Hyperion Blast - No fucking filler

One of the best Sludge Metal bands on the planet is "Hyperion Blast" and one killer album already out and another on the way it is a exciting time for the band.I interviewed them about a year so its about time to catch up with them once again so here is a interview with main - man Ryan.

1.Hello,how things been for Hyperion Blast ?

(R) How's it going? Things are great here. Things seem to be going nice for us lately. Working on the full length and so on.

2.Its been about a year since we last did a interview,what has the highlights and low lights of the past 12 months or so ?

(R) Highlights would be signing with Leaf Lust Records. Those are some rad dudes and they got some good bands on that label. Will be fucking awesome to be around to see them grow into a doom metal powerhouse. No real low lights. Overall things are going good.

3.The new album is going to be called "I Became the Earth".What was the inspiration behind the title ?

(R) I wrote this very mellow thing on guitar. It is an instrumental called A Shadow Cast Over Absolute Darkness. I am a science dork and all about the endtimes and so on. Meteors and shit ripping the earth apart. The final 3 songs on the Cd are Trailing Chicxulub, the one mentioned above and I Became The Earth. Chicxulub was the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs and there is another one out there waiting to tap down on earth. The shadow in the next song would be the covering of the sun. As for the title track it mainly is being around to see the end of the world. Scary as it is I think that's something I would like to be here to see. Kinda just the smallness of humanity when it comes to the entire universe and that we really have very little control over things no matter how big and powerful we think we are. Getting back to the earth. Its fucked a bit. The CD was originally A GRAVEYARD FOR MEMORIES but I came up with this as a song title and we loved it and decided it will be the album title.

4.Have you seen/heard changes with the band's musical approach in the last year ?

(R) We stuck to our formula of anything really goes. If we write something and dig it then we use it. Slow, fast...it makes no difference really. As long as we are writing songs that we like that's all we want to do.From just playing together more and getting to know the writing process a bit more with each other we of course are progressing as song writers. We learned a little more how to make the heavy parts sound even more bombastic and so on. We tend to write a song and let it sit a while. we don't want to just keep writing the same songs over and over again. But there is always the fact that you are influenced more by certain things and it will come through. I think people know its us but they will hear a progression on the new CD. A few surprises here and there.

5.You signed up with "Leaf Lust Records" for the last album.How did that finish up going ?

(R) They are awesome guys. They had Black Market Ministry as their first band. Then they signed us and Buzzardstein. They are putting together a nice lineup of solid bands. I think we are most excited that they are a new label and they are into what they are doing. They want every detail to be excellent. Artwork, packaging and of course the music. It's gonna be amazing to some day be able to say we were the 3rd band on that label. I see good things for them based on their dedication to the genre and to the bands. They could have swept up dozens of bands but they want to focus on what they have and build from there.

6.What is your opinion on the scene in the last 12 months.Its been a pretty good year for killer albums,would you agree ?

(R) I would have to say so. I've been hearing lots of new shit lately that I am super into. Soda is a band from Germany and I can't get enough right now. Some of the local bands like Be Fierce and Corpus Dei could definitely go head to head with just about any band on the planet. Seems to be solid bands out there and now it's just a matter of getting people to hear them.

7.You seem to be doing more shows than ever these days,have the offers for shows been a constant thing lately or do you have to go searching for gigs ?

(R) We actually are turning down a bunch of shows. We love playing out but our main focus is writing the best damn full length we can. No fucking filler. A few out of town shows and we have 2 more set for Buffalo and that is it for the year. When fall hit's it's gonna be all prep for the recording.

8.Can you tell us about some of the songs for the new album ?

(R) Most of the songs deal with the path through life from birth to death. Being born innocent and ignrorant to the world. Growing and learning about it and seeing it for the ball of shit it is. Downhill from Day One is a song on the new CD that talks about that. Feed the Remains to the Rats is about the homeless and hungry dying in the streets everyday and pretty much nothing being done about it. The people who have food on their plate make their donations and give shirts to the goodwill and so on and consider their job done. A lot of it deals with world issues in the way that we are always looking to see what is going to destroy the earth and humanity and we don't take much time to notice that we are the main problem. We are in the end our own worst enemies. But people get into a comfort zone and feel invincible. There is also a lot of very personal stuff on here. A Graveyard for Memories deals with the whole growing up thing. On a pretty personal level for me. Places from childhood being erased basically right in front of your eyes. There were two places locally that when I was a kid I attached so many memories to. They are both gone. One of them I witnessed being taken down little by little. A line for the song is "And all who now shall walk across will never understand my loss". When I was a kid you built memories that are with you for life. Things that seemed so small and insignificant. It seems that is a lost thing now. Computers, texting and all that. You don't have to leave your house anymore. I personally don't think kids experience shit like us old fucks did and it kind of saddens me that I will never be able to take my kids to a place like Crystal Beach or The Aud.

9.What about tours,is there any future plans for taking the band to the West Coast for example ?

(R) For a ton of reasons we are not really planning on touring. It's a cool thought to think people in other parts of the country want to see us but there are lots of reasons. One of us is married and we all have full time jobs. We are fucking old farts.

10.What is the normal routine for the band members,do you all have day jobs and if so how hard is keeping that all together and playing in a band at the same time.Pretty exhausting ?

(R) We all have full time jobs. We have 2 town workers, a salesman and a teacher in the band. Marc is in another band as well and the other 3 of us are just in this. For me personally it keeps me happy. Time is never a real huge issue. We do things on a pretty low level of stress.

11.What about Interests outside of the band ?

(R) I am a baseball nut and have gotten super into dirt track racing as of late. Got 3 nephews who I wish I could spend more time with but I enjoy every second I get to see them. My gal keeps me busy. We are getting married next year. That will be fucking awesome. Animals are also a huge thing there. We go a whole slew of animals. Documentaries on all sorts of shit. I like to keep my plate fucking jam packed.

12.Can you give us a rundown of the merchandise currently available ?

(R) We have 2 different shirts. Both have the logo on the front and the red version says "Northern Mentality, Southern Brutality" on the back. We also have logo trucker hats and stickers and pins. The Buzzardstein split should be out soon. For any merch stuff there is www.hyperionblast.bigcartel.com and www.myspace.com/endtimeblasts. those are usually updated constantly if things change.