Anthony Morgan of Metal Forces recently conducted an interview with Discharge vocalist Jeff 'JJ' Janiak. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

On making new album End Of Days:

"We'd basically just book a practice in a freezing cold studio, just freezing our arses off, and we'd practice for maybe two or three hours at a time. After each practice session, we'd usually have one or two songs. It was fairly simple. All the music was done first, basically, the music gets put together first. Once I heard the music, I had a better idea of how to write the lyrics and how to fit the words into the songs."

"Normally, I would come up with the choruses first. When I would hear the chorus, I would kind of get maybe like a phrase or a title pop into my head that would fit in with the chorus. After we'd finish a song at rehearsals, we'd record it on a little shitty tape recorder just so we wouldn't forget it. By the time we went into the studio to record it, all of the lyrics were literally written just minutes before going into recording – all of the verses and stuff – and then I pretty much had the choruses. All of the verses were done literally minutes before I went to record, though."

On how End Of Days compares to other Discharge albums:

"It's more like the earlier stuff which is, like I said, just really short. Yeah, I think it stands up against a lot of the stuff. Discharge did have a run of bad albums in the mid-to-late 80s, and even into the early 90s. It's not the most memorable stuff, and so I definitely think this stands above that period of Discharge."

Read the entire interview at this location.

Nuclear Blast Records released the new Discharge album, End Of Days, on May 13th in North America. In this new trailer video, Mark Osegueda and Rob Cavestany from Death Angel wax lyrical about the band and how they influenced them musically.

Formed in 1977 by Terry "Tezz" Roberts, his twin brother Tony "Bones" Roberts and Royston “Rainy” Wainwright, Discharge are cited as a key influence by renowned artists such as Metallica and Anthrax.

End Of Days tracklisting:

“New World Order”
“Raped And Pillaged”
“End Of Days”
“The Broken Law”
“False Flag Entertainment”
“Meet Your Maker”
“Hatebomb”
“It Can't Happen Here”
“Infected”
“Killing Yourself To Live”
“Looking At Pictures Of Genocide”
“Hung Drawn And Quartered”
“Population Control”
“The Terror Alert”
“Accessories By Molotov (Part 2)”

“Raped And Pillaged”:

“Hatebomb” lyric video:

Upcoming tour dates include:

May
28 - Baltimore, OR - Maryland Deathfest

June
18 - Clisson, France - Hellfest

July
23 - Coventry, England - The Arches

August
4-7 - Blackpool, England - Rebellion Punk Festival

October
22 - Cardiff, Wales - The Moon

Discharge are:

Jeff Janiak (JJ) - vocals
To‎ny Roberts (Bones) - lead guitar
Terry Roberts (Tezz) - rhythm guitar
Roy Wainwright (Rainy) - bass
Dave Bridgewood - drums