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MM - What was
the impetus behind starting the band?
BF - The infatuation
with Metal Music and the ever growing extreme element the underground
metal scene has embedded in the development of keeping it alive.
MM - What
music has influenced you?
BF - That would be a very long
list. Let's just go through some basics starting with Celtic Frost,
Venom, Judas Priest, Bathory, Motorhead, Black Sabbath, Exodus, Slayer,
and I am sure you know where we are going with this.
MM - Do
you find that living in New Orleans has affected the influences in your
music?
BF - I feel the influence from our city is
natural influence. It isn't something you can put your finger on per
say. It is more or less something ingrained from birth or even over the
duration of a period of time. Whether it be positive or negative, some
sort of influence comes from your surroundings in any outcome.
MM - With
so many changes over the years, has it been hard to keep a coherence in
the band?
BF - Not really. We all stay pretty focused on what
we want to do in the band. Everyone has what they do outside of the band
in their personal lives, but we all are on the same page as far as what
we want to accomplish. We have been through some hardships and member
changes in the past, but those elements only create a stronger
foundation for the band as a whole.
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MM - Do
you feel that in the past 14 years that the music industry has changed
for the better or for the worse?
BF - I would say a
little of both. With the availability of the internet and for bands to
be better recognized has changed the platform of the music industry, but
at the same time it has added the element of piracy. The ability to
download records in an illegal fashion and such.
I am kind of torn over
the idea, because it can be greatly beneficial to a band starting out
and the development of said band, but then you have individuals taking
the hard work of these bands and passing it around. I realize the
internet needs to be policed, but at the same time we must ensure it
won't be overly policed to end up so restricted that it brings us back
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MM - What
would you be doing if you weren't in a band?
BF - Well,
I currently have a job when the band doesn't tour or record. I guess I
would be doing more of that, or maybe some other endeavor that I have
stored away in the back of my mind. I do have a lot of things I would
like to do in life outside of playing in a band, a sort of personal
"bucket list".
MM - How
did it feel being asked to play on the soundtrack for a game?
BF - Personally, I play video games every now and then and for one
of our tracks to appear on one is quite nostalgic. Never really thought
it would be a possibility with the style of music we decided to play.
MM - What
will the next album be about?
BF - That is hard to say.
If I could predict the future a lot things would be way different. The
main goal at this point is to get out and push the upcoming record. No
need to was great effort on something so far ahead. Ideas and mindsets
could change in that length of time.
MM - What,
in general, do you think your music is about?
BF - The
ability to create extreme metal and to adorn it with rhetoric of dark
perception. Lethal aggression in the form of personal beliefs. The skill
to take the listener on a journey into the depths of depraved nature.
The passage of death and the untold answers it may possess. Finally, to
just have a damn good time and enjoy the ride.
MM - Do
you feel that by working in previous bands that it has enhanced your own
image for the band?
BF - I guess one would perceive
that, but we have always tried to play that point down or not even
mention it. It usually pops up in interviews or reviews. We don't go
around basking in the fact. The other bands were other perspectives of
each member's outside musical interest. Goatwhore is it's own identity
and is a solid project on it's own.
MM - What
was the defining moment for you as a band and as musicians?
BF - Interesting question. I can't really say. Maybe the defining
moment has yet to come or maybe it has passed. I still feel we have a
lot to achieve as a band and that the possibilities are only bound by
our own restrictions. Limitless would better state the defining moment.
MM - Sammy
- how does it feel being the only original member left in the
band?
BF - Sammy would have to answer that one. I would
say that I am next in line as an original member as far as recordings
go. I am pretty satisfied on the evolution of the band since our first
demo. We have endured many risks on our journey and stuck together quite
well, even in the hardest of moments. Those things help create the solid
structure and backbone of a band.
MM - Do
you have any rituals before you go on-stage/record an album?
BF - I do get in a sort of mindset before both. In the studio
sometimes I stress myself out a bit too much, but once I am in the vocal
booth I fall into an element. It is sort of different in the live
setting. I am way more comfortable for live performance. I usually can
walk onto the stage and I change into a different person. I get pretty
provoked in that moment.
MM - What
are your goals for 2012?
BF - To do what we have done
in the past, plus more expansion on the band. Release the next record
and tour, but this time we would like to focus more on touring outside
of the U.S. More tour possibilities for Europe, UK, Australia, Japan,
etc. We have toured the U.S. and Canada quite a bit in the past and look
forward to advancing in other territories.
MM - Finally,
any messages you'd like to share with our readers and all your fans out
there?
BF - First off, thank you for the interview. I
appreciate the people in the underground press.
Interview by: Kerry H
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