I had a fantastic opportunity to interview a brutal metal band from Memphis. Sacrum has their own defining style original and brutal and this energy comes out in their music and their live performances. They are staying dedicated working hard on their new material for their new Album.
SACRUM BEGAN WITH ME MEETING HARVEY. I STARTED PLAYING GUITAR AT AGE 14 AND BEGAN PROGRESSING RATHER RAPIDLY. INSTEAD OF PLAYING TRENDY POP MUSIC, WE ALWAYS HAD A KNACK FOR COMING UP WITH A DIFFERENT SOUND, AND WERE ALWAYS SEEING HOW HARD WE COULD PUSH EACH OTHER. WE NEEDED A BASSIST: ENTER BIG JOHN, ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS AND A SOLID MUFU**ER ON STAGE... WE HAVE BEEN RECORDING DEMOS UNDER THE MONIKER SACRUM SINCE 2003, AS SOON AS MY BROTHER CAME AND JAMMED WITH US WE KNEW WE HAD SOMETHING. LOSING OUR FATHER TO LUNG CANCER DEFINATELY LIT THE FIRE UNDER US, HARVEY LOST HIS STEP BROTHER AND OUR DEAR FRIEND OUR SENIOR YEAR, AND WE HAVE SEEN CLASSMATES THAT HAVE BEEN MURDERED OR COMMITTED SUICIDE. ALOT OF TRAGEDY, BUT MAYBE THAT'S WHY OUR MUSIC IS SO BRUTAL. ONE OF THE MANY REASONS WE PLAY MUSIC IS TO PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR HEROES, LIKE THE LATE GREAT DARRELL LANCE ABBOTT AND PROUDLY CARRY ON WHAT PANTERA RE-DEFINED, RE-INVENTED, HEAVY METAL. NOT TO WRITE A NOVEL BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH ENOUGH B.S. AND TRAGEDY TO BREAK UP A LESSER BAND, BUT BY GOD'S GRACE WE ARE STILL HERE AND BETTER THAN EVER.
