1.Can you give us an update on what is going on with the band these days?
We are staying very busy and about to drop our debut album Self titled LACABRA. Also staying busy doing Album release shows and a showcase in Las Vegas for MTheory Audio, the label we are signed to.
2.You have your first full length coming out in June, can you tell us a little bit more about the musical style that you went for on the recording?
We just went with our musical influences for this first album and smashed them all together and it created a really unique sound. Our influences range from Black Metal to Melodic Death Metal to Punk.
3.What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band has explored so far with the music?
All of the lyrics are written about personal experiences, ranging from friends that have OD’d to personal drug abuse in the past to cult leaders which we could dig into that one later.
4.What is the meaning and inspiration behind the name 'lacabra'?
I almost opened a punk metal bar with a friend and we were going to call it La Cabra Negra. The name just rolled off the tongue really nicely and at the Same time we were forming LACABRA so I thought it would be a cool name meaning the goat. Doesn’t get much more metal than that.
5.Can you tell us a little bit more about the artwork that is presented on the new album cover?
Yes, it’s a beautiful creation by one of my favorite artists Nestor Avalos Who has done work for Exodus, rotting Christ and Diecide among tons of other bands. He is doing the artwork for our sophomore release as well, which we are currently working on.
6.What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and also how would you describe your stage performance?
I think two of the shows that stick out for me personally were opening for Crypta at a legendary venue in Seattle, our hometown called El Corazón. The pit was huge and people brought their kids and were putting them up on their shoulders in the pit. It was fucking nuts! Another one would have been Spézet in France with our good friends Anthares (French Thrash Metal), that crowd was so fucking crazy! France goes off!
7.Do you have any touring or show plans once the new album is released?
Yes, we have a couple short runs after the album release regionally and another European tour in October that includes Germany, Netherlands and France again, we absolutely love France so we’re going to keep going over there as much as possible.
The guys from Anthares have been so good to us and got us such good shows. How could we refuse and we’re going to try to do the same for them for next year in the states. So yes, we will be staying busy!
8.On a worldwide level how has the reaction been to your music by fans of black and death metal?
There’s so many different genres of those two types of music now we’ve gotten really good reception from all of them, not exactly sure how they true black metal crowd feels about us, they usually don’t like too much outside of their own realm, but that’s OK with us, as long as we know what we do is fucking real and we are happy with what we do that’s all we care about. We don’t really pay much attention to what’s going on around us or how people feel about us. We just do our thing. But so far the reactions have been really good.
9.What is going on with 'Locisteller' these days which also shares a lot of the same band members?
Never count Locistellar out! hopefully, we’ll be able to put together a couple shows in the future, I’m very proud of that album and Didier and I are in constant contact. We are good friends and talk about putting something together someday when the timing is right, we are both busy with our own projects now, so who knows? He has a killer doom band called EXDESTRIER out of Edinburgh, Scotland. Hopefully, they put an album out soon!
10.Where do you see the band heading into musically during the future?
We’re going to just keep doing us whatever we are feeling is what we put out. I think the next album will be a little bit more cohesive now that we’ve found our groove playing these songs live. I imagine some of the songs are going to be faster as well from what we’ve been writing so far. But it will all sound like LACABRA for sure.
11.What are some of the bands or musical styles these days that some of the band members are currently listening to nowadays?
Some of the guys have been listening to immortal, Old In Flames, and stuff like that. I listen to Punk, Dark Wave and Metal (Nightfeeder, ACTORS and Bear Mace, but I’ve been listening to a lot of classic metal as well like Judas Priest and Bathory. There’s just so much out there. It’s really great to go down rabbit holes, and discover new music too.
12.Before we wrap up this interview, do you have any final words or thoughts?
We are really hoping to get out there and start touring and doing what we do best, so we hope to see you all at the shows! Cheers!
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