ENZO - Hey man thanks so much for reaching out! I'm Enzo, 18 years old, and I'm from San Luis Obispo/Santa Barbara, California. I have played a pretty decent amount of shows around California, released an EP called Psychosis, and a Christmas themed split called Seasons Beatings with my buddy in Convulsed. In my free time I mostly ride motocross, play some video games (right now I'm hooked on Fallout 4) and I also train in a martial art called Krav Maga.
I mostly know of you from Misanthrope, but what else do you have going on?
PS. If you want some new screamo to check out, listen to a band called Sigh & Explode, they're one of my biggest influences and insanely underrated.
I wrote the first Misanthrope song when I was like 16 years old, but I only really decided to make it a project when I turned 17. It mostly just came out of my parents exposing me to badass bands when I was like an infant, like Black Sabbath, Metallica, Megadeth, Korn, all of which I still listen to to this day. Then when I was in elementary school I found out about some of the more popular punk stuff, then eventually I found out about Death, and from there it just got heavier and heavier. Music has always been a really big part of my life, and I've played guitar longer than I remember. I'm only just now getting "good" though haha. I'll only make better music with time.
How did you come up with the name Misanthrope?
With most the bands I start, I just use a song name from one of my big inspirations. And I love Death, and Misanthrope has one of the sickest riffs ever made. So, I named my band after it. Same thing with Mourning Sickness, I love Hail the Sun so I named the band after one of their songs.
Could you name 3 brutal death metal albums that you love and then 3 albums of any OTHER genre that you love?
Man that's tricky. For BDM I'd have to pick Destroy the Opposition by Dying Fetus, because it's the riffiest album ever. Bleeding Profusely by Gorgasm, because of the way the band mixes melody and insanely tight riffs with fast blasting drums. And Tomb of the Mutilated by Cannibal Corpse because it's just unbelievably heavy and catchy. When it comes to other kinds of music the 3 I would pick are 1. All We Know is Falling by Paramore, which might be my favorite album ever made. Miasma by The Black Dahlia Murder, which is just full of good riffs, and 3. Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge by MCR (the original, NOT the remixed version). I also have to mention Doppelganger by the Fall Of Troy, which is also one of my favorites but I just couldn't fit it in that list.
What sort of equipment and software are you using? Or are those well kept secrets?
They aren't secrets at all haha. For guitar tones, I always use Neural Nameless, as the tones from it are just killer. For drums, I use superior drummer 3, with the death and darkness expansion. And bass tones I use the Neural Darkglass plugin. And my DAW is reaper. I have a pretty good workflow now to where I can get stuff done really quickly and have it sound pretty good considering that it's just a bedroom demo. I've just been doing this stuff for so long now that these softwares have become second nature haha.
Am I correct in assuming your parents are supportive of your music endeavors? Any family members thrown off by the music or gory art/imagery?
Yup they're the best! Everything I have done wouldn't be possible without their support. They aren't too pleased with the gorey imagery, but I've been a good kid for my whole life, and I've never gotten in trouble, so they know it's just my weird version of storytelling and not me being an insane weirdo (despite how I might seem when I'm wearing Devourment merch). They might not be the biggest fan of the gurgly blasty slam stuff but they still support it and they love my punk band so that makes it all work out well.
How did you start working with Eminent Sounds?
So I think I've got them all;
Misanthrope
Mourning Sickness
Slam Andreas
Chewed To Stubs
War Tomorrow
am I missing any?
Nope! Those are all the ones that actually had stuff come out of them. I have a few other projects but nothing has come out of them yet.
Which are you most active with currently? What is up next?
Right now, Mourning Sickness is my biggest focus. I'll have my debut EP out soon, in the vein of City Of Caterpillar, Funeral Diner, Love Lost but Not Forgotten, and Saosin, which I'm really looking forward to. And Misanthrope has an entire full length written and part of a split written, but I just need to put the work in to get them out soon. You should hear a Misanthrope single soon!
Thank you for the great music and inspiration! Any last words?
Thanks so much to all my homies from Mohler, Impalement, Fleshmangled, Gorilla Bomb, Eminent Sounds, my family, and all my personal friends for supporting me. Thanks to Cerebral Reviewment for interviewing me!
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