#104: Battlecross Guitarist Hiran Deraniyagala

Hiran Deraniyagala of Battlecross is our guest this week
as the band makes their way across Canada on tour with
Crowbar. We talk about their new record Rise to Power, the band's
recent success and how they've managed and struggled with it so
far, what that means to who they are as people, and the real reason
they've had such a problem filling the drum slot. We also
invited Sergeant D, Gear Gods Senior Editor Max Frank, and MS
contributor Emperor Rhombus to the podcast after the
recent back and forth on the site about the emphasis on
musicianship in today's metal scene. Do fans put too much
emphasis on ability and not enough on songwriting? Does it
matter? And how does that impact metal's place in the
music scene at large? Follow us on twitter: @BeardedApe and
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