In a recent interview with Mandy Malon of Germany’s Rock Hard magazine, DISMEMBER drummer Fred Estby opened up about the long-anticipated new album from the legendary Swedish death metal outfit—and made it clear he has no intention of chasing modern trends with the band’s sound.
Estby acknowledged that the logistics of creating new music have been challenging. “It’s a little bit problematic,” he admitted (as transcribed by Blabbermouth). “I live in the U.S., Richard [Cabeza, bass] lives in Belgium, and the other three guys are in Sweden. So it’s very hard to coordinate.” Despite their best efforts to carve out time for songwriting and recording, touring commitments continue to interfere. “We were like, ‘Okay, let’s not do any more shows next year,’ but then suddenly we’ve got 10 to 15 more. So now we have to prioritize playing shows. But [the album] will come.”
When asked whether he has a clear idea of how he wants the next DISMEMBER record to sound, Estby didn’t hesitate. “Yeah. I do not want it to sound modern. We all agree on that,” he said. “Actually, what I would like to do, if possible, is to record it the way we did back in ’91 — reel-to-reel tape, old microphones, and all that.”
“That’s what we’re gonna try to do, I think,” he added. “I think it’s gonna be good. We just need the time to plan it out, ’cause we don’t wanna release something that is not a hundred percent either.”
In July 2022, it was announced that DISMEMBER had once again partnered with Nuclear Blast Records, the label that originally released the band’s 1990 demo Reborn In Blasphemy, their 1991 debut album Like An Everflowing Stream, and the four records that followed. To celebrate the renewed partnership, a fully remastered version of Like An Everflowing Stream was made available on streaming platforms worldwide—after having been absent for years.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest death metal albums of all time, Like An Everflowing Stream served as the first release in a full reissue campaign of DISMEMBER’s back catalog, all of which has been recently remastered from the original recordings.
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