Vox&Hops Metal Podcast

A conversation about how he discovered craft beer, how he travels to Metal & Beer Fests throughout the United States, how he became an artist, his involvement with the Heavy MTL festival, how he inspires himself artistically and what beers and bands he is into right now. This Episode was recorded at Le Saint-Bock which alongside Vices & Versa is one of the best taprooms in Montreal. The beer that we drank was The Bruery's 9 Ladies Dancing...

A conversation about how Dave started out as a promoter by simply being a die heard fan, the ups and downs of being a promoter, my memories of playing my first big show in Montreal which he booked, the growth of his company Extensive Enterprise, his thoughts about the upcoming Heavy MTL lineup, which band is the worst to cleanup after and if he ever considered taking the leap to merge with a larger booking company...

A conversation about his very busy upcoming 2019 playing in not only Cryptopsy, but also with Vengeful, Akurion & Cattle Decapitation. We mention that this is not the first time that we conduct an interview for Vox&Hops and how the initial interview is now known as "The Lost Episode of Vox&Hops"...

A conversation about begging his Dad to let him play his drums, his early drumming influences, drinking his first pints at 14 in a proper pub, the best and the worst moments on the road, who he believes is the best extreme drummer today, the sacrifices he and the rest of the Ingested crew had to make in order to do the band full time and what Ingested's secret is in regards to the fact that after 12 years in existence all of the original members are still in the band...

A conversation about creating and enjoying Hell Over Europe 2, being Belgian and not being a fan of hoppy beer, how he discovered and experiments with his voice, being in a band with a bunch of "metal nerds", the best and worst parts of touring and how he handled the ups and downs during Aborted's career. Since Sven is not a fan of craft beer and I know he enjoys cider I decided to make an exception and we drank Bulmers' original cider...

A conversation about how he first started out as a tattoo artist, making his first tattoo gun from a walkman (portable cassette tape player), who is early inspirations were, why he relocated to Europe, how he discovered Death Metal on a shroom trip, his time in Cryptopsy and why he believes he is no longer with the band. The beers that we drank during this episode were Mikkeller's Hair In The Mailbox & Belhaven Brewery's Twisted Pineapple IPA...

A conversation about being out on the amazing Hell Over Europe 2 tour (Aborted, Cryptopsy, Benighted & Cytotoxin), learning how to drink beer after rugby practice, the similarities between being on a rugby team & being in a death metal band, where he discovered his death metal voices, his job at home as a nurse at a hospital in the psychiatric ward and how to mourn past band members who had to leave Benighted for personal reasons...

A conversation about growing up in a small village in Germany, discovering guitar through progressive music, his transition to technical death metal once being asked to join Cytotoxin, the best metal bands on the rise, what it is like being a vegan on the road, which band his dream tour lineup would include and what happens when the boys in Cytotoxin hear Extermination Dismemberment late at night on the tour bus...

A conversation about growing up and living on the beautiful island of Majorca, how he discovered Metal Music, how he started recording bands, what got him off his island and into the world of touring, some silly tour stories from his time as Cryptopsy's sound man, an in depth description of the "Lady Fights" which were occurring on the Hell Over Europe II tour last November and the best & worst parts of touring...

A conversation about his insanely busy life on the road. Where he explains what it is like being on tour for more than 10 months a year, how he got into this crazy business, some of his worst tour experiences, his love of the Transportation Security Administration, his love and devotion to his home state of Florida, his displeasure of over hopped IPAs and what it is like to rush to the rescue when one of the bands on your tour package has crashed just a few miles ahead of you...