UNEARTH Frontman Says Official Music Videos Are 'Starting To Be A Dying Breed'

June 27, 2011

Wayne Townsend of I'm A Stain webzine recently conducted an interview with vocalist Trevor Phipps of Massachusetts metallers UNEARTH. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.

I'm A Stain: What is it about "Darkness In The Light" that sets it apart from the previous works of UNEARTH?

Trevor: It is less "setting apart" from our past efforts and more of a continuation and furthering of our sound. We made an effort to use every element from the previous four albums and write a modern metal album that is both heavy, fast at the right moments, melodic at times and catchy.

I'm A Stain: Can we expect a music video for the album anytime soon?

Trevor: We are in discussions about that right now. Videos are starting to be a dying breed as YouTube and fan-filmed footage seems to be leading the charge in how people see bands. We'll definitely be shooting some live footage and candid footage while on the road and posting it to our YouTube pages, though. So we'll be totally visible online for a long time to come, maybe a video will surface sometime this year.

I'm A Stain: How was it working with [drummer] Justin Foley of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE?

Trevor: He's an amazing drummer and a longtime friend, so it was a great experience working with him. He'll be doing the first two tours of the album cycle while KILLSWITCH ENGAGE takes a short break. We're psyched to have him on board to start this album cycle.

I'm A Stain: Where do you think Unearth will go from here, musically?

Trevor: We do what we do well and will likely keep our sound. Some of our favorite bands SLAYER, IRON MAIDEN and AC/DC are bands you can throw on their album and right away you know it is them. We've accomplished that with our sound and want to continue to have the original UNEARTH flavor in our songs and albums. That said, we're always open to try new things and experiment with different sounds, so I am sure we'll have some songs that are a departure for us, but our albums will always be mainly our sound.

I'm A Stain: If you could tour with any band, who would it be and why?

Trevor: METALLICA, because they wrote some of the best metal albums in the history of metal. And, they are the biggest metal band in the world so we would get to share our music with a ton of people.

Read the entire interview from I'm A Stain webzine.

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