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Send More Paramedics
Interviews • August 7, 2021
2021 might seem like a challenging time to resurrect a zombie-themed thrash metal/hardcore band, but the path of the rotting undead is never an easy one to tread (or shuffle). Thankfully for fans of British zombiecore pioneers Send More Paramedics, that's just what they've chosen to do. Resurrected for a second time, the four piece have reformed a decade after their last release, to play a couple of one-off Halloween shows later this year, as well as recording new material for upcoming release. After interviewing them in their original incarnation many years ago, SPB decided to don personal protective equipment (eg. a kevlar vest, full-face mask and a hand axe), and sat at a safe anti-social distance from frontman B'Hellmouth to find out what prompted their return from the musical grave. -- Scene Point Blank: Hi! Please can you introduce yourself to the newer members of our audience who may not remember your original incarnation? B'Hellmouth: Send More Paramedics was/is a zombified thrash metal/hardcore punk band from Leeds, UK, originally active 2001-2007. Band members (B'Hellmouth – vocals, Medico – guitar, X. Undead – bass, El Diablo – drums) are themselves members of the living dead and all their material is obsessively focused on the pain of being dead and other aspects of undead existence. The band recorded three albums plus various demos and splits, toured and gigged with groups including the Offspring, The Misfits and Avenged Sevenfold and made appearances at the Leeds, Reading and Download festivals. They crawled screaming back into the … Read more
Only Death Is Real #12
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Scatenato Ma Non Troppo #3
Regular Columns / Scatenato Ma Non Troppo • June 22, 2021
At the midpoint of 2021, a year which has thus far brought both hopeful and more troubling signs for humanity, … Read more
