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On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the black metal band, Profanatica, while on their 2025 U.S. tour with KNOLL and Unidad Trauma. Profanatica is currently supporting their newest EP, Wreathed in Dead Angels.

VIDEO INFO:
Film Date - July 1, 2025
Location - Sleeping Village in Chicago, IL

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VIDEO SUMMARY:
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Start of Video
00:48 Driver's Area
03:20 Passenger Seat
04:46 Middle of the Van
06:14 Back of the Van

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Transcript
00:00If somebody puts something on, I probably will hate it.
00:03And I'll kick my shoes off and take my pants off.
00:07I go hard on granola, so there's like crumbs everywhere.
00:30All right, Paul Ledney here, Pro Fanatica, and we are on the Wreaths and Dead Angels Tour.
00:42And this is our third night.
00:44We're in Chicago.
00:45So far, pretty good.
00:48Our tour manager, Nate, right now drives.
00:52And normally, because he's checked out on it, he's the tour manager, he's the driver.
00:57And I'll basically sit in the front seat.
01:01So the rule is that I have is no loud music after the gig.
01:06We need to just kind of chill.
01:08And everybody's hyped up.
01:10I get it.
01:11Everybody's on a high for after the show.
01:13But I just want to chill.
01:15And it's kind of hard for me to get everybody to chill normally.
01:22So what I'll do is I'll quietly send texts saying I'm sleeping.
01:27And they'll stop for a couple of minutes.
01:30We try to drive an hour each way in the direction that we're going for the next stop.
01:36So normally, Nate will use headphones.
01:40And I encourage everybody to use their own headphones because, to be honest, I'm old school.
01:45And if somebody puts something on, I probably will hate it.
01:49So I have my own stuff on.
01:52And since I'm doing drums and vocals every night, the less talking I do, the better.
01:59So we have, like, a constant flow of ice water in our cooler here.
02:05And you'll see, like, Nate will drink these Celsius.
02:09There was a plant up here that was kind of, in my opinion, unauthorized.
02:13But it got put there anyway.
02:15And you'll see a lot of, like, crumbs on the floor and dip.
02:21That's from me.
02:22And I kind of get in trouble.
02:24I'll show you this.
02:25It's kind of disgusting.
02:26But this is, like, my spit cup.
02:29And I'm kind of, like, always dipping.
02:32And nobody likes it.
02:34But I kind of need it.
02:36I need constant black tea, dip, and crumbs.
02:41I'm big in...
02:41I go hard on granola.
02:43So there's, like, crumbs everywhere.
02:45And to be honest, like, a normal metalhead, you would think, they don't care about crumbs.
02:50They do.
02:50Nobody likes it.
02:51They want it, like, clean.
02:52And the other thing I do is, I only do this on the road, is I have, like, bags.
02:58They're all inside now.
02:59But I'll have, like, bags full of dip.
03:02My wallet's in there.
03:03I'll have another bag full of, like, black tea, more dip, my phone.
03:08So it's...
03:10One thing I could say is, like, there's...
03:12We just keep receipts in here.
03:15But there's no glove box over there.
03:17So I just keep everything on the floor with me.
03:20All right.
03:20So, I don't know.
03:21I want to show you this.
03:22This is, like, the remnants.
03:23This was covered, just so everybody knows, in dip spit on, like, the first day.
03:28I felt weird about asking Nate to stop because we just stopped to go to the bathroom.
03:33So I tried to spit out going, like, 60 on the highway.
03:37And it didn't work.
03:39But he didn't notice it right away.
03:40I kept it from him.
03:42And this is, like, my...
03:44Where I sit normally.
03:45So, my setup, I'll have, like, all my bags here and just empties.
03:52And when I'm done with stuff, I like to just throw it on the floor.
03:55And I'll kick my shoes off and take my pants off.
04:00And actually, I'll show you my boots.
04:05Let's see.
04:05I just put waters in here.
04:06These are some badass 511 tacticals, which I bring on every tour and never wear.
04:15Because normally, I don't wear pants.
04:18It's, like, so hot.
04:19So, I'll just either, like, go in underwear or shorts.
04:23And it seems to work.
04:25So, the charging situation is, uh, this is, like, an adapter.
04:30It's going to, I think I see, uh, like, two things.
04:34So, it's, like, uh, most of the band uses iPhone.
04:39And then, uh, two of the crew use Samsung.
04:41So, we have that covered.
04:44So, this thing, Richard will actually do work on his laptop.
04:49And, uh, do, do some writing.
04:53And then, here, if you look under here, these are more shoes.
04:56I got everybody hooked on these black deck shoes.
04:59Because they're kind of, like, you could wear them with pajamas or shorts.
05:02It doesn't matter.
05:03I usually wear them for drumming.
05:06This is one of the chargers.
05:08My hoodie back here, custom made.
05:12This is some more dip.
05:15Um, these are empties.
05:17So, yeah, this is what it looks like.
05:19So, two people will sit here.
05:21Um, our merch person.
05:24And then, uh, somebody will, like, rest back there.
05:28So, it's, like, it's not bad.
05:31There's plenty of room.
05:32And the back is, like, all merch and gear.
05:35Usually, everybody's on their phone.
05:37And there's not, I try to rest in the front and sleep.
05:40There's not a lot of sleeping going on.
05:42Today, there was.
05:43Because we were kind of, uh, second show.
05:45Got out late.
05:46Um, but it's usually just people with their own individual headphones in listening to stuff.
05:54Basically, like, if somebody needs something, it's usually me.
05:57Because I, I need to keep stopping to use the restroom.
06:01Because, like, once I, once we start the tour, it's constant water flow.
06:05And I have to hydrate for the next day coming up.
06:08So, it's that, that type of situation.
06:10But, uh, everybody's pretty quiet.
06:12So, back here is where we have our merch set up.
06:19And, see, that says no.
06:22A lot, like, those are staying.
06:25So, we'll have boxes marked that say yes or no.
06:29And, uh, these are some racks.
06:31Tonight, they had racks.
06:32So, we like to bring these.
06:34That's some, like, extra stock back there.
06:37And, uh, somebody's sandals.
06:39Uh, I don't know anything about that.
06:42Again, that's unauthorized.
06:44Just like the plant.
06:45And they try to hide it from me.
06:48After our tour manager, Nate, and, uh, our merch girl, Claire,
06:54will stack the merch and do that kind of Tetris game.
06:58And, uh, I'm not good at that at all.
07:01It takes, it's kind of hard for me, to be honest, to, uh, back up.
07:05Uh, because, uh,
07:06like, concentration, I'm, like, not in that mode.
07:11It's hard for me to answer questions.
07:12So, I'll, like, pack my stuff up and just, like, put it back here.
07:16There's, like, a certain order.
07:18They like to do the merch first and put that away.
07:20And then the gear.
07:21And then, like, our personal bags.
07:23All right.
07:24So, uh, check out Provenautica Official Instagram.
07:27And, uh, try to catch us on all the upcoming dates.
07:31We're doing updates.
07:32So, you'll be able to see the new flyers for each city.
07:35And, uh, again, we're supporting the Wreaths and Dead Angels,
07:38our new EP on Hell's Headbangers.
07:40And, uh, again, we're going to see the new flyers.
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