PipemanRadio Interviews ENMY at Louder Than Life 2025

0:04 Hey, you lunto here? That's sure? Why? Ray Young, This is pipe Man here on the Vengurans pipe Man W four C Y radio, and I'm here. With Brady from Enemy. Nice. You're not my enemy though, right? No, no good good? I don't think so. I just want to make sure is anybody your enemy in here? I don't know. I've seen some pretty mean comments online. I know, right that person over there riding a huffey bike, they're. Your enemy exactly.

0:46 Like now I broke character Jesus Christ. So here you are louder than life, hiding in here as a storm is about to come. For another code read second of the day. Man. Yeah, we're worried. So we were sitting they told us to go out to our van. We thought our set was going to be canceled. So yeah, we were sitting out there and our guitarist he was like, dude, this is crazy, Like we haven't played any shows this year. This is going to be the first one because like so we're from Cincinnati. There's a radius clause and first time playing. We didn't want to ruffle any feathers. We were like, this is going to be our show, Like we're gonna come out we're gonna show out. So he's like, dude, this is oh my, this is horrible. But the s guy's parted and they brought us in and it was great.

1:30 We played one song and they're like, hold on, you're gonna pause your set. Like okay, They're like, we're pushing everything back an hour. So we're like this amazing. And by the time that we went on stage, Sunny Skies, it was amazing. It was so awesome, and all the people that were coming into the entrance they got to filter in and see us, and then all of our fans got to make it out as well. So I love it. I love it, you know, because nothing sucks worse and you're about to perform at fest and then you're cut. Like it's a bummer. Yeah, not only a bummer. There's a lot of work that goes into it for you as an artist to be here at this festival, for sure.

2:11 Yeah, showing up on time and promoting on your end, as well as that the promoter saying like, hey, these guys are going to be here, and it's like it's such a shame to dis upset the fans. Yeah, because we wouldn't have played. People would have been so upset, Like, man, we really wish we could have seen you. So yeah, And credit to Danny Wimmer and his whole team, because I don't think there's any other festivals in the United States besides his that can handle leads weather in scenarios like this with safety but also where people are not missing. Now. Yeah, well, and I think it's a testament to like DWP and like just the people that come out and work these events, Like everybody is very professional, they're on the ball, but they're also like out.

2:56 Here having a genuinely good time. Yeah, And like I feel like that's the best kind of employee to have, is someone that enjoys what they're doing. So it's so cool. And I have friends that work in the production team and friends that work at the VIP booths and stuff, and it's like they just love they this is their highlight of their love that yeah, of the summer. And it's the only way it should be, too, you know, Like, yeah, especially in this business, if you're not having fun, this is the wrong business for sure. And that holds true for an artist too, Like, and you could tell you see an arts up on stage, you can tell if they're having fun or if they're like. Going through the motions. Yeah, So tell the listeners a little bit about who you are as an artist and about your music for those that are not familiar.

3:42 Yeah, So I sing for the band Enemy. My name is Brady, and we're from Cincinnati, Ohio, and we're kind of like a blend of new metal and metalcore. We've had people compare us to like Motionless and White Breaking, Benjamin Lincoln Park, which is all like great comparisons. Yeah, like compliment right. Yeah, heavy hitters, So it's nice to have those comparisons for sure. If I could paint a picture, like a visual representation of what we are, I like to say that we're like we're kind of like a fallout shelter inside of a church, so it wouldn't be out of like out of the norm to hear like synthesizers or strings or like guitars and bass and drums. So it's like if you try to incorporate all those things and put it together in a way that's like fresh and new, And I feel like as we progress as a band, we can experiment more with that.

4:35 And you know why I love about everything you said there. First of all, the word experiment, because I think that is the key to being an artist. If you're a creative, you need to experiment and that's where you get the great stuff. But more importantly is having that passion that you obviously have for the music and really knowing who you want to be as an artist opposed to what people want you to be. Yeah, I think that's a big part of it, is just experimenting and finding out. Always be on a pursuit of finding out who it is and what you are. And I think that's that might be an issue with some of the other groups that are just starting out.

5:18 It's like, don't pay attention to like, oh you sound like this band. Oh we need to start writing stuff like this group or like that group. Or we can't do this, we could never do this. Don't pigeonhole yourself. Just go out there and do what comes naturally to you. And I feel like that's the difference that separates most of these bands that pop off and rise to the top is they're not afraid. They're not afraid to experiment, and they're not afraid to do the things that other bands aren't doing. And that's how you find out who and what you are. Oh one hundred percent. And then fact in the matter is is if you're true to yourself as an artist, your people will come, whereas if you're not, maybe some people like you for a little while, but then they realize you're not really being altruistic and they go somewhere else.

6:01 For sure. You know it's a great word, right, Yeah. It's so important, and I think it's important for your soul as an artist. Like for sure, I can't imagine any artists sitting there and playing music that they're not into and isn't their thing. Also, I love how you describe the Fallout Shelter, Yeah, because I had a lot of times I'll ask people, how would you describe your music without using a genre. I think genres are bullshit. It just creates division, It creates boxing in an artist, And I think an art should just do whatever they feel. And if this song they want to be metal, yeah, this song they want to be this, that should be their prerogative.

6:45 It's a scary thing to do, especially when you have a lot on the line, like some of the bigger artists, they can't afford to experiment, They can't afford to There's so many people that are like I know you for this kind of music, yeah, or I know you for this sound and if you deviate from that like there. So yeah, hopefully. I feel like our fan base with the experimenting that we've done, I feel like everybody's on board. So yeah. Yeah. For the fact is like you mentioned all different things, and I think it is music is like you just put a whole bunch of ingredients in that you want to put in and the final product makes you unique. Because that's the problem nowadays, especially in certain microgenres of metal.

7:29 It's like I feel like they have to use a formula and this is how you need the sound, but you really don't. You need the sound who you want to sound like, which is you? And then you take like bring me who's headlining tonight? Ali got a lot of shit for changing things up and not being a purest death core And and meanwhile, when I say an interview was why do I want to write the same song over again? I get it. I'd be boredish. Yeah, for sure. I love that about them. I love it they're free to experiment. I just feel like some of the stuff that they've done has been they're pioneering things that haven't been done before, and it's it's so cool to see that. I'm very excited to see them tonight. That's the first time I'm going to see them live. So really yep.

8:15 Okay, so my first time one night a Banning Wimmer festival. I didn't even know who they were, and I'm a metal head from way back, but I was like, it didn't even take me fifteen seconds before I was like, oh my god. Now they're like when my top five. Paper bands, and I feel like that's a big thing as well. It's at some point it changes from being a musician to being an entertainer, and they have that. They are entertainers. Their whole set, all of the interactions, all of the video wall stuff. Like just from what I've seen online, I can't wait to see it in person. Oh yeah, I love it. You're going to be pumped. You need to go on tour with them. I'm putting that out there in I would love that.

8:57 Right, I'm putting it out there in the universe. So what do you have coming up that has just happened, is going to happen? Things that the listeners need to know about. So we were featured on a bunch of radio stations. Recently we're featured on WWE. So it's been a whirlwind, but we're accepting it with open arms. We've got a few local shows coming up, like Greater Cincinnati area. There's a metal band that reached out to us from like the Dayton, Ohio area, and we've got two other bands from the Dayton, Ohio well that scene. So it's gonna be cool. But yeah, I mean, we're open to more shows and I think we're gonna pick things up this coming year.

9:39 So I love it. And so how do people reach out to your socials on your web by your merch all that stuff. So we're on Instagram, Enemy Music at enemy Music, and then you can find us on Facebook as well e nmy Music. But yeah, if you find us on either one of those, I mean and look us up on our website as well, E nmy music dot com and then all of our socials link so whatever you guys use follow us on there. Very cool. Yeah, And so one other question is how do you feel Danny Wimber treats as artists? Great, just the fact that we were able to play like okay, so with the whole weather situation, we were worried that we weren't even going to like get to play right, So we played one song. The stage managers was like, hey, we got to shut it down, like we got to wait, and we're like okay, So we wait for twenty minutes and then we play one more song and we're done. But the fact that they push everything back, like that's a testament to respecting the fans, respecting the bands, and like trying to make something happen.

10:48 You can't control the weather, so like just making the best of the situation, that's awesome. And the fact that like so many people come out to this, like one of the highest attended shows. Not only that two days ago, number one rock festival in the. Country, and it's that way for a reason. That's like what we were talking about earlier, that people care about what they're doing. Like we were playing in our tent the big Bourbon bar, and the bartenders were turning. They were like yeah, like throwing up the horns, like like rocking out with us. I'm like, that's awesome. Like people that are genuine fans of the stuff that they're it's like that's what it's about.

11:29 Totally so cool, And what was it like being involved with WWE. It was a whirlwind like it. It's when we were featured on there. We didn't even know we were gonna be featured. One of our fans reached out and they're like, hey, you know that they just played you on WWE. We had no idea. That's a trip. Yeah, we had no idea, and we messaged our label. We're like, did you know about this? Like yeah, So it was like surprise. There's a test amount of why it's sometimes good to the label. Yeah, that was one of the things because they have a partnership with a licensing group and our songs are dumped into a bank so they can pick whatever they want. But they featured us. WWE has featured us like at least eight times now. It's insane. So if anybody from WWE, WWE is listening, we want to do something with you guys.

12:21 We want I don't know in what capacity that is, but we live in Cincinnati and we're willing to drive. But yeah, it's been nuts. Well that's badass, and you guys are badass. And thanks for being on the e bench. Thank you, thank you for having us, thank you For listening to the adventures of plate Man on w for CUI Radio.