DIRGE WITHIN Guitarist Is Not Interested In Reuniting With Former SOIL Bandmates

Jake Serd of the band DEGRADE THE SIGNAL and the Danville, Illinois radio station 94.9 K-Rock recently conducted an interview with former SOIL and current DIRGE WITHIN guitarist Shaun Glass. You can now listen to the chat using the audio player below.

When asked why he, as a founding member of SOIL, isn't involved in the current reunion of the band's original lineup, Glass said, "There's a lot of reasons. Mainly, yes, [it's] because I am focused on DIRGE WITHIN. And I'm way more into this band. And I think that my work ethic and their ethic are very different, to be polite. And I think that we just grew apart as people, man. It's like a marriage — not every girlfriend or wife you were with you want to still be with. It's kind of like I don't wanna go back to that girlfriend. Imagine living with her and playing with her and going to work with her, but you don't want to be with her anymore. And to be brutally honest, I really, really like DIRGE WITHIN. My heart is more into this music and this style and what I created from scratch. And I think that's more me. Life is about evolving and changing and not always going backwards. Some people like the past. Me, I'm proud of my past, but I like to move and progress and grow. Dude, we're only so long on this Earth and I don't want to wear the same pair of pants I wore in high school."

Interview (audio):

DIRGE WITHIN's sophomore album, "There Will Be Blood", was released on April 10 via Rocket Science Ventures/THC: Music. The CD was recorded at Mercenary Studios in Zion, Illinois with engineer Scott Creekmore and producer Ari Mihalopoulos and was mixed at Inner Light Studios with Ari and DIRGE WITHIN guitarist Shaun Glass.

Guitarist Matt Szlachta recently left DIRGE WITHIN to continue to focus on his passion for teaching guitar to his students and for other personal reasons. He has since been replaced by Chuck Wepfer.

DIRGE WITHIN's new album is the band's first to feature drummer Frankie Harchut and bassist Jeff Paulick (bassist/vocalist of LAZARUS A.D.),who has been filling on bass duties on tour with DIRGE WITHIN.

A four-and-a-half-minute YouTube clip containing audio samples of the "There Will Be Blood" album songs "For My Enemies", "There Will Be Blood", "Vultures", "Without You", "As We Prey", "Memories" and "Apathy" can be found below.

DIRGE WITHIN's "Absolution" EP was made available on August 16, 2011. The three-song effort gives fans a taste of what's to come from the band's forthcoming sophomore album.

DIRGE WITHIN's debut album, "Force Fed Lies", came out on September 1, 2009 via E1 Music.

"There Will Be Blood" audio samples: