1. Hey matt thanks for granting me this interview, now as everyone knows
you were in lividity so first of all tell us why you left lividity and
formed your new band Human Artifacts with Aaron Harper (ex Lividity) and
Jake Lahniers (Deaden)?
I DIDN'T LEAVE LIVIDITY....WAS REMOVED FOR REASONS
OUT OF MY CONTROL....NO HARD FEELINGS OR ANYTHING....THINK MY MAIN DEAL WAS I FELT I ALWAYS PULLED MORE THEN MY WEIGHT IN LIVIDITY..SO WHEN I WAS KICKED OUT..I DIDN'T WANT THE SCENE TO THINK I STARTED SLACKING OR WASN'T
INTO IT ANYMORE. ALL HAVE OUR DAYS OR YEARS.(HAHA).BUT I'M METAL TO THE CORE!!..AFTER A FEW WEEKS OF THINKING I DECIDED TO GET A NEW BAND GOING WITH ROBERT(DRUMS) AND JAKE(BASS,VOCALS) AND AARON(GUITARS) CAME INTO THE PICTURE LATER....COULDN'T BE MORE HAPPY ALL AN ALL WITH THE BAND....VERY PROUD OF ALL INVOLVED...
2. Describe the bands music do you try to create a lividity styled sound
or do you try to come up with a different style? Tell us how human artifacts
sounds different from lividity and what bands influence human artifacts?
WELL.....I FEEL YOU CAN HEAR ALOT OF MY WRITING STYLE FROM THE LIVIDITY DISC'S IN THE MATERIAL BUT IN ALOT OF WAYS I FEEL ITS ALOT MORE IN YOUR FACE AND AGGRESSIVE THEN SOME OF THE PAST SONGS I'VE WRITTEN...YET AT TIMES VERY OLD SCHOOL....I REALLY CAN'T CHANGE HOW I WRITE RIFFS OR SONGS.NOT A EFFORT TO BE THE SAME OR DIFFERENT THEN LIVIDITY..I JUST WANTED TO HAVE FUN AND WRITE SOME BRUTAL TUNES THAT PEOPLE WOULD WANNA RAGE IN THE PIT TO!!
3. What's the main concept of the band? with lividity it was mostly porn
imagery so what about human artifacts is it the same thing? And how did
you come up with the bands name?
I GOT THE NAME FROM ONE OF MY ALL TIME
FAVORITE BANDS MORTAL DECAY AND THE DISC OF THEIR DEMOS....ONLY THINK THAT HIT ME....WE HAVE ELEMENTS OF GORE,PORN,EVIL...ALL TYPES OF THINGS IN HUMANARTIFACTS......WE ARE JUST A BRUTAL DEATH METAL BAND....KEEPING IS SICK AND STAYING TRUE TO OUR ROOTS..
4. What type of vocals do you like to use like inhale or exhale gutturals and why? And how have your vocals progressed from lividity to human
artifacts?
I LIKE VOCALS THAT JUST FLOW AND REALLY FIT THE RIFFS AND
MUSIC.....LOW,HIGHS, MIDS....ALL GOOD....AS LONG AS ITS SICK!!! AS FAR AS MY VOCALS GO I DEFENITLY THINK THEY HAVE DEVELOPED IN A FEW NEW AREAS AND ARE SICKER THEN EVER....I ALWAYS FIND IT EASIER IN A LIVE SITUATION THEN A STUDIO ONE....SO LOOKING TO CAPTURE MY LIVE STYLE IN THE HUMAN ARTIFACTS ALBUM....ANY FANS OF MY VOCALS WILL DIG THE FEW NEW STYLES....NO WORRIES...NO EMO OR METALCORE SHIT....
5. You also play guitar so what kind of riffs do you like to create the
most, slam style riffs or fast technical kind of riffs?
I'M DEFENITLY A MEAT AND POTATOES GUITAR PLAYER....I TEND TO WRITE MORE GROOVE RIFFS THEN TECHNICAL ONES....YET I FIND MYSELF IN SOME NEW MATERIAL FOR THE 2ND ALBUM BRANCHING A FINE LINE BETWEEN SLAM,GROOVE AND TECHNICALITY
6. when it comes to writing songs how does that work?
NO SET PROCESS...WHATEVER COMES AND FEELS BEST...A YOUNG BAND STILL SO WE ARE STILL GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND WHAT WE CAN DO
7. What kind of gear do you use?
I USE A PEAVY 4 BY 12 , PEAVY 400WATT POWER AMP,DOD 24 BAND EQ,DIGITECH GSP 21 LEGEND PROCESSOR...AND A SWITCH OUT BETWEEN A IBANEZ AND BC RICH GUITAR
8. how's your scene? when united guttural records was around there were
some cool bands in your state like fleshgrind, waco jesus, bound and
gagged and etc. so as of recently are there any sick new bands from illinois? And how has the scene changed from how it was in the past?
THERE ARE ALWAYS BANDS THAT DIE AND NEW ONES TO REPLACE THEM...ALOT OF BANDS IN ILLINOIS FOR
THE BRUTAL SHIT..GORGASM,LIVIDITY,WACO JESUS,HUMAN ARTIFACTS,...ALL TYPES...SCENE IS LIKE MOST SCENES.....SOMETIMES PEOPLE SHOW UP OTHER TIMES THEY DON'T..ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE HIT AND MISS....ALL ABOUT PROMOTION
9. what bands have you been into recently?
PUTRID PILE IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVS!!! SHAUN JUST KILLS IT!!...MADE THE DRUM MACHINE I THINK COOL TO USE AND RESPECTED MORE THEN IT WAS IN THE AST.....GORGASM,SEVERED SAVIOR AND SCREAMING AFTERBIRTH HAVE BEEN MY PLAYER LATELY....
10. how did you hook up with steve from comatose records? That label is
one of the sickest labels around.
HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FRIEND AND WAS THE FIRST CHOICE TO HAVE THE DISC....WE WORK WELL TOGETHER....GREAT GUY AND ALOT OF GOOD BANDS ON HIS LABEL
11. the scene has a lot newer bands and a lot of them were influenced by
your previous band lividity so what do you want to show them with human
artifacts now?
WE JUST WANNA BE INVOLVED AND MAKE FRIENDS AND PLAY GREAT SHOWS....MAKE THE MUSIC WE WANNA MAKE AND HAVE FUN DOING IT....THATS THE IMPORTANT THING
12. i love slams and breakdowns so are they important for your band or no?
And what things do you care the most for when making the band as sick as
possible?
OH YEA...WE HAVE ALOT OF BREAK DOWNS AND BUILDS TO BREAKDOWNS....SPEED WHEN NEEDED....JUST GOTTA FEEL THE MUSIC AND BE TRUE TO WHAT YA WANNA PLAY...THATS SICKNESS!!
13. tell us the your main goal as the vocalist and guitarist of the band and also the bands plans for the future.
WE JUST WANT TO GET THE DISC OUT AND PLAY SOME KILLER SHOWS....MAYBE A SOLID TOUR....ALLREADY TOURED EUROPE
EARLIER THEIS YEAR SO FOR A YOUNG BAND THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN HUGE!!!
14. what do you know about our Japanese scene? have you checked out the newer bands like disconformity, rest in gore, and infected malignity?
OH YEA...YOU GUYS GOT SOME SICK AS BANDS...VERY IMPRESSIVE...VERY THEY HAVE ALOT OF THE NEW YORK SLAM FEEL IN YOUR COUNTRY....WOULD BE A DREAM TO PLAY THEIR SOME DAY!!!
Thanks for the interview! Anything you would like to add?
THANKS FOR THE INTERVIEW...THE PRINCIPALS OF SICKNESS BE OUT ON COMATOSE MUSIC IN LATE 2006!! CHECK US OUT ON MYSPACE AT
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/HUMANARTIFACTS666 OR WWW.HUMANARTIFACTS.NET