Crypt Keeper by Madrost

I remember being in high school still when the decision was made to record what essentially was a single that morphed into a “hodgepodge” of sorts for the “Crypt Keeper Demo”. It was 2008 and our buddy Zach Buser was just learning how to record using an early version of a recording software whose name escapes me at the moment. As soon as he arrived at the old house in Lake Forest, we got right to work. We set up the mics on Zach Cohen’s drum kit and proceeded to record our newest song at the time, “Zombie Grinder”. Next up was our original guitarist, Ryan Ottele. He was all but 15 years old and filled with piss and vinegar. His precision on the guitar perfectly matched what Zach played down at the helm. Spencer Woodard followed suit to bust out a huge and tight sound that made it really easy for me to finish up the carnage that was recorded that day. I remember being extremely nervous when the vocals were being recorded and as to my surprise, it was just the beginning to where I ended up today. Knowing that this was the only studio song that was tracked, we quickly had to find the best material that we had at the time. We chose a few live songs from the shows that were recorded at the now legendary “Hogue Barmichaels” in Newport Beach, CA as well as a song that was written during the “Regalia” days called Necrosis. As primitive as this demo was, it also encapsulated the early start to what the band would go on to build upon. That was more important than how well we played or how all over the place that the demo came out to be.

- Tanner Poppitt

Southern California Metal Raging
Since 2007