HERRIOT sebuah lagi band death metal beraliran melodikal macam Enthroned Falls. Ternyata mereka sama seperti Sardotical aku kekurangan info tentang mereka.

Yang pasti muzik yang dialunkan bermelodi death metal. Namun setakat ni aku kurang mengenali mereka sebab aku tak pernah dengar lagu-lagu mereka. Nama mereka aku muatkan sekadar untuk makluman peminat melodik death metal semesta alam.

Ni ada satu lagu previu dari album mereka . Rasanya kalau lu dengar lagu ni mesti lu tahu mirip band mana. Jadi cuba dengarkan pukulan bermelodi dari Herriot ni bernama celestial.

HERRIOT presents the most melodious Heavy-influenced Death Metal way you can imagine with a very unique sound. Loads of melodies, catchy guitar riffs, fine twin guitar solos and excellent sound quality are the trademarks of HERRIOT.

The music has very strong influences of todays Death Metal mixed with 80's Metal like IRON MAIDEN! This is very clean, strong & technical music coming from these guys! A really cool blend of styles & sounds that comes off perfectly! The band composes of Chen (vocals), Adlan (lead guitar), Joe Sarcast (2nd lead guitar), Chop Chaosblood (rhythm guitar), Afzat (bass) and Azim (drums).

Comprising members of Sardotical Scoundrel and Sarcastic, the Kedah scene is really expanding! Yeah there are 3 guitar players as in the mighty IRON MAIDEN. Needless to say that musically they influenced them the most along with the Swedish IN FLAMES. Fans of melodic Death Metal will surely salute their stuff!

CELESTIAL OBELISK (4 song CD) PSYCHIC SCREAM RECORDS - 2 of 4 great song were Obelisks of the Sun and Till the Seasons End. Fans of melodic Death Metal will surely price this stuff! Go and get it right away! Contact HERRIOT at: 62A, Jln. PSK 1, Pekan Simpang Kuala, 05400 Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia. E-mail: Herriot@asia.com

Ini ada sedikit interviu yang aku dapat kat laman web Argentina. Jadi dapat sedikit info tentang mereka :

Herriot is a death metal band from Malaysia. Coming from the southeastern side of Asia we talked with Chen the band leader and vocalist of the band who explained us their projects and their approach to music.


Are you recording your full length debut?
Yes, we're going to enter studio on February to record a full length album, and the title is "Beyond Sun".

How did you ended signing with Psychic Scream Records?
Eric from Psychic Scream contacted me to ask us to join a compilation album under his label. Besides that, he also wanted us record an EP with him. And now, we're gonna have a full lenght under the same label.


Do you consider Herriot a death metal band?
Yes we are. We're a melodic death Metal band. We play aggresive death metal with lots of melodic parts.

How is the work of three guitars in one band? Which is the main different compared to a two guitar band?
Well..the difference can only be seen when you're playing live. Doing a recording, it's easy to do many layers of guitar riffs but it has a drawback. You can't do that while playing live with only 2 guitars. Our songs have got many harmonic guitar solos, so, we need at least 2 lead guitars to do that job while playing live. We're just trying to play as close as we could to our recordings.

Are you influenced by music that is different from death metal? Who are they?
A lot of heavy metal bands, such as Iron maiden, Gothic bands like Sisters Of Mercy, thrash metal like Kreator and Sodom..mostly metal.

Do you think you are going to use more clean vocals in the future?
Not much.I will only do clean vocals for slow gothic tinged songs.

What can you tell me about the new material that is being composed?
Hmm..much more complex...lots of good riffs..atmospheric and aggressive as usual. These new materials are really great in my opinion. The band mates have really put a lot of effort together in creating good tunes.

Are melodies an important part of Herriotīs music? Do you think that they are the main characteristic of the band?
Definitely yes. We focused more on melodies and grooves to create our tunes. I'm not really into the straight forward brutal kind of songs, i mean, i like cannibal corpse and all, but my musical taste has always been melodic ones, but yet still maintaining the aggressiveness aspect.

Are you touring to support "Celestial Obelisk"?
No. But with "Beyond Sun" we might.

Is there something you would have changed in "Celestial Obelisk" if you had to record it again today?
Yes. I will do a re-arrangement on the music. When we did Celestial Obelisk, we were still green, having formed for only a year. We never did any studio work before and were seriously lacking in experience. I think Celestial Obelisk is too straight forward and a bit flat but still it is really a good effort and it came out really great.

Any final thoughts?
Thanks for the interview. Stay True!!!