And the song expands from there to this winding trek. Definitely some black metal chordal ominous stuff going on there. “Headwind” starts the new album in a sort of cold, Enslaved-esque fashion.
You should check out our facebook page, someone got a tattoo that combines the 'V.' cover with some elements fromSaga and it looks amazing. However, right now we are starting to involve our live members moreduring the creative process– though the final word on anything in the band remains with David and I. We approached that album very much like we have for the last few, including Saga. What has changed the most for TFoS since Saga? That album cover, by the way, would make a great banner or tattoo.įor “V.” not a whole lot changed besides some gear upgrades. But really, things like this are a matter of taste. For me personally, if something is just brutal and slow for 15 minutes with no dynamic changes of any kind it becomes boring, so being slow just to be slow is probably the wrong idea. I think that if utilized in the right manner, downtempo stuff can be an effective dynamic tool. Do you hope more bands and fans in heavy music continue to expand horizons and check out slower stuff? I’d like to think people who love really extreme stuff could still see the beauty in “The seer in white” for example. Xibalba for example on their very slow and strong new Mayan sludge song ‘En Paz Descanse’. You hear more hardcore bands involving down tempo stuff these days. We just try to let it “flow” as naturally as it can. We try not to over-analyse what we are doing during the writing process, so perhaps that contributes to the dream-like or subconscious feel that some of the music has. Do the tunes pull a lot out of you emotionally or intellectually? I honestly have taken longer than usual with these questions out of semi-awe at the material. Your music has this earthy, deeply buried wisdom Jungian feel to me, a sort of delving into the Id and nature below the surface of the songs. Like Odin’s eight legged steed who is their namesake, the band are a force to be reckoned with and convey many truths.įor more on one of Colorado’s best known best kept secrets, enter BELOW.
Well, I may interview and review many, many bands but this record is so good I wanted to try to be even more reverent than usual to the collection of total power contained in V.’s tracks. I was starting to think their PR guy from Napalm Records who I am friends with would think my brain had turned into a soft boiled egg. is so heady and yet physical at the same time, I found myself really taking forever to finalize questions for this interview.
0 kommentar(er)
