Your name:
Relentless.
Where are you
from?
I am from California and the rest of the band is from Sao Paulo, Brazil. The
band is considered based in Sao Paulo Brazil. I fly in for tours.
Name of band:
ENDRAH.
Who else is in
your band?
Covero
(guitar), Bruno Santin (drums) and Adriano Vivela (bass).
How would you
describe yourselves?
Deathrashcore. It
is a very aggressive sound and we are raw and not overproduced.
We
utilize some unique patterns and there is powerful lyrics.
Who are your
main influences musically?
Meshuggah,
Cannibal Corpse, Slayer, Morbid Angel, Biohazard, Lamb
of God, and more.
What do you hope
to achieve in music?
World-wide
domination wherever metal and hardcore is welcomed. We
want our political and social messages to be heard, and we want continued
growth of our fanbase. I personally want to tour some places I have yet to
including Argentina, Chile, Japan, Australia, Ireland, and others.
What has been
the highlight of your career so far, and why?
It's
a difficult question to answer about the highlights, as I've been playing in
bands for over 20 years and it's been it's been quite a journey.
It's
a difficult form of music to be involved in.
The
business behind the scenes is difficult but that what we've done together with
the band has been outstanding and the reception from our fans has been really
good, especially in the beginning and now again that Endrah is back to
business.
The reception
has just been really overwhelming and the fans are a big big highlight within
themselves.
My
experience with the fans of Endrah has been a highlight. I
had not experienced the love of the fans to that level before with my other
projects.
As
far as the Endrah shows go, probably the most memorable show was in
Salvador last year during the Carnaval where Endrah headlined in
front of around 5,000 people. We headlined the festival of 40 bands over four
days that was quite amazing.
We
got there early and went to the beach where the festival was and fans were out
drinking pinga, which is a liquor made with sugarcane, at
about noon and we played at 10 o'clock that night and all
the same kids were there going crazy at the show.
The
military police had to step into the mosh pit because it got so wild.
That
was pretty awesome and it was also our first show with our drummer Bruno and
that morning was his first flight he ever taken in his life.
He
was going to his first big show and to be drummer in his favorite band; that
was pretty awesome to be a part of that.
Other
highlights include going to New York to meet Billy Graziadei and record with
him when he was in the band. I also got to do some vocals for biohazard and
they invited me to sing back ups on the biohazard song Set Me Free.
And what’s the
moment you want to forget?
There
are many moments I want to forget about my career but the good ones outweigh
the bad ones and I wouldn't be who I am or where I am today without the journey
that I took.
It's
difficult being in our generation where Napster came and then all the subsequent
streaming services took over and just the change in the industry between where
you used to be with record stores where people really saved up and spent money,
read lyrics, wanted to be more involved with the bands and the bands were held
at a higher esteem.
Along
came bigger fame and just clout, and even maybe power as far being able to
present a message to many people.
It's
been a lot harder in that sense and some of that's difficult to process.
I'm
looking back but other than that it's just mainly bad travel times and injuries
to myself and my bandmates that stand out.
If you had to
pick just one of your songs to represent your music, what would it be and why?
It is a good question as I think the overall theme of Endrah was kind of
a mix between revenge and common sense living.
So
therefore I think our song, You're The Hunted Now might be a good example.
That
song represents what happened to somebody who thinks they're untouchable and
learns to find out that they are very touchable and they can be found.
There's
always ways get anybody, so always watch what you do and who you burn. You should
always make sure that you don't hurt the wrong people because there's always a
way to get you.
If
you mess with Endrah, we will find you. Let's join together instead.
Where can we
listen to it?
We
have a tab to our Spotify page.
It's
also on YouTube, iTunes, Amazon, CDbaby, Pandora, and more.
Where can we
find out more about your music?
Anything else you’d like to say about your band/music that I forgot to ask?
Endrah is
a real band. Endrah is a band that is not about fantasy and dragons
and dungeons.
We
are not represented by a bunch of little skinny nerds that couldn't actually
back up their words.
This
band includes MMA fighters, black belt fighters and jujitsu and muay thai
boxers. We have skills in wrestling, submission, and boxing there's a lot
of that the guys do behind-the-scenes.
Training
is just part of life but this is a band that can back their stuff and it's a
little different than many of the heavy bands out there.
Almost
all in that sense of the hard-core, death metal, deathcore, metalcore
sub-genres.
What
we want most is for you guys to be a part of it and we want to build this up we
want you to like us on our Endrah Facebook and follow us on the other
social media pages. We are trying to open eyes, and we want you to be a part of
it.
Share
our page and posts, start to make a change today.
Thank
you for the interview.
