PipemanRadio Interviews Born of Osiris at Aftershock 2025

0:04 Hi, you love them too, Yes, that's true. Why for you young? Let's say it's a pipe man here on the Adventures pipe Man W four c Y Radio and I'm here. With I'm Cameron Leuch. I am the drummer for Born of O Cyrus. Thank you so much for having me. Dean oh Man, I'm glad you're here at Aftershock. That's badass. Yeah, it's a cool festival. So far, so good. I will say that is one of the earliest shows I've ever played with the most hyped up crowd. It was incredible.

0:44 Waking up and just doing that is a shock to the system, right, Yeah, but I had a lot of fun. It was great. Well, that's what's cool about it too, is like I heard that from a lot of other bands that play early in the day at a Danny Wimmer festival. It's like, I don't know the magic of Danny Wimmer that people show up when you don't expect them to weigh early exactly. And I have played many festivals, and I don't want to throw any particular festival under the bus, but I know that when I do a Danny Wimmer festival that even if I play very early, he will make sure there's people coming through the door, and I think there's some fresh energy with people who might be We were probably the first band they saw of the day, I assume, so I could just see all that energy and they hadn't been in the sun for hours yet, so I think actually we got a bit spoiled in that regard, right, Yeah, I always know it's gonna be a good time. I'm also drinking a drip coffee here in the lounge area.

1:41 I think the accommodations are just amazing at this festival, So yeah, having a great time. How cool is that too? And you know that drip bar adds a line all day long, and there's an open bar next. To it, but the drip is where everybody's at. Yes, I will probably make bad decisions if I hit that open bar. So today I'm sticking to the coffee better idea so I can be attentive for all the bands I want to watch tonight. And who do you want to watch tonight? Well, Corn is the obvious one. Yeah, who's not going to be watching them tonight? I think everybody that's here is gonna see Korn and go Jira. Of course, me being a drummer Mario is a huge influence also Ray from Korn. Those are two powerhouse drummers who I'm just very influenced by Slaughter to prevail as playing as well.

2:26 Seven Hours After Violet. I just had to walk away from their set. But I know Obama right because they're so good. Oh they're great. Yeah, so yeah, there's a lot more. I'll have to look at who else is on the list. Okay, I have a trivia question for you, because I've interviewed seven Hours After Violet, like I don't know, three or four times in the past several months, and we just came to this, like aha revelation last night. Where does what does their band name mean? Why is it? See? Instead of asked you about your band name, I'll ask about somebody else's band name. But it's so funny. Do I get any hints because I'm stumped?

3:07 Okay, so think acronym? Okay, so that's your first thing? Oh wait, oh SHOVEO from system of it? Like any hint it just that's why the hint makes it easy. But like never registered and I don't ask bands ever, like how'd you get your band name? Because it's like one of the stupidest questions asked. But wow, we were just looking at it like we had to visualize it, and we're like, oh shit, Wow. Well, he is one of my childhood heroes and the system of a Down got me into heavy music. And it's really cool to see what seven Hours After Violet have done in only one year of being a band.

3:47 Right. They were just out with Marilyn Manson, who's also just an incredible groundbreaking artist. Still to this day, he's still putting out great music, as are they. So I'm happy for the boys. I know Taylor from way back. Two, so yes, they're all nice guys. They're great dudes. I just got to chat with them today too, so we shared a stage today. I saw them several times in this year. I saw them at hell Fest and that was insane. Oh nice because you know what Healthfest is like and they had this crowd. No is are you talking Hellfest in France? Yes? And Clisson, Yes, we played that. I love Hellfest. Isn't that a wild festival? Man? Credible? Yeah, we played under one of the big tents and it was a big crowd. One of my favorite shows I think I've ever played was Healthfest.

4:33 Yeah, it's like the decorations there, it's unbelievable, and that night like you feel like hell yeah, it's like, oh my god, I am in Hell. And then it's so hot there that you believe it right right. And I like how they have the catering up in the balcony where you can also watch the bands on the main stage while you're like eating and having drinks or whatever. You're just chilling up there watching bands. It's set up really really cool. So that's one of my favorite things about France actually, is that festival. Yeah, and did you ever notice that there's like hidden stages like on top of like merch buildings and stuff. I actually didn't notice those. Yeah, yeah, it's wild. The next time we play that, I'll have to look for that.

5:15 There you go and see. The cool thing is that Danny Wimmer festivals I feel have been patterning in themselves after the European festivals, but specifically Hellfest, because I was told Danny Wimmer went to hell Fest to check it out, and then here we are. And then yeah, maybe modeled some things after. Yeah, not exactly, but I remember it. Being pretty young and being aware of Hellfest existence because I always saw like my favorite bands at the time, heavy bands when I was just getting into metal. So Hellfest seems like it's been around for some time. Yeah. It started off though, at some little thing and they just grew it into Mammoth Mammoth I mean, like unbelievable.

6:00 And they own the whole property. Oh, they own all the land there. Yeah, so all those decorations they stay there year round. Oh well that makes it easy, right right, They should do it. They should do it more often. Then, I know, like, let's have one one, so mus. Do like a smaller tier one like in the middle of the year or something. I don't know. Well, that's like a bloodstock, which I cover. Also, they're doing what's called a winter gathering and that's going to be a smaller one this year. So that's kind of cool. It's a good idea. Yeah, great, Well, love to go back to Europe and do that. Oh I'll love to see you there. But I'm love loving that you're here at Aftershock and speaking on Wimmer, tell us more about how Wimmer treats the artists.

6:41 So, Danny Wimmer, when when you show up, even before you even get there, he's very attentive with detail. He pays a lot of attention with detail, where we have a PDF that's just pages of like here's the map, here's what's served for dinner, this is if you're vegans, this and that. I mean just his attention to detail is crazy. So even before you get to the festival, you kind of feel like you're in good hands because you just have all this information as an artist, where there's other festivals I'll go to and like, excuse my French, but sometimes it's a shit show, you know that. No doubt. And for an artist, I think what's great about the way treats ours is it makes it stress free so you can have fun when you get up on it.

7:26 And that's what today was. And every Wimmer festival that we do is stress free for us, even everything down to like the stage, so we use Bornemo Cyrus, We use Anier monitors, and there are aref radio frequencies that can go sour where you're like the frequencies you can't hear anything sometimes and if the festival doesn't pay attention to that, they can screw over the artists and you won't hear anything. But they made sure that all the frequencies were clear and it was there's no interferences. So we had an amazing show. And I've been out on tour for a week so far, playing shows every day, but this has been I think my favorite show thus far.

8:07 Probably because of that stress fee free right, yeah exactly. So let's talk about through Shadows. Yeah. So we just released a new album in the summer and we dropped it in July. It's called Through Shadows and full length album and we're very proud of it. So we're actually doing the Through Shadows Tour right now, a headlining tour throughout the United States. It's about six weeks long, and we are out with the Browning, XC Lost and Separation and Victims Nice. Oh yeah, yep. So it's a Born of Osiris headliner and we're playing a lot of songs off Through Shadows, but we're also not neglecting our older catalog. We're playing everything old, new and in between. It's actually the longest set that Born of Osiris has ever played. Wow, So we're doing that, we're doing the headlining thing. So this was just a nice little detour after Shock today and then we're back then I'm back to playing an hour and twenty minutes on drums.

9:07 So I'm back to dying on stage a little bit. It's a lot, I know. And when you play places like here or hell Fest where it's super hot, if you had to play that long, man, I don't even know how you do it. Yeah, sometimes you just gotta pray to the drumming gods you don't pass out or puke or all of the above. Has happened to me on stage. I've thrown up on my snare drum and every time I hit the snare drum there's puke flying. No mind you this I. Was probably metal. It was pretty metal. Yeah, this is when I was maybe eighteen or nineteen years old. I think I wasn't conditioned for what I do. Is a bit of a shock at the time, but it's one of those things when I've been drumming now in this band for such a long time that those things don't happen anymore. Oh, so I'm careful what I eat before I play.

9:50 Well, yeah, you know now, and you've learned, Like, who was it was it at hell Fest? I forget some European festival where the drummer forget which band that he had to get taken off stage because he had heat stroke in the middle of the set. Oh my god. Well that does not surprise me, especially in France as far as European shows go. For some reason, France always seems like the hottest place. Oh, no doubt. We went there during a heat wave last year. Yeah, and I did it the year after COVID and it was one hundred and four degrees like, so. It made last year look cool. Yeah, you know.

10:30 And I couldn't even do interviews in the press stent. I was like outside by the little pool area in the VIP and that's where I was feeling it. And if the sun is beating down on you when you're drumming and it's just in your face. Yeah, what can you do about that? I know, right, there's nothing. And I think you exert as a drummer more energy than most any musician. It is true, especially in this genre in metal, yeah for sure. So, yeah, you have to be conditioned and just ready to play. This is the longest set we've ever played, so I definitely prepared before this. And yeah, it's been nice. Just get ready to run a marathon nearly every night. And I love talking about this stuff because people don't think of those things they think, Oh, they're having a dream life. They're just sitting up there like comfortable and doing their thing. And part of that's true, but then there's the other part of it.

11:22 Yeah, and the logistics too, where people see you for this hour on stage, and there's a lot of stuff they don't consider, where like oh, maybe they weren't able to take a shower today, or like maybe they weren't able to find a healthy meal, or like slept in on a couch that had someone's dog peede on, like. All the way. There are so many things you can mention, a lot. Of factors that people don't take into consideration. But bottom line, I'm just happy to be here and I'm grateful to be playing music for people that care. Like it's just really cool to see people are across the world that know my band's songs. Or if they say, oh, like I play drums too, you inspired me on my drum journey and all that stuff just it makes like the crappy parts of the day all worth it, you know, Like I feel like I'm making a difference and it's just really cool. There's nothing else I'd rather be doing.

12:17 Honestly, I love it and that's a trip you out too, when people come up to you and you're like, oh, i'd play drums because of you, or any of those things. Like that, because I was there, you know, I was a kid, and and I would look at like between the Bard and Me bands like that, and I would look at those drums and like Blake is one of my favorite drummers too, and or Mario from Gojiro, Right, I mean I would look at at just amazing drummers, look up to them. And if I do run into Mario today, I think I would probably be really annoying, hopefully not come on too strong, but like I love you, I love you, love you. Yeah, he's my idol man. He's so good. I can't wait to watch him play tonight.

12:57 And you know what you just showed a key that I think listeners need to know is musicians are fans first, absolutely, and it's like, especially in this genre, like you're not playing metal music because you don't like metal music. Nobody does that, right, Yeah, I'm here for the passion, no doubt, and it is passion. And we can tell in your music because your new music is badass for sure. I really appreciate that. And I'll let the listeners in on a little secret. We're already working on the next album. Whoa. So yeah, we're busy when we're home. We're putting in the work and it's it's turning out really awesome, very exciting, and it'll be some unpredictable twists and turns and just bottom line like it'll make you bang your head.

13:44 I love it. Yeah, we can't wait. Who's on your tattoo this one? So I have on my right arm, I have Linda Hamilton playing Sarah Connor in a scene from Terminator to Judgment Day. Yep, that's my favorite movie. It's badass. Yeah, I like, you know, the first one's awesome too. I think the first one doesn't get enough credit. But Terminator two Judgment Day changed my life when I was a kid. And James Cameron is just amazing director too. So and Arnold Schwarzenegger, I mean, what a badass, you know. I know, right, And he has some story that of becoming that because like he was a nobody that just you know, persisted just like a musician.

14:25 What yeah, just a boy struggling in Austria, growing up in Austria, and he really made a name and a path for himself. So human, groundbreaking movie. There you go. Well, you guys are groundbreaking too, and I look forward to seeing. A lot more of you. Thank you so much, Thank you for being on the Adventures of pipe Man. Hey, thanks for having me. Thank you for listening to the Adventures of Pipe Man on w for CUI Radio