LordsOfMetal.nl recently spoke with CRADLE OF FILTH bassist Dave Pybus about the release of his DREAMBREED album, Misery Sessions, originally recorded in 1997. The following is an excerpt from the interview:

LOM:First logical question is the reason why only now you come up with these recordings…

Pybus: "Well, at that time we were hoping to get a record deal. It seemed kind of difficult because it was a time when rock and metal was going through a strange period. Grunge was dying and nobody knew what was going to happen in metal, so it was quite difficult for us to get a record deal. We did not have an image, Dreambreed was a kind of anti-image band and that did not help at all. The recording was quite good, but I lost the tapes which is not that professional, but anyway… (laughs). I found the original recording only two years ago. So I started listening to it. Technology now is much better than it used to be in those days. Jamie Cavanagh who was the original engineer and plays bass now in ANATHEMA, wanted to do the re-mastering but he did not have time because they are recording a new album now. We were in touch by e-mail and he said: 'Sorry, I have no time to do it, so good luck.' It took a long time but it has always been on my mind to release it. I did it all by myself, since the original drummer (Gary Querns) kind of left music when we broke up. I wanted something new for the artwork, because the original cover on the inside was done by him. I met a guy on the internet from Colombia and he had some cool artwork. I asked him if it was alright to use a piece and luckily he was a very big fan of Cradle Of Filth, so he was like flattered and wanted to do it for free. And a good friend of mine who runs my record label Sixsixsix Records has been a great help for me in finishing the project and re-mastering it."

LOM: It is a totally different thing here you do if compared with Cradle or Anathema where you play bass. Here you sing and play guitar. Actually what do you like best?

Pybus: "I never wanted to be a frontman, I was never confident enough to give a sort of charisma to the front-man role. Maybe I was a bit too shy. I was very anti-stardust. Even if I am in Cradle now, it does not mean I am a star, you know me better (smiles). It is just the way people see it. Cradle for example is a very hardworking band. There are good things about them, but you also make a lot of sacrifices with personal time and your girlfriend and your life actually. Dani has a great work ethic and I really liked that when I came to join Cradle. Me, being the bass player obviously, I just wanted to play and Adrian of AT THE GATES was the drummer, we were very good friends already, so it was always a challenge of trying to keep up the work ethic."

Go to this location for the complete interview.