Bonded By Blood Interview

The thrash metal revival is in full swing, with tons of talented young groups bringing a classic sound to a new generation. Bonded By Blood, named after the classic Exodus album, hail from Pomona, California. They’ve already been around for a few years even though the average age of the band is 18 years old. Guitarist Juan Juarez gives us a preview of their full-length debut Feed The Beast.

Chad Bowar: How did you guys get together?
I'm actually the newest member in the band, I think I joined a year after the band started. It started with Jose in search for musicians to start a band, and he had friends who knew musicians so everyone just kinda knew someone I guess. After the band was together for about a year, they entered a battle of the bands competition and began to search for another guitarist. The band somehow heard about me through other people that I played guitar fairly well. I actually knew about Bonded By Blood before and was told by friends to join the band but I never really took it into consideration. Jose(Aladdin) contacted me randomly one day and asked me if I would like to try out and I said yes. He came later that day, I played for him and liked what he said and I then met the rest of the members and they all liked me as well.

Obviously Exodus is a huge influence. Who are some other bands that helped shape your sound?
We actually have many different influences, but some of the bands favorites would be Testament, Nuclear Assault, Megadeth, Onslaught, Death, Misfits and many more. There are so many great bands out there that have helped shape the sound of the band.

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