Q062: Some records of AMT pay direct hommage to bands like Black Sabbath. How do you use this as an inspiration rather than a supply for copies?
A062: We were asked to record a homage to Black Sabbath by Alien8 Recordings. I realise that there are many groups that follow Black Sabbath, but they are almost all inspired by the demonic imagery and heavy, dark riffing. But to me early Black Sabbath seems very different - it sounds much more like heavy blues rock with really unique, individual riffs. The guitar solos in particular are very bluesy, and the performance are not crushingly heavy so much as relatively light because of their paucity of notes. So my favourite Black Sabbath element is this blues rock part - I don't think of them at all as the originators of heavy metal. Our record tries to emphasize these elements of the Black Sabbath sound.