NACHTMYSTIUM’S BLAKE JUDD: “EVERY RECORD WITH US IS A DRUG RECORD”*
Thursday, May 5th, 2011 at 3:00pm by Vince Neilstein
(Photo by Alyssa Lorenzon. View the full set here.)
Hats off to No Clean Singing contributor BadWolf, conductor of this fascinating interview with Nachtmystium’s Blake Judd, Will Lindsay and Sanford Parker during their winter tour with Cradle of Filth. Among the topics: Blake Judd’s ongoing struggle with heroin addiction (at interview time he claimed to be drug-free), various band members’ opinions of Cradle of Filth, being labeled a “sell out” by black metal purists, the trials and tribulations of being on record label Century Media, the metal scene in Chicago and more. Here’s an excerpt:
Blake Judd- Every record with us is a drug record. Addicts is the record I made while I was a heroin addict—which I have kicked.
No Clean Singing- Congrats on kicking the habit.
Blake Judd- Well, I only did it so these guys would come on tour with me, and I’m not kidding. That album is about hard living. I want to live hard. I don’t want to skip a beat ever. If I can have a good time I will have it, if I can have an experience I am going to indulge in it, and if I die tomorrow I never had a dull moment. That’s how I want to live my life, and how I have done so since I was eighteen years old.

















