Vio-lence will release a cover before any new material

In an interview with Shawn Ratches of Laughingmonkeymusic, Vio-Lence vocalist Sean Killian discussed the band’s intentions regarding new musical material, as per Blabbermouth. During the recent U.S. tour, where the band supported Death Angel, Killian performed alongside Ira Black (noted for his work with Lizzy Borden, Vicious Rumors, and Metal Church) on guitar. The lineup also featured Jeff Salgado (Psychosomatic) on bass, Nick Souza (Hatriot) on drums, and Toby Swope on guitar.

It’s refreshing to finally have a solid lineup of guys, and it took a while, but we’re there now. I’m writing with Ira Black, and I’m also writing with Claudeous Creamer. ‘Cause [Claudeous is] gonna be going with us down [to South America in early February for a tour with Forbidden and Venom Inc.]. Anytime he’s not with Possessed and we’re out, he’s with us. And then I love doing punk covers, so we’ll probably get a punk cover out first. Because that was my whole motivation back in the day, listening to GBH and Fear. And I think that’s where some of my attitude comes from, from watching Lee Ving as a young man telling the crowd to fuck off. And the aggressive vocals from GBH. So that’s what all kind of drove me. So I love doing punk songs. So we will definitely have a punk song come out first with a video.

I don’t wanna rush writing, because I don’t wanna just put something out to put something out. So we might finish writing by August. We have some other stuff coming up too. We’ve got a big announcement next Wednesday that I’m looking forward to. And then we’re putting our summer together and some of our August, September, November stuff together now. And so we’ve got a lot of big announcements coming up.

We had to make a change, and so it’ll be announced next Wednesday, which I’m really happy about, and it’s motivated me more too, and then we’re going to Russia in August. We’re gonna play Moscow and St. Petersburg, and we’re trying to add some dates to that.

Decibel Touring is my booking agent out [in Europe], Enzo [Marangelli]. He’s always, ‘So, what do you wanna do next?’ And it’s, like, ‘Well, I’d love to go to Russia and some of those Baltic countries.’ And so that’s what we’re working on now for, I wanna say it’s the middle of August… So I’m looking forward to that, for sure. And then, like I said, for writing, I don’t wanna rush it. So, we’ll throw that punk song out, and then we’re taking our time making sure that what we’re doing is well structured and maybe expand our sound a little bit, ’cause I’m writing with new guys now. And then with Claudeous, he’s got a whole different take on music, which is great. So, our sound, it’ll change a little bit because of the people writing the music, but I don’t change. I have this adage, it’s, like, well, whatever song it is, if I sing it, it’s gonna like Vio-Lence. [Laughs]