Interview by Kris Peters
For more than 30 years now Cleveland extreme metal/hardcore legends Ringworm have been decimating the hearts and minds the world over.
Their aggressive, uncompromising approach to both music and life has seen them deliver a consistently high number of unrelenting albums, with the band now set to expand that repertoire with their ninth album Seeing Through Fire, out August 18 through Nuclear Blast Records.
HEAVY tracked down frontman James 'Human Furnace' Bulloch to find out more, starting with whether the band still gets nervous or anxious about new albums.
"No, never," he smiled. "We get excited, but I wouldn't say nervous. We've done this before, and like a lot of bands, this record was done a long time ago. The record had been done well over a year ago. It takes a while these days to get a record out, so we've been sitting on it a while. If anything, it will be a relief. Finally, this record is out! We're pretty psyched for it. It all worked out. Sometimes when you're patient... because we were originally going to put this record out ourselves, because we went into the studio and recorded it and we were intent on putting it out ourselves. Then we were patient with it a little bit, and because of that we were able to connect with Nuclear Blast and they were all about putting it out and doing it for us, so we were very excited about that."
In the full interview James talks more about what to expect musically from Seeing Through Fire, the singles released and how they represent the album, their music videos and how much thought goes into them, the different approach the band took on this album and how it affected the finished product, how this is a new era for Ringworm, the early days of the band, future plans and more.