“I think dance music is a newer way to express yourself,” explains Trevor Dahl. It does still seem like a reach to get from listening to Metallica to making the catchy “No Promises”, which featured Demi Lovato.

These were bands that I also listened to during my emo “phase”, but I also have to admit that my Spotify playlists feature plenty of songs from Cheat Codes so perhaps we are not so different after all. The other guys also mention bands such as Green Day and Blink-182, as well as more the more classic Metallica and Queen. “I grew up listening to a lot of pop punk,” says Matthew Russell and honestly, I’m a little taken back. If you had to guess, what kind of music do you think the three members of Cheat Codes listened to growing up? Based on their own acclaimed version of electronic dance music, you’d probably imagine something along those lines.

We speak to Cheat Codes, who have just released a new album – HELLRAISERS, Part 3 – closing out a trilogy of groundbreaking work for the DJ trio.

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