[Les Discrets – Perpetual Movement] “I think it took a little less pleasure to make it because I was always thinking that if I did something that was good at first, but then it’s not good. Like with the first record, no one heard any of my stuff before and during the second one, when you have so many good points and reviews, so you start to think about the second one, like you have to do a very good album once again. So there was a lot of pressure on my side and it’s something I want to get rid of for the third one.” - Fursy Teyssier

[Cianide - Gods of the Working Class Part II] “A lot of bands change. I mean, look at Entombed. They went through their little gay period with Same Difference and stuff. It’s like when they grow as musicians, they gotta branch out and do this or do that. It’s like, ‘Oh we love Joy Division now so let’s incorporate some of that music into our own…’ That annoys me. It just pisses me off to no end. I like bands that how you started, that core sound remains intact and it doesn’t change. Like AC/DC; I don’t care if you write the same song over and over again because at least I know what I’m getting. I’m happy with that.” – Scott Carroll

[Cianide - Gods of the Working Class Part I] “Oh, there was definitely no pressure on us at all. It let us do it at our own pace, you know? We are a total hobby band; this is what we do for fun. I mean, we all go to work every day; it’s mandatory. So we’re always laid back about shit and we never have the mindset of where we have to do this or we have to do that. We’re all pretty laid back about writing so no, there was absolutely no pressure on us at whatsoever. Except, maybe for the fact that we’re 43 and it’s been six years since Hell’s Rebirth and, Jesus Christ, let’s get a record out already!” - Scott Carroll

[The Union – Succumb to the Siren’s Song] “The problem for musicians now is there’s a generation of young people growing up that have never bought a piece of music in their lives because, since music went digital they haven’t had to! I think people in my position have to be a bit smarter in how we sell music; using different formats and special limited editions is one way. I also believe that it’s worth giving your music away if it gets people coming to your gigs. It’s definitely worked with The Union so far.” - Luke Morley

[Beaten to Death - Verse, Chorus, Grind] “If you start analyzing our music, I guess you'll find that most songs have a pop approach to them. Verses, choruses and bridges. We also have a barrage of different music in our music collection, and we are not afraid to try out "really stupid" ideas. There isn't a grindcore scene in Norway, so we are alone, and don't have any other bands to compare with. God knows I want nothing to do with the nonsense grind stuff out there. I think there's a place for serious grindcore also. Take the music seriously, and the listener will appreciate it.” – Tommy Hjelm

[Exhumed – All Guts, No Glory, Even More Laughs Part II] “For me, when I was the most heavily into the genre as a fan, it was from age 14-17. I couldn’t buy beer legally back then so when I went to a show, all I cared about was getting t-shirts and stuff. That’s the period where the music means so much to you, more than ever. Those are the ones that we want to play for more because it does mean so much more to them and you’re, like, reaching out to them in a way. It’s not cynical like they have disposable income so we want to target them, it’s not that way at all. That’s the age where you’re living for your music, it means so much to you and it helps you through life.” – Matt Harvey

[Exhumed – All Guts, No Glory, But All Laughs Part I] “Well, here’s my thing: I’m totally cool if people don’t like the band. But I guess what pisses me off is when people don’t ‘get it.’ That’s what infuriates me. I’m cool with people who say they get it but think it’s stupid. But when people say things like we’re just trying to be Cannibal Corpse or whatever, that’s just not the case. I mean, I love Cannibal Corpse and I’ve got immense respect for them, but that’s not where our influences are at all. If people say [Exhumed] know their thrash and they know early Earache but this is just stupid, that’s cool because at least they understand where our influences are.” – Matt Harvey

[Cradle of Filth - Storm Before and After the Calm Part II] “Well, I hear this from a lot of people who weren’t even born, or even a glint in the milkman’s eye, when our first record came out. It makes me laugh when they say these things. And when people talk about the ‘glory days,’ well, when these things happened they weren’t the glory days at all. They were more ‘struggle days’ [laughs loudly] you know? It’s about perspective, really, and people will just move along and find albums that they are reticent about and they’ll eventually become these ‘glory’ albums So it all comes down to point of view or perspective where people will go gung-ho about albums and the whole, ‘I’m a record collector!’ or ‘I’m a fan of this band so I know and I only listen to the old stuff because I’m a true fan!’”- Dani Filth

[Cradle of Filth - Storm Before and After the Calm Part I] “And when we’re writing a concept record, it’s harder to make a proper, lone song without too many lyrics in it and make it a story and fit the words and ambience in it, to fit with the rest of the songs. It’s a challenge for it to make sense as a whole as well as individually song-wise, so that’s pretty tricky. But I don’t know; sometimes songs come together [quickly], other times it takes quite a while. And sometimes it’s not just about the lyricism; sometimes the song itself can be quite a challenge to adapt to the, you know, la-la-la’s.” – Dani Filth

[Eluveitie - Odd Folk’s Serenade] “I don't know if our music is more established than it was ten years ago. To me personally, it is the same. It was as intended to be back then and so it is today. But I actually do think that we're able to differentiate ourselves, yes. I mean, it only begins with the lineup - show me one other metal band besides Eluveitie playing with fiddle, hurdy-gurdy, whistles, bagpipes, mandola and other acoustic instruments. But however, we actually don't really think about such questions, to be honest. Basically we just do our own thing the way we like it and because we like it and we don't care too much about what's going on around us.” – Chrigel Glanzmann

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