HardLore: Trey Williams (Dying Fetus)

HardLore is joined by Trey Williams, drummer of the legendary death metal band Dying Fetus, whom we have officially dubbed "the hardest band to ever play music".
This interview occured just hours before their incredible and highly anticipated set at this year's FYA Fest, the preeminent hardcore music festival in Florida/the whole Southeast USA.
Dying Fetus has always been a band that can fit in any genre of extreme music, and tour with bands from Twitching Tongues to Hatebreed to Suicide Silence and make total sense in context, and their roots in hardcore run deep. Trey has been their drummer for 4 consecutive albums now, the most in the band's history, and we got to hear all about his journey growing up in Maryland learning drums to bands like Helmet, to how he eventually played for a band he was already a fan of.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Favorite t-shirt
1:50 - Dying Fetus playing hardcore shows
2:58 - A Shared Ethos
6:23 - Joining Dying Fetus
7:46 - Drums got him into drums
8:38 - Expanding his music tastes early
10:20 - Bands before Dying Fetus
12:33 - Flying vs driving
14:41 - Recording with Dying Fetus for the first time
17:15 - Song in the set he dreads playing
18:06 - Trey misses the PS1 Audio Visualizer
18:45 - Reign Supreme
20:46 - Wrong One to F*** With
22:36 - Out of the box inspirations
23:23 - Covering hardcore songs
26:26 - Hardcore bands John has gotten him into
27:11 - Other bands love Dying Fetus
31:06 - Make Them Beg For Death
32:29 - Pardon this interruption...
41:15 - Unbridled Fury
41:48 - Playing to a click
43:26 - The Dying Fetus Cadence
44:01 - Fast double kick woes
45:12 - Warming up
45:46 - Trey loves paintball
53:40 - Who do you do?
55:59 - Food
59:26 - Belief in the supernatural
1:01:53 - Closing remarks

[@colinyovng]

We started recording this at like 5:00 PM and had to be our own videographers for this trip, so the light in the environment was actively changing. Did what I could!

[@carl3038]

🫡

[@machineguncalli]

Just giving the spotlight to the guest. Humble hosts as always

[@fancysandwiches]

Doesn't matter; interviewed Trey

[@SBeckerDTD]

I thought my screen brightness was fucked up for a solid five minutes 😂

[@highonsleep4219]

I forgive you this time

[@JASONvsBOSCO]

When Trey answered how he got the call by saying, on my phone was the moment Colin got Colined

[@bigmono3000]

The Geto Boys being mentioned on Hardlore makes me happy af

[@corycourtney8923]

Can't Be Stopped and Stop At Nothing. Both Classics

[@the_real_tay_loud2072]

Who is the Geto Boys of hardcore though!? Maybe Bad Luck 13? Cold as life?? Poison Idea??

[@bigmono3000]

@@the_real_tay_loud2072 Whizzy

[@victormendez3004]

"Should we turn the lights on??" i died. 53:13

[@antares4975]

Lmao

[@BelieMyBurial]

lmao he fits the Hardlore vibe and sense of humor so well immediately

[@solacexserenity]

Someone decided to turn Bo & Colin's brightness setting down with this one, nevertheless, im harding my lore

[@JustinAngel]

Harding lore in the darkness

[@jxcobaniki6709]

think it may just be due to the absence of a light in the corner behind them.

[@therealcooterbrown]

We need that "Paper Gangster" cover; I hope that actually sees the light of day at some point.

[@_DressedToDepress_]

Perfect timing! Just made some birria tacos, I’ve got some spicy tomato juice and cookie dough ice cream waiting in the freezer.

[@BigMacUpperCut]

My acid reflux would like to have a discussion…

[@BIGxBOSSxx1]

Share some w the gang homie

[@Goblin.Slayer]

We love trey, he is the best

[@BigMacUpperCut]

Trey shouting out paintball in as a dose of nostalgia I was NOT prepared for this morning

[@JohnEvans-xg2bp]

Been waiting a long ass time for this one. Hardcore and Death Metal unity forever, baby!

[@noahspizza4003]

This episode is PERFECT. 16:30 was my highlight hahahah

[@michael-tx8rw]

Awesome having Trey on...thats so fuckin cool. Thanks for turning the lights on too...spent a good amount of time re-checking my brightness out of habit

[@spoonerluv]

What a sweet and genuine guy

[@joebreakerx]

Incredible episode. Tried to learn their song Schematics when I was in highschool. The Pinch harmonics on the intro riff are like self ha-rm

[@particlejim]

This is just about the hardest my lore has ever been

[@QuadsAPaloma]

this one was KILLER. Great job boys!

[@BIGxBOSSxx1]

“Let’s talk paintball. What’s your favorite paintball?”

[@topdawggggggg]

perfect episode. trey is such a great guy! loved his little jokes here and there haha

[@TheHighestOrderHO]

Trey is peak human achievement.

[@scheeemz]

Met Trey twice, coolest guy ever

[@connor7329]

Dying Fetus is the greatest heavy band of all time in my opinion. so stoked for this one

[@TJCombo67]

Invert the Idols into Subjected to a Beating is complete 🔥

[@hunterhawk5400]

This episode exceeded expectations!

[@KMKimo]

Dude this is just gold

[@lazarefilms9290]

Grew up watching Trey's drum cams in high school. Having gotten into dm and hc during that time, watching this now is a treat. Thanks bo's!

[@getgnarlyyo]

such a cool dude. one of my favorite hardlores fasho

[@shelbyraminick4847]

Human remains mention made my day, sick ass band that rarely gets the attention it deserves. Also great chemistry in this episode and great editing!

[@idontevenlikemoney]

I am loving the inner cuts of clips and references.

[@herehere3139]

Thank Yall for this interview, Trey W is my favorite drummer in the woorrrllld

[@lordfresca]

happy to see this, despite scenes talking smack sometimes, its all always been all good. We are too close to be split apart!!!!!!

[@djabthrash]

Fantastic episode

[@9ui7ar9uru]

Hell yeah! New hardlore today!

[@AndrewJShirley]

This was fucking brilliant, what a fucking dude Trey is. Sick. Please get some more Death Metal and such guys. Tompa At The Gates, or Adrian (super lovely guy). How there hasn't been a member of Merauder on yet, I have no idea ha

[@vincentchristophersantiago356]

loved the bit on The Dying Fetus Cadence + John doing one syllable per kick 😂 goated episode

[@fancysandwiches]

I laughed so hard that I cried on the second cut to the kick drum technique

[@kefs123]

Colin's "oh wow" killed me lmao

[@_antisocial__]

My mind is blown I totally would have thought these guys play to a click they’re so tight live

[@christophershultz8411]

Genuinely solid interview for a low key fun but real group of musicians and good guys. Name dropping STOUT is huge btw. Keep the scene alive friends.

[@gabesinclair1401]

betty by helmet one of the greatest albums of all time. shoutout dying fetus. so hyped to see them for the first time in may.

[@matthewcurtiss7557]

Wow Trey is so chill. Loved seeing y'all's faces light up when he was explaining paint ball grenades haha

[@CH-ml4rz]

I love the hardcore-adjacent guest episode!

[@hannahkozlovic1715]

Extra jazzed to see Dying Fetus for the first time later this year. 2 hunnid and Kruelty are playing too, might have to throw my back out for that one

[@beardcog1267]

My Lore is no longer flaccid

[@tzmkira002]

Colin name dropping Omar Hakim is not what i was expecting today 🙌

[@corycourtney8923]

And Justice for Lore. They just keep getting better everytime!

[@andytuck99]

who up harding they lore rn?

[@wvecst]

Back in the 2000s, we said hardcore and metal are like peanut butter and chocolate. They're great in their own but together is a great treat

[@user-dn2bg9lx1m]

The Dying Fetus FYA set on Feet First Productions channel has 182,000 views in 3 weeks. By comparison, a Trapped Under Ice set from FYA uploaded around the same time has 80,000 views. And most of the other videos have a few thousand at most.

[@murphygreen212]

hell yeah

[@FKAJFKNoLifeTigerLily]

Colin's so into films he outta know how to light a room.

[@OutOfTheBasement]

It is SO HardLore time.

[@CATFEESH666]

Colin with the Long Night lighting on this one. Still great

[@jeffwise6937]

Trey shouting out RoFo makes my heart smile

[@wttruax5816]

This guy is so cool

[@xaviergrant7165]

That little smile Colin cracked before quietly asking trey “what’s your cannibal?” Was really sweet

[@spasehorse8524]

Damn he seems like such a cool guy to sit and talk with.

[@herehere3139]

"ill throw my back out for that.." 😂😂😂 I feel that seriously, I have narrowing disc and stuff, I WILL throw my back out. Lays me on my back for a solid week, almost 2

[@avengedapenguin]

War of attrition was sick

[@goblinspy]

Tortured actually sounds kinda sick ngl

[@codienekoolcup]

yeaa buddy

[@Jaime_c6]

Just watched the jamey jasta ep last night, now with this episode it’s crazy how the hardest bands are full of the most chill people. Also I’m Harding my lore.

[@hrhpfa6966]

TOP ! 👍🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼👍🏼

[@jasoncampbell5092]

Helmet!!

[@arioch1891]

that biohazard shirt is so sick

[@facesmashinghammers]

Hard az hell frfr no 🧢

[@herehere3139]

Yup Tommy Aldrige (how ever its spelled) is a legend

[@dominicdimas9188]

Fuckin hardlore time

[@iamaidens]

16:32 lmao

[@glennweatherson4493]

had to watch that a few times i'm crackin up over here

[@jake_villanueva]

iPhone screen brightness 🆙

[@kmartpunk95]

was not expecting the paintball hobby.. i bet this man has MW2 sleight of hand/double tap perks with them hands

[@andreasraissle7401]

53 minutes and 14 seconds in: turn the lights on?

[@BREND0h]

Them fellas sure know how to grip them microphones geshhhhhhh

[@prestonbewley6409]

For the love of satan, someone please make a compilation of Hardlore mouth guitar/ mouth drum sounds. I would pay top dolla

[@BIGxBOSSxx1]

I swear there’s a clip of exactly that on twitter somewhere

[@Anthoniexg]

“Should we turn the lights on”

[@ZainHaq-jr4st]

14:30 in my experience, breaking the snare reso head is the result of playing on with the snare side head detuned. Its such thin head that the friction wears it down quick if its not BUTTHOLE tight.

[@djabthrash]

"snare side head " What's a "snare side head" ??? AFAIK on a snare there is only a top head and a bottom head ...

[@thehalfnerd2221]

Treylore is irresponsibly hard

[@xWARPATH777x]

👍 good morning

[@sox775]

Is this the heavy music version of the nine club?

[@Jerrid_8675]

Alan Cassidy 🤘🤘

[@Hyperenealogical_Genesis]

45:00 Treys on the money lmao, the intentional manslaughter breakdown is so fucked

[@Nfstfu]

Dave Witte in Burnt by the Sun was god

[@djabthrash]

100%

[@ashleyschafferbmw8711]

He’s just like me fr

[@jnero79]

Talking about the PlayStation visualizer.. nobody knows the Panasonic 3DO had low key the best music visualizer of all time.

[@returntostrength]

Another day, another request for Colin’s “Spüncer Me” video to be put back on KZbin or atleast address in the pod lol

[@misterjingles666]

Whats the lore behind this

[@OGeniusTheFirst]

hELLO iT'S hARDLORE tIME

[@Metal-lz8td]

What is exposure

[@Arnoldceja1]

Im Sorry guys but I have to ask; what’s TA or loves?

[@Dhieen]

where are the lights

[@mitchellcambron2440]

What’s up with being on Knotfest channel, do you guys not have your own KZbin??

[@gregbaffuto4370]

Knotfest is what pays for everything, including travel to fests

[@mitchellcambron2440]

@@gregbaffuto4370 gotcha man. I figured as much. You guys have a good thing going here, keep it up!

[@glennweatherson4493]

"oh wow, cool"

[@rileyoechsner8629]

my lore is so hard rn

[@djabthrash]

Can't believe Colin isn't familiar with COVENANCE... Their "the wasting" EP was harder than Dying Fetus' hardest stuff. If you dig the most core parts of Dying Fetus, and also Mike DiSalvo (ex Cryptopsy) corish type vocals, this is for you. Don't sleep on it people : kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmq7g2atnLNroKc

[@obeythesystem3695]

Gyatt, my lore is hard

[@tru_squid8641]

Big soda time

[@DeathByGeek]

Super Bird is godlike

[@carl3038]

12:55 LMAO

[@codyr9951]

⚔️⚔️⚔️⚔️

[@HexPanozDrums]

Xbox 360 had the best Visualiser you could control 😊

[@FKAJFKNoLifeTigerLily]

Turn the light on in the room next time dudes.

[@asschomp]

Mistakes happen dude.

[@vincek6613]

Man, someone didn't pay the electric bill for the half the room