Kill The Lights’ Jordan Whelan Talks ‘The Sinner,’ Testament Covers, and His Ultimate Tour Lineup

Featuring ex-members of Bullet For My Valentine and Still Remains amongst their ranks, internationally-flavoured metallers Kill The Lights have just dropped their massive debut The Sinner via Fearless Records, so we spoke to guitarist Jordan Whelan about how they got together, their new album and, of course, that banging Testament cover. Thanks for your time, it’s been a long journey over the last few years, how does it feel to finally have The Sinner out? Jordan Whelan: “Feels amazing! We just wish that we were able to be out there touring. Instead, we are in the middle of writing album number two so there will be plenty more music from us soon.” The lineup has got an international flavour to it. How did you approach the idea of becoming a band? “It all started from (drummer) (Michael) ‘M...

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2010 release, the fifth album from the Alt-Metal outfit, produced by Mike Elizondo (Dr. Dre, Eminem) and mixed by noted engineer Andy Wallace. The album is the first from the band without drummer James the Rev Sullivan, who passed away in December. Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy plays drums on the album. Over the years, Avenged Sevenfold has built a fanatical fan base that includes more than one million fans on Facebook. They have also attracted 93 million plays on MySpace.

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