Apostle of Solitude is a phenomenal metal band... I won't even just call them just a doom band. They just rule. Go listen to them or peep them live if you haven't already. Corey Webb was kind enough to answer some hard hitting questions for POTAH. Here ya go!
1. Last Sunrise is one of my fave albums of 2010. Its damn heavy, EXTREMELY catchy, original, and sincere. Whats your favorite track on it and why?
Thanks, brother. That is sincerely appreciated and really means a lot, especially coming from you. My personal favorite from Last Sunrise is probably "December Drives Me To Tears". I like the "wolf in sheep's clothing" thing between the lyrics and the music, especially during the first part of the song. The heaviness of the lyrics are somewhat shrouded by the non-heaviness of the music with the piano, and the pretty little melody and all, which is kind of cool to me. This is a fun one to play live too; especially the later part of the song where I really get to loose my shit.
2. some people hated the cover art. did you tell them to "suck it"?
Haha, yeah. You know how we roll. That was actually my exact response to a similar question we did for the "upfront profile" thing for Decibel magazine. Sadly, that part didn't make the final edit that was printed. We knew full well going into it that a good percentage of people would be alienated by the artwork, or would just flat out hate it. Not that our intent was specifically to alienate anyone, but we intentionally wanted it to be atypical or even beyond what is typically acceptable for a doom metal album. We stand behind it 100% though, and wouldn't change it if we could. It's art, you know, and you can't win 'em all. If you remember, we posted the album cover art on a couple of websites a good month or so before we released any of the tracks, and it was sort of funny to see the reaction it got from some people before anyone even heard a single note. I mean, there's no fire, wizards, or battle scenes, so it can't be metal right? It fits perfectly with the theme of the album, and I think it could not be any more metal.
I'm biased, but I've gotta say my in-laws' house. My wife is Mexican, and my father in law can put it down with some marinated and grilled carne asada tacos with all the fixins, and fresh pico de gallo and nopales made by my mother in law. It rules. Aside from that though, La Bambas is usually a required stop on my way home from the Mel. Damn I'm hungry now, haha.
We've got two separate split releases coming out in early 2011. There's a split 7-inch record coming out on Blood & Iron records with Dawnrider (from Portugal), and also a 3-way split with Rituals of the Oak (Australia) and The Flight of Sleipnir (US) being released by Eyes Like Snow as both a gatefold 12-inch record and digipak cd. The Blood & Iron release will have one exclusive song, and the Eyes Like Snow split will have 2 exclusive songs. We recorded the songs back in September with Rob Lemen of Heroes Laid To Rest fame at the helm. Tom Roosa just finished up the mixing. We just started writing for the next album, and there are some other things brewing that will be made public soon. We're playing the "Days of the Doomed" fest in Kenosha, Wisconsin in June, and we're planning on doing about 2-3 weeks of shows in Europe in the fall, which we are immensely looking forward to.
5. In the show King of Queens, who is your favorite character and why?
I don't really watch much tv, but I'd have to say Carrie for purely superficial reasons.
6. Would you please tell us about your drum set-up for the gear nerds?
1980's Ludwig Rocker Elite drums (with a non-matching 18-inch Premier floor tom). These were previously Bob Fouts' drums, and I believe the same ones he used on the recording for About The Fire's Rights of Passage album. I think those were the drums he used for that; you may remember. I've got a Paiste china, and the rest of the cymbals are all Zildjian. 21-in Z custom "mega bell" ride, 18-in A Custom crash, 19-in Z custom rock crash, and 15-in A custom rock high hats. Old English Malt Liquor next to the kick pedal.
7. What are six things you'd buy at walgreens that are less than $10 each?
"Classic rock" cassette tapes, recordable cds, jersey gloves, slim jims, nacho cheese combos, Hemmings Motor News, bubble tape, big can of arizona green tea, incense, and some WD-40. Sounds like an awesome Friday night!
.5 .......how'd it get to be so messy?
Unchecked cowardice and ignorance, and generally just a gross failure by humanity to keep it real, ever. The internet has propagated an alarming rise in studio gangsters in essentially all facets of society, and quite frankly I'm sick of it.
hahaha!!! hell yea! much love to my brothers in AoS. thanks corey! - pcm
peep these dudes on their facebook page or via the labels, yo.
Sweet read!
ReplyDeletesweet indeed! thanks for peepin' chuck!
ReplyDeleteHahahahahaha. "The internet has propagated an alarming rise in studio gangsters in essentially all facets of society, and quite frankly I'm sick of it." is hilarious.
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