Biomechanical pour l'album "The Empires Of The Worlds"

1. First, could you please introduce your band to our readers, your main influences and the style which could best define your music?

Sure. We're Biomechanical. I'm Chris. I play guitar. John K – Vocals, Jamie Hunt – Guitar, Jon Collins – Bass and Matt C on Drums. Influences. I can't speak for the whole band, but my personal main influences are Pantera, Metallica, Megadeth, Machine Head etc. The band as a whole has a really wide range of influences. John K is the main composer in the band, and he takes most of his influences from Classical composers such as John Williams. Define our music? Man everyone tries to pigeon hole us. For me it's just easier to call it metal. We've been called thrash, extreme prog, the list goes on so Metal is cool enough for me m/


2. What can we expect from your new album?

Ha! Intense is a good place to start. It's a lot heavier than Eight Moons, but you've still got melodies. There are a lot of tempo changes throughout the album. We've got tracks like “Long Time Dead” and “Relinquished Destiny” which are much slower more powerful tracks. You've then got songs like “Enemy Within” and “Truth Denied” which are extremely aggressive and in your face. We basically go from one end of the spectrum to other while maintaining a really good flow.


3. How spent the writing process?

John K is the main songwriter in the band. He usually works on his own in his studio. John's song writing skills are amazing. He writes music in the same way a classical composer writes. He always has all of the instruments in mind, and you'll find that a lot of the time Jamie, Jon and I are playing 3 part harmonies that aren't that obvious, but sit within the song creating a wall of sound. Jon Collins co writes the lyrics with John. He's an amazing lyricist and blew us all way when he started writing. John also brought the rest of us in to work on certain tracks to give different angles to the tracks.


4. Is there a tour planed to promote your new album?

We have plans to tour, although nothing is booked at the moment. We have been working hard on filming a video and getting all of the promotional work done. Hopefully Earache will book us something soon.


5. What do you do for a living apart from the band?

I teach guitar. I've got about 50 students that I teach every week. It's great cause it gives me the flexibility I need to work with the band. So if I get a gig or a tour, I don't have the hassle of booking time off with my boss. You'll never get me in an office behind a desk. EVER! HA! :)


6. What is the best (and the worst) memory you have from your musician's life?

The worst memory is when I first went out trying to get a job in the music industry. I tried to get anything and play in any band, regardless of what style. So much so I even ended up dying my hair blonde and joined a pop band. It sucked so bad as all I wanted to do was play metal. Best memory? I think it was the gig we played in Greece with Nevermore this year. The place was packed and we had our own fans there that were singing along and knew all the lyrics. That was a feeling I won't forget in a hurry.


7. Do you know the French metal scene? What do you think of it?

Unfortunately I don't know too much about it. But now you've got me intrigued. I'll have to check some bands out and let you know.


8. The same question goes for the metal scene as a whole. How do you think it will evolve in the few years, and how would you like it to evolve?

Ah man my favourite question. (Not) :) I think the metal scene now is the healthiest it's been in a long while. Especially in England. During the 90's metal really struggled to do anything. I'm not a Nu-metal fan, but I think that stuff definitely helped bring metal back. There are so many good bands coming out now, and I think it's really encouraging. From a personal point of view, it's great to see bands having guitar solos again. Again, the 90's made it un-cool to have a guitar solo in your songs. How would I like it to evolve? I'd love it to go back to how it was established in the 80's. When bands could make a name for themselves without record companies or anything. People liked bands for the music. Not the image or how much they get played on MTV.


9. If you could organise your own metal festival, whose bands would be invited?

Ah! Good question. I wouldn't be able to think of an order, but it would be: Metallica, Machine Head, Mudvayne, Strapping Young Lad, Shadows Fall, man I could go on for ever :)


10. What are you listening to these days? Any good metal (or not metal) albums to recommend?

I'm still listening to my classic albums. Vulgar Display of Power, Master of Puppets, Burn My Eyes. I haven't bought anything from many new bands recently. I quite like the sound of Trivium and I really like Shadows Fall. The only non-metal thing I'm listening to at the moment is a band from Texas called The John Evans Band, which are classic rock n roll type stuff.


11. What is your position about downloading? Do you download music sometimes, to discover new bands for example?

I think downloading is cool. As you said, it gives people the opportunity to discover new bands. If they download something and really like it, there's a good chance they'll go and buy the album. I'm sure a lot of people discovered us by downloading our songs. It only pisses me off when people download albums, burn them onto cdr's, and sell them.


12. What is your opinion concerning the metal webzines? Are you a reader of them? How do you evaluate the impact of such magazines, compared to “real” magazines?

I think metal webzines are awesome. I read them when I get time. I think with webzines you get true fans looking through them to find out about their favourite bands. With magazines, you can only read what they print. Webzines tend to have archives and stuff, and you can find out about some really cool bands through them. When I'm at home I tend to look at webzines, and when I'm out and about, like to buy a mag to take with me. So really I'd say they both have things to offer.


13. Thank you for using your time to answer these questions. The last words are yours!

Cheers for the interview. And basically thanks to everyone who's supported us, and if you don't know us, please check us out!