FOURNIER interview
Hi! The promo states you’re apathetic toward current stylistic and production trends in death metal. That’s easy to say, but harder to define. What exactly in modern death metal leaves you cold? Modern death metal often has more in common with dubstep and electronic music than it does with the landmark releases of the genre. I want my death metal to sound real. That means not programming or quantising drum tracks, editing guitar tracks, using digital guitar tones or amp modellers. We’re focused on the making of the music, whereas a lot of modern bands’ main creative output is social media meme posting and “content creation” instead. If your drummer is a real funny guy that’s a bonus, but it’s not going to make a great song. You cite Morbid Angel, Immolation and Timeghoul, which tells me immediately this isn’t just about heaviness, but atmosphere and disorientation too. Which of those elements mattered most when writing this EP? For me atmosphere is the single most important element of ...
