Everytime I've seen FaceGrinder in the past year or so there is a new line up. Most notiably a new singer, guest singer or no singer at all. I did an interveiw with Ezwa (Guitar) a week before I saw FaceGrinder at the recent Sunday Slaughter show on Easter Sunday in Fremantle. They have Ben (ex-Wounded Pig) on vocals now and I can tell you, if you ever doubted Facegrinder they have become undisputed heavyweights in Australian grindcore. The 2 guitars and drums are a tight unit and deliver unrelenting extremes. Combined with Ben's brutal vocals and spitting madman theatrics, I'd put the performance I saw on that Sunday up there with the best grindcore and death metal acts in the Galaxy. Ezwa assured me Ben is now A Permanent Mark on Facegrinder and I for one am glad about this.
Sonic Furnace 2017 will be the next tme I get to see Facegrinder and I highly recommend you come check this out for yourselves.
Here's the interview with Ezwa...
How have the shows been going interstate recently?
- Well weve not done a great deal honestly but the response is definitely getting better each time we head over east. Its a little depressing coming home once the shows are done haha.
Are there any great new or old bands that have really stood out in your recent travels?
- Oh man, all of them lol. Seminal Embalmment, Grudge and Disparo though were my favourite to see and im yet to see more awesome bands on further travels.
Any funny tour stories?
- A few that i probably wont share here haha, but I guess dutching out the hotel in Adelaide while watching Rick and Morty was good fun, to wake up the next morning to the cleaners spraying so much air freshener to rid the smell of weed.
I heard that you might be going overseas to play a festival later this year?
- Uhh, we did get an offer but financial status didnt really permit us and with what little time we had. I dont want to give away what it was because theres a chance we'll be going next year instead and Im sure Ill be more excited to talk about it then haha.
I really like the space themes you have throughout your artwork and video's. What is Space Grind? And what kinds of things are your songs generally about?
- Space. Generally grindcore is all anti-establishment, politics, whatever. I dont really care for any of that so I chose to write about the universe and what it holds. Its difficult as I have to study before I can write anything but I enjoy the challenge and the end result obviously.
What tunes do you have on high rotation at the moment?
- Odious Embowel, Anaal Nathrakh, Circle of Dead Children, Bjork, Soilant Green..
I've spent a bit of time going through your box of CD's at shows trying to figure out band names. You have your own label or distro?, whats it called and what kind of things are people likely to find there?
- Ungrateful Dead Promotions. Its mainly distro and event promotion, but I also release the Facegrinder albums, so I guess we do abit of everything but not on a large scale. We mainly deal with death Metal, Grindcore and Slam, but you can find other elements of music when available.
Will your stuff be availible at Sonic Furnace 2017 on the 3rd of June?
- Yes, hopefully i have some new stuff arrive by then also.
You sing in Nails of Imposision? Whats that band like? do you play guitar aswell or just sing?
- I do, another Death Metal project from Perth. I only do vocals, the riffs are technical and way too crazy for my fingers haha.
What would be the ultimate band Facegrinder would like to share a stage with?
- Its hard to just pick one really but Id love to play with Insect Warfare, Circle of Dead Children or Wormed. I guess you could say they have been a massive inspiration to FxGx.
What can we expect when Facegrinder hit the stage at Sonic Furnace?
The equivalent of a star imploding.
See FaceGrinder at Babushka Leederville on June 03rd as part of the Sonic Furnace 2017 lineup.
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