Die Deathcore-Band BODYSNATCHER aus Florida wird ihr lang erwartetes neues Album „Bleed-Abide“ am 22. April über MNRK Heavy veröffentlichen. Vor dem Album veröffentlicht die Band noch ihre neue Single „Behind The Crowd„. Passend zu Single und zum Album, haben wir dem Sänger Kyle Medina ein paar Fragen gestellt. Das ganze Interview könnt ihr nun hier lesen.
Frontstage Magazine: Your 4th album „Bleed-Abide“ will be released on April 22nd, how does it differ from previous ones?
Kyle: Bleed-Abide is actually our 3 full length album. Bleed-Abide builds on alot of the experiences/stories that we told lyrically in This Heavy Void, and goes deeper and more personal with them, all while being more aggressive instrumentally and vocally.
We also are trying to meld genres more and more and play what we consider „Deathcore“ to be and pay homage to the bands of the early 2000s and early 2010s.
Frontstage Magazine: The video for the song „Wired For Destruction“ features a guest appearance by Lorna Shore singer Will Ramos. What was that all about?
Kyle: So Will and the rest of Lorna Shore are really great friends of ours, We filmed in New Jersey with Eric and Eric asked if Will could be the main actor in the video! We of course said yes and love to see and hang with any of those guys whenever we can, and getting to work with them is an added plus!
Frontstage Magazine:The record contains 13 songs, which is almost a lot for an album today. Where do you get your inspiration from to create content?
Kyle: We all write lyrics in Bodysnatcher and each have songs we use to vent about our life experiences out and I think thats what helps the band be relateable in the sense of EVERYONE has a piece of them being put out there that may fit and resonate with different listeners. I personally get my inspiration (And always have even back when the band wrote the Abandonment ep) on extended family experiences, Betrayal, and just giving the middle finger to those who may have wronged me in the past.
Frontstage Magazine: Your lyrics feel more mature and personal than some of your older stuff. What has changed?
Kyle: As stated in the previous question, we all write lyrics in Bodysnatcher so we are all able to take our individual experiences and really delve deep into them.We want to be as real and personal as possible because it not only allows us to get things off our chests, but can help those listening get through similar circumstances or to relate and to conquer the tough times.
The name Bleed-Abide came to us with that train of thought and we wanted to write an album that reflects that.
Frontstage Magazine: Shortly after the release of the album you will also make an US tour supported by Dying Fetus and Chelsea Grin. In November you will come to Europe with Chelsea Grin and Carnifex. How does it feel to finally get rid of the pandemic after two years?
Kyle: It feels almost unreal. The entertainment industry was one of the hardest hit by the pandemic.
Our lives drastically changed and it felt very empty and depressing to be honest.
We are at a point where this is our livelihood and our passion so it feels so freeing and such a blessing to get back to what we love.
Frontstage Magazine: Our last question is always a bit out of line: your band name doesn’t coincidentally lead back to the 1993 film Body Snatchers, does it? If not, what’s the deal with it?
Kyle: Hahaha, so interesting backstory with the name. When we formed and were deciding on a name, we wanted to originally go as John Gacy or Dahmer. Both of course taken, we also almost were just simply called Gein. But we did some research and were looking for nicknames serial killers held. Ed Gein was known as The Butcher Of Plainfield, Plainfield Ghoul, and BODYSNATCHER. So we landed on which one we gravitated toward and we thought sounded cool, which was Bodysnatcher.
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