FREDDY MADBALL’S TOP TEN FAVORITE HARD AND HEAVY NON-HARDCORE BANDS — DAY FOUR
To celebrate the release of Madball’s latest aggro masterpiece, Empire (two new songs streaming here!), we asked vocalist Freddy “Madball” Cricien to compile a list of his favorite non-hardcore (but still heavy!) bands. Luckily for us and all of you, he agreed! So we’ll be running two entries a day from Freddy’s list every day for the next five days, leading up toEmpire‘s October 12 release. You can read Freddy’s initial installment here, his second entry here, and his third here; to follow, enjoy day three of the countdown…
4) SEPULTURA
Heavy as hell, groovy, and from South America… What more do you want? I got into their earlier records and that stuff can still “hang” today. Unique and hard… Not a bad combo. The new line up are doing their thing as well. Props to those guys!
3) OBITUARY
I got put on to Obituary in 1992, while on tour with Agnostic Front as a roadie. I was like 16-17 at the time. Anyway, at the the time I wasn’t really into death metal. I’m open minded with music in general, but death metal wasn’t my “cup of tea.” That all changed when I heard Obituary. Death metal is still not my favorite style in the whole world, but Obituary is definitely one of my favorite heavy bands of all time. They really brought originality and a great groove to that style. By the end of the tour, Matt Henderson and I where “dancing” during their set every night! Good respectful guys and a truly great band.
-Freddy Madball
Empire comes out October 12 on Good Fight. Madball will begin a headlining tour with Bitter End and Lionheart in December. Visit Madball on MySpace to hear album samples and get tour dates!
