New York veterans Sick Of It All are the type of band that appeals to both hardcore and metal fans. Their brand of passionate, take no prisoners music strikes a chord with a wide audience. The band's latest album is Based On A True Story, which was produced by Tue Madsen (The Haunted, Dark Tranquillity). Frontman Lou Koller fills us in on Sick Of It All's new CD, stories from the road, the origin of the "wall of death" and other subjects.
Chad Bowar: How come it took four years between Death To Tyrants and Based On A True Story?
Lou Koller: We usually tour about a year and a half or two years on a record. At the end of the two year period we took a month off, but kept getting offers for other tours, and it kept snowballing. That's why it ended up taking so long for us to get back in the studio and write.
There's always a distinctive Sick Of It All sound, but there are always slight variations in style from album to album. What's different about this one?
This is the second time we worked with Tue Madsen, and he made us sound even bigger. Going in we wanted it to sound bigger, and it just fell together. It was a combination of the riffs Armand (Majidi, drums) and Pete (Koller, guitar) came up with and Tue's production sound. It made us sound bigger and heavier, without the typical when a hardcore band tries to be heavy they all sound like a Hatebreed clone.
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