| Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe prior to Death Suits You, which clearly is a play on words, the band has worn suits in the past. Why did the band decide to push for a respectable gentleman outward appearance in the group with the use of suits? Was this an inspiration by outside sources such as Akercocke or the name given to the American Federal Court execution expect Frederick A. Leuchter, Jr? Or was it just a conscious decision within the band to reflect the name of the group? |
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Juck:
Yes man! We have been using suits from the first gig and it feels like the right thing to do with Mr. Death. We have all been playing Death Metal for like 25 years (except from the boy of course) and it feels like the jeans ´n T-shirt thing does not represent what it did back in the late 80's. Death Metal have always been closely related to the zombie thing and the classic zombie wear is in my opinion a worn out suit. To be as aggressive as we are in suits give a greater kick than the average aggression dressed up in a band shirt. I don't think anyone in the band had seen the Leuchter movie before we had named the band, the boy came up with the name and we just thought of course that's the band we are playing in.no choice we are Mr. Death!
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| What were some of the inspirations behind the music for Death Suits You? I can hear some Bloodbath and Dismember influence in there, but were there any others? |
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Juck:
That's a rather common misunderstanding! People are forgetting that we have been in the scene for a really long time and that the influences back in the 80's actually was more from the punk scene than from the metal scene. We have the same influences that we had back then and everything we have been listen to since. Personally I mostly listen to the same stuff as I did 20 years ago but still tries to find bands that really presents the same aggression that I could feel when I was 18. I still like the first Dismember demo and still listen to it now and then and I think that tells something about how narrow minded I am. Dismember have probably done tons of greater songs, better played, better production and so on but I just like the stuff I've always been listening to. Actually I did listen to a recording from their first gig a couple of weeks ago. (and yes I have the original tape :) ).
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| Compared to your debut release, the music sound much tighter, and overall a lot heavier. Do you feel that since the full-length the band has grown musically? |
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Juck:
It would be boring otherwise! Still I'm a stubborn old man and I always think that the bands I'm playing in should stop developing but I'm very glad that the others doesn't get along with me on that since the final product always turns out to be better than if we would have just stopped developing and done the same thing over and over again. We get to know each other musically and are developing all the time but we still have the same intention as we had from start. We are playing metal as it should be played in our opinion.
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| Why did the band decide to record an MCD instead of just composing enough to make a full-length effort? By the typical standards for releases, "Death Suits You" was just under twenty minutes, and the typical full-length now is considered twenty five, twenty six minutes. Another two or three songs would have meant a follow-up full-length for the group.
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Juck:
The full length follow up will come! We have just recorded the drums for the full length and it will be ready in January 2011, hopefully released before summer 2011. Why not record when you feel for it? We are not doing this thing for any other reason than to satisfy ourselves and we felt that we wanted to try out some different studios before recording a killer full length. Death Suits You was an experiment in production and it's not a easy thing to record the energy that we have live in a studio. More aggression, heavier guitars and the thickest sound ever heard without loosing attack and so on..
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| Considering the full-length dropped in November of 2009, and this MCD not even a year later, releasing in September 2010, do you feel you took enough time to work on the material and make it a good effort, or do you think the final product might have been rushed or delayed?
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Juck:
Detached From Life was heavily delayed and cause of that we had all the time in the world to make DSY. We really don't think we have stressed things up and still we are coming with another full length really soon.
We have been concentrating on new material and not on live shows. If anyone gives us a good live deal than maby the production tempo will slow down.
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| Was there any considertation to placing your 2008 demo Unearthing onto this release before it actually made it's way to the general public in the form of a limited edition vinyl single release? |
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Juck:
The Unearthing demo was meant to be a demo and we actually never intended to ever do a full length. The band started up with the idea of having fun and to make the music we love. We never discussed how we wanted it to sound since it was totally obvious for everyone involved. We booked Sunlight Studio just cause it was a natural thing to do and since I have visited Tomas a couple of years earlier and talked about how fun it would be to record with him again. Songs that have been recorded before and that turned out good should not be recorded again in our opinion.
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| On the track "March to the Dark", the vocals wind up going through heavy distortion throughout the song, whereas the rest of the release doesn't see that much again at all. Why did this happen, and how do you feel about it in the final product? |
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Juck:
I think it sounds cool :) I was very happy on how it turned out when Fred Estby did put the distortion on the vocals and I think it really feels like it fits where it is. I thought must say that Death Suits You is a release that really fit's on the 10" vinyl edition and that the whole production gets much better on vinyl than on CD since CD makes the highs more disturbing.
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| Are there any other plans for Mr. Death in the near or distant future you would care to elaborate on? |
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Juck:
As you already know we will be releasing another full length in a not to distant future and I think we just have to get somebody that kicks out our asses on the road and let people see what Mr. Death is really about. It's fucking great that people pay interest in Mr. Death and still cares about the old school fury!
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| Thank you very much for your time, and best of luck with everything for you and the band. |
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Juck:
Tnx! Yours truly!!! Mr. Juck of Mr. Death |
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