After a long wait, Iowa metal squadron Vended will finally release their self-titled debut album this week. If you’ve caught them live at any point, such as their scorching turn at Bloodstock 2022, you’ll already know it’s going to sound like a band being backed full of dynamite and sent into a furnace. We caught up with singer Griffin Taylor to get the lowdown on one of the most hotly-anticipated metal albums of the year… Intro “This is a cool intro, but it’s on my boys. I was asleep while it was all happening. I was probably in the back room, passed out on the couch going, ‘Oh god, it’s three in the afternoon. I want to go back to bed!’” Paint The Skin “This was the last song that I wrote. We were out in Bakersfield, just recording...
