Lord Dying rocks this year’s Scion Festival in Downtown Pomona May 17
Photo by: James Rexroad
Lord Dying is a metal band from Portland, Oregon that has toured throughout the nation with Red Fang, Black Tusk, Down and countless others. You can catch them on Sat, May 17 playing in Downtown Pomona at this year’s Scion Metal Festival.
Just this past January, Lord Dying traveled to Europe for the first time as support for Red Fang and The Shrine. It’s only the beginning for Lord Dying and they’re making it big!
The OC Concert Guide had to chance to talk to Lord Dying about their origin, aspirations, and upcoming events.
OCCG: How did you come with the name Lord Dying? What’s the meaning behind it?
LD: Lord Dying was a name we’d wanted to use for a band, for a long time. To us it means the end of organized religion.
OCCG: How would you describe your music beyond metal rock?
LD: We like to describe our music simply as being metal, although we often get called doom, sludge, or thrash.
OCCG: Who have you performed with that you’d like to perform with again? Also, who would want to perform with that you haven’t yet?
LD: We did a few shows with Down and a couple shows with Ghost, both of which we’d love to do more shows with. We would love to perform with Red Fang again, we love those dudes! But we’d also like to perform with lots of bands, like High on Fire, Toxic Holocaust, COC, etc.
OCCG: What was it like touring with Red Fang
LD: Touring with Red Fang is the greatest. They are all old friends of ours so its nice to tour with people you’ve known for a long time and they are classy dudes that really take care of the bands they play with.
OCCG: How do you balance out your hectic music career with your life?
LD: We have no life!
OCCG: How did you enjoy touring in Europe?
LD: Europe was a blast. They treat bands a lot differently over there and it’s such a different culture. We can’t wait to go back!
OCCG: What’s on your bucket list as far as your career goes?
LD: Going to Europe was a huge thing on the list, as well as playing Roadburn, but we can cross those off now.
OCCG: How would your life be different if you had not pursued music as a career?
It would be a lot different. Maybe boring, maybe not!
OCCG: What are you most looking forward to at The Scion Rock Fest?
LD: We’re excited to see a bunch of the bands, like High on Fire, Red Fang, Midnight, Exhumed, Coffins, Big Business, King Buzzo, etc.
OCCG: What’s next for Lord Dying?
LD: We are putting out our second full length on Relapse Records this Fall and there will be tons and tons more touring after that!