DESTROYER 666 Guitarist/Vocalist Keith "K.K. Warslut" - "The Last 5 Or 6 Years Have Been Probably One Of The Better Periods In Metal Since The Mid-Eighties"
May 31, 2010, 14 years ago
MetalReview.com's Juho Mikkonen has issued an interview guitarist/vocalist Keith "K.K. Warslut" of Aussie blackened-deathers DESTROYER 666. The following is an excerpt:
Keith is well-known not only as a touring and performing artist, but also as a staunch supporter of heavy metal and its lifestyle. Although he lives for metal, he can’t live off it and every member of D666 are compelled to put their noses into the grindstone in regular day jobs as well. The frontman also admits that nowadays he doesn’t feel the need to purchase every special edition vinyl of every album and attend every show and festival within a hundred-mile radius of his home. When I try to enquire the singer-guitarist about his LP collection and its crown jewels, I get a sense that his days of pimping one’s enormous heaps of polyvinyl chloride are long gone. Nevertheless, there’s no doubt that the fire still rages within.
“Well, nothing has really changed. Still, I’m fucking 38 years old, and, to be honest, I’m not the mad collector that I once was. When you were younger you just had to have everything, you know... to be a completist. Now I just get the records that I really, really like. I’m not that concerned if it’s the regular version or whatever. I kinda see that kind of thing as materialism, and it doesn’t interest me that much. If I really like the record, I’ll buy the vinyl and that’s it.”Keith has maneuvered the D666 liner for 16 years, and, at same time, he has been able to observe the whole genre of metal from within. Unlike many other seasoned cats, he doesn’t dwell in bitter nostalgia, and when you listen to him discussing about the current metal scene, you’re not going to be predisposed for an hour-long rant about why the Norwegian professional musicians should be shot into the orbit alongside with their sexy saxophones. Instead of an attempt for traditionalist indoctrination, you’ll get a breath of fresh air.
“Actually, I think it’s fucking killer these days. For me, the last five or six years have been probably one of the better periods in metal since the mid-eighties. In all different types of genres there are just so many good fucking bands... like really exceptional bands. I’m constantly amazed and impressed,” Keith commends, while Ian gives his nod of approval. “If we’re looking for names, I think that the latest THE RUINS OF BEVERAST and THE DEVIL'S BLOOD were awesome. PRIMORDIAL is always, you know, high standard, and WATAIN... yeah, it’s just insane. Many fucking good bands these days.”Read the full interview at this location.
