In a new interview on The Brutally Delicious Podcast, he says: murderer front man glenn benton Addressing the controversy surrounding the band's upcoming album cover artwork, “Exiled for sin”. His deadline is April 26th. Reigning Phoenix music, the LP contains art that some believe was generated by artificial intelligence (AI). When the cover artwork was first revealed in February, speculation about how it was created sparked a backlash from fans on social media, as well as memes mocking it. murderer.
Benton said (according to the transcript) Blabber Mouse Net): “Well, people think the album cover we made is photoshop It also has some AI, but in a more modern version.as if “Legion” [DEICIDE‘s second album, released in 1992] — when I did “Legion” The album cover and computer were still new. None of us knew anything about 3D artwork or anything like that.And when I designed it, I was the first to fuck it “Legion” album cover. Now, I've been involved with computers and all that shit since its inception. So I may be ahead of many people when it comes to computers. I have his two iMacs, a MacBook Pro, and an iPad Pro. So I'm a little bit familiar with the whole computer age thing. photoshop This and that.
“I like to do something different and provocative.” glen He explained. “And I know all about AI. Everyone knows it. [up in arms about it]…But that was for stirring. people don't understand. It's modernization… It's a sign of the times we're in now.People can't do that — for the first time. [reaction] It's like, “Oh, he's trying to put all of us artists out of work.” And I'll probably be drawing penises in the men's room for the rest of my life. ” So everyone is up in arms and thinking this is the end of the fucking world. And that's really ridiculous, dude. It's just art and expression. So I think people should really stop being ridiculous and accept it for what it is. It's a sign of the times.
“I don't draw the same album artwork over and over again, and I don't use these graffiti artists to create illiterate logos,” Benton added. . “I'm not interested in that. I want to do all these things.” rembrandt And shit, man. you know what? I design artwork around the whole. And I don't accept other people's feelings or ideas. I also don't sit here and think, “What would a blue-haired kid from Nebraska think about an album cover?” I do what I do because I love it, so I don't care what other people think. So, if it pisses people off…and it's actually like these little bastards on the bandwagon. They all want to “boo hoo hoo” and jump on the bandwagon.But the problem is how hypocritical that is, because my art was being stolen. [through illegal downloading] And in the 90s, I stepped everywhere. metallica They saw it coming and tried to stop it. But the wannabe artist mercenaries and idiots out there were the same people who were stealing my art back then. So where were you all to defend my art being stolen and misused? So what I did was I just made a cover for the album, and it's actually focused on the whole modern modernization thing, and it's actually just a reflection of the times that we're in right now. That's it. I can't spend days explaining this. My maxim is, “I don't try to convince fools that they're stupid, and I don't try to convince fools that they're stupid.” So I just let it do its thing and piss people off. We are having a great time. It is interesting. Yeah, that's what it is, dude. It's meant to stir the paddle and that's what I'm doing. ”
February of this year, murderer Released second single from “Exiled for sin”a song called. “Cut your tongue”. The track was recorded at: smoke & mirrors with engineer Jeremy Klingmixing and mastering josh wilbur.
murderer cooperated with david brodsky from My Good Eye: Music Visual For visually appealing videos “Cut your tongue” It adds to the profane atmosphere of the track.
At the end of 2023, murderer celebrated Christmas with another blasphemous song called “Bury your cross…with your Christ.”.
In August 2022, Benton Said “Garza Podcast” that murderer's new music is “really anthemic style. It's really good. There's a lot of prog stuff in there, mixed in there. steve's [Asheim, drums] Hey, my prog guy. He's a progressive rock guy. He really likes writing black metal riffs and progressive stuff. He's a great talent, dude. he plays the piano He can play sweeps on the guitar. he is a drummer Yeah, he can do it all. ”
Benton He went on to say the following murderer The album was written in 2021 before he and his bandmates agreed to embark on a tour to celebrate their 30th anniversary. murderer's second album, “Legion”.
murderer I played my first show with a new guitarist. taylor nordberg (absence, inhuman condition) will be held at the Rickshaw Theater in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on May 21, 2022.
Two years ago, nordberg talked about how he landed murderer gig at interview “Zach Moonshine Show”.He said, “In 2019, my band is absence toured with murderer In America, and we got to know them and became very good friends. And I actually noticed that glen I think I live two streets over. Jeramy [Kling, THE ABSENCE drummer] And me, where we live.So Jeramy and glen They have become good friends and are always riding bikes. It's kind of funny when you think about it. However, simply put, [previous DEICIDE guitarist] Chris [Cannella]I think he's the head of A&R. dean guitars So he's focused on that now. He heard that they needed a guitarist, so he learned some songs, made some videos, glen He looked at them and liked what he saw. So, after practicing a few times, the bang bang boom came. ”
canela left amicably murderer In January 2022 after three years of operation.
Chris I participated murderer 2019 after the departure of the guitarist mark english.
English became a member of murderer In 2016, after the departure of the long-time guitarist jack owen.
Photo credit: Daedra Kring
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