The Absence Of Light With EDDIE BERG From IMMINENCE

Interview by Kris Peters
Good Things Festival is back for another year, and that can only
mean one thing.
More world class live acts!
Featuring the likes of KORN, Kerry King, SUM 41, Billy Corgan,
Electric Callboy, Mastodon, Jet, The Gaslight Anthem and more, GT24
is already shaping up as an absolute cracker. But, of course, one
of the best things about large music festivals is the opportunity
to discover new bands. Because if they weren't good, they wouldn't
have made the cut, right?
For Good Things 2024 one of those bands who will definitely be on
people's radar is Swedish metal outfit Imminence who, despite being
around for more than a decade, have never made it to our side of
the world.
Imminence have made a huge impact on the music world pretty much
everywhere else, with their latest album The Black cementing their
status as one of the bands to watch anywhere and everywhere they
play. HEAVY caught up with vocalist/violin player Eddie Berg to
find out more.
"It's always about getting the formal invitation you have been
waiting for," he laughed when asked why Imminence have neglected
Australia for so long.
We bring up the fact that organisers must have extreme faith in the
band to bring them out without an established market, to which
Eddie nods in agreement.
"Absolutely," he affirmed. "I think we'll come in cold," he added
when asked how much preparation the band will do on what to expect
when they get here. "We already have some people there that we're
friends with through the internet, so it's gonna be great to
finally see them. I think that we should just go in there with an
open mind and see what it's like."
In the full interview we talk about some of the other bands
playing, what Imminence are expecting from Australian audiences,
what we should expect from them, three songs for people to listen
to in order to know the band better, the early days of Imminence
while he was still in high school, his early attitude towards
making a career out of music, how he focussed on a career from a
young age, the blending of Swedish metal with violin that forms the
nucleus of Imminence's sound, how difficult it is in the creative
process to infuse the opposing styles together and more.


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