BW&BK Exclusive: INTO ETERNITY Guitarist TIM ROTH - "The Material That’s On The New Album Is Exactly What We Needed To Put On It"
July 31, 2008, 16 years ago
BW&BK; recently caught up with INTO ETERNITY guitarist/founder Tim Roth to discuss the band's new album, The Incurable Tragedy. The following is an excerpt from the interview:
In discussing the music it’s clear Roth is looking forward to seeing how people respond to what can be considered a bold new direction for Into Eternity. Unlike previous efforts the new album hits fast and hard, making an instant impact.
“Yeah, and that’s because when we started touring we learned what goes over well and what doesn’t," says Roth. "People love these kind of groove riffs, but we’ve actually been increasing our speed. Some of the stuff on the new album is quite fast, and we’ve kept the interludes real short, and the songs are pretty short, too. I think these songs are all really catchy. They are to me, anyway. I think it’s just a case of better songwriting.”Yeah, to the point that there’s an awful lot of free space on the CD…
“I actually wondered if it was a bit short,” he reveals, “but the material that’s on the new album is exactly what we needed to put on it. I didn’t want to put anything else on it, I have to admit. I just felt it was enough. All of our albums, I think they’re between 42 – 44 minutes long, and this one is around 39 minutes, but as we’ve gotten better as players the tempo of the songs has gotten a lot faster, which shortens the songs (laughs). Back on our second album we played a lot slower, and our songs were nornally over four minutes long.”Watch for the full story in BW&BK; #112, due out at the end of August. To check out audio samples from The Incurable Tragedy go to this location.
