A Lunch sit down with Randy from Lamb of God and Alex from Testament to talk about their new venture with Tom Bejgrowicz

Click the play button at the bottom to hear the guys talk about everything; from the internation metal scene, to the design of their new magazine.

The interview breakdown, in minutes, is below. (Their food
gets delivered throughout the first 30 minutes too, so listen for that!)

0:00-2:00 Tom Talks about the back story of the magazine
2:00-3:00 The evolution behind the idea for the magazine
3:00-6:00 Information about the content and the writers (and future writers) for the magazine. They also go into the background of some of the pieces in the magazine
6:00-10:00 Randy and Alex talk about separating themselves from the metal scene with this venture.
10:00-11:00 Background behind Alex’s piece in the magazine “Into the Pit”
11:00-13:00 Alex and Randy talk about their relationship and when they started hanging out
13:00-18:00 Alex, Randy, and Tom talk about when they found themselves as writers, as well as the writing process of the magazine
18:00-22:00 Tom talks about the writing process of Alex and Randy
22:00-24:00 Tom talks about the sequencing of the articles
24:00-27:00 Tom, Randy and Alex talk about the design of the magazine, working with someone like Tom, who has a design background
27:00-28:00 Tom, Randy, and Alex talk about album designs
28:00-29:00 Tom, Randy, and Alex talk about themes for the magazine, design and content wise, as well as potentially bringing on a guest editor
29:00-33:00 The guys talk about playing metal and the metal
scene in other countries
33:00-34:00 Randy and Alex talk about if they could see themselves doing an idea like this early on in their careers
34:00-40:00 The guys talk about the want to self-critique as an artist
40:00-43:00 As Tom accidentally swears, the guys talk about the idea of censorship
43:00-46:00 Randy talks about the cultural differences between people who grew up in America and his mother-in-law who grew up in China.
46:00-48:00 After talking about dad metal, the guys talk about today’s metal, the technicality behind it, and the writing process.
48:00-50:00 Closing

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