Interview with Vented. The new metal supergroup consisting of members from DevilDriver, Chimaira, Daath, Sinsaenum , Omega Diatribe, and White Tiger.
Their new album Cruelty And Corruption is out now! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0ZbpLWbVRQUDPITO89f93dVjSH0_IMal
โ๏ธINTERVIEWโ๏ธ:
๐. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ
๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ?
Greg: Back in the day I had a side-project called Audionerve where I collaborated
with musicians from the scene all over the world. I reached out to Sean because I
would like to make a song with him. He dig the vibe and he layed down some
insane vocals to the track so we decided to do several songs together. The result
was mindblowing, so we thought we'd do the whole record together and Sean
became the main vocalist for Audionerve. Then Joey Jordison joined to the
project and he recommended to change the name because Audionerve is too
similar to Audioslave so we renamed the project to Vented with a completely new
image.
Sean: I had met Greg back in 2018 while on tour with Sinsaenum.
We kept in touch throughout the years and he had eventually asked me to do a
track for his band. What he sent me changed the course of my last 2 years.
I did a song, then another, then another, and after 3 songs we agreed we
needed to make this into a band.
When it came time to recruit other members to fill the positions. I reached out to
Joey to play drums on the album. He agreed and the rest was history.
He helped derive a new name and logo for the band. He also assisted in some of
the overall song themes and lyrics.
After his passing we had to find a drummer who could fill those shoes, so I
reached out to one of the best drummers I know in the business, Austin
Dโamond.
Not only did he play in the same vein as Joey. He literally created one of my
favorite drumming performances, as a music fan of all time, on any record.
Then we needed someone to fill in the gaps and create the transitions and
soundscapes you hear on the record. So i reached out to my long time buddy
and electronic collaborator Simon Bondar. He filled the album out and created
some amazing sounds. He also made one hell of an intro and outro !!
๐. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ?
Greg: Basically, the songwriting for the whole record was quite instinctive. We
just loved to work on it, it was kinda therapeutic for us right in the middle of the
pandemic. We put so much feelings and energy into this record!
Sean: When I wrote these songs they literally flew off the page.
Overall i wrote the whole record in about a week. The songs just spoke to me,
the riffs the tones, the direction, was all just a perfect marriage of music and
timing. It was a cathartic experience for me, and got me out of a slump I was in. I needed this record more than i care to admit
๐. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ข๐ญ๐๐ ๐'๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ? ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ?
Sean: The name came from venting all the frustrations in the world, and in our
personal lives : screaming it out and being angry because we can.
Not a teenage anger, more like a pissed off adult that hates what the world has become, and is fed up with the state of everything.
๐. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ? ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐?
Sean: To complete the writing of the second album, (which we are 10 songs into already)
To tour festivals, and continue to make this band grow to itโs full potential.
๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐
๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ?
Sean: A little bit of both, there are no restrictions. Just let it flow.
Also while writing, each member naturally incorporates there signature sound
without even thinking about it and that is exactly what we want. Raw, uncut and live.
๐. ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ?
Sean: I hope so, that is the plan, even to just play a few festivals would be nice!
๐. ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง?
The main goal initially was to just create something extremely heavy that we all
wanted to hear, that we all felt was missing from music these days; by bringing
back the old, but with a modern sound.
That i think is always going to be the goal.
Now we have shifted focus to try and grow the band, and actually make it a
household name. To basically just make the most sonically brutal music, without
being too extreme, and still having a ton of emotion.
Greg: Our main goal was to express our feelings through music and do a really
heavy record in the old-school way but with modern sounding. We donโt think too
far ahead. Come what ever may!
๐. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ?
Sean: Greg writes the songs, sends them to me, and i put vocals down usually within a few
hours. I spend the next few weeks tweaking and fine tuning the lyrics and vocal patterns that I
like and removing the ones that bother me. From that point we send them to Simon and he
works his sample magic, and brings the songs together. Last but not least we get Austin in the
studio and have him just write on the fly, to use his natural feeling, because he is so good at
freestyling the drums.
๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐ ?
Greg: Heavy grooves, high energy level and deep feelings.
Sean: You can expect deep emotional feelings, dark atmosphere, heavy grooves, angry vocals
and deep seated meanings about life, and things that stand in our way, and effect each and
every one of us.
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