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Podcast: Dreams of Consciousness
Episode: Episode 129: Like Rats
Description: Here is Dreams of Consciousness Podcast Episode 129, featuring an interview with Todd Nief of Like Rats.
[This conversation took place April 17th, 2020, MYT.]
Though they have members of power violence heroes Weekend Nachos and a name taken from a Godflesh song, the hearts of Like Rats are very much in the late Eighties/early Nineties era of death metal. The Chicago band excels at writing songs that are immediate, as well as bone crushingly heavy.
I spoke with Like Rats guitarist Todd Nief about his approach to songwriting, the influence of Thomas Fischer, and the latest Like Rats album, Death...