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with Ronnie and he could ask him if he wants
to sing the song and then we have a guest.
Ronnie was really happy and delighted to do it,
and it ended up being really good. So suddenly
out of nowhere, we had [another] guest on the
album.
Mosh: As you mentioned, you co-produced the
album with Michael Voss. What was your col-
laboration like on Revelation?
M.S.: I have a vision, and it’s like making a
movie. I have to be like the director, somebody
who has the blueprint of the whole thing, so
that’s what I have. So, when I come into the stu-
dio, Michael does not know what he’s going to
hear. I just put [up] a rough take for the tempo
and then I play the first part of the song, then
the second part, then eventually I play all the
other parts to it. Then Michael starts slowly
digesting what I’m giving him; then we put
together the blueprint. He’s an incredible pro-
grammer; he has really good ideas. He can
immediately do things when I ask him to do
something; he puts the idea into reality. I put it
together as much as I can, and of course,
Michael gets inspired and comes up with addi-
tional out of the blue ideas, which are always
fantastic. We complement each other, and it
works really well. We’ve been doing this for
almost a decade now.
Mosh: Will you be doing any new numbers from
Revelation on this tour?
M.S.: No, that’s why it’s called the Resurrection
tour. We’re just focusing on Resurrection and the
past. We took some songs out from the last leg
and added some new ones. We’re not doing
anything from Revelation until we’ve finished
with this second leg of the Resurrection tour.
Mosh:
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From the beginning, Chicago has
always loved you. What's your favorite thing
about playing here?
M.S.: Chicago has great fans. It’s always great
to play in front of a lot of hardcore fans, and
Chicago is a place where I have many hardcore
fans - I guess because of Strangers in the Night
and UFO. For us, Chicago and Los Angeles, has
always been great. And it’s always fun to play
in front of hardcore fans. It’s also fun to play in
front of newcomers and curious people who
have heard about it. To see the reflection in the
audience’s eyes, especially if you have a lot of
them who have been with you all of your
careers, it makes a big difference. It’s a lot of
fun.
MOSH-WORTHY NEW RELEASES: Mystifier
Protogoni Mavri Magiki Dynasteia (Season of
Mist); Embludgeonment
Barn
Burner
(Comatose); Humanizer Divine Golden Blood
(PRC).
MOSH-WORTHY LIVE: Soil, Flaw, Beyond
Threshold, The Outfit, Orion Nine, A Silent
Truth (Brauerhouse, Lombard, 05/03), Iron
Reagan, Sacred Reich, Leeway, Enforced,
Misfire (Reggie's Rock Club, 05/15); Deicide,
Origin, Jungle Rot, The Absence, Morta Skuld
(Reggies, 05/23).
MENTION-WORTHY: Chicago-based technical
death metal powerhouse, Wounds, recently
released a debut EP Light Eater through Italian
underground label Everlasting Spew Records.
The five tracks are littered with groove-laden
tech riffs, melodic lead guitar hooks, and brutal
death-barked vocals.
Ex-Trouble and newly reunited Exhorder
vocalist Kyle Thomas has formed a new band
called Heavy As Texas with current Exhorder
guitarist Marzi Montazeri. The new aggressive
groove metal project just released its self-titled
debut album on April 19.