HELLYEAH To Release Band Of Brothers Album In June HELLYEAH, the southern-fried metal band featuring drummer
Vinnie Paul
Abbott (ex-PANTERA, DAMAGEPLAN), singer
Chad Gray and guitarist
Greg
Tribbett (MUDVAYNE), guitarist
Tom Maxwell (NOTHINGFACE) and bassist
Bob
"Zilla"
Kakaha (ex-Damageplan), will release their third album, Band Of
Brothers, worldwide via their new label home, Eleven Seven Music, in
early June.
The album was recorded at Vinnie Paul's Alrington, Texas home studio
and was mixed by
Jeremy Parker (GODSMACK, EVANESCENCE). Some song
titles set to appear include:
'Call It Like I See It', 'War In Me' and
'Drink, Drank, Drunk'.
In a new interview with Loudwire, Vinnie Paul discusses the new album and more. An excerpt follows:
Q: Exactly where are you with Hellyeah’s third album?
A: "The record is done. I’ve been mixing it for last week in Las
Vegas. On our first two records, we were a new band. We really wanted to
branch out and expand and experiment with all different styles. We all
come from traditional metal bands and backgrounds, so it was a great
breath of fresh air to play in a band that was rock ‘n’ roll, blues and
Southern rock. We got that out of our system and got really focused on
going back to our metal roots. It’s heavy, focused, groove-oriented and
I’m excited about it."
Q: Has that bluesy, Southern rawk element been abandoned altogether? Or is it still there somewhat, just in lesser form?
A: "There is some of that in there, but when we started writing, we
thought, ‘Let’s take this to a place we haven’t been all the way yet.’
We’ve been super diverse, from songs like ‘Alcohaulin’ Ass’ to ‘Better
Man,’ but this one honks from start to finish!"
Q: Honks, huh? I like that.
A: "It’s about getting your groove on — that’s what we used to do.
The first two records were the chance to breathe and expand and do
something we hadn’t done in our past and in our other bands. When you
meld guys from Pantera, Mudvayne and Nothingface, this is what you get.
It just honks."
Read the complete interview at
this location.
Sam Roon from SkullsNBones sat down with
Jason Lekberg from Eleven
Seven Music in New York City to get a preview of Hellyeah's third album.
Check out the clip below: