Interview with Dave Sherman from EARTHRIDE

Dave Sherman is essentially royalty in the Doom capital of the world, Maryland. He is the former bass player for Spirit Caravan where he also shared vocal duties with Wino. Sherman started EARTHRIDE as a side project but it quickly blossomed into a full time gig once Spirit Caravan split.

We took a few moments with Sherman to find out what he and the band have been up to, what’s going on with the new album and where we can catch EARTHRIDE live next.

The Core: What is EARTHRIDE up to these days?

Dave Sherman: We’ve been trying to write new material for our brand new record, titled Something Wicked. We’ve got seven songs down and we’d like to write three or four more. I think we have Chris Kozlowski to engineer it. (Editors note: Chris Kozlowski was the producer on the legendary EARTHRIDE album Taming of the Demons).


The Core: I see you have some dates in Ohio, Indiana and D.C., do you have any other dates planned?

Sherman: We’re playing Stoner Hands Of Doom and in Baltimore on June 5th at the Sidebar. We’re trying to lay low to focus on writing new songs.

The Core: It’s been a couple of years since Vampire Circus came out, do you have any plans for a new album? Care to provide any insight on what fans can expect?

Sherman: Something Wicked is like a mixture of Taming of the Demons and Vampire Circus, we might even add a couple of special guests.


The Core: How does your music affect you and the world around you?

Sherman: Music is my life’s blood.

The Core: Any plans to have Land-o-Smiles do anymore repressings of your classic albums?

Sherman: I don’t think so, but we might put it on iTunes.


The Core: What do you think of all these new metal bands emerging from Maryland, do they pay you proper respect?

Sherman: Yeah, everybody’s big time friends in Maryland. We all get along. We borrowed Admiral Browning’s bass player to play at Templars of Doom when our bass player Rob Hampshire wasn’t able to go due to a previous commitment.


The Core: Any last words?

Sherman: Take care of yourself and everybody else.



Thanks Sherman! We really look forward to the new album!

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You can pick up EARTHRIDE T-shirt from Real Deal Merchandise here

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