On Thursday, I had the pleasure of speaking to the guys from Amulet about their album, the tour and everything in between.
On Thursday, I had the pleasure of speaking to the guys from Amulet about their album, the tour and everything in between.
QUITE DOOMY
What inspired the name of the band and what are your influences?
Originally we were going to be called HGV, but then we found something a bit more heavy and a bit more metal in Amulet. As for influences, so we were originally quite doomy, so things like Witchfinder General and Quartz. And of course there were the classics, like Diamond Head, Angel Witch, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest.
What sort of things have changed on this new album?
We’ve got new band members, so they’ve brought something new to the table. We’ve moved away a little from the direction of the first album and kind of brought in some of those more classic metal influences, so that’s somewhat bled into things. For example on this album we’ve got a song called ‘Roundhead,” which is about the English Civil War, and that’s got a lot of stuff in it. ‘Poisoned Chalice,” is about the doping scandal in cycling, but set to a different beat to what you might imagine. So we’re definitely a lot different to how we were in the past.
CLASSIC METAL
CLASSIC METAL
What sort of things have changed on this new album?
We’ve got new band members, so they’ve brought something new to the table. We’ve moved away a little from the direction of the first album and kind of brought in some of those more classic metal influences, so that’s somewhat bled into things. For example on this album we’ve got a song called ‘Roundhead,” which is about the English Civil War, and that’s got a lot of stuff in it. ‘Poisoned Chalice,” is about the doping scandal in cycling, but set to a different beat to what you might imagine. So we’re definitely a lot different to how we were in the past.
KEEP MOTIVATED
What plans do you have for the future?
We’re touring for a few weeks and then taking a break, and then hitting a festival, and then taking another break. It is quite hard you know because we’ve all got jobs outside of this so we need to ensure we have time and that life doesn’t get in the way. And keep motivated.