Aborted's vocalist Sven very kindly had a chat with me about their up coming tour, writing music about gore and generally making ears bleed the world over.
Q1, Please introduce yourself to those who don't know you
Hi, My name is Sven, I make barfy noises in a microphone for a band called Aborted, I live in a house.
Q2, Please give us a brief history of the band.
The band was founded by myself in 1995, had a shitton of members, some left, some got fired, as time goes by we are nearly doing 15 years of this death metal thing, and we realised its not getting us chicks, bummer.
Q3, Why should people buy your latest release, The Coronary Reconstruction EP?
Because it destroyes the last 2 releases by far, and will make you look awesome with your friends, scare your parents and piss off your teachers.
Q4, Do you have a certain process when recording a new release, if so how do you feel the latest compares to the previous?
Yeah, we usually just start with the drums, as most bands, then gutiars, bass and vocals, pretty standard really, been the same nearly every release we did and it went much smoother and easier this time around than the last couple records to be honest.
Q5, What is so appealing to you about the kind of music that Aborted produce?
Its very loud, and fast and portrays wonderful things in life.
Q6, Do the remarks about Aborted "selling out to become a Metalcore band" get to you, when clearly you’re the same kind of band you have always been?
Not really, we have been called metalcore, deathcore, and whatever else, it doesn't really matter
everyone has an opinion, if we would care about all that shit we would have stopped playing ages ago.
Q7, While on the subject of Metalcore, would you mind being on the same bill as some of the more mainstream Metalcore bands?
Don't really care about things like this, if its a good show, its a good show. We once were on the same festival
as beyonce, if you start caring about this kind of stuff then you are limiting yourself into a small box. I also do not hate metalcore, we are open minded people and listen to alot of different things, even outside of metal.
Q8, Do you like or think that there is anything positive about the more “pop” side of Metal?
It certainly made the whole genre and extreme music more popular with alot of people, which in the end also benefits the more underground music styles and smaller bands. Am I a fan of it? Not really, but as said, we are open minded and there are good bands and bad bands in every style of music.
Q9, So, Twilight or Blade and why?
Blade, FUCK this twilight bullshit, straight up the ass, worst thing that has ever been made.I cannot even come up with a reason why anyone would like this crap.
Q10, In your free time (if you have any), what web sites would you recommend to waste your time on?
Life, a real one, outside of a computer, is nice.
Q11, Who would you say was the lynchpin of Aborted’s creation and if they had not existed, there would be no Aborted?
I would guess seeing I am the only one left that would be me hahaha.
Q12, What 3 records by other bands / artists would you recommend to the people out there?
Anything by Impaled, Hemdale, Burnt By The Sun, Converge, Suffocation, ...
Q13, What will be the best thing about seeing Aborted live on the upcoming Machines Of Grind tour?
We are damn sexy and smell fabulous and also play a good bunch of death metal songs.
Q14, Aborted always have a large amount of merchandise while on tour and even on your web page. How long does it take from idea to sale of a new item of your merch and who does your designs?
Depends really, I do alot of the designs, then we hire other people so its really depending on
the designers that are used. recently we have worked with Dan Mumford, Godmachine etc
who are all great designers. printing takes up to 3 weeks, give or take.
Q 15, If you weren’t in Aborted, what would you be doing for a job?
I am a graphic designer actually, so I would be doing that, making some more album designs and merch designs for bands and what not.
Q16, What are your guilty secrets when it comes to music, film and TV?
Desperate housewives, paramore and i don't watch shit movies, those two are already bad enough as it is hehe
Q17, Which 3 Aborted releases should a new fan invest in?
Coronary reconstruction, goremageddon, the archaic abattoir
Q18, Any recommendations on new bands out there that people must know about?
New bands eh? We like Dr Doom, System Divide :), Nervecell,...
Q19, What can we expect from Aborted in 2010?
We are doing some tours for coronary reconstruction and some festivals, but mainly working on writing our
next fullength which is to be recorded end 2010 and will melt your faces off, guaranteed!
Q20, Legs, Bums or Boobs?
Limbs, preferably severed
Well, I should have guessed that was coming. Thanks for chatting with me.
Till the next time....
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