This is an interview with
Finnish grindcore outfit DEATH TOLL 80K. They released their second album
entitled "Step Down" which should be a listening pleasure for all
lovers of old school grindcore.Join us on a trip in the deepest Finnish underground...
First of all, please tell us more about the new record "Step Down“.
How do you feel about the new record ? What about the process of writing
and recording this album ?
It’s very much the album we wanted to make. Faster, noisier and more out of
control than "Harsh Realities", but still having the same type of
recognisable songwriting. The oldest songs were written back in 2011 and have
appeared on the split with Sete Star Sept and the rest at different points
between that and 2016. Now we had a clearer vision of the album as a whole than
with "Harsh Realities", so instead of just writing songs we were
writing songs for this album. How we write really varies, sometimes a song
feels ready the first time we play it together, sometimes it keeps changing
from rehearsal to rehearsal. And considering how rarely we’re able to rehearse that
can literally take years. Finding time was the most difficult thing about
writing and recording the album, it was actually recorded at four or five
different sessions in various places during a couple of months. Big thanks for
how the record turned out goes to our friend Mikael who recorded and mixed the
whole thing, and who really helped us achieve our vision.
