Marching Into Battle With GUS HART From BIFTER

Interview by Kris Peters
Sydney stoner, sludge, doom outfit Bifter have done their time
playing the traps live and have set 2025 as the year to showcase
their music to the world. April will see their conceptually based
album First Impressions Of Hell unleashed on the world, and to kick
start the album cycle the band have elected to share the band's
lead single March Of The Imp as an appetiser before the main
course.
With soul crushing dual vocals atop a violent wall of guitar, bass
and drums, Bifter's music isn't for the faint-hearted - nor is it
meant to be. Instead, the band offers a sonic blast of sludge
fuelled goodness with enough chops and changes to keep you guessing
until the very end of each track.
Drummer Gus Hart sat down with HEAVY to go into more detail.
"We're really happy with it," Gus enthused of March Of The Imp,
"and we think it accentuates the album in general and the vibe
we're going for. We've sort of come out hitting with one of our
heavier tracks to start for the first single because we wanted to
hit the ground running."
We ask if the single is a good sonic representation of what to
expect from First Impressions Of Hell.
"It is…," he measured, "but I also think the best thing about the
album and about Bifter's sound in general is that we're pretty
unique in that we weave a bit of a tapestry in between different
genres. Especially within one song, we pride ourselves on doing
some cool change ups. Whether it be old-school traditional doom
riff breakdowns or utilizing our two vocals to give a sludgy edge
to some of our breakdowns, whereas we've still got some fast stoner
riffs in there as well. We pride ourselves on blending all that
together and that's what you're gonna get in the album."
In the full interview, Gus talks more about March Of The Imp, why
it was chosen to represent the new album, the conceptual theme
around the song and album, why the band has a four-day gap between
releasing the single and the accompanying music video, upcoming
shows and more.

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