Basilica is a 4 piece “hair-slam” band out of Boone, North Carolina. The term “hair-slam” hails from the draw of the earlier days of hair metal but with an updated twist. They like to blend multiple flavors of metal to help create their sound.
The band had their self-titled album “Basilica” ready to go in the early days of 2020 but had to press pause on the release due to COVID. They all took the time during COVID to keep their chops up and were able to work on their reach outside of the mountain range of the Appalachia Mountains. The podcast featured “Grinding Teeth” on the “Does It Stank” segment and after hearing the track, decided to set up a chat to learn more.
Being a North Carolina boy himself, Ryan wanted to know how the music scene is fairing in the Carolinas. The guys go in detail about how they go about spreading their sound throughout the surrounding areas. They also discuss their signing to Innerstrength Records.
With everyone being in school for music related studies, the guys go around the room and talk about their side projects. Everything from country to R&B to Emo to math rock. They all studied at the Hays School of Music at Appalachia State and essentially have all the bases covered with it comes to DIY.
Todays featured track is “Grinding Teeth” of the self-titled album.