Daniel Bohn is a singer-songwriter from St. Louis, Missouri, focusing on progressive metal. Sometimes known as the “thinking man’s heavy metal”, progressive metal is wide reaching catch all for heavier types of music.
With influences from bands such as Buried And Me, Porcupine Tree, Opeth, The Ocean and Obscura, Daniel strives to make unique, dark, twisted and melodic music. He loves to write about nature and mental disorders, like anxiety and depression. His goal is to help people and the world heal through music and to create an emotional journey for the audience to partake in. Daniel expresses his stories through visceral growling to soaring melodic vocals, techy riffs, abrasive and powerful drums and mellifluous and sombre arrangements. The goal is to create vast textures in a broad framework of the metal genre.
Currently, Daniel Bohn is working on a tetralogy focusing on the story of a characters journey that leads him to suicide, to a fantasy realm born of nightmares. The journey takes place as game for a goddess who is wanting to make up for her insecurities.
Slickster Magazine reached out to Daniel and got some answers to a few of the most burning questions in all of our reader’s minds.
Slickster: What are some of the earliest guitarists or bands that got you into prog metal?
Bohn: Some of the earliest guitarists would be Synyster Gates and Buckethead. Between The Buried and Me and The Ocean are what really helped me push into Prog Metal. The album Colors (Between the Buried and Me) was life changing for me. Same with Pre Cambrian from the ocean!
Slickster: You’re from St. Louis, is KMOX radio still a thing there?
Bohn: It very much is! Even in the age of streaming they have maintained a popular radio presence. Same with 1057 The Point.
Slickster: Recently you signed with Sliptrick Records. What are your expectations from this and how do you feel it will help further your musical career?
Bohn: It’s very exciting! One just having that validation and that they are willing to invest time and money in my music and career. My expectations and goals are to be able to utilize their resources to help further gain awareness of listeners and attain new fans. Hopefully, they will help me grow my brand and I can grow theirs with a great mutual beneficial relationship.
Slickster: Yes or No, has Metallica been relevant in the heavy metal scene for the last three decades?
Bohn: Of course, they are in my opinion one of the founding fathers of Metal. Without them and their success, we wouldn’t have as much great metal as we do today. Also, they show us what a metal artist can achieve in this pop centric world.
Slickster: What else would you like to add or say to your online followers?
Bohn: Follow your dreams, if you have a strong passion, don’t give up on it! Great things take hard work and time, but good results will happen. Metal for life!