ATHEIST Frontman On Forthcoming Album - "I Fucking Dare Someone To Doubt This Record"
November 23, 2008, 15 years ago
ATHEIST vocalist/guitarist Kelly Shaefer has issued the following update:
"It's late Saturday night and I am reflecting on a very productive week for Atheist and me personally. It has been many years since me and my lifelong friend Steve Flynn have made music together. All I have to say is it was well worth the wait, the stuff that we wrote this week confirms in my head that this Atheist album is going to be a contemporary continuation of where we left off with Unquestionable Presence. My carpal tunnel is killing my hand, but we wrote a ton of great riffs this week.We wrote two complete skeletons of new Atheist songs this week, and they are full of interesting broadminded metal lashings.Talk is cheap so I will not go on and on about it, but I know in my heart that I fucking dare someone to doubt this record, I know there will be many that will have some shit to say, but, those who truly know and understand this band will be as excited as we are to hear these crazy, insane time sigs and brutality combined. Me and Steve have been friends for 25 plus years, and when you are that close to someone for that long, you can hardly go wrong when creating art together. It's still a daunting mountain that we are in the early stages of climbing...but already it's clear as a bell that this will be very authentic, and honest.
It's fucking cold here in Atlanta, I love the thought of being on the beach tomorrow back home in Sarasota. It's good to live in paradise, no matter how crazy life gets. I wish to thank my dear friend Coley for watching my little stuey dog this week as well, I know he had a good time. To my friends in Sarasota...see you soon!"
Cheers, K
