Black Wizard are bringing beer, beards, and big riffs to town this month (photo by Milton Stille).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBlack Wizard\u2019s 2016 album New Waste<\/i> is very diverse, with heavy moments, rockier parts, and some mellow lines thrown in the mix as well. Parkomenko says the band strives to make each album vastly different from the last, and says that <\/b>Livin\u2019 Oblivion<\/i>, which will be out in February, is a lot heavier than their other albums. He says that a lot of Black Wizard\u2019s inspiration for past albums came from \u201970s output by bands like metal legends Judas Priest.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no shame in having chill songs, ballad songs,\u201d he says. \u201cThe band is still a heavy metal band, but we just look up to bands like that so much\u2014 \u201970s Scorpions and \u201970s Priest, especially\u2014we don\u2019t really care if anybody doesn\u2019t like the chill stuff and thinks it\u2019s lame. The new one is definitely 80, 90 percent metal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Parkomenko says the transition into heavier sounds was not necessarily a conscious one, but it was one the band rolled with.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had just been playing with so many heavier bands, I guess we just subconsciously started writing heavier stuff,\u201d he says. \u201cWe didn\u2019t even really notice until the nine songs were done and seven of them were very heavy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The band will be touring Europe in 2018 to promote Livin\u2019 Oblivion<\/i>; Parkomenko says it can get hard living in tour buses, but it\u2019s all worth it.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes you want to kill each other,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019re still brothers and we do everything together pretty much like half of the year. We hang out together more than our girlfriends and parents, so we kind of have to make it work.\u201d<\/p>\n
But those struggles are a small price to pay for being able to see the world. And a drink or two can help out along the way.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m still not complaining,\u201d he says. \u201cWe chose to do it. We just try to stay positive; we bicker and complain, but once we get to the venue, we all get excited, finally, because it\u2019s the one thing we want to do all day. The rest of the time is just kind of a lull. The drinks help.\u201d<\/p>\n
He says the band has never had a bad show in Victoria, and calls the city a second home.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt should be a good show,\u201d he says. \u201cAdam [Grant], our lead singer, his little brother\u2019s band are coming to open for us. Killer Deal; they\u2019re an awesome band.\u201d<\/p>\n
Black Wizard
\nSaturday, November 18
\n$13.50, Capital Ballroom\u00a0(formerly Sugar Nightclub)
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