Rolling Stone not too long ago caught up with Polyphia guitarist Tim Henson to debate his work alongside legendary composer Hans Zimmer on the rating for the Brad Pitt movie ‘F1‘, his ideas on being observed by Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett and the upcoming fifth studio album from his personal influential progressive steel outfit.
It’s been a comparatively lengthy gestation course of for this new opus, which will doubtless function company spots from System Of A Down vocalist Serj Tankian and members of BABYMETAL. Work on that file is ongoing, with the band hoping to wrap it up by Halloween.
Concerning the file and the anticipated visitor appearances by Rolling Stone, Henson supplied:
“It’s an album that we’re engaged on very diligently and we’re very excited, and it’s pushing us in some ways to develop. I’m not actually doing the [guest singer] speak anymore as a result of we don’t really know which of them are gonna go on it. As I give an excessive amount of details about it, it’s deceptive to what it really finally ends up changing into.”
He was then requested if it the album ‘may need a large vareity of company’, to which he responded:
“Sure. It additionally may even have none. Who is aware of? Now I’ve thrown that wrench in there. That comes from the additional exploration of the file. Its remaining kind might not be the way it initially appeared once we first began engaged on it. It’s an ever-evolving course of.”
Talking additional on the album, he said:
“We wanna be completed by Halloween. We’ve really put it within the calendar: ‘Album-finishing-party-slash-Halloween-party’ on the thirty first, as a result of we’re gonna get drunk that evening. Ideally we end it then, however who is aware of? That is a kind of issues the place it simply may make us each look silly, as a result of it may not find yourself being that method. However that’s the objective. Musically, it’s heavy. It’s heavier than something we’ve ever finished. Sonically, it’s the most sound-design-heavy factor we’ve ever finished.
At this stage, the idea could be very a lot of making one thing that interfaces between consciousness and actuality. Music that nearly induces out-of–physique experiences, taking part in with frequencies that transfer your cells in a method that bodily change the construction of your physique by creating sound that impacts you in a bodily method. We’re taking part in with sound design in such a method that the frequencies are supposed to evoke totally different states of consciousness.”
Whether or not or not the cameo from Tankian makes the lower, Polyphia will likely be sharing the stage with him and System Of A Down later this summer time. Polyphia have the next reveals booked with the Armenian-American nü-metal superstars.
With System Of A Down, Korn & Wisp:
08/27 New York Metropolis, NY – Metlife Stadium
08/28 New York Metropolis, NY – Metlife Stadium
With System Of A Down, Avenged Sevenfold & Wisp:
08/31 Chicago, IL – Soldier Discipline
09/01 Chicago, IL – Soldier Discipline
With System Of A Down, Deftones & Wisp:
09/03 Toronto, ON – Rogers Stadium
09/05 Toronto, ON – Rogers Stadium