BW&BK Exclusive: EDGUY Frontman TOBIAS SAMMET On New Album - "I Got Sick Of That ‘High Velocity At Any Price’ Approach"
February 21, 2009, 15 years ago
EDGUY frontman Tobias Sammet is featured in a new interview with BW&BK; scribe Carl Begai. An excerpt from the discussion about the band's new album, Tinnitus Sanctus, is available below:
Complaints that have surfaced regarding Tinnitus Sanctus have nothing to do with the band’s choice of artwork or potentially idiotic lyrical / video imagery (that made up a large part of previous album, Rocket Ride). It seems the new record's lack of trademark high speed acrobatics have rubbed some fans the wrong way. It’s refreshing to hear Sammet admit the move into a more mid-tempo groove was intentional rather than copping the industry’s typical "natural evolution" bull.
"I can’t speak for everybody in the band, but I got sick of that ‘high velocity at any price’ approach. If you really have to say something at that speed, like in ‘Speedhoven’ for example, then it’s fine because it’s supposed to be fast, but I really don’t want people telling me what to do. I’m not going to record a fast song just for the sake of recording a fast song. That doesn’t make sense, and to me the mid-paced songs give you many more opportunities to put energy, melody and atmosphere into them. The music breathes so much more, and that makes it much easier to give the song a heart and soul. There are so many power metal bands playing fast songs and one song sounds like the other, and quite often I get the impression that those songs are being created from a blueprint."Go to this location for the complete interview.
