One of the bands that will be playing on December 26th is Level 7 … We asked them some questions regarding the Overload/Level 7 issue and the LebMetal Night!

LebMetal: Tell me what happened with Overload and why Level 7 ?

Yervant: Well about overload as we said before … it was just musical differences and different aims and goals .. nothing personal …. and about level 7 , the name was taken from a science fiction novel that’s actually called level 7 … in this novel level 7 is an underground military complex that contains the buttons to launch nuclear missiles … when those buttons are pushed world war III starts … so it means war .. and by war i mean aggression , brutality , power , rage , vengeance , hatred …. or simply vulgar display of power and the rise of brutality !

Elie: I’m not the right one who should tell the story since i wasnt in overload..but in brief i can say that LVL 7 is the continuation of overload with a bit of twist. Founder Aram didnt want to give his former members the name Overload so both sides decided to call it off and continue under another name.
All i can tell is that musical differences and ego-type behavior led to it…but that’s not the case with LVL 7 since we all work together and musically we’re on the same level.
And since Saint Vicious also wasn’t working that well since the original line up left, i felt that LVL 7 was the band that we should fuck shit up;)
Roby came up with the name and it was very catchy..i guess ill let him explain it to you..all i know is that it means war.

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LebMetal: Is the band sticking with the same style ?! Recalling that Overload was covering some groove / thrash metal covers.

Elie: The band is still within the same style, but shifting a bit from thrash to hardcore giving it a more modern approach in terms of breakdowns and heaviness…
Machine head , soulfly , cavalera conspiracy are still on the list, we added new bands like chimaira, throwdown , hatebreed, stuff that people arent much familiar with which gives us a fresh style and fresh audience… i don’t think covering slayer or pantera will do it i think people had enough of it so many bands played thrash before..its time for something new.

Yervant: we are actually playing new wave of groove metal with some hardcore influences specially the breakdowns … hopefully you’ll hear the originals that we are working on soon .. not at this concert .. but soon enough !

LebMetal: I remember you once told me that Overload was workin on an album, what happened ?!

Yervant: yea we were working on an Ep album .. we played 2 originals at our last 2 concerts , secrets of humanity and survive or suffer , we had good reviews on them … and we also had 2 other originals that we were workin’g on but never had the chance to play them live … so they will be kept under overload’s name .. maybe someday we’ll be back who knows …

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LebMetal: What are ur expectations towards this event ?!

Elie: Well first off all we deeply support LebMetal and that was the case from start. i just hope a huge audience and a good sound system/lights. If we dt support each other in the metal scene no one will care about us. I hope this will be one of many concerts that LebMetal will organize in the future.

Yervant: this is the 1st event organized by Lebmetal … and our first event as lvl7 … so its a new start for all of us… we just hope the sound and lights wont be disappointing … and of course the audience will be great … so good luck to all of us !

LebMetal: Anything you guys want to add to your fans and for Lebmetal.com ?!

Yervant: i dunno if we have any fans yet :P but to all our friends and “overload” fans c u all there … u wont be disappointed !

Elie: i guess with this band we’ll have a bigger audience, i hope we’ll be able to have fans from different styles, since we r a groove/hardcore band, so metalheads and coreheads alike wont be disappointed;)

Thank you Serj for this interview … cheers.