DMT is a Visionary metal band from the Los Angeles/Orange County California area. They have opened for such acts as Korn, Fear Factory, and Killswitch Engage. They are creating music using universal energy, frequency, and vibration to activate your mind to a higher potential! DMT believes we as human beings consist of all three aspects of The Sheep, The Shepard And The Wolf. The Body, Mind and Spirit, the three basic particles that form an atom and the three notes that form a cord. Their new single ‘The Sheep, The Shepard, and the Wolf’ is written in the perspective of all three identities. The Sheep who feel alone blindly following the herd in a system of slavery dictated by the shepherd. The Shepherd known as the wise person who leads the sheep to safety and shelter and the Wolf In Shepards clothes. The usual reference is the wolf in sheep’s clothes but the wolves of our society tend to act as Shepherds abusing their power and misleading the Sheep. Their music offers a message of healing to help those that are unconscious become conscious of manipulation and ones own suffering. To transcend through the realm of pain and grief by facing our darkness (the shadow) without judgement. For we all can be cruel as well as nice, vicious as well as empathetic, generous as well as selfish. They believe the key is in a balance and understanding that we are all of these aspects. This is the beauty of being a human being. The Sleeping Prophet Edgar Cayce referred to this realization and Awakening of your third eye as a beautiful sadness! Are you hooked yet or what with this band? We got to interview lead vocalists Chris Anguiano below about their new single which was released back on Winter Solstice.

(Bionic Buzz) Before we get into in your band DMT…Here at Bionic Buzz we are all about peoples’ passions.  Where did your passion for music come from?  Was there a certain album or live performance you saw that made you say “I wanna do that”

Chris DMT:

As far as a live performance that I saw that definitely changed things for me was my First Metal Show the Hollywood Palladium Sepultura December 23rd 1993. That day definitely set me on my extreme metal/death metal path. It was my first metal show, first mosh pit and I just remember thinking how crazy it was. A specific memory I have is when my brother and I make our way down to the middle of the floor and Sepultura starts playing, my older brother Jason looks over at me gives me a nod, like “you ready”. I was scared shiftless! I probably gave that look like “Ummm…I guess” haha. But also as a kid we’re kind of fearless as well, ya know. So in my mind I was like I’ll karate these guys in the face if they mess with me LOL… Then all of a sudden…  The whole floor just erupted like a volcano. After I survived my first Mosh Pit it was like a roller coaster for me. Let’s go again and again and again haha. I think definitely after seeing Sepultura was when I was like… I want to play metal, but not any metal this kind of metal!

Your new single ‘The Sheep, The Shepard, and the Wolf’ is a 7 minute epic journey filled with highs, lows, screams, heavy riffs, strings & hooks. I’m always been a big fan of long songs that are over 5 minutes long. Example the writing process for it.

“The Sheep, The Shepherd, and The Wolf” was actually written before I joined the band, but Alistar and I did rewrite the lyrics to emphasize a little bit more of our spiritual message. My first recorded track with DMT was “Activate (Featuring Tina Guo on Cello)” We released the music video for “Activate”  via YouTube @ www.youtube.com/DMTmusicchannel. We then started working on the lyrics for “The Sheep, The Shepherd, and The Wolf”, and I began adding some harmonies and some more singing parts. It was cool because even though the song was already written everyone was still open to my ideas and I was able to add my own flavor to the song.

The song has a deep meaning explained in the top of the article, Anyone can relate to it the songs message with the body, mind, & spirit. Explain your personal inspiration for it.

DMT is an acronym for dimethyltryptamine. The most extreme psychedelic chemical known to Man. It is produced in the human body and in many plants and animals.

It’s been  attributed to Mystical, Spiritual, and Holistic experiences, such as the plant medicine Ayahuasca from the Amazon. As DMT we are creating music using Universal energy, frequency, and vibration to make the unconscious conscious and “Activate” our minds to a higher potential!

We all share our philosophies and experiences as a collective and this ends up creating our sound, our vibration our frequency, our lyrics and our message. As a collective we believe we can create change by facing our shadow, we can rise from our core of self and Break Free from our pain and suffering with an understanding of our shadow side without Judgment. We see a lot of people dwelling in their pain and sorrows, judging the shadow side.

We believe pain, fear, guilt, grief show up in our lives for a reason but you don’t have to stay there for the rest of your life, understand the process and accept and once there’s an acceptance of one’s true self! Not the self on Snapchat, on Instagram, on Facebook…Your true self, understand that voice which speaks to you. What is that voice saying and who and where did it come from are some of the topics of many discussions that end up becoming our songs.

For we are all merely vibrational frequencies either harmonizing or clashing, flowing or crashing in this infinite ocean of possibilities we call life in this lucid dream we call the Universe!

Future plans for next year?

We are solidifying some more shows in January in Orange County and Los Angeles. We’ll be at The NAMM convention Center hanging with our sponsors Creative Xchange and Peavey Electronics as well in January. In February the focus is on more shows in writing new material. In March we plan on releasing a new single. This one will be written more like “Activate”, not such a long song like “The Sheep The Shepherd and The Wolf”. Our goal is to maintain a balance of Art, Darkness, Light, Aggression and Beauty. There’s been some talk about creating a comic book and maybe a few other surprising things as well. We are working on lining up some festivals in spring and just have some fun spreading our message and harmonizing with the laws of the Universe!

Where can everyone stay in touch on social media and website?

You can find all things DMT @ www.DMTmetal.com