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MANVILLE: In this case, chemical spill was just a drill
Smoke blew from two 50-gallon drums set up in Dukes Park, down Dukes Parkway and across Main Street to Reading Cinemas on Jan. 27.
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Maseration Live Performance

Picture this… an old dreary 100,000 sq ft warehouse on the second floor. 20ft ceilings, a wide open space filled with 1800 people dressed in black concert shirts, leather, tattooed and piercings anxiously waiting metal bands to start. The stage with 4 full mesa boogie stack guitar amps on each side of a monstrous Tama drum set up. A band banner hung behind behind the set with a Paiste banner right below. Lights off, stage lights on and BOOM, the mushroom cloud of speed metal mayhem envelops the mass of metal heads!

This is Maseration!

Kathrynn MacAnders: My brother and I came from Massachusetts to see this show (at a warehouse complex on West Street between Quay and Noble Streets in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.)

Mykill Aresco: Wow! Are you asking for gas money?

Kathrynn: Nah, dude! haha! That was one hell of a show.

Mykill: Yeah, we had a blast with all the other 3 bands tonight. Getting all this together was real hell for some, I’ve heard. Between finding the building, getting the permits to do this show, buying the radio commercials, and all the other BS with out sponsors… WOW! Headless Torso Productions really did some major work! That’s quite a name, huh! hahaha.

Kathrynn: Yeah, the event posters were sick! (cool)

Mykill: Yeah, if you use a scan for this, use one….of…. theses (hands me a plain jane flyer from off the wall) Some people don’t wanna see all that stuff, me being one!

Kathrynn: So, when will Maseration have a disc out?

Mykill: Well, we are new as a band. Everyone has other bands that are their main focus. Yeah, Maseration is my band, but Dead Skin Mask and Sa Sanctuary are my main deals. So, to answer the question, we mainly got together to to this fest of sorts. Jim and Brad are in Destroyed Youth, and Robert is from H5N1, so to be able to get these 9 tunes together, at the quality of which they are, was quite amazing.

Kathrynn: So, No Maseration Cd?

Mykill: At the moment, I’d say no. Unless the sound guy recorded it and releases it on his own! haha.

Kathrynn: You have new cymbals PLUS a gong now!?

Mykill: I’m impressed! The average listener will usually not notice that stuff. Do you play?

Kathrynn: No, My brother does. He pointed that out to me.

Mykill: Oh, nice. New as in brand… No. I still play Paiste. I have since I was 12. Sadly, that was some time ago now. But yeah, I have a Paiste 36″ Symphonic gong back there. The stand is rented. Mine is on order, actually. I’m using all RUDE set up tonight except my ride and X hat. Usually I have a combination of different series, but This one is 97.1% RUDE. 14″ HH, 3 17″ (1 Wild Crash / 1 Crash Ride / 1 Thin Crash), 3 18″ (1 Wild Crash / 1 Crash Ride / 1 Thin Crash), and 3 19″ (1 Wild Crash / 1 Crash Ride / 1 Thin Crash). 1 18″ Rude China and a 20″ 2002 Rude china. My ride is a Signature Series 22″ Dry Heavy, and my X-hat is a 14″ 802 HH. as far as my sticks, a year or 2 ago I found a company from the Czech Republic called Pellwood. I really like their Hornbeam 2B Nylon. Really durable. I have to get them direct, cause no one around me sells Pellwood. Ivan (the owner) is a really nice guy, so the extra wait for postal shipping from another country is well worth it. These Pellwood sticks are real sweet.

Kathrynn: Note to self… don’t ask Mike about his drums again.

Mykill: (laughs hard) Sorry. Us drummers are like muscle car gear heads. we like to talk specs.

Kathrynn: Yeah, I see that. So, your main band projects are so far from here. What is the deal?

Mykill: Well, they are ‘far from here’ at the moment. I’m just here in the NE for a small stretch. Sa Sanctuary has a DVD coming out called Point Of Failure. Maybe in Feb or March that will be out. They are getting new material together, as soon as I get there, we are gonna go at the world 1000%. DSM, well, that is a project I do in the down time of Santary. I have to play. If I don’t for too long… I get real bummed out and pissy! Drums have been such a big part of my life, that with out them, I am not me. It is hard to explain, but Unless I play, things are not right and I feel well, crappy. Hey, I gotta go and make sure my equipment is handled and packed up right. Thanks for coming ALL the way out here to see us, and next time tell your bro to come back here and talk drums.

Kathrynn: Will Do! Thanks Mike!

Thanks to Headless Torso Productions for the passes and letting me back in the band only area for this interview. A special thanks to Mike for taking the time out of the hectic packing up time to talk to me!

About the Author

Kathrynn MacAnders

http://www.mykill.net

http://www.paiste.com

http://pellwood.com

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