“We’re at the point now where our lives are pretty much determined six months in advance,” says Gatecreeper guitarist Nate Garrett. “Sometimes I feel a little trapped. I feel a little trapped right now because I’m not on tour, I’m not writing, I’m not recording, but I can’t really do anything, because we have shit coming up. It’s an intense way to live, for sure.” Given the kind of music Gatecreeper make, the elaborate planning that goes into their careers might sound strange to some. The Tucson, Arizona, quintet play the sort of rancorous, fuzz-drenched death metal that most would consider too gruesome for even the average metal fan, much less widespread audiences. And yet, in the the last five years, Gatecreeper have refined their sound into something both hostile and deeply listena...
