134 - ABORTED | Sven De Caluwé

Garza sits down in-person with Sven De Caluwé. Singer of Belgian death metal band ABORTED. https://linktr.ee/abortedmetal

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CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Aborted, Established in 1995

03:05 - Suicide Silence Was Inspired By Aborted

06:40 - Black Metal vs Death Metal

15:24 - Vocal Influences 

18:32 - Sven Doesn’t Do Drugs 

20:54 - Sven’s Dad Is a Butcher, Doing Animal Autopsies

26:24 - Quitting Your Job to Pursue Music

27:58 - Sven Created Artwork For Despised Icon & Suicide Silence

29:20 - Suicide Silence & Aborted Playing Their First Show Together at Showcase Theater in Corona, CA

33:00 - Vocal Technique

39:00 - First Tours, Losing Money, Not Getting Broken by Industry

44:08 - Almost Quitting Music

46:20 - Meeting Ken Bedene

50:16 - Having a Guest Vocalist on Every Track on Vault of Horrors

54:06 - Touring w/ Archspire 

55:33 - Regretting Trying to Write a Popular Album

1:02:23 - Having Longevity & a Good Team 

1:06:50 - Getting Called a Poser

1:09:19 - Metal Shirts Becoming Popular

1:14:10 - Getting Shadow-banned on Social Media