West vs. East: Match Made in Hell

| 01 August 2009

Meet Depths of Chaos, your friendly local death metal band. Here's a brief introduction to better acquaint those who don't know us yet.

Ty Richardson plays lead guitar and is a large, if not the largest, force (and guy) in the band. He started this whole mess six years ago with nothing more than the burning desire to perform metal. A union journeyman electrician by trade, he’s played in a variety of rock/metal bands over the last decade and finally discovered the brutalities of extreme metal through our group of friends. 

Tom Hoopes is our drummer, and a damn good one at that. He works with computers and currently lives in North County. He moved here from Virginia 3 years ago, and has played in past local bands Arrows of Valli and Vesterian.

Evan Hopper is the newest addition to the lineup, slinging bass guitar and husky vocals. A friend of Tom’s from Virginia, he was convinced to come out to the west coast strictly on music and friends alone. At the time of this writing, he is still in the process of getting settled, but he has already proven his worth on his charm and musicianship alone. A true metal soldier.

Then there’s me, Darien Lohof: Ty’s partner in grime. I play guitar and sing. I have been a student my entire life, studying English. I also work as a pizza delivery guy in Arroyo Grande. I live with Ty in Grover Beach.

Now to tell you what we’re about. We love and are inspired by all sorts of styles of music, yet possess the most enthusiasm for metal. To us, nothing has as much passion, fervor or audacity as it does. When we play, passion is the only word for it. And no, we’re not satanic. We could care less about that. Our name, pondered on for what felt like years, means many things, but mostly it means the idea of being smack dab in the middle of pandemonium, because that is the feeling of change, and try as one might to plan, we usually always have to alter our plans to suit life, not the other way around. To us, our name means existence itself, and we are all within its depths.

Depths of Chaos plays local and far. For a schedule of shows and info in general, visit www.myspace.com/docdeathmetal.