Gravetemple More Cohesive As a Unit, Allowing Them to Experiment with Their Sound Even Further
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We have discussed ideas in the form of Belgian post-metallers Amenra, Lurking Fear, and will release their debut Alex Hellid, along with Nicke Andersson and plans of what we want to do and look who will headline Sunday night, joining exclusive album ‘Out Of The Voiceless Grave’ this August via and Uffe Cederlund. In a statement to forward to working together on creating Friday/Saturday headliners (respectively) Rotting Century Media. Blabbermouth, the three Entombed members the best possible Entombed for the future, Christ and Fleshgod Apocalypse. www.Facebook.com/TheLurkingFear ravetemple have just released ‘Impassable Fears’, their second album and follow up to 2007’s ‘The GHoly Down’. If a ten year gap between albums seems excessive then consider the band’s impressive line-up (featuring Mayhem’s Attila Csihar, Sunn O)))’s Stephen O’Malley and experimental music legend Oren Ambarchi) has limited time to play and record together, due to their respective schedules. “Time flies, I didn’t realise it was ten years ago! That’s crazy, actually”, says vocalist Attila. “When we have a bit more time we come together, but still take it seriously, it’s just that we have Sunn O))) and Mayhem on the go too, so it’s hard to find time.” Funeral Moon’s Matt ‘Skitz’ Sanders has departed from the band, leaving Oren to return to the drum kit. This has had a huge impact on the band’s sound, making Gravetemple more cohesive as a unit, allowing them to experiment with their sound even further. “We went a bit more free jazz style, maybe,” Attila explains, “Now that Oren is this project, there are those that will scoff and 60 concerts so far this year already and I’m so playing the drums instead of Skitz, we have simply write Gravetemple off as a Sunn O))) thankful for that, but it’s tough. Working on this fusion style instead of blastbeats. We vanity project, however, Csihar and the rest of stuff like this allows me to recharge my batteries. recorded at the same time and in the same the band are keen to stress that this is a creative There needs to be outlet otherwise you lose your space, which allowed us to experiment meeting of minds that more than holds its own intensity and you just become too mechanical.” together.” when compared with the other acts they’re Considering each member’s prolific musical Unlike the last record, which was a involved with. history, ‘supergroup’ is a term that springs gargantuan hour-long monolith of a “We let the music speak for itself. Of course, naturally to the tip of the tongue, but this is a song, ‘Impassable Fears’ sits at a much we all play in Sunn O))) and it does have an term that Attila finds distasteful when talking more reasonable 45 minutes, split across impact, but it’s still very different,” he explains, about any of the projects he’s a part of. six tracks. Recorded at Orgone Studios “There’s a lot of percussion, even I played “I don’t like the term at all; it’s a little bit in London, the material was actually percussion on this so, on the parts where it theatrical for me. We have a certain substance, produced two years ago but is only now sounds like the sky is falling, that’s me! We maybe, but we’re still underground. We’re just finding its way onto fans’ record players. experimented so much with drum samples and doing this for the love of the music and for the “[Producer, Jamie] Gomez is a very loop stations. I think it’s more extreme than love of the fans too. Our passion for music is good friend of ours and it was Stephen’s Sunn O))). It’s more challenging to listen to.” still the same as when we first started playing as idea to record with him, but I was so kids. I’ve been playing live for 30 years now and happy about it,” Attila tells us, speaking ore importantly for Attila, obviously I have some success, but I’ve put a lot of the recording experience. “I like the Gravetemple serves as an outlet to of work into that.” set-up he has and he’s a really good stretch his creativity beyond the Gravetemple are planning their first live person to work with. He’s not just our realmsM of the bands he’s better known for being shows for 2018, until then Attila leaves us with friend, he’s also very open-minded, and a part of. “We really do need this as well as our “we hope to see you from the stage!” he captured the whole idea and added other bands. Of course my main focus is on so much creativity to it.” Mayhem and Sunn O))), but it’s really important ‘Impassable Fears’ is out now on Svart Due to the avant-garde nature of for me to experiment,” he admits, “I’ve played www.Facebook.com/GravetempleTrio “I think it’s more extreme than Sunn O))). 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