THE RED CHORD Frontman Gives Props To SLIPKNOT

Wormwood Chronicles recently conducted an in-depth interview with THE RED CHORD singer Guy Kozowyk. An excerpt from the chat follows:

Wormwood Chronicles: It's very obvious to me that THE RED CHORD will never release the same album twice. How do you see yourself changing over time?

Guy Kozowyk: "There was a lot of time between the last record and this one. We're going to get a certain amount of shit automatically because we didn't rewrite the first record. That's the case for any band that tries to change their style. We're still going to be a heavy band. I think personally that with a lot of bands becoming lighter and lighter, we are more inclined to go heavier, because if all these bands are mellowing out their sound, who needs another singalong type band? You don't need another SOILWORK or KILLSWITCH ENGAGE or any of that stuff. There's plenty of people doing that. However, I felt with this record, given that the scene is getting really big, that our band definitely has a buzz. There hasn't been a band since CARCASS or SUFFOCATION to all of a sudden go and sell hundreds of thousands of records. I felt like 'Clients' was going to be big. I don't know exactly how big...it might sell 20,000, it might do 10,000, it might do 200,000, I have no clue...but it was our obligation to our roots and our obligation to our fans to write a record that was going to be heavier than the first one, that was going to have more blast beats and more diversity. We definitely wanted to mature as musicians and songwriters and define what THE RED CHORD was. I feel it is our obligation to the whole grindcore/death metal genre to do what we're doing."

Wormwood Chronicles: A lot of heavy bands now use clean vocals and it's getting really overdone.

Guy Kozowyk: "I have a lot of respect for SLIPKNOT for including blast beats on their newest record. Those guys are coming from death metal and hardcore backgrounds. Even though they kind of sell out somewhat and write these big radio hits, they took an extra step and put blast beats on their record. That's cool. THE RED CHORD doesn't do the choruses. We're going to use three times as many blast parts and stay just as heavy and just as crazy."

Wormwood Chronicles: SLIPKNOT must certainly be the biggest "gateway" band.

Guy Kozowyk: "I'll definitely give 'em that. I enjoy some of their stuff. I believe the drummer at one point was in ANAL BLAST. I like the fact that he's coming from that background. You know he's a sick drummer who can do all the crazy fast stuff. Percussion-wise, they're a great band. Energy wise, they're a great band. More than anything, they are expanding the potential for bands like mine. I'm not making a good living doing this, but at least I'm making a living. I can at least tour and get gas money to make it from show to show. There's so many times in the past where we'd have to work and work and work to save money just to go on tour."

Read the entire interview at www.wormwoodchronicles.com.