Dead Heat - Perpetual Punishment - Single Review

00:00:00.080 So, Dead Heat is back with an album
00:00:03.120 called Process of Elimination, and the
00:00:05.680 song title that we're going to be
00:00:06.879 talking about today is Perpetual
00:00:08.559 Punishment. It's an absolute banger.
00:00:15.839 I am very fresh to Dead Heat. Uh, the
00:00:18.960 closest I've gotten with Dead Heat so
00:00:20.720 far is a written review that you did
00:00:22.400 about an album of theirs a year and a
00:00:24.160 half or so ago. So, they are a new band
00:00:26.320 to me, but uh this track is definitely a
00:00:29.599 ripper.
00:00:30.240 Crossover Thrash band. Uh they're on
00:00:32.320 Metalblade Records.
00:00:54.320 These guys are absolutely upandcomers.
00:00:57.280 If you are into bands like Power Trip,
00:01:00.399 uh, Fugitive, uh, you're probably going
00:01:03.520 to be really into Oh, and we should
00:01:05.438 probably say Doomsday as well because
00:01:07.360 they're amazing. U, but if you're into
00:01:09.760 those kind of metal bands, this is an
00:01:11.680 upandcomer that you want to pay
00:01:13.119 attention to.
00:01:13.840 These guys are California based, is that
00:01:15.680 right?
00:01:16.000 Correct. Yep.
00:01:16.720 How many records out so far? I We know
00:01:18.400 obviously they've got at least one.
00:01:19.920 Yeah, two full lengths and this will be
00:01:21.439 the third. And I can't wait. I am
00:01:24.479 absolutely excited. Uh I did actually
00:01:26.960 ask the the PR rep to interview them and
00:01:29.920 also to get uh the stream of it ahead of
00:01:32.880 time so we can do a full length. Um but
00:01:35.600 you know based on the first track, it is
00:01:38.159 a absolute headbanger. It is something
00:01:40.640 that you would um want to do the dishes
00:01:42.880 to because the dishes will get done uh
00:01:45.119 really fast.
00:01:49.600 Dishes are done. Man,
00:01:51.280 this is not a uh a a laidback track by
00:01:54.960 any measure. Fast thrash uh ripping
00:01:57.840 riffs and and strong drums behind it
00:02:00.719 just throwing it down the road. What's
00:02:02.719 funny about it, too, is it seems like
00:02:04.320 every time they didn't know where to go,
00:02:05.680 they're like, "Oh, let's go throw a
00:02:07.040 guitar solo in there.
00:02:18.480 Ricky Garcia can freaking shred with the
00:02:21.360 best of them. So, let's just freaking
00:02:22.720 throw a guitar solo in the middle of the
00:02:24.560 track, a third of the way through the
00:02:26.239 track, use it as fillers, whatever. He's
00:02:28.640 got it.
00:02:29.200 Yeah, he's he's good. Um, again, one
00:02:31.599 track. This is a We just literally I
00:02:34.480 just listened to this before we hit
00:02:36.239 record. So, like less than 5 minutes
00:02:38.239 ago, I heard the song once and I'm I'm
00:02:41.599 intrigued and I'm looking forward
00:02:43.519 hopefully we can get a conversation set
00:02:45.200 up with these guys cuz I love to pick
00:02:47.040 their brain, man.
00:02:48.560 Well, and Chris Ramos uh said that uh
00:02:51.680 lyrically the the song is about not
00:02:53.599 wasting time um because there's no
00:02:56.000 guarantee, there's no promises of
00:02:57.840 tomorrow. And he said that this this is
00:03:01.040 a um you know, a theme that runs through
00:03:04.319 the entire record. Uh, so I I think it'd
00:03:06.800 be great to talk about that, especially
00:03:08.480 young people because they're younger.
00:03:10.560 You know, we're old and and we have the
00:03:12.560 bunions and, you know, the ear hairs and
00:03:15.200 all that that that comes with old
00:03:16.959 age. Um, they don't, right? You know,
00:03:19.680 they they don't have any gray hairs or
00:03:21.519 any of that And, uh, the fact that
00:03:23.920 they're being thoughtful of, you know,
00:03:26.159 life being precious but in a thrashy,
00:03:28.879 aggressive aggressive metal band is kind
00:03:31.200 of cool. and I'm excited to, you know,
00:03:33.840 hopefully get a chance to chat with them
00:03:35.280 about it.
00:03:35.840 Yeah. Well, I dig the song. I look
00:03:37.599 forward to the album. Um, they're good.
00:03:39.680 It's it it's a great track. It's fast
00:03:41.360 and I dig it.
00:03:42.000 Well, and Dead Heat is a badass name,
00:03:43.840 too.
00:03:44.319 It doesn't hurt. It doesn't hurt the
00:03:45.760 image.
00:03:46.239 Yeah.
00:03:46.799 All right. Well, first listen.
00:03:48.720 Yeah, absolutely. We'll do. We'll see
00:03:50.640 you.