Polish excessive steel veterans Decapitated are making important progress on their subsequent album, with guitarist Waclaw “Vogg” Kieltyka revealing that he is deep into the writing course of. Throughout this 12 months’s 70000 Tons of Metallic cruise, he shared an replace on the Brutally Delicious podcast concerning the band’s upcoming music.
“Yeah, I am engaged on it. I am engaged on the brand new songs. I’ve already, for instance 50%, I suppose, of the brand new Decapitated report,” Vogg mentioned (by way of Blabbermouth). “And, yeah, after this ‘Nihility Throughout America’ 2025 tour I am gonna proceed, as a result of generally I have been engaged on new concepts on tour, however I do not actually prefer it, as a result of it is simply not a spot to concentrate on concepts. It is a mess — persons are working round, it is, like, soundcheck, after which you could exit and search for meals. It is probably not a spot to concentrate on writing music.”
Quite than writing on the street, Vogg prefers to work from home, although balancing creativity with household life isn’t any simple feat.
“I am working at dwelling. I’ve my room, so I can separate from the household, from youngsters. However nonetheless, I can hear them. So it is not perhaps the right place, however I discovered through the years. I already made, I feel, 4 albums at dwelling, with the small youngsters, with the household life, all these items, which I wanted to in some way discover ways to take my head out of on a regular basis life. However after the tour I’ve a plan to only go to our rehearsal area and simply work on the fabric there, to be utterly out of every part, separated. And I imagine it should work nicely for that.”
When requested whether or not he approaches every album with a particular theme or simply lets the music evolve, Vogg defined: “One thing just like the latter. Yeah. Something can encourage me. And simply searching, fishing for the riff. I simply spend time with the guitar, enjoying and listening to what is going on on. After which immediately, ‘Oh, perhaps that is gonna be a good suggestion.’ After which work round this and add new concepts round. It is a lengthy course of.”
Vogg additionally mentioned the problem of balancing songwriting, efficiency, and sustaining technical proficiency: “It is bizarre as a result of I am performing. I am a guitar participant, so I am an instrumental man. Plus I am composing the stuff. I am acting on stage. It is a couple of issues you could join. And it is not that simple, and you could discover the time for this, for this.”
“Additionally, I must observe so much to maintain in form myself, and it is not potential. If you happen to play Decapitated, you may’t cease to observe. You’ll be able to cease observe for one week, however then you could observe much more to go on stage and carry out this type of stuff,” he added.
One factor he isn’t fearful about? Repeating himself: “I do not actually give it some thought. And really each Decapitated report is completely different… I haven’t got to place a lot effort into ensuring they are not the identical type of concepts as what we have achieved up to now. By some means it turns into naturally that it is completely different. I had a second that I used to be in hassle as a result of I assumed it is, like, that is one thing like a totally completely different band proper now, and what can be the response for the followers? Like how would they take it?”
“Each report is completely different, however with Blood Mantra, for instance, we began to do one thing actually completely different, one thing groovy, one thing thrashy — I do not know. And our new report will probably be, I feel, additionally bringing in new, contemporary concepts, which will probably be stunning to followers. And you realize what? It all the time labored that approach. You play conventional type of basic dying steel, after which come out with an album which is completely different — it is fashionable, it is utterly different to that. And you may see some type of voices that, ‘This isn’t the band anymore. I do not prefer it. I am quitting to be your fan.’ After which after 5 or eight or ten years, these persons are, like, ‘Oh, this album is like your basic. It is one of the best album,'” Vogg defined.
He in contrast this type of delayed appreciation to his personal expertise with sure albums: “It is like — I do not know — when Metallica launched the Load album, or Sepultura launched Roots Bloody Roots, I used to be, like, ‘That is it. I am achieved with this band.’ After which proper now, it is, like, ‘Holy shit. It is a good jam.'”
Along with their upcoming tour, Decapitated just lately launched two dwell efficiency movies, that includes “Names” and “Eternity Too Brief,” filmed straight from their rehearsal room.
With Vogg‘s monitor report of evolving Decapitated‘s sound whereas staying true to the band’s roots, appears we will count on the subsequent album to be each a daring new step and a worthy addition to their catalog.
