Delving deep into the underground, UKEM discovered When Gods Burn. We decided to get an insight into this four piece extreme metal act....
For those unfamiliar with the band, please give us a brief
history of the band? We started in November 2007 as a group of 6 mates just wanting to jam and have a laugh
.we did a demo in 08 played numerous gigs etc , then in 09 we lost a vocalist,
drummer and lead guitarist due to other commitments !we decided at that point
to remain a 4 piece and spent the later half of 09 and the beginning of 2010
auditioning drummers .and we found the right guy eventually and were still
going now and getting stronger every year .
Who came up with the band name and what is the influence
behind choosing such a moniker? I Poshie(guitars)came up with the name after months of going
over other names and ideas with the rest of the guys .the name, well it has
many possible meanings such as when gods
actually burn !or when gods burn us !or even when gods burn as in a group of
religious icons sitting around smoking a spliff! In all honesty we never put any real thought into the name
and it was just a load of random words that we put together and they seemed to
fit and we all agreed on it. It was only later that we found out that it was also the
title of an e.n.t. song , but it’s a great song by a great band so its all
good.
Please give us an idea of the bands discography. So far we have our first self titled demo that we put out in October 08 and gave
away over 600 copies to try and get our name out there and obtain gigs. And in april this year we put out an ep “a state of
diminished responsibility “which has 4 new tracks and a reworked track off of
the demo which can be downloaded for free from the links on our facebook page .
we sometimes have physical copies available at gigs also. Both were home recorded affairs with only the drums being
done in a studio, that’s because we are most probably the most skint band we
have ever known ha ha.
Are there any new releases on the horizon? We're currently in the process of writing songs for an album
which we will more than likely self release in mid 2013. Were looking at around
10 tracks hopefully.
Musically, who influences you, if anyone at all? Well we have a vast age difference in the band with me being
the oldest at 38 and sam being the youngest at 25 so as you can imagine our inffluences are vast
as well. Im influenced by everything from the early stuff like Sabbath,
zeppelin, purple , maiden etc all the way up to modern proggy tech death stuff
and pretty much everything in between. Mass (bass)is into his extreme metal but also loves the
beatles and a lot of classic rock. Sam(vox) id say main influences are what he grew up with in
his youth so stuff like pantera, sepultura, and 90`s metal but hes pretty much into everything and has a
very open mind musically. And dan(drums) is pretty much very open minded to all forms
and genres of music. To put it short our main influences are thrash/death/grind/black/doom/hardcore
and traditional metal .
What themes and topics do your lyrics deal with? Sam writes 99% of the lyrics and they cover topics from politics
,religion etc all the way to personal experiences hes had whilst being off his
tits ! The only subject we don’t really dabble with is the whole
gore/fantasy style of lyrics simply because we tend to write about stuff we
know not that we have anything against
that style of lyric writing we love stuff like that but it just isn’t what were
about .
Composing songs can often be a frustrating process, how do
you go about it? I will mostly work on riffs at home and then bring them to
the practice room and show them to the
guys , and we just build on it from there. Dan will write his own drum
parts and mass his bits and once weve
got the music side sorted sam will then go off and write his lyrics . sam
unlike most vocalists has a lot of input in the writing/arranging of riffs
drums etc as well so were all involved in the whole process and also if theres
parts of sams lyrics we don’t like then we will tell him ha ha. It can be frustrating especially when your trying to not rip
off anyone ha ha .
What could we expect from one of your live performances? Half an hour to 45 mins of non stop extreme metal,played
faster than we do on the ep cause of the
rush you get from playing live. Playing live to us is all about enjoying the
moment but at the same time holding it down and keeping stuff tight.we enjoy it
and we hope that whoever comes to see us live has a great time to .its all about
hanging out with people having a great
time and a laugh.
Plans for the future? Firstly to get this album recorded and released ,and to play as many gigs as we can. Were in this purely for the love of playing what we play and
having a good time and anything else that comes from being in this band is a
bonus. The second we stop smiling and enjoying hanging out onstage
and in the practice room is when we call it a day . if its not fun then its
time to stop .
What merch do you currently have available and where can we
get it? We currently don’t have any merch cos were skint ha ha , on
a serious note were currently in the process of getting some shirts sorted out
,and when they are done you will be able to get them from our big cartel page
or from gigs .everything you need to know about everything can be found on our
facebook page . www.facebook.com/whengodsburn.
Any final words? Yes ! cheers for
doing this interview with us and helping us to get more exposure ,we really
appreciate it and love what your trying to achieve for the uk underground metal
scene .also everyone get of your arses and go out there and support your local
metal scene by going to clubs/pubs and checking out the local bands as well as any small touring
uk bands that might be passing through your neck of the woods.without you
people out there ,there is no point in bands doing what they do,and all you
will be left with is kerrang friendly shite. And lastly please come check us out .Cheers everyone and thanks ukem.
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