Can you tell us about the origin of the band name, a history of the band and a little bit about the various members?

Hi, well the history of the band starts back in the summer of 2019, myself and Sarunas (guitars), had a idea to put together a extreme grind/death metal band, we had been in a progressive metal previously, but wanted to try something new, so we formed Sacrificial Slabs.

The original line up consisted of 2 vocalist (Yozii and Ludwig) myself on drums, Sarunas on guitars and Arnas on Bass, we played a few shows with this line up plus recorded our first Ep release (Gore n Roll), within in a year and due to covid, the line up changed to the current unit you guys have now.

Edward Walls: Vocals

Sarunas: Guitars

Marco: Bass

Me~; Drums

We feel the band is the tightest it’s ever been and we’re all having a blast being involved.

We all bring our own personalities to the band, Edward being very determined and focused, he’s probably the most serious member of the band, Marco is Mr dark, the quiet one in the band,(it’s the quiet ones you have to keep an eye on) but on top of that, he  has the best sense of humour, Sarunas is the cool guy, and a bit goofy he like to play up and loves to party, but is also very focused on pushing the band, and myself, i’m a little bit of all the above, the main thing for all of us is that the band is fun and we all l;ove what we do, whilst having a few beers along the way.

Are you all from the same area? How did you get together as a band?

When the band formed we were all London based, like i said above, Sarunas and I have known each other a long time, we knew about Edward through our original bass player, and Marco joined us later. 

Who are your favourite artists/bands and how have they influenced your own sound?

Each member has their personal favourite bands/artists/genres, but we all love extreme music

I think a lot of different genres and bands have influenced us.

Death metal, grindcore are the most prominent genres, but you can definitely hear black metal, hardcore and deathcore in our sound.

In no apparent order here’s a few bands we all love listening to:

Cattle Decapitation, Ingested, Tallah, Code Orange, Tool, Meshuggah, Mispyrming, Gorgoroth, End, Koan, Korn, Deftones, Emperor, Enslaved, Napalm Death, Carcass, Faith No More, Metallica, Lifvsleda, Mimorium, Whitechapel, Intronaut, Tripswitch and Negator, plus loads more 

Did you always have the ambition to be a musician and in a band or did you originally have other plans?

It was my dream to play music and be in a band from a very early age. Music is the biggest influence in my life, outside my family and friends. When I first heard Metallica and Led Zeppelin they just blew my mind, I knew straight away all I wanted to do was play drums, and write music.

What songs or albums are on your current playlist?

Sounds of perseverance (reissue): Death

Kin: Whitechapel

Gather and Mourn: End

Blurred (side a): Koan

Temple of the dog: Temple of the Dog

Heartwork: Carcass

Vanilla Paste, The generation of Danger; Tallah

Humanity’s Last Breath 

Do you sing in the shower? 

Of course, who doesn’t, I’ve also come up with a few Slab ideas whilst in the shower 

Do you have any plans for the band for this year and into next year?

This year has been great so far. We’ve played some crazy shows, with the best fans, they have really made this year so special, we also have some very cool local shows coming up over the coming months, as well as a couple of very insane Festivals to play, one of which is in Romania with the mighty Sepultura. Now thats a fucking dream right there. 

Next year we’ll be looking to go out on tour, plus we’ll definitely have new music coming very soon, some exciting times ahead.

Do you currently have any new songs/albums ready to be released?

We have just released our latest Ep “The Agony Cult” which has seen the band push our sound even more, as well as bringing in different elements, but also sticking to our roots, we brought some grindcore back for this release.

Like i said above, we will be writing and recording new material very soon.

If you could play at any venue in the world, where would you choose?

Great question, there’s so many really fucking cool venues to play, for me personally, Brixton academy would be awesome to play, it’s such a iconic venue for all genres of music. I also feel our style of music would suit that venue, as well as our stage show. 

Do you have a favourite album? If so, what is it?

Hmmm, this one is hard to answer as my answer would probably change every week, depending on my mood. I would say Metallica’s Master of Puppets is one of the greatest albums ever written, it has everything, I love all the Tool albums, each is stunning and a full musical journey. I’ll be brutally honest and say i can’t choose, theirs way to many great fucking bands and artists in the world, enjoy them all.

Do you have any guilty pleasure songs/albums?

For me it probably has to be BabyMetal, enough said 

If you were putting together the greatest show on earth, who would be playing? 

If i had the chance to design the greatest show i’d like to bring lots of surprises and it’d have to be over a couple of days, so here goes:

Led Zeppelin,Madonna (1980’s, 90’s version), Tina Turner, Prince, Tool, Meshuggah, Soundgarden, Snot, Alice In Chains (with Layne), Koan, Tripswitch, Ben Harper, Ingested, Carcass, Napalm Death, The Faceless, Rings Of Saturn, Queen (with Freddie), David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Black Sheep, NWA, Big Daddy Kane, Faith No More, The Commodores Korn, Deftones and of course Sacrificial Slabs. 

Can you remember the first album you bought with your own money? What was it and do you still have it?

I can actually, unfortunately i don’t still own it, but my first LP i bought was Genesis Invisible Touch

As your fans will be reading this, is there any message you would like to send out to them?

I’d like to thank them for supporting us. We as a band really appreciate all the support, it means so much to us. Knowing we have fans is what drives us to improve musically and live. We love you all you are the fucking best

Finally, let us know all your social media sites so your fans, old and new, can find and follow/like you!

www.facebook.com/Sacrificial_Slabs

www.instagram.com/Sacrificial_Slabs

Spotify: Sacrificial Slabs

We, at The Metal Asylum, would like to thank you for your time. Is there is anything further that you would like to add?

Keep checking us out, we have exciting things coming up, a massive thanks for all the support. See you from a stage very soon and for the many beers after. 

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