The members of LA-based ANA KEFR recently spoke with Metal Odyssey about their new slab of extreme prog metal, The Burial Tree (II). An excerpt from the interview is available below.

Q: How do you take care of your voice? Do you have any superstitions when it comes to vocal preparation?

Rhiis D. Lopez:: "I actually don’t take care of my voice by doing anything out of the ordinary. I’ve been making weird noises since I was a little kid, so I think my throat is used to the abuse. If I do get hoarse, I’ll stop talking for a day to let my vocal chords heal, but I usually don’t have any problems. I’ve had some ginger root, coffee and tea in the vocal booth when I’m screaming my brains out, but nothing seems to make a difference. I don’t have any superstitions regarding vocal preparation, but screaming along to BLOODBATH on the way to a show or the studio seems to get me warmed up."

Q: With so much chaos happening in the world around us, what would a soundtrack for mankind sound like in 2011, as performed by Ana Kefr?

Brendan Moore: "Honestly, that’s what I believe The Burial Tree sounds like. People often ask me to describe our sound, in which case I will reply with 'if a brutal metal band wrote an epic movie soundtrack to humanity as we know it.' Our album encompasses our world and humanity as a whole in terms of the absolute feeling you get. It is organized chaos that stretches from the darkest tragedy and aggression to some of the most beautiful moments you can imagine; I feel it is similar to real life. Mankind is capable of absolute evil but also absolute good and plenty of gray. It is not often that there is a sharp contrast between the two. Tragic events, as well as noble ones, often contain a series of scenarios that lead to them. But that is not always the case. Sometimes it can take an unexpected turn for the best or for the worst. The music of The Burial Tree is similar in terms of how it leads into some of these starkly different moments. Often there is a flow from our heaviest and darkest moments that build into a beautiful moment. But just when you think you have it figured out, you are hit with the unexpected. The album (much like real life) can seem very chaotic and unpredictable yet, when it is all said and done, you are left reflecting on what you just experienced. It’s hard to imagine anything else that makes as much sense."

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Ana Kefr's new album, The Burial Tree, was produced and mixed by Ana Kefr and David Franklin, engineered by David Franklin. The cover art ("The Watcher") was created by Dutch artist Bianca Van Der Werf. Check it out below:

The official tracklisting:

'Ash-Shahid'

'Emago'

'Monody'

'In The House Of Distorted Mirrors'

'Thaumatrope'

'Bathos And The Iconoclast'

'The Zephirus Circus'

'Jeremiad'

'Apoptosis'

'Parasites'

'Paedophilanthrope'

'Fragment'

'The Blackening'

'The Collector'

Check out the band's new website at this location.