Yo! Hope all is going well! Who are we talking to?
Hey what's up man, appreciate you having us on thanks for the support. We really dig the bands you got up on your page so it's an honor to be a part of it. This is Evan and Carter, the guitarists and vocalists.
Can you tell us the story of how Repterra started?
Evan: the story is actually pretty lengthy but i'll try and sum it up for ya.
me and the rhythm guitarist Carter started playing guitar at the same time around 7 years ago, since then we've evolved styles and genres many times but the vision was always the same, it needed to get heavier, from grunge to thrash to BDM, it took 3-4 years of grinding, lots of demos and networking with locals to make this possible. The main issue was finding a suitable drummer who could keep up and had a similar vision, our area was very limited in heavy music and no one wanted to or seemingly could play the songs we wrote. Until one day I (Evan) met Ezra (our Drummer) at a guitar center around February 2025, I heard him playing some skank beats and got his number. When we first ran him through some material he could hardly play a blast beat but he had an insane talent and drive to play heavy music, I believe he had only been playing for a little over a year. After 3 long months of grinding out our songs with him he was finally ready and now his skills were 10x. Now we have some good shows under our belt, lots of awesome fans, an EP and this is only just the start. We feel so humbled and blown away by the support people have given us after finally having the resources to thrive as a band. It still feels surreal because for a very long time it was just me and Carter trying to get a real committed band together to no avail. As far as the name, it was one I had saved from a long time ago that we eventually decided upon with some small changes and the rest is history.
You guys are all fairly young right? Can you list members/roles/ages?
Carter: We're all pretty young ya, our drummer Ezra is 16. Evan & I are 19 and we do Lead Guitar & Rhythm Guitar respectively. And the oldest member of our band is Kenny on bass who is 40. Evan & I also do shared vocals, He’ll handle most of the lows, and I get most of the highs, but occasionally (mostly live) we’ll flip.
Evan & Carter: Oftentimes we’ll just make a demo with our drummer Ezra, we all get together and pump out some tunes, or sometimes just one of us will write some brutal shit with Ezra and vice versa. Then collectively we morph, shape, & sculpt the songs as a unit. Everyone has ideas and something to offer to each song and that's priceless, it separates us from bands that just write riffs as songs. That is what's key to a finished product that people can resonate with.
Who or what inspires you guys
We are inspired by a wide array of genres, bands, concepts, and people that drive us to make our music.
Bands that inspire us include, Suffocation, Dying Fetus, Defeated Sanity, Deeds of Flesh, Mortal Decay, Disavowed, Inveracity, Morbid Angel, Deicide, Sepultura, Megadeth, Gojira (Godzilla-Terra Incognita era), Pantera, Metallica (Early),
People we are inspired by
Evan: Dimebag Darrel, Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman, Randy Rhoads, EVH, Terrance Hobbs
Carter: James Hetfield, Doug Cerrito, Diego Sanchez, Tom Leski, Wolfgang Teske (RIP)
Ezra: Mike Smith, Gene Hoglan, Kevin Talley, Matt Cameron, Akira Jimbo
Kenny: Muhammed Suicmez, EVH, Ryan Knight, Dean Lamb, Simon Porolfsson
The old-school influence on decay is undeniable! Can you put us on to some other newer bands that are doing the old school proud?
Yeah for sure there are tons of great old school death metal/OSBD bands that inspire us, Laceration (Our Homeboys), Repudilation, SICK, Nuclear Remains. Saw SICK live the other day open up for Regurgitation & Brodequin. Insanely good shit, Definitely check em out, along with Laceration from Santa Rosa.
How have live shows been going? Any tours planned?
The live shows we have played have been sick, great fan support and energy. We’ve had quite a few unfortunate cancellations of shows due to members being sick or other issues, but we’re excited to get back into playing gigs with the ones we have lined up here.
-May 30th Santa Rosa, Arlene Francis Center
-Jun 13th Atascadero (hometown), The Printery
-Jun 28th Sacramento, Cafe Colonial
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We don’t have any tour plans yet. That’s definitely something we’ve been thinking about and want to work towards.
What are your family lives like? Are the families supportive of the band?
We are really fortunate that all of our families are super supportive and excited to hear our music. The best part of playing hometown gigs is being able to see our family members there with us.
Well we cannot wait for more, and we will keep supporting! Any last words??
We just wanna say we love each and every one of the fans that have made it possible for us to do this, and we’re just really grateful for all the support…keep it fucking BRUTAL.
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