CANNIBAL CORPSE Bassist Talks BLOTTED SCIENCE, New HATE ETERNAL Album

Dom Coccaro recently conducted an interview with CANNIBAL CORPSE/BLOTTED SCIENCE bassist Alex Webster. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow:

Q: First off, I love the BLOTTED SCIENCE album. Is it a one-off project or will there be future recordings?

Alex Webster: Thanks, glad you like it! I don't know for sure if we'll do another album, but I sure hope so. It's really up to Ron [Jarzombek, guitar]. Ron does the lion's share of the work in the band, so it will probably come down to whether or not he wants to go through the whole process again (Ron produced and edited the album, as well as writing about 85% of the material and playing all of the guitar parts...that's a lot of work!).

Q: How does a side project go through three drummers before releasing anything?

Alex Webster: Well, this is a long-distance project, meaning that each member recorded his own tracks in a studio in or near his home. This is something that requires a lot of spare time, and the first two drummers (Chris Adler and Derek Roddy, both excellent players, of course) did not have enough spare time to dedicate to the project. Charlie had the time to put in, and man, did he do a fantastic job.

Q: You handled bass duties on the upcoming HATE ETERNAL album. How does the record sound in comparison to HE's past efforts?

Alex Webster: It has a lot of diversity, but it is still 100% pure crushing death metal. I actually am still waiting to hear the final mix (I recorded the bass parts and then went on tour while the rest of the album was being recorded).

Q: In the old days, was there ever any hesitation to go with Chris Barnes's grislier lyrics? I just wonder if any of the band members had reservations about songs like "Necropedophile" and "Entrails Ripped From a Virgin's Cunt".

Alex Webster: Well, all of our lyrics are pretty disgusting, and we never aligned our personal beliefs with the subjects covered in the songs. We think the characters in our songs are despicable maniacs too, just like any normal person would! Honestly, the lyrics have always been something that we consider very secondary to the music. We never thought about them as much as people might think we would. We always concentrated on the riffing.

Q: How much longer will CANNIBAL CORPSE carry on? Have you thought about finding younger replacements so that the band will last for generations to come?

Alex Webster: No, we won't replace ourselves with younger guys, haha! We're really still pretty young compared to bands like JUDAS PRIEST and IRON MAIDEN, and those bands are still as heavy as ever, so we hope to have the same kind of longevity they have. We are lucky to have fans that are in for the long haul with us. We are very grateful to them for this!

Read the entire interview at this location.