Bryan Birtles of Vue Weeekly recently conducted an interview with guitarist Dan of the Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based band BISON B.C. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

On signing with Metal Blade Records:

"We've never talked to labels before and we're really leery of anyone trying to tell us what to do, but as soon as we heard them say, 'As long as you actually give us a metal album, you can do whatever you want — that's great if you want to do a folk album, but we don't want to release it,' we knew everything was great."

On recording "Quiet Earth", the follow-up to its first release, "Earthbound", with friend and producer Jesse Gander:

"When we did 'Earthbound', right off the bat there was no question we were going to work with Jesse, and we did it in four days. So when we had a little more time and a little more money to spend, we decided we’re not going to go anywhere else to do it, we're going to go do it at the same place with Jesse again because it was such a great experience and we wanted to see what he could do given more time. He came through with flying colours; it just exceeded all of our expectations."

On the name change from BISON to BISON B.C.:

"We found out about a bunch of other BISONs that exist in the world and we were just thinking that at some point in time that could come up and somebody might try to make some money, or not make some money but you always hear about bands that will find out they have the same name as someone else and then they have to stop using the name. I mean, give me a break, we're all in bands and I don't know why bands are suing other bands, it's bullshit. When people say [BISON B.C.] like that it sounds weird, but basically we just wanted to cover our asses just in case — I would hate to get down the line and have to totally change our name."

Read more from Vue Weeekly.

A new BISON B.C. track entitled "Slow Hand Of Death" has been posted on the group's MySpace page. The song comes off the band's new album, "Quiet Earth", which is scheduled for release on September 30 via Metal Blade Records. The CD was recorded with Jesse Gander (3 INCHES OF BLOOD, SUBHUMANS, MASS GRAVE, S.T.R.E.E.T.S.) at The Hive Studios in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

"Quiet Earth" track listing:

01. Primal Emptiness Of Outer Space
02. Dark Towers
03. Slow Hand Of Death
04. Wendigo Pt. 1 (Quest For Fire)
05. These Are My Dress Clothes
06. Wendigo Pt. 2 (Cursed To Roam)
07. Medication
08. Quiet Earth

BISON B.C. is:

James Farwell - Guitar/Vocals
Dan And - Guitar/Vocals
Masa Anzai - Bass
Brad Mackinnon - Drums