The Blessed Deception is a BRUTAL band out of Boston, Mass.
They have a great sound, great sense of humor, and seem to hate Manny Ramirez. (So they can't be THAT bad, then, right?) I was fortunate enough to hear from TWO members of the band, Matt and Chris. Read all about the band, their future dreams and a love of jazz fusion.
Only here at D-Day's Revenge!!
D-Day: Welcome! Tell the potential fans out there about your basic sound.
Matt: Our basic sound is to be not so basic, when you look at a lot of bands you see one style in there for instance Cannibal Corpse - death metal, Marduk - black metal, etc.. what we started out doing was melodic stuff with a bit of thrash in there. We are all pretty open-minded to the other styles out there and really enjoy them so we said hey, why dont we mix as much as we can in there that we like, to represent all our influences and whatnot, its kindof a challenge to make it work out at first, but with all of us collaborating and whatever we came out with a sound thats pretty much every type of metal we listen to.
Chris: I think that we blend melodic brutal and technical together. The songs tend to be long and somewhat progressive.
D-Day: What areas do you currently focus on at this point for doing shows?
Matt:Well, we're pretty much looking to do shows with any bands that are metal within our area, doesnt really matter who, we think our music can be pretty acceptable to many metal fans out there, so we're thinking of just doing anything that comes up.
Chris: Locally.
D-Day: Do you have any shows at this point that you wish to announce?
Matt: nothing official at the moment.
Chris: we're still trying to finish up the recording, so not at the moment
D-Day: You guys have the really brutal sound, but be honest, did any of you ever do the poofy hair and lipstick thing when you were younger?
Matt: haha, I know we are influenced by such bands as Iron Maiden, Juas Priest and of course Yanni, but no, i dont believe we have, at least i havent, but it looks like fun.
Chris: Well we're still young guys, but no (and if i ever did i'd probably be to embarrassed to tell you)
D-Day: Who are your main influences?
Matt: I personally have a lot, Cryptopsy is a big one that influenced me a lot when i first started playing, and over the years their albums have just started to influence me more and more, as far as guitarist id say i go with the mainstream big ones, like Vai, Satriani, Moore, Malmsteen and such but also lesser known ones (i guess) like Devin Townsend, Mattias Eklundh, etc, and ive recently went back into my John Zorn phase, and also Chris Belisle has gotten me into John MacLaughlins jazz stuff recently.
Chris: mine personally are death, athiest, opeth, and spawn of possession. i also like fusion jazz stuff
D-Day: "Dream Tour" time. Give us 3 bands that you would love to tour with that you feel would make the ultimate touring package.
Matt: I'd first off have to say Cryptopsy, then its a tough call after that, so many great bands out there have influenced us, but personally id say the other two are Suffocation and either Spawn of Possession or Opeth i guess.
Chris: vehemence, opeth, and id like to bring chuck back from the dead and have DEATH there too
D-Day: Have you ever been photographed with puppies?
Matt: puppies are great, but i dont think so, unless doing doggy style counts
Chris: I have a dog and i have pictures with him so, yeah?
D-Day: You've obviously got a MySpace page which has samples of your music. What are your feelings on music downloading at this time? Any ideas that would make it compatable for fans, bands and labels? Or do you see it as a non-issue?
Matt: I see music downloading as a way of promotion for metal bands more than anything, its hard to be heard as metal band, its almost as if youre not suppost to be heard, the culture here totally doesnt support it, I go with what Devin Townsend once said, if you download a song or an album and you like it great, come to a show and buy a t-shirt.
Chris: I think this is a controversial issue that is always going to be divided. in one way its great for underground bands like us to get our music heard, and in another sence, bands that dont make much money also like ourselves can get hurt by it. all in all, money isn;t why we're playing, its just the music. i'd keep playing even if it made me lose money
D-Day: Do you ever have dreams of hearing your music on the radio nationwide or would you prefer to stay underground?
Matt: Well that depends, if its a station that carries good music to the public then thats fine, otherwise we wouldnt have a choice, its not really our choice to stay underground, its out choice to play the music we love, if its underground then whatever, if it isnt in the future then more the merrier, but we wont change our style to what others say, we do what we love.
Chris: If this genre becomes mainstream, and was on the radio i wouldnt mind, but ive never had dreams of being mainstream. I like the music how it is.
D-Day: You can't get away from D-Day without a multiple choice question...
"The Blessed Deception is called upon to help the Boston area improve it's image. Would you":
a) Fire Manny Ramirez from the Red Sox.
b) Prohibit all New Yorkers from visiting during Summer months.
c) Outlaw beans from all menus.
d) Create a special language class to distinguish the sound "ah" from "ar"
e) all of the above
Matt: I would create beans that speak that language and force manny to the yankees and prohibit New Yorkers from visiting in the summer months. I believe we are on to something here, lets get to it.
Chris: A
D-Day: What is the next step for The Blessed Deception? And what are your future goals?
Matt: next step playing shows while searching for a label and getting the new songs ready for a full length we hope to be recording as soon as we can.
Chris: finish up the E.P. play some more shows and see what happens from there
D-Day: Any final words for the fans new and old?
Matt: I have to say thanks to all the fans, for your support either over the years or over the last few minutes, all our fans matter to us and we are greatful to have them. Thanks to D-Days Revenge for the interview and to all the other bands our there for their support and inspiration.
Chris: Thanks for the support!
D-Day: Thank you TBD!
Matt: Thanks D-Day for caring about us, heh.
Chris: thanks
And there you go! Good stuff guys.
I realized after the fact that I forgot to ask them one of our favorite questions about "the craziest moment so far". My bad. Perhaps we can convince the guys to stop by our boards some time and you all can pepper them with whatever questions you may have.
Good luck TBD!
Read about TBD and hear their MUSIC here!
