Aug. 10, 2026
How Death Brigade Formed, Survived the Metal to the Masses, and Are Taking Over Bloodstock
Pipeman interviews members of Death Brigade at the Bloodstock Festival. The conversation covers the band's rapid rise, their unique origin story, personal journeys into music, their take on death metal, influences, and exciting upcoming plans. Listeners get a behind-the-scenes look at what it's like to play at Bloodstock for the first time and the camaraderie that drives Death Brigade.Main Topics Covered
- First impressions and emotions about performing at Bloodstock
- The band's history and how they came together
- Personal stories about discovering music and band life
- Insights into the technicality and misconceptions of death metal
- Influential death metal bands and favorites
- Upcoming releases and ambitions at Bloodstock
- Members describe their excitement and nerves about performing at a major festival, emphasizing how surreal the experience feels 00:31, 01:01.
- Discussion of how festival facilities have improved over the years 01:29.
- Pipeman and the band reflect on the family-like atmosphere at Bloodstock 01:40.
- The band formed after participating in the Metal to the Masses competition and advancing rapidly, only weeks after their first ever gig 01:52.
- The concept for Death Brigade originated from a board game, Trench Crusade, which inspired the creation of a black metal-themed band 02:35.
- Band members share when they first connected with music, with many starting instruments in their early teens 03:01.
- Remarks on some members being in their first band ever and immediately finding success 03:45.
- A vocalist shares that karaoke led them into forming a death metal band 03:56.
- Pipeman dispels misconceptions that death metal is just noise, emphasizing its technical demands and saying he has “mad respect” for death metal singers 04:10.
- The group jokes about taking care of vocals and the friendly ribbing that happens behind the scenes 04:32.
- When asked their favorite death metal band, members cite Bolt Thrower, Vader, Cytotoxin, and Cannibal Corpse 05:17.
- Pipeman names Possessed as his favorite, referencing his experience seeing them early on and their controversial status in the metal community 05:42.
- Discussion about how death metal roots grew from thrash metal but evolved into something “faster, more brutal, and downtuned” 06:08.
- Death Brigade reveals plans to release a new album later in the year 06:27.
- They ambitiously aim to break the record for the biggest Wall of Death at the New Blood stage at Bloodstock 06:36.
- “It’s just gonna be a fever dream… it’ll be over once we know it, and it’ll just be like, oh, that happened.” 01:01
- “It all stemmed from a board game that me and some friends played, called Trench Crusade… let’s make a black metal band out of it. And thus Death Brigade was born.” 02:35
- “A lot of people don’t realize, they think death metal is just screaming and noise, but it’s actually one of the most technical, intricate music you can do.” 04:12
- “We’re trying to break the Bloodstock record for the biggest Wall of Death at the New Blood stage.” 06:36
- Bloodstock Festival: Official Website
- Metal to the Masses Competition: More Info
- Bands Cited as Influences:
- Trench Crusade Board Game: (Reference; no direct link available)
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Hey, you have done to censure? Wow, crazy you. This
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is the pipe Man here on the Adventures pipe Man
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W four c Y Radio and I'm here with Defrigate
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Nice here at Bloodstock. How does it feel to be
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here at this fucking amazing festival?
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Exciting, nerve wrocking.
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We're just not amazed we're here really doing it.
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Yeah, it's just like it's been such a it's been
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coming at us for about six weeks and then suddenly
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we're here.
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It's like, ah, it's like not even real yet either, right, I.
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Don't think it'll be real until we're on the stage
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halfway through to so.
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Yeah, or maybe after this after because you'll be a
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zone when you're on the stage, so you'll be in
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like some out of body experience and then afterwards you're
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gonna be that really happen.
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It's just going to be a fever dream. Yeah, it'll
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be over once to me know it. And it was like, oh,
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that happens.
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So have you guys attended Bloodstock at all?
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I attended the first time two years ago, but Frisbee.
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Yeah, I was ten years ago my first Bloodstock. Nice
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and so what do you think of Bloodstock so far?
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Now?
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That you've been here as an artist. For those that
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have been here.
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It's been a long time since I've been to a festival.
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And the facilities are so much better than they used
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to be here.
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Right right, you know, massively, because this is really like
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a family. We're one big family. I feel like when
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I come here, like I just came home, you know,
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to my family. How did it happen that you ended
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up here at Bloodstock?
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Yeah, I'll tell that, And so yeah, we did the
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Matter to the Masses competition for the Somerset area and yeah,
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so it's just it's been a whirlwinds because we've the
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first heat from that was about four weeks after our
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very first ever gig as a band, and so since
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then it's just been like wow, wow, wow wow, And
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suddenly we're hearing Bloodstock.
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So yeah, it's it's absolutely wild nice. So what is
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it that form this great band here? Well, all.
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At the pup.
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Well that's a place to find if you're gonna do it,
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that's the place.
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It all stemmed from a board game that me and
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some friends played called Trench Crusade, and I was like,
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that looks like like a very cool black metal cover
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that black metal band out of it.
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Thus staph Bagaye was born.
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I love that. That's pretty cool. And so what moment
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in life for each one of you did you know
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that music was gonna be your life? Oh?
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Since I first picked up a guitar at thirteen, always
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been a part of my life.
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Yeah, same with me.
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I've basically I've been playing drums since I was about
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thirteen as well, which was a long time ago now,
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so yeah, it's just I've been playing drums as much
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as I can since then in various bands throughout my life.
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And yeah, this is yeah, it's just crazy.
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Yeah, I was a bit of a late bloomer, but yeah,
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music has always been a huge part of my life.
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So to be actually able.
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To understand what how it is owns how I can
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do it myself with pretty nice.
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Similar to the rest of the guys, I picked up
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a guitar from a very young age and just like
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remember watching videos of like Van Halen being like ah,
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just shredding away and being like, that's exactly what I
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want to do. I've never been in a band before.
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I think there's a few of us. I've never really
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been in bands before. Wow, So this is like our
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first go at it and we've just absolutely just come
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out sailing and it's just awesome to see.
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So yeah, I think I was five when I got
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my first CD. Nice.
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But I've never really done anything musically in cind until
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I started doing karaoke and someone was like, I should
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form a death metal band.
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There you go.
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It's a very special kind of karaoke.
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Yes it is, And a lot of people don't realize.
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They think death mels just screaming and noise, but it's
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actually one of the most technical, intricate music you can do.
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And I have but I have fucking the mad respect
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for any death metal singer because I can't even do
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that shit for five minutes. You have to really know
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what you're doing.
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Oh they wind me up every time there's a gig
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about don't smoke protect your voice.
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Nice one, go ahead.
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The thing is, it's true though, you do need to
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because it's your instrumental as.
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Much exactly it.
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We call it character building. You could call it bullying,
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but it's definitely character building.
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Term is hazy.
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I think that's it, right, And like, yeah, he's the
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one that like doesn't have to do shit and load.
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Yeah, you've seen us before then, see.
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If you were to pick one death metal band, that
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is the one you would like, the first one that
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you'd say is like your favorite, which would be for.
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Me Bolt Thrower, Easy Vader for me, uh, Plico Toxin.
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Oh he can say kind of a corpse.
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I was gonna say kind of a corpse as well.
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Yeah.
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Okay, well there's the winner. Then two votes. I vote
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Possessed because I was at their show in the beginning.
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Great choice in the very beginning. Now, some death metal
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now might not consider them death metal. Back then they
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were made fun of two like they were thrash metal,
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but they weren't really thrash like. They were made like
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they were a copy gas Layer. I don't think there're
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anything like Slayer. They're faster, more brutal, and that that
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death metal element added to it.
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Yeah, I think that's not the genre, isn't it. That's
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that's just what the genre is. It's just Slayer, but
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faster and more brutal.
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Exactly exactly the perfect description right there. So what else
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do you want to tell the listeners that we haven't
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covered already?
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So, I mean, yeah, look out, we're looking to release
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a new album later in the year. So watch out
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for that one. I think that's that's the biggest thing
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we've got coming out this year.
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So and we're trying to break the Bloodstock record for
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the biggest wall of death of the New Blood stage.
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Nice.
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I want well as many people there for that.
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I'm holding you to that.
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Oh we will.
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Nice. Well, you guys fucking rock and you're going to
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do it with that wall of death. And thanks for
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being on the Adventures of Pipe Man.
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Thanks for you signed today.
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Appreciate it, you got it.
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Thank you for listening to the Adventures of Pipemin on
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