Ep. 71 - Andrew Lee (Ripped To Shreds). In this episode I talk with Andrew Lee from the Bay Area death metal band Ripped To Shreds. Andrew will be releasing his 3rd album “劇變 (Jubian)” through Relapse Records on October 14. We talk about Andrew’s background, stereotypes, and the new Ripped Too Shred’s album.
From the Ripped To Shred’s Earsplit bio “‘This is the next level. We’re making that jump’, Andrew observes when considering what the new album, 劇變 (Jubian), will mean for Ripped to Shreds. Once a project operated out of his parents’ basement, now a fully operational death metal unit, Andrew admits: “It does make me a little bit nervous when I think about how the album is gonna be received. But in terms of what I achieved with the album, I feel like I did a lot of things I’ve wanted to do for a while”.
For one thing, with Jubian, all the recording was handled in Andrew’s home studio by Andrew himself from October 2021 to January 2022. He’s recorded plenty of times as a self-made extreme metal musician, but this time, he went all in. “Compared to the previous album Luan, Justin [Bean] recorded the drums at his friend’s studio. So I’m not exactly sure what all kinds of mics he used. But here, in my home studio, I installed acoustic paneling on the ceiling, some bass traps. I got a whole bunch of new mics. I got new cymbals. I wanted it to sound good.” He adds that the new record is also “the first big thing” he’s mixed entirely by himself.
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Opening song is by Tribal Kills "Fire In The Sky" (check them out): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adVxRpSaqgI
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Band links:
https://rippedtoshredsdeathmetal.bandcamp.com/album/jubian
https://www.instagram.com/rippedtoshredsdeathmetal/
https://www.facebook.com/rippedtoshredsband
https://store.relapse.com/b/ripped-to-shreds
https://www.facebook.com/RelapseRecords
https://twitter.com/RelapseRecords
https://www.instagram.com/relapserecords/
