Interview Lay Down Rotten







Can you tell us more about your new album called « Reconquering The Pit » ?

RTP is our fourth album and our debut on Metal Blade ... I think its the best album in LDR-History cause its sounds more modern (the arrangements and synthies in the songs) as our older releases. We are still happy with it and got only good feedback from the zines and from our fans.


Can you speak to us about the recording sessions ?

The recording session was between May and June 2007 in the Desert Inn Studios near our hometown herborn. It was relaxed working with our engineer T-Low Krieger. On RTP we worked with two different lead-guitar-players (our old one who left the band and our new one, Nils Förster) they shared the work and the arrangements of the leads on this album.


How did you proceed for the composition ?

In the main i make some riffs or work out some ideas @ home and then we meet us with the whole band in our rehearsal room and put the riffs together and work out the arrangements of the songs.


What are the lyrics talking about ? Where do you find inspiration ?

Our lyrics on RTP talk about serious themes like Politics, Suicide, Self-Destruction, Genetic Engineering. Our Singer Jost wrote the lyrics to use them as a speaking tube and to free his mind. The lyrics are themes who he is dealing with.


Who created the artwork ?

The artwork is made by Björn Gooses of Killustrations. He worked also together with other bands like Aborted or Deadsoil for example and made the cover for our Breeding Insanity Album too.


What’s your favourite track on « Reconquering The Pit » and why ?

My personal favourite tracks on the album are Titletrack and All of this Pain. Reconquering the Pit is a song which united every styles of hard music and kick ass very hard. All of this Pain was the first song who i arranged together with our new lead-guitar-player nils förster.


Which songs from the album will you playing live ?

This time we are playing Reconquering the Pit, Sound of Breaking Bones, Nihil and All of this Pain live on stage. I think in the future we will play others songs of RTP too.


Did you film a promotional video ?

Not yet ... perhaps in 2008 we will film any live-show or anything else ...


What are your favourite bands and all times albums ?

My favourite albums are :


Edge of Sanity – Spectral Sorrows

Metallica – Kill’em all

Edge of Sanity – Crimson I

Machine Head – Burn my Eyes

Pink Floyd – Division Bell

I got to many favourite bands but some of them are Kiss, Scorpions, old Unleashed and old Hypocrisy, Crowbar and none-metal-bands like Marillion or The Alan Parsons Project.


What's your opinion about the international metal scene ?

I think its fine to watch the scene growing up in the last years ... there are great new bands like Divine Heresy or As I Lay Dying which brings fresh air into the scene. Metal will never die ;-)


Are there any plans for some gigs or an upcoming tour ?

Next year we will play some huge festivals and we go on tour with Dismember and Hatesphere between February and March 2008 (all german dates).


Do you have funny or strange stories about the band you can share with us　?

Yes of course, but there are to many to talk about it here. We are just a band who likes to make party after a show. Come to one of our shows and look what will happen ... harrharr


What are your projects for the future ?

We hope that we will play a succesful tour and play some cool shows in 2008 and in later 2008 we will write some new songs for the next album.


And as a conclusion, can you say some words for my radio show called Metal Choc ?

Hey Listeners of Metal Choc ... hope to see you all on a LDR-Show in the Future ...

Keep on rotting and don’t forget ... evil never dies ... it just sleeps ...


 




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