MORBID ANGEL Guitarist: 'Art Is Timeless And Art Is What We Create'

July 4, 2011

Ronald van de Baan of LiveReviewer.com recently conducted an interview with MORBID ANGEL guitarist Destructhor (a.k.a. Thor Anders Myhren). A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

LiveReviewer.com: The new album got a lot of [criticism] because of the techno industrial influences. Is it hard for the band to receive some ridiculously harsh reviews?

Thor: No, that is really not a problem. I mean, of course, it is cool when people like the album, but then again, you can't please them all. But I also do understand that people react to the new MORBID ANGEL record, 'cause it is unnecessary to say it is very different from everything else MORBID has ever put out. Me included, [I was] very surprised when I first heard it. But do also remember the fact that a big part of the album still represents fast and sick death metal extremities. About the rest of the album, it kind of shows us that MORBID ANGEL were always walking their own path being different. This highly proves this, I would say.

LiveReviewer.com: For outsiders, Trey [Azagthoth, guitar] looks as the master brain in MORBID ANGEL. Is the songwriting process teamwork or does Trey decide the most things?

Thor: Well, Trey does have the main part of the songwriting. And David [Vincent] all the lyrics. On the new album David has composed the songs "I Am Morbid" and "Radikult". I have composed the songs "Blades For Baal" and "10 More Dead". So me, Trey and David have all contributed with songs for this album. Tim [Yeung, drums] has done a lot of the ideas for the splendid work on the drums for this musical piece.

LiveReviewer.com: MORBID ANGEL is back now after some silence. Did the music industry change much in those years and how does MORBID ANGEL handle with it?

Thor: The music industry is constantly in change, as with everything on the planet. Time does not stand still nor does the music industry. MORBID handles that very well. I mean, art is timeless and art is what we create. Another thing is, of course, that MORBID have been around for a long time being very experienced in the industry and does deal with it just perfect.

Read the entire interview from LiveReviewer.com.

Photo credit: Alex Solca

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