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Shit happens. In the five years I’ve been using a digital recorder to record interviews, I’ve never encountered any technical issues. So I’m sitting down to transcribe the interview I did with John Kevill, the lead singer of Warbringer, and as I load up the file, I find nothing but 15 minutes of static.

Here’s what I can tell you that we talked about – Warbringer’s INSANE tour schedule. When this 32-date tour opening for Symphony X and Iced Earth wraps up (Columbus is the fourth to last date), they will have traveled in the neighborhood of 12,841 miles – starting in Connecticut (Jan.31), going across Canada to California and then heading back east for a final date in Clifton Park, NY on March 11. Kevill told me it’s all part of the business, getting out on the road and playing as many shows as possible is part of the responsibility for a band that is promoting a CD.

Warbringer’s currently out supporting Worlds Torn Asunder (released in September 2011), a throwback thrash album that sounds like it came out of the underground San Francisco scene in 1986 (which is pretty amazing considering the guys in Warbringer may not have even been alive in 1986!). If you’re a fan of early Slayer, Exodus, Death Angel, Forbidden (the list goes on), you’ll feel right home with any of Warbringer’s three CDs.

Despite the constant touring over the last four years (and when I say constant, no joke, Warbringer plays probably 200 shows a year), they’ve somehow never managed to play in Columbus. So, show up early for this show, Warbringer goes on first, and give ’em some Columbus metal love so that they’ll come back in the future.

Doors open at 6. Warbringer should go on around 7. Tickets are $20 in advance, $22 at the door.