Review Fix Exclusive: Brutal Harmony’s Justin Ruesch Talks Goals And More

Review Fix chats with Brutal Harmony’s Justin Ruesch, who lets us know how the band got together, their creative process and goals for the future.

Review Fix: How did the band get together?

Justin Ruesch: We were all friends and musicians in other bands. We decided to jam around one day and a song came out. Eventually, we decided that Brutal Harmony should be the only band because we just loved everything that was coming out.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Ruesch: We usually start with the guitar. Me (guitarist) and the drummer have been playing together for 11 years in various bands so generally, everything will be built off of what me and him do. Not all the time though. Its kind of a melting pot of ideas honestly. 

Review Fix: What’s your standout song? How was it written?

Ruesch: The first song we wrote, “Fear” would probably be the standout so far. It kick started this whole project and we believe all the elements we wanted for the sound of Brutal Harmony are represented quite well in that one. It was a written in a free jam within an hour. It just kind of wrote itself in a way.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2016?

Ruesch: Were currently recording our full-length debut to follow up the single/video release of Fear, so completing that is definitely one. After that it’s touring, touring, touring.

Review Fix: How do you want your music to affect people?

Ruesch: We are doing what we love and we believe that really shines through in this particular band. Hopefully people will hear and feel that when they listen and come along for the ride.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Ruesch: Bringing Brutal Harmony to every corner of the United States and then the rest of the world.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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