Social Murder and their “Slashes” of death metal

Death Metal direct from Brazil

MetalportusVenas-Cuba
3 min readSep 5, 2024
Directly from Brazil are Social Murder, a young death metal band who this year have just released their debut Ep titled “Slasher”. Let’s see what Marcelo Alves, their guitarist, told us exclusively. By: Alejandro Pérez

Hello Social Murder! How are you doing? It’s a pleasure to interview you.

Hello Alejandro! I am fine!

According to your bio, the band was created in 2023, so you’ve only been together for a year.

Yes, the band was created the last year but the music was created 5 years ago

How did the idea of creating the band come up?

The idea was mine and Sergio’s, the releases were supposed to be digital only, but in the middle of the process, Robson showed up to play with us today and the band ended up appearing.

Who are the current members?

Current members are

Sergio — vocals, Marcelo — guitar, Alexandre — bass, and Robson — drums

Did you have experience in previous projects?

Yes, I had experience in other bands like Disrupting, Cold Killer, Xico Picadinho

The band has chosen Death Metal to create its musical style.

Yes, death metal is my favorite style and I listen to it every day and so naturally the compositions follow this style.

Could you tell us what are your main influences?

My main influences are Cytotoxin, Suffocation, Origin, Deeds of Fesh

Is there any influence of any band from Brazil?

Yes, Krisiun

So far the band has only one musical work, the EP titled “SLASHER”, released earlier this year.

Yes, at the moment only “Slasher” but we have the CD already composed and we continue working on this new material.

How was the editing and recording process?

It was very simple, I recorded and edited the guitars, bass and vocals at my house, and then we recorded drums at Robson’s house, I made the mix and master for the slasher CD

How many songs does it include and what is it about?

The CD has 7 songs with a slasher theme, as the name of the CD says, the lyrics were written by Sergio, vocals.

Do you have any audiovisual material?

Not yet, but it’s in the band’s plans for us to do our first.

Regarding the promotion and diffusion of this EP.

We are distributing to some distros and labels and selling at shows.

How have you promoted it?

Through social networks such as Instagram

How has this EP been received, both by the public and by the specialized press?

The reception is very good, much more than I expected and it has been so far

Where is it possible to obtain a copy of this EP?

Contacting the band via email or Instagram or at shows

Back to the band. What are the most immediate plans?

The most immediate plans and promote our CD more and gather resources to pay for the next CD.

Do you plan to tour nationally or maybe internationally?

We thought about doing a national one and even in the future one for Latin America, we are studying how all the logistics work.

Well, Social Murder, that’s all. Thank you very much for your time for this interview. I wish you the best of luck and success in your career. Before we finish, something you would like to say.

I would like to thank you for giving us your space at social murder to promote our work.

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