Interview With Kill By Mouth By Matt Bladen
Kill By Mouth: Cassar on vocals and guitar, Simon Merrifield on bass and James Langston on drums. We are a Groove Metal band with Hardcore and other influences in our music. There’s a bit of Death and Black Metal in there as well as a shit load of Thrash! We listen to a wide range of music and it all seeps in to our music in some small way! Most people say we are like a groove metal so we went with that, Prong , Sepultura etc, all good stuff!
MoM: How have the last year(s) been for the band? What have you been up to?
Kill By Mouth: Although we, like many, were affected enormously by the pandemic, we kept on writing and where possible recorded songs at Unit 13, Tredegar. But now we are ramping up our work, playing more gigs across South Wales, recently playing Bristol for the first time and now looking to go further afield. We are also going to complete the recording for our self-released album in the very near future!
MoM: What experience have you had with Bloodstock/M2TM in the past?
Kill By Mouth: We have all been to Bloodstock as festival goers multiple times. It’s a great weekend, fantastic line ups you don’t see in other festivals. We regard Bloodstock as the number 1 Metal festival in the UK by far. It’s our first time entering the Metal 2 The Masses and we are very much looking forward to it.
MoM: How are you feeling entering the M2TM format back as it should be? Playing in front of a crowd again?
Kill By Mouth: We are so stoked to play M2TM, Fuel and Cardiff. We love playing live in front of a crowd, nothing beats the feeling of playing live, making Noise. It makes us who we are! Also meeting, making new friends in the crowd and the other bands. It’s going to be a great night.
MoM: What would it mean to you to play Bloodstock?
Kill By Mouth: Well to share a festival with the biggest acts in Metal would be such an experience, it would be with us for the rest of our lives as a career highpoint. Bloodstock’s a household name in the metal community and the Bloodstock name carries major credentials for any band who plays it. To be part of that would give Kill By Mouth a massive boost in so many ways.
The Metal 2 The Masses is important to bands like us across the UK as it gives us a chance to aspire in venues across the Britain with a likeminded audience. We can’t think of any other festival giving the grassroots a chance like this. It many ways it shows the camaraderie in Metal and makes Bloodstock more than a festival, it’s looking after the future of Metal and it’s fans.
MoM: Tell us two truths and one lie about the band?
Kill By Mouth:
1. Kill by Mouth has been a solo ,duo, trio, quartet and back to a trio.
2. Before playing live ,we huddle and chant ,”Praise be to King Diamond ,Praise be to King
Diamond, PRAISE BE TO KING FUCKING DIAMOND!!!!!!!!!”
3. Two of us in the band have been a support act for Napalm Death.
MoM: Finally give us a four word rundown of what to expect?
Kill By Mouth: Headbanging! Slamming! Metal Blast!!!
MoM: Tell us two truths and one lie about the band?
Kill By Mouth:
1. Kill by Mouth has been a solo ,duo, trio, quartet and back to a trio.
2. Before playing live ,we huddle and chant ,”Praise be to King Diamond ,Praise be to King
Diamond, PRAISE BE TO KING FUCKING DIAMOND!!!!!!!!!”
3. Two of us in the band have been a support act for Napalm Death.
MoM: Finally give us a four word rundown of what to expect?
Kill By Mouth: Headbanging! Slamming! Metal Blast!!!