“IT MAKES NO sense to me that when people think about heavy music, the first thing that comes into their head is Slayer or Metallica,” shrugs Bloodbather bassist and vocalist Kyler Millo. “Don’t get me wrong, I respect those bands, and if I were them and people kept coming to see me then I would still stick around, but surely the perception of this music should have changed after 20 years? There are younger bands doing great things and we need to be thought about in those terms too.”
Something is definitely changing in metal right now. For the first time in possibly decades, young bands are no longer content to just be a footnote in heavy music’s history. Bloodbather are one such band, and although the Broward County two-piece only have a handful of releases to their name in their short career, they are ambitious enough to already have their eye on modern metal’s crown.