During an interview with Guitar World, Polyphia guitarist Tim Henson discussed the band’s new album. Notably, he also revealed that the effort will feature guest appearances from System Of A Down frontman Serj Tankian and BABYMETAL.
Henson said the following about the record:
“It’s heavy. That’s exciting for us, and I think last year was really eye-opening for us in terms of how we should start composing for the live performance.”
He continued:
“[There’s] lots of eight-string. We’re playing baritones and stuff, too. We’re just making new guitars that don’t exist for the sole purpose of writing something really, really cool with it, so that if you want to learn it, you’re gonna have no choice but to buy that guitar! [laughs] It’s the ‘Playing God‘ treatment, right?”
He also added:
“’Remember That You Will Die’ was very much a showcase of range for us where we’ve got songs like ‘ABC‘, which is a J-pop song, and then songs like ‘Bloodbath‘ with Chino [Moreno, of Deftones, etc.], where it’s super-heavy, and songs like ‘Playing God‘ where it’s nylon-strings, and ‘The Audacity‘, which is crazy jazz. For this record, rather than being all over the place, [we’re] pinpointing the sound and really going deeper into it, rather than wider.”
He also commented on the aforementioned guests:
“We have one with Serj [Tankian] from System Of A Down and we just finished a second BABYMETAL collab – that’s for their record, though, and we’re working on one to send them for our record. So hopefully we’ll make that one come to fruition.”
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