#Vicious circle band trial#

By the time Fist of God came out- the final demo- we were feeling our own sound. And Mel (Leach) was a big part of that on bass. We went forward with that- the last song we wrote on that was “Mutated Form”.

I used to like bands that didn’t have vocals at all – but that’s kind of not the way you put a band together you know? I was never really drawn to the vocals, more to the music- I’m more of an instrumental type of person. Whenever a band came out that was heavier than the next, I just loved them. I was always that type of person that wanted things a little bit more crazy, a little bit more heavy. By the time we started writing for Mutated Form, it was a lot heavier than the first demo. In 1989 that happened because we started to play out.

Back in the day, we had a studio bassist – we got to know Dave DiGiacomo and he was like if we wanted to start playing out live, he’ll be our bass player. We didn’t do anything much with that, we used that first demo to get out and start playing. But there was no joking about it, it was very serious, heavy vocals. How do you look back upon the three demos as far as strengths, weaknesses, and overall impact through the media and public?ĭiBianca: The very first demo was very close to the way Denial was, but still a little more technical on the guitar.

It was finding its way back then – we were just as much a part of the experimentation in South New Jersey, no one was doing this – the only other band from our part of Jersey that was doing anything heavy was Faith or Fear – and they were very much like Overkill on steroids.ĭead Rhetoric: You recorded three demos prior to signing with JL America for your debut full-length Cryptic Void. We put together Vicious Circle at the very end of 1987, and started going in 1988- we knew what kind of music we wanted to do. For two months we were on our own writing material, Denial went on to do a demo and that broke up – Brian came back to us and was ready to venture into the heavy stuff. That only lasted about a year, and myself and Dave (Surran), drummer of Vicious Circle as well were in that band – we wanted to experiment more with the technical side, I wanted to get a lot more technical with the guitar instead of just all bar chords. We were almost doing crossover, it was a mix between the aggressive, hardcore feel and thrash that was coming in. I was in another band in 1987 called Denial. We were just experimenting back then around 1984-85. I guess this is when the heavy music was just starting to come around. One was in 1984 when I was in high school. Vinny DiBianca: Previous to Vicious Circle, I had been in a few bands with Brian Chicano.

#Vicious circle band trial#

Take us back into those early days – how did the lineup come together, and did you know right away the type of music you wanted to play or was it a trial and error, feeling out process? You’ll understand why there have been long gaps between recordings, the numerous vocalist changes, and also why the band have returned to crush the world through their latest EP Unearthed Precision.ĭead Rhetoric: Vicious Circle originally started in the late 80’s. What does this have to do with the following band Vicious Circle you ask? Well – they developed in the late 80’s, releasing three demos and eventually signing a deal with JL America for their debut album Cryptic Void – pummeling listeners with an intense exercise in technical thrash with death nuances.Īs you’ll discover in this interview with founding guitarist Vinny DiBianca, there have been many twists and turns in the decades since within the VC camp. And if you were fortunate enough and craved more, you started tape trading. You relied on friends, magazines, radio shows if you had a strong enough signal to get them in, and the burgeoning development of music programming like Headbangers Ball. During the 1980’s, if you wanted deeper understanding of heavy metal – it wasn’t necessarily that easy to find at your fingertips.