AS I LAY DYING Guitarist Nick Hipa - "I Would Never In A Million Years Refer To Our Band As 'Christcore'"
October 28, 2012, 11 years ago
AS I LAY DYING guitarist Nick Hipa is featured in a new interview with Ultimate-Guitar.com discussing the band's new album, Awakened. An excerpt is available below
UG: This being your sixth studio outing, does it get any easier making records today for the band?
Hipa: "Approaching a new record is always something we find challenging because of the high aspirations we put on ourselves. In our minds, the current release HAS to be better than the one before it, so the task becomes trying to create music that genuinely excites us. The older we get the hard this seems to get, as our tastes seem to get more and more refined, but the flip side of that is the gratification we get when writing a song that we all collectively enjoy."
UG: In what ways do you think your playing and technique has evolved?
Hipa: "It's hard to say because there is still all sorts of holes in my playing and a seemingly endless sea of things I would like to improve on. I have been working on getting my attack to sound sharper and just trying to be a cleaner player overall, something I think I'm improving on but still have ways to go. Beyond that, all I really care about is writing stuff that sounds sick and has some sort of emotion behind it."
UG: The media likes to put labels on anything particularly bands, you've been tagged "Christcore" how do you feel about that label?
Hipa: "That's a terrible label and I would never in a million years refer to our band as 'Christcore'."
UG: The band adhere to Christianity, so is it hard being on road with all the temptations you face for example with groupies or do you find that because of your beliefs, the "groupies" element doesn't present itself?
Hipa: "More than anything, being in a serious relationship keeps me away from the scarce amount of presentable metal trim that all the other single dudes are lurking on; on whatever tour we may be a part of."
Go to this location for the complete interview.
As I Lay Dying recently announced the official chart positions for their new album Awakening which was released on September 25th. Positions are below:
US: #11
Canada: #12
Germany: #21
Austria: #26
Switzerland: #52
UK Indie charts: #134
Monster Energy and Idol Roc Entertainment have announced the itinerary for the 2012 Monster Energy Outbreak Tour featuring As I Lay Dying, SUICIDE SILENCE, MEMPHIS MAY FIRE and ATTILA supporting ASKING ALEXANDRIA. The North American routing kicks off in Edmonton, Alberta on November 16th, and wraps on December 16th in Tampa, Florida.
Tour dates:
November
16 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Events Center18 - Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall
19 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theater
20 - Seattle, WA - Showbox Sodo
23 - San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom
24 - San Bernardino, CA - California MetalFest VI
26 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
27 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
29 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
30 - Covington, KY - Madison Theatre
December
1 - Cleveland, OH - Agora Theatre2 - Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre
3 - Detroit, MI - Royal Oak Theatre
5 - Montreal, QC - Olympia
7 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
8 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium
9 - New York, NY - Best Buy Theatre
11 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live
12 - Raleigh, NC - Disco Rodeo
13 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
14 - Nashville, TN - Warfield
15 - Jacksonville, FL - Edge
16 - Tampa, FL - Cuban Club
More info at this location.
The band's video for the track 'A Greater Foundation' can be seen below:
