Equalizer, a 5-piece slam outfit from Florida, seemed to come out of nowhere with this EP.
"Respect Da Slams" is 12 minutes of just that; SLAMS. You can't help but love this shit. Also came with an absolutely ridiculous music video. Check it out:
Check out a quick interview below:
1. Who are the members of Equalizer and where are you from?
Hey! Thank you for the opportunity! Equalizer is basically just me (santi), I write all the songs, run the page, do the merch, etc. But when we perform live we have some of the best players in heavy music in general, all the members are:
-Caleb Tello from yet still we pray, deepslate, allbutone, etc (drums)
-John Manesis from Yet still we pray (bass)
-Christopher Alva from yet still we pray (guitar)
-Wes
-Santiago Amoretti (me) (vox)
I’m seriously grateful for what these guys do and the time they take to make sure we sound fuckin banging on stage, check out their other projects! Also we’re in Broward County, FL
2. When was the band formed? How did it all start?
Back in 2023 I was in a Deathcore band with the previously mentioned Caleb and John called Birthoftragedy, and after our first EP phenomenology of possession, we found ourselves arguing over creative differences we had within the band. But we decided that our friendship and brotherhood was more important, so I decided to start my own thing (equalizer) and they started their own thing (yet still we pray) and it’s so cool because so much cooler music has come out of it and we still get to play music together which is what it’s all about
3. Respect Da Slams is crazy! Can you tell us everything about it?!
The way that the EP was made was I just locked myself in my room for a week and got stupid high for that week and thats what came out, I had been recently unemployed and had a ton of savings and weed so I just got high and made slam all day, one of the best times of my life quite frankly
4. Are you guys having fun?
Absolutely man, the support has actually been unreal, it’s only been one week and this project’s numbers have been already surpassing everything I’ve ever done in the past musically, so it’s an amazing feeling
5. Tell us all about the slam?
I feel like heavy music in general does something that us humans we can’t quite fully comprehend but it just tickles that one part of our brain that gives you a rush and brings out the most primal energy out of us, hence why we have moshing and the term “caveman riffs” and I feel like slam is just that, but on crack. Let’s be honest, we all have things we like about the subgenre of metal that we like the most, but there’s nothing like being 13 and hearing your first breakdown, the simplicity of just chugs and gutturals has always been the part of the song everyone goes the craziest to, and a slam song is basically 1-3 minutes of breakdowns with the occasional blast beat, I compare it to rappers like Playboi Carti, Yeat, Ken Carson and others like them, they don’t make music to make you think, they want you to jump up and down at rolling loud, so it doesn’t matter what they say on the song, as long as the RHYTHM is good, and slam works the same exact way, on all of these songs I don’t go above the 5th fret and the lyrics are just blabber about shooting your opps, but rhythmically it sounds good so people like it, and I LOVE rhythm and messing with it in different ways and I can play all the instruments in a slam band so it was a match made in heaven
6. Any last words?
Slam is love, slam is life
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