Death Angel‘s frontman Mark Osegueda just lately opened up in regards to the tough strategy of informing his bandmates that he had joined Slayer guitarist Kerry King’s solo undertaking. Throughout an look on the Let There Be Discuss podcast hosted by rock and roll comic Dean Delray, Osegueda detailed the challenges he confronted resulting from a strict non-disclosure settlement (NDA) with King’s group.
Osegueda defined: “Oh, man. With this one, it is powerful. I actually needed to respect the NDA. I actually did. And it was consuming at me. ‘Trigger Death Angel has been touring persistently — we toured persistently when the world shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic. When the world reopened, we went proper again out on the highway. And this was all taking place.”
He described how he struggled to maintain the key from his bandmates, particularly throughout moments of camaraderie on tour when he needed to share the thrilling information: “I used to be beginning to do these demos in the course of the pandemic, after which, after that, I used to be recurrently seeing Kerry to do extra demos for his debut solo album when the world opened. And Kerry‘s report was executed for a yr earlier than it got here out. And I might be on tour with Death Angel. And there have been some nights the place me and Rob have been within the lounge, simply me and him, consuming, listening to music and simply laughing and speaking like we do. And it simply took every little thing in me to not inform him what was occurring. It is so exhausting to not simply say, ‘Look, bro. Look, bro.’
He additional elaborated on the secrecy, noting that solely his girlfriend, mom, and sister have been conscious of his involvement within the undertaking, other than these certain by NDAs on the studio: “That is a kind of issues that simply, prefer it or not, some folks will suppose I am an ass about it, however I simply form of actually promised — I promised Kerry and I signed the NDA. I promised everybody I wasn’t gonna let anybody know. The one individuals who knew have been my girlfriend, my woman, my mother and my sister. We did not even inform my dad ‘trigger my dad has unfastened lips. So we did not even inform him then. So these are the three individuals who knew. And, in fact, individuals who have been on the studio once we have been recording, and shit like that, who have been all NDA folks as nicely.”
Osegueda selected to tell his dad and his bandmates through e-mail on the identical day that the official announcement was made. He recalled, “It is fucked up, however I waited and let him know via e-mail the identical day that the official announcement of Kerry‘s new band occurred in early February. After which shortly thereafter I talked to Rob and Ted.”
In his e-mail, he acknowledged the potential shock, writing, “I stated within the e-mail, ‘Look, that is the hardest factor for me to let you know.’ And the way I worded it in a single facet to them was simply just about, ‘That is gonna be both essentially the most stunning factor on this planet to you or, slash, the obvious factor on this planet to you.’ And I even stated on the finish, ‘trigger it was an e-mail to all the blokes, and I simply stated, ‘Take a while to essentially course of all this earlier than you reply, earlier than we discuss. Let all this sort of sink in, after which when come collectively, should you wanna discuss to me, then we’ll all discuss.’.
Throughout a subsequent name with Rob Cavestany and Ted Aguilar, the preliminary shock was evident, however they in the end expressed help and happiness for Osegueda: “Shortly thereafter, I talked to Ted and Rob. And so they have been nonetheless just a little sideswiped, for positive — for positive. I might see it of their faces… We did a FaceTime form of Zoom name, the three of us, and so they have been each undoubtedly nonetheless in form of a state of processing it.
“However by the tip of the decision, after we talked for about an hour, they have been supportive, for positive, completely happy for me. And so they each did say, ‘Now that you just point out it, man, it is form of the obvious fucking factor on this planet.’ However it was powerful, man. I am not gonna lie. It is powerful, ‘trigger we have been via a lot collectively — so a lot collectively — particularly me and Rob.
“I imply, not to remove from… Shit, Ted‘s been within the band since 2001, and now Damien and Will have been within the band for nicely over a decade now. So it is loopy. However, in fact, me and Rob, we have identified one another since we have been within the crib. In order that it was a troublesome one. However now, Rob could be very, very supportive. Earlier than the primary Kerry King present, I received a textual content from him saying, ‘Have a fucking killer present, bro.’ And all these items. The Kerry King album launch day, he despatched me congratulations on launch day. Ted as nicely. So, they’ve come to simply accept it. And I feel it is already introduced numerous consideration to Demise Angel. And it is gonna hold doing that. However it was powerful.”
“I am enthusiastic about every little thing. I am enthusiastic about every little thing forward. However, yeah, for positive, it was undoubtedly a fragile scenario,” he added. “Even earlier than it was taking place, after I knew it was arising, it was, like, ‘I’ve gotta select my phrases fastidiously.’ It is powerful. However now that it is out, I really feel so relieved — so relieved — it is out. And since then, we have Death Angel toured South and Central America collectively just lately, and that was the primary tour we did for the reason that Kerry King announcement and a few of Kerry‘s songs have been launched. So everybody received alongside nice. And it is out. And it simply feels so significantly better to be across the guys with them realizing. I simply felt so odd them not realizing.”
Regardless of the challenges of navigating this secret, Osegueda emphasised that he’s nonetheless dedicated to Death Angel: “I am very a lot nonetheless the singer of Death Angel.‘ And, in fact, after I was speaking to Rob and Ted, Rob was, like, ‘I used to be very completely happy to listen to you say that.’ Like, ‘In fact, bro.'”
