Lilith's Demise swung by Mom's Living Room during their Death Becomes Her tour on November 9th. Philadelphia has such a vibrant music scene - it was refreshing to be able to see such a crazy show happen on a Monday night. I was beyond stoked that I got to connect with Lilith's Demise this past week, and honestly being able to meet artists on the rise is probably one of my favorite things that I get to do.
After we all got to settle in at the venue, we took some time together to discuss their latest album, tour life, and dove into the meaning behind the band as a whole. Current band lineup consists of Ana Arnback on vocals, David Bautista and Lou Granados on guitar, Juan Ramirez on bass, and Alex Abbasi on drums.
MSM: When you guys first started Lilith's Demise, did you have any kind of vision or inspiration behind the name?
Ana: I started Lilith's Demise back in 2021, and I came across the demon, Lilith. I looked into her story some more and what she was about. I realized based on her story that she was kind of, in a sense, the feminist in Jewish mythology - because she was the first wife of Adam in the Garden of Eden. And basically she was banished because she didn't want to submit to him essentially. Then the story goes where she was used by a bunch of men, and then she later got her revenge. So, that's how I came up with Lilith's Demise. These guys, David joined about 2023.
David: Yeah, late 2023, early 2024. I forget.
Ana: Yeah, something like that. And then later joined Juan in summer of 2024, and then Lou joined in... January? Alex also just joined.
MSM: Your latest album, Death Becomes Her, is there any inspiration behind that?
Ana: Well, I actually came up with the album title later on, but I wanted to write an album that blends different genres into deathcore because I don't really want to succumb to one specific genre. I like to say we're deathcore, but I do have a lot of influences like metalcore, scenecore, death metal, brutal death metal. I wrote all my lyrics to be a lot of different tragedies and I used influences from different movies, a lot of female body horror movies like Substance and Jennifer's Body. I also used a lot of pop influences in my lyrics such as Kesha, Lady Gaga, Marina and the Diamonds, things like that.
David: I can mostly speak on terms of music where we wanted to start the album off with more of a big metalcore influence, but then we also put some EDM stuff in literally the first couple of songs. Then as the album goes further, it gets more and more brutal. Towards the end when Lou joined, he actually helped us finish at least two songs. I think he pretty much wrote the intro.
Lou: Yeah, I wrote the intro and half of See You Next Tuesday.
Ana: And I guess the title of the album, I kind of just ripped from the movie because I just thought with all the topics of the songs, it could be a death of any woman. Even though some are, it could happen to anyone, but a lot of them are pertaining to women.
MSM: I noticed in the new album that you guys have all kinds of collabs with the bands you're on tour with - Slamwich, Delta Hate and Face Yourself. So how did you guys meet and pull songs together?
Ana: Honestly, we kind of came up together with Slamwich. We both met each other when they came to Miami for the first time, and we were like, "Yo, you guys were sick." And Frankie already knew who I was because someone had sent them our single. So, we started around the same time and we quickly became friends. We did our first run together in Florida, and I've known them for a long time now- it's going full circle having them on this tour. With Delta Hate, I met them through our first Alabama show at Firehouse a little over two years ago. They were headlining and and we opened. Then with Yasmine, I met her because she actually reposted our second single and I was like, "Oh my gosh, hey, what's up?" I kind of introduced myself to her and we just became friends from there. And she's also super sweet and it's been really awesome being able to work with all these amazing women in the scene and I'm glad that I can call them my friends.
MSM: Okay, less serious question now. Who would survive in a zombie apocalypse the longest?
David: I definitely think it would be Lou.
Ana: Definitely Lou. He owns a gun.
Lou: Yeah... I definitely own quite a few firearms.
David: Well, not just that. Bro's fixed our van a few times. He could just probably hijack a few cars and he'll be all right.
Lou: Yeah, I tinker a lot and I know how to work on cars and I own quite a few firearms. So yeah, I definitely could get some shit done.
Ana: I'd probably just be the organizational one, but he's got the guns.
MSM: So– let's talk tour life. What's something that you guys learned about each other from spending so much time touring so far?
David: Patience.
Ana: (laughing) A lot of patience in which I have very little of it. I'm a very stressful person and especially when it comes to time, I'm always a stickler on time and I just get very overwhelmed because sometimes I just need a chance to relax after setting up, and being able to do what I have to do. If we're on a time constraint, it gets hard to be able to do those things such as drinking my tea or doing my makeup. A lot of the time I never actually have the time to do it. So yeah, just trying to get everyone on time can be hard, but it's also a team effort. But everyone is super cool, and I can't really complain.
MSM: Who takes the longest to get ready?
Lou: Oh my god, it's David.
David: Let me work out in peace, man!
Lou: He does NOT work out. I swear to God, he just stays in the bathroom. He is doing jumping jacks. I don't know what's going on in there.It doesn't make any sense. What do you do with your time in the bathroom?
David: I go to the... Oh, you mean at Planet Fitness?
Lou: Yeah. What's going on in...
David: I workout first!
Lou: ...In all the bathrooms?
David: Listen, man..
Lou: I swear to God, you're running laps or I don't know. I don't understand what's going on... but I swear to god something's going on in there.
David: Listen, I'm learning, okay? Trust me.
Alex: He takes a couple Hot Wheels with him. I always wonder why that is.
David: It's true... I bring a fidget spinner too.
MSM: Is there any song that you guys like to play live?
Ana: I really like playing Glameater, Primadonna and Ballbuster. Glameater because it's got the little dancey part. I don't know why I like Primadonna. I just do, even though it's really hard vocally. Everyone knows Ballbuster just wants to grab the mic and it's just a fun time when everyone screams the lyrics in my face.
David: I like playing Abuse of the Corpse Live a lot. That one's fun. Bleed Red and See You next Tuesday because they're flashy, but then it makes me appreciate the easy songs when they come up. I like every song for different reasons. I can't say I have a song where I'm like, oh fuck, I have to play this now. I fucking hate my life. Fuck. Unless I didn't practice or warm up, then it's every song.
Lou: Yeah, I like all the songs and I wish we could add more songs. I'd like to do a two hour set or maybe three.
Ana: I would not.
David: We would love to play the set twice.
Ana: No.
David: (Laughing)
Juan: I think my favorite song has to be Bleed Red. I like the technicality. Ballbuster too. It's a lot of fun.
Alex: I like playing Primadonna live just because it's super hype.
MSM: All right. Last question. So when someone discovers your band for the first time, what's one thing that you want them to take away from your music?
David: I mean, as an instrumentalist, I like for people to think, "Damn, I need to practice before I can play these songs for me," but that's coming from me playing guitar.
Ana: I guess I would like for people to kind of have fun, but also I guess understand some of the topics because some of them can be really serious, but also to just know that they don't have to be put in a box and that they can always have fun and be who they are.
Lou: I think because we're music nerds, I hope that they pick up more instruments. I think there needs to be more drummers. There's just not enough drummers in the market.
Juan: I just want people to enjoy the music, man. I want someone tapping their foot and shaking their head.
Alex: Yeah. Oh, just to get inspired. Yeah, pick up an instrument. Yeah, exactly that.
They followed up this short interview with an absolutely brutal set. I may have even gotten bashed into a few times, but that kind of comes with the game of shooting a hardcore show. If there's one thing that I've definitely learned, is that when you're on the outside of that pit, to just spray and pray. One thing is for certain, and that's that I can't wait for them to come through again.
You can still catch them live for a few dates of their current tour, and if you haven't yet, definitely give them a listen and check them out on their socials. Ana also does some fun how-to coaching videos with learning how to scream, if that's your thing.
Keep up with Lilith's Demise on social media:
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*This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
