Review Fix Exclusive: X-Method’s Abby Gassama Talks Creative Process And More

March 11, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with X-Method’s Abby Gassama who discusses the band’s new album, creative process and goals for 2018. Although they’ve been around for years, Gassamma believes this could be the year the band breaks through to a new audience.

Review Fix: How did you guys get together?

The guitarist Tony and I (Abby) have known each other since high school, we played in two bands with each other in the late 90s one of them being the early version of X-Method, Chris, Jordie and Ricardo we met playing shows with bands they were in, our drummer Ricardo is still in Toxin who we will be touring with, the dude is a beast, double duty is nuts!

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Abby Gassama: I have riffs and lyrics floating around my head on a daily basis so I keep a voice recorder with me just in case I hear something inspiring, if I hear something cool I get on my computer music program and make a mock version of it, subsequently I send it to the boys to get their vibe, so by the next time we get together for practice we make changes as needed and finalize the song.

Review Fix: What do you think makes this band special?

Gassama: X-Method is special because we are all about our fans, we always take the time to talk to them, sign autographs, etc etc, I grew up in the metal/thrash metal scene since the old school days and the worse thing to see is when someone a kid has looked up to for years does not stop to give that kid their time or act arrogant, because to be quite honest the fans put these bands in the position they’re in to shine, that kid does not have to buy our music, tickets, t-shirts, stickers etc. etc. so I will always be grateful to the people that are putting me in the position to live my dream.

Review Fix: How would you describe your style?

Gassama: Aggressive, pissed off party music with a touch of melodic melancholy

Review Fix: What are your goals for this album?

Gassama: Our goal is the gain as many new fans as possible worldwide, we want to rock crowds that sing the lyrics with us, stage dive and mosh like the worlds going to end.

Review Fix: What’s the standout song? Is there a story behind it?

Gassama: For sure DRINK FROM THE HORN! That song is a fun one to play live and the people really enjoy moshing to it.. I wrote that song behind a Viking horn my buddy gave me when he first left to The Army, a lot of people seem to think that we were trying to copy Amon Amarth, although they are a great band I really enjoy, that song was written about a horn I was gifted over 20 years ago

Review Fix: What’s next?

Gassama: North American tour, European tour, the release of our new ep Apparition Of The Crypt on the label Rock Syndicate Records , return to South America for our 3rd tour and setting up tours for Australia, Canada and Japan.

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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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