Deathrashcore mental-heads Endrah kindly took time out of their hardcore MMA training to answer a few questions for us.
Simple things first – where are you guys from?
Pro Musicians/ MMA fighters from Brazil and the vocalist, Relentless (Vengince) also a MMA fighter is from San Francisco, CA USA.
How did you meet?
Over the internet, with at the beginning pro Brazilian musicians and quickly joined by Billy Graziadei of BIOHAZARD fame. The band recorded a demo with a Brazilian vocalist titled DEMONStration in 2004 – an E.P. release. Shortly after, the band decided to find a stronger vocalist with better English skills. We found Relentless from a Bay Area metal band called Vengince in 2005.
How long have you been playing together as a band?
This new formation with our new bassist has been now 4 months, the band since 2002. The first full formation was in 2004, and the first official label released album was in 2006.
What are your influences – individually or as a band?
Slayer, Pantera, Cannibal Corpse, Meshuggah. Maybe both.
Describe your music. What makes you unique?
Hardcoredeathmetal. Endrah has an amazing organic mix of several genre styles like Thrash Metal, Death Metal, and Hardcore with many influences. The patterns, song structures, and tempo shifts make Endrah quite unique. The lyrics are very intense and about real themes, not fake subjects.
ENDRAH is for strong minded people who can appreciate very technical music and patterns.
Do you have any particular lyrical themes?
Fighting, politics, economic and social problems. We try to stay in the realm of reality with our lyrics. The subject matter can be dark and brutal, but it is not about fantasy things.
What’s your live show like? How many shows have you played?
Brutal, we played more than 400 shows. Endrah is very aggressive on stage, and the band is the truth. Come see us!
Like us on facebook.com/endrah and all other social media to know when we will tour next. Please share and post about us. You are the difference to help us grow.
What’s the wildest thing you’ve seen or done at a live show?
In Curitiba, Brazil we played behind a church and at the end of show left lots of kids bleeding and smiling. Another show in Salvador Bahia was so brutal the military police had to enter the mosh pit to regain order of the 5,000 crazy fans when we headlined a major festival on the beach during Carnival. That night was classic. Just a wild night all around. We have some amazing fans and they go hard when we hit the stage.
What kit do you use / guitars do you play / etc.?
Jackson and ESP ltd with EMG caps , san samp gt2 driver
What are your plans for 2016? Any updates on the EP?
We are ready for promotion of our new EP, and about to announce our next headline tour in Brazil in May and US in the end of the year. We have many tour offers, and are looking into spreading ENDRAH across the world.
There is talk of USA, Canada, Europe, Japan, Central America, Mexico, Russia, and other places to tour. It all boils down to the right deals and logistics for the band. We want to spread our message outside of Brazil more this year and beyond. We will start with our three week headline run across Brazil soon.
If you could be part of any 3-band line-up (as support or headlining) who else would you have on the bill?
Iron Maiden, Megadeth , Meshuggah. That would be amazing. A dream come true for us.
Please check us out online. Our music is everywhere, just google us. Spotify, Pandora, Itunes, Youtube, Amazon, all over.
