Hate Unbound

A chat with Art, Foot, Deanna, and Daryl from Hate Unbound with fans Deli, Mike, Sean, Stewie, and Melinda. We talk about the new Hate Unbound album Darkness Becomes All and their unique songwriting approach which features beers and post hockey rage. The laughs are continuous as we talk about infamous touring stories, first albums, first concerts, and travel destinations such as the Bar-hamas.

Darkness Becomes All and McDonalds

First off we jump into the new Hate Unbound album called Darkness Becomes All. This a raging metal album full of riffs that dig into the brain with barbed hooks. We talked a bit about how this new album compares to their previous album Plague. Daryl liked Plague, but felt it was a compromise. The new album reflects more on their writing with Foot (drummer) who joined the band after the songs on Plague were written. With the addition of Deanna on bass, Hate Unbound are writing more material that outpaces the devastating songs on Darkness Becomes All.

Beer, Hockey, and Vox & Hops

When we started to talk about songwriting approach, Foot decided it was time to do his famous impression of a McDonald’s drive through attendant. “Yeah, I’ll take a double cheeseburger...do you want an apple pie with that?”. The short answer to the songwriting approach is jamming together in Daryl’s basement with the riffs gathering under the influence of many beers and post hockey rage. In effect, the band is one part band and one part drinking club. This sounds like the perfect combination for fun and creativity.

Lyrical inspiration comes in the form of current events, the brutal aspects of life, and movies. Daryl mentioned that the band needed a zombie themed song and Art (vocals) created the lyrics for “Why Won’t You Die”. Not only is this song fun, it is bone crushingly heavy. Perfect for slamming the head off a zombie or two.

Part of the beer fueled writing process for Hate Unbound includes trying a new beer each week. Hearing this, I immediately thought of my friend Matt and his podcast called Vox & Hops. The theme there is life, metal, and craft beer. Hate Unbound love craft beer and they are definitely metal, so an interview with Matt sounds like heaven.

Fan Questions and Memorable Hate Unbound touring stories

Later in the show, Mike got his connection working and was able to join in to share his praise for Hate Unbound. Mike played guitar in Aventity (great progressive metal band, sadly now defunct) and thoroughly enjoyed playing shows with Hate Unbound. He like the rest of us, love the new Darkness Becomes All album

Deli wanted to know about memorable Hate Unbound shows. Hilarity ensued as Daryl talked about falling off a stage in slow motion. The best however was relaying a story about Hate Unbound’s other guitarist Will (who couldn’t make our call). Apparently Will had Culver’s for dinner prior to a show. Evidently this created a disturbance in the bowels which made its way onto the stage. Hazmat may or may not have been called to address the situation.

Not to be outdone in the memorable show moments was Foot at Full Terror Assault. This was his first show with the band. The Full Terror Assault gig was an open air event with camping. It was hotter than hell and super moist. The only way to get supplies was a 30-40 minute shuttle ride to the nearest town. The band entrusted Foot with cash to get as much water as possible. Foot determined that beer was essentially water and returned with only beer. However, given the heat, some of the beers did not make it back from the store given the length of the ride from town. Needless to say, the rest of Hate Unbound will not be sending Foot on the next supply run.

Deanna and Art also have some great stories from the road. These involve missing bass guitars and scooters. You’ll have to listen to the episode and enjoy the laughs. Clearly a sense of humor is a must be part of Hate Unbound.

First Albums and First Concerts

The topic of first albums included Deanna learning bass to the master Steve Harris with her first album purchase of Killers by Iron Maiden. Evidently Art’s tastes have moved on from his start with the Offspring. Daryl was another child of the Columbia House cd bonanza which turned him into a big Scorpions fan. Bon Jovi was the first album for Foot. He also found the joy of Columbia House and his mom’s second mortgage is proof

There was also a time when Foot was sure Brett Michaels and Vince Neil were the same dude, since he never saw them in the same place. This led to Daryl’s admission that when he saw the cover of the first Poison album, he thought they were hot chicks. Daryl’s cousin had to break the news that they were in fact dudes.

First concerts included Styx, Pat Benatar, The Mandrell Sisters, Air Supply, Creed and Guns and Roses. Not at the same time, but can you imagine. Foot feared for his life at Guns and Roses when Axel walked off the stage, given that crowds were prone to riots at the time. Thankfully no one was injured. Besides, Metallica stole the show. We all gave Mike a pass on seeing Creed. You live and you learn.

World Travelers

We may not be able to easily travel the world right now, but that doesn’t mean we can’t think ahead. Destinations from our conversation included Ireland, Portugal, Italy, Germany, and California. Foot, Stewie, and Daryl would all like to check out Wacken in Germany, if we can ever get a ticket. Melinda is actually traveling soon to the San Francisco Bay Area. We all hope she has a great time.

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