Impalement Interview 2025

Who do we have the pleasure of talking to, and who are the band's members and what are their ages

Left to right:

Thomas - Cam - Dylan

Hello this is Cam from Impalement, so far Impalement is comprised of myself ( 20 ) on drums, Thomas Meeker ( 21 ) on guitars and Dylan Drach ( 21 ) on vocals

What is the origin story of Impalement?

The origin of Impalement is a long one somewhere in late 2022 through 2023 our former guitarist ( Jayden West ) and I would riff out until we found our vocalist Thomas. 

Shortly after we found Thomas in late 2023 we dropped our demo in early 2024 which had me on Drums , Jayden on Guitars and Thomas on bass and vocals after our demo came out it garnered attention from NSE .

After signing to NSE , Jayden ended up leaving and Thomas took over on strings which fit our sounds perfectly. So then the writing process for stabbed was underway with just me and Thomas. Dylan had joined as well to fill in on vocals and then became an official member after playing a couple shows with us, we ended up loving his vocals and that's how the current line up was formed.

Do you like Devourment?

Yes  Impalement loves Devourment ! we aren't necessarily heavily inspired by them but we certainly love em!

You guys got a lot of new ears and attention from Stabbed.  I don't think it needed a push from NSE, but I am sure it helped!  How has it been working with the label?

In regards to working with NSE its been the best we couldn't of asked for a better label it was important that we not only share a label with people who share a same interests. While we may stray into the realm of slam or grind we consider ourselves BDM first and NSE in ours eyes is the best label for pure 100% brutal death.

"Stabbed" was released but then the S.E.i.P. very soon after?  am I right?  what was the timeline like with writing the eps and the signing to NSE?

Stabbed was comprised of old music and rewritten music that we had previously been played live but not tracked, every track we still love but we decided to move forward and drop Sadomasochistic to not only showcase our new direction as a band and new direction musically but to also properly introduce Dylan as our vocalist. 

In regards to the writing process me and Thomas have a approached it fairly unconventionally , drums first riffs after was how we wrote most of stabbed and sadomasochistic. 

Somehow magically Thomas just knows what I want over my drums and it works.

Who did the artwork for Stabbed?

The artwork for stabbed was made by our good friend and underrated artist Colter Masson. His previous work includes Misnathropic, Nuclear Remains and more. 

The artwork itself was inspired by simple hard hitting artwork like Stabwound Bloodsoaked Serenade, Disgorge cranial impalement and Wasteform crushing the reviled. We wanted artwork that looked both old school and represented us as a band and Colter managed to capture that...

What are some of Impalement's biggest influences?

I would say Impalement is heavily inspired by bands like Stabwound (sweden) , Craniotomy , Delusional Parasitosis and Gorgasm are probably the biggest influences.

What are some of your guys hobbies, outside of music?

Outside of music we mostly work and school. Not much time for many other hobbies. 

Can you name any bands from your local scene that we should be on the lookout for?

Local bands that are worth checking out would be local atascadero grind legends Necropsy Odor and Mephitic Corpse real filthy slamming deathgrind.

Inside of San Diego there are a huge amount of awesome bdm and slam bands , some of my recent favorites have been Gnawing and Enucleation ( Dylan's other band ). 

What is the future of Impalement looking like currently?

In regards to the future of impalement we've been planning on writing new material for our full length , so far we have about two / two and a half songs ready which we plan on showcasing at our shows! 

outside of impalement the impalement members are also starting a new band called Sterilized so be on the look for that and the impalement full length!

Thank you so much for doing this, anything else you'd like us to know?

Absolutely we appreciate the opportunity!

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