Crushing Force With ANDY MARSH From THY ART IS MURDER

Interview by Kris Peters
Thy Art Is Murder are up there with Australia's greatest ever
extreme metal exports.
They have taken their music far and wide, appearing at prestigious
festivals around the world like Summer Breeze, Download, Graspop
and Wacken and playing with bands such as Cannibal Corpse, Slayer,
Kreator, Lamb Of God, Killswitch Engage and Parkway Drive. Their
thinking-person’s blackened death metal has challenged, provoked
and inspired audiences around the world with little regard for
expectation or conformity.
In Australia the band has been nominated for two ARIA Awards and
smashed existing chart records and convention. They have won the
hearts and ears of a global audience and continue to deliver their
strong social messages without fear of reproach or muzzling.
And you get the feeling they have only just started.
With their latest album Godlike set for release on September 15,
HEAVY spent some time with guitarist Andy Marsh to go into more
detail.
We're feeling really good," he affirmed ahead of the release. "It's
exciting, especially when you've worked on something for so long
and you have to keep it to yourself. I'm looking forward to getting
some feedback from the wider community and the fans."
Godlike is Thy Art Is Murder's sixth album, so we ask Marsh if by
now the band has a set process of doing things or if each album
cycle differs from the last.
"It's pretty much the same," he said, "get together, write some
riffs, put some songs together as best we can and meet up with our
producer Will Putney and finish the job. It normally takes four to
six weeks. Last year we spent siix months piecing the thing
together."
We press Marsh on what to expect musically from Godlike.
"I can't tell you too much, really," he measured. "We're just
trying to step things up quite a bit. We had a lot of time off, a
lot of time to think of new ideas, a lot of time to think about
where we were thinking of taking the band in the future. So just
trying to incorporate some groovier elements, bigger choruses and
imagine what we could put on the CD that's gonna help elevate the
band to the next level of it's career."
In the full interview, Andy talks deeper about Godlike, the singles
put out so far and how they represent the overall picture,
releasing an album independently for the first time, the themes
explored on the album, the cover artwork and where it comes from,
how Thy Art Is Murder's sound has changed from their debut album in
2010 to now, future plans and more.