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DARE YOU USE THAT TONE ?! 

"We wanted a band, but we also wanted a laugh. " - Callum Hodson

The Djent scene is something which is moving faster, harder and heavier than ever before and bands like The Hassan Experiment are helping to branch the genre out in their hometown, Sheffield. Bassist Callum Hodson (The Hog) and lead guitarist, sampler and drummer Lewis Foxhall talk to The Pit  about how the idea came about to make a parody band out of a genre which is still in it's infancy and how it's all about the tone!
"Well, it started with Periphery [of course]," Callum explains to me whilst we're sat on a pair of uncomfortable settees just outside the band's studio in Sheffield. Foxhall is looking down at his phone but still manages to squeeze a sarcastic "of course" out.
In Callum's lap is a large bag of Dorito's which he's slowly munching away at, much to Foxhall's annoyance - this seems fitting as much of the band's work revolves around food including their latest single 'Quiche'.
"That was Hog's idea," Foxhall laughs and mutters another "of course". Callum can't help but agree and states how simple the idea for that song came about.
As you probably guessed, the song is about Quiche. "Djent is a new genre," Callum states "And whilst we take a lot of inspiration from bands like Tenacious D and all the rest of it, there just wasn't a joke band out there that we thought was heavy enough. We wanted a band, but we also wanted a laugh." 
"And ironically," Foxhall laughs "we perform better when we're not being serious. Khaleel has one good pair of lungs when he's screaming about quiche." He jeers at the band's namesake - Khaleel Hassan. 

"Quiche has never been more metal!"

 - Lewis Foxhall

 

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BREAKING THE BREAKDOWN

"It was time to go in the same direction, but a different way." - Lewis Peters

After the breakup of Broken District earlier this year, there was a lot of confusion as to where the band's members would go next. The Pit gets an exclusive interview 

with new three-piece band Leverage, a direct product of Broken District's breakup and their upcoming debut album 'Triple L'.
The band have invited The Pit down to some woods in the middle of nowhere, honestly we have no idea where the hell we are, but this is apparently where the band does most of their writing. It's quiet, secluded and smells like horse shit.
Rhythm guitarist and sampler Luke Turner is the first to kick off the conversation with a jab at his ex-band "Well I saw it coming," he boasts "None of us had a clue at what we were doing." Lewis Peters is nodding to himself in the corner, his seemingly huge Schecter is laid across his lap. Peters was a key player in changing the direction of the previous band, he points out holding up the 8-String.
"I brought this thing in and everyone decided it was time to go heavier, but no-one knew how. A lot of bands think you can just smash up the gain and become 'ultra-famous' for your 'ultra-heavy' sound but it doesn't work like that." He states, quite ambitiously. "So we talked it out a bit and one-by-one we left. We all wanted to go in the same direction, just a different way."