Review Fix Exclusive: Madzilla’s David Cabezas Talks ‘Vengeance’ And More

Review Fix chats with Madzilla’s David Cabezas, who discusses the band’s origin and standout work.

Review Fix: How did the project start? 

David Cabezas: Madzilla started as a project I had a few years ago, when an unfortunate car accident, in which I lost a great childhood friend, lead to the creation of the band’s earliest single “Judgment Day”, a song dedicated to the final moments of life, and the loss of a loved one. 

Having a few songs written, I felt the need to get this ideas and feelings heard, which is what made me start recruiting band members. 

We all actually met when the Madzilla auditions took place 

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like? 

Cabezas: I have done a fair amount of writing on the currently released tunes, specially since, as mentioned earlier, Madzilla was originally my project. However, we try to collaborate as much as possible on the writing process. Every idea is welcome, and everyone brings in their input and style. 

That being said, every Madzilla song Strats off with a riff idea, and everything develops from there.

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

Cabezas: Our main single “Vengeance”. We wrote that song after feeling trapped working for a power hungry boss, who’s only goal was to be recognized as the man in charge, and had no interest in making the team grow and prosper. Vengeance, in a metaphorical way, is Madzilla’s way of saying that the best revenge is to live a good life, it’s what hurts the one who hurts you.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2021? 

Cabezas: To keep going! We want to get back on the road as soon as possible. But in the meantime, we’re writing, recording, and producing! The Madzilla Train never stops!

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

Cabezas: The same way other band’s music has affected us. It’s brought us so much life, so much joy, and most of all hope! If one of our songs can do that for someone else, we will have achieved our biggest goal.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Cabezas: More music! New songs, new videos, and hopefully new tours soon!! Stay Tuned!!

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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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