Oct 23 2013
HARD ROCK INTERVIEWS 2013 - ASHES OF ARES INTERVIEW 2013
ASHES OF ARES TALKS TO THE ROCKPIT ABOUT THE NEW ALBUM AND THE WAY AHEAD FOR THE BAND |
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Representing the culmination of experiences, trials and tribulations of founding members Matt Barlow (ex ICED EARTH), Freddie Vidales (ex ICED EARTH) and Van Williams (ex NEVERMORE), newly founded heavy metal powerhouse ASHES OF ARES is all set to take the world by storm in 2013! The ROCKPIT talked to Matt and Freddie to find out what AHES OF ARES is all about. |
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Andrew: Hi. First off, thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for The Rockpit. I only recently heard
FV: While in Iced Earth, Matt and I talked about maybe working together on some music is there ever was a day that we were both out of the band. A couple of years later, we were. We got together to see what ideas we could come up with and liked the way it was going. Matt contacted Van since they had known each other for several years. Van liked what he heard, so the three of us got together to talk about the band and here we are.
FV: To me it’s completely different since there were no influences from either band in the writing of our music. The only similarity is that you hear Matt singing, but even his singing with Ashes of Ares is different than people are used to hearing.
FV: For me it’s the joy of being in a band again in a situation where you are truly having fun. It’s also nice to be in control of your own future.
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Andrew: So your first album, Ashes of Ares, is due out very soon, how did the album come together?
FV: It was all done through the internet. We would come up with song ideas and record them at home, then send them to each other. We would listen to the ideas and make changes and go back and forth until we were all happy with the songs.
Andrew: Obviously there are hints and bits and pieces of some of your previous bands on this album but did you ever feel the need to stray away from those styles during the writing process?
FV: To me there are no bits and pieces from either band. There are definitely bits and pieces of who those bands are influenced by since we share many of the same ones. We just wrote songs we liked and didn’t worry about whether or not people would think it sounds too much or too little like either band. With Matt singing and Van drumming, we already knew some people would have their ears set to listen for traces of the other bands, but we just wrote what we felt.
FV: We will only play our songs. I played bass in Iced Earth, so I never learned the songs on guitar anyway. Plus I can’t (and not many people can) play guitar like Jon Schaffer.
FV: We are very happy with the response so far. We feel very blessed and encouraged by so many people who have reached out to us.
FV: There are no plans yet, but we would love to come down there.
FV: The first Black Sabbath album
Ashes of Ares spoke to Andrew Schizodeluxe October 2013 |
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