recording the first Son of Aurelius demo Writing 2010’s The FarthestContinue reading “Ep. 12: Cary Geare (Son of Aurelius, AllRealm (who?), &…Odious Mortem?!?)”
Episode Excerpt: Matt Sotelo on forming Decrepit Birth, creating …And Time Begins
In this excerpt from Ep. 2, Matt recalls the formation of Decrepit Birth, meeting Derek Boyer, and recording 2003’s …And Time Begins in his home studio.
Episode Excerpt: Jacoby and Mike on Erik Lindmark’s Passing
In this excerpt from Ep. 1, Mike Hamilton and Jacoby Kingston of Deeds of Flesh candidly recount hearing of their bandmate Erik Lindmark’s passing.
EP. 11: Defeated Sanity
Cali Death Podcast kicked off 2021 by welcoming on the champions of modern death metal: Defeated Sanity, who assimilated Cali Death influence into their multifaceted and ultimately unique style.
Episode Excerpt: Jacoby Kingston on starting Deeds of Flesh, recording Gradually Melted
In this excerpt from Ep. 1, Jacoby Kingston recalls his first band, meeting Erik Lindmark, forming Deeds of Flesh, and recording their 1995 EP, Gradually Melted.
Introducing the Cali Death Blog
Welcome to the Cali Death blog! This serves as a space to share some writing as I work towards the book project.
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