When
did the idea for Mal Intent come about?
I had been out of a band for a
few months after leaving Warhound and I was starting to lose my mind
haha I really missed playing and making music. I knew what I wanted to
do with this band and it was solely to just play with friends and all in
all just have fun with it.
When
did Mal Intent form and who is in the lineup?
Mal Intent formed back in
mid 2013. Its myself on the mic, Pedro on drums, Kyle on guitar, Serg
on guitar and Anchit on Bass.
How
long did it take for you guys to starting playing shows?
Honestly not
long at all haha we only had 3 songs written and my good friend G from
Bodybag hit us up to play with Nasty. I texted the guys and was like you
dudes want to do this show? and everyone was down right away. Crazy ass
first show lol the lineup was Nasty, CDC, No Zodiac (That Population
Control shit!), I.E.D and Silverhammer.
When
I first heard Mal Intent, I thought you guys sounded like a mix of
Weekend Nachos, Stout, and Taste The Steel. After more listens I feel
like that description might be a bit limiting. You guys have much more
going on musically. What are some of the musical and lyrical influences
for Mal Intent?
I love all those bands so to hear that is fucking sick!
Musically were all over the place honestly and thats why I think the
band sounds the way it does. Musically we all listen to different shit
from Migos to Built Upon Frustration to Pig Destroyer to Sabbath.
Lyrically for me i always loved the rawness from Product of Waste (RIP
T) he had it all in my opinion, that band was perfect. Taste The Steel
def influenced the lyical content and delivery on Cycles Of Terror. I've
been listening to Taste The Steel for the last 6 maybe 7 years and I
feel they're completely underrated. They really make you think and
question what's going on in the world and not be afraid to let people
know what you think about the government. Seeing them 3 times last year
made me appreciate that band more and more. Outside of music just
everyday shit, working at a job that you know is a dead end, scraping by
every step of the way just to make ends meet, shitty people we see and
know exist, the government and the world. I don't believe you should
write about shit you haven't experienced or aren't passionate about.
Some
of you guys have had other bands. Does the experience in those other
bands play a role in how you approach Mal Intent?
Absolutely, we don't
intend to take this band on the road to much. Were just 5 close friends
who want to make music. If people like what were doing and we can make
it out to different places once in a while, were all for that.
Does
being from Chicago affect your band? How so?
I think so. Theres alot of
history in the city of Chicago with not only the Hardcore scene but on a
more different scale. Chicago is beautiful but its also fucked up in
terms of violence. Innocent people are murdered it seems like almost
everyday and the way the media feeds it to the people is making it more
into a desensitizing factor for people not directly involved or not from
the city. I'm not a hard dude and I don't present myself that way, I
acknowledge whats going on in this city and that shit isnt cool. Some
days you dont even know if youre going to make it home from your job or
school because shit can happen at any moment. All of that goes into our
songs.
What
does the future hold for Mal Intent? Any specific plans?
We got a
little 4 day tiny mini tour to NY and back at toward the end of Feb. We
plan on recording 2-3 new songs for a split in April and plan on
realeasing another full length sometime this year.
What
are some other bands people should check out?
Ok, first and fucking
foremost The Killer (if you do not know this band, you're fucking up
hard), Bitter Thoughts, Bodybag, Detain, Inferno, Breaking Wheel,
Purgatory, No Victory, Penitentiary, Blood In Blood Out, Infamy, Numb,
Silverhammer, Queensway, Invoke, Vatican, Judiciary, Human Garbage,
Upright, Kharma, Absent Mind, Counterweight, Sarin, Laid 2 Rest, Shame,
Division of Mind, Trail Of Lies, Of Feather and Bone, Easy Money,
Seperated, Life After Death, No Reason To Live, Vein, Lifeless, Time
Walk, Enemy Mind, Inferno, Creepout, Detriment, Heavens Die and THREE
KNEE FUCKING DEEP. Also want to add one of the heaviest bands of all
time, Primitive Man! I have to end it there because I will seriously
keep listing bands haha
Is
there anything else you would like to plug?
When it comes to your
scene, the people in your life, your beliefs... stick close to them. Do
whatever you can to make positive impacts where ever you go because you
only have one life and a very limited time here so do the most.
Thank you to you and Culture Thrash for asking me to be apart of this!
AND shout out to CHICAGO, INDIANA and MILWAUKEE HARDCORE.
Here's some rad live footage:
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