MetalSucks

As one of the chief riff providers for swaggercore titans Every Time I Die, Andy Williams takes pride in making the discordant into catchy. For a perfect example of this, look no further than the band’s latest (MetalSucks-approved) album, New Junk Aesthetic. Distilling the band’s decade-plus essence into a tight half hour, it’s a satisfying mix of thunderous heaviness and easily the most appealing material the band have put to tape. But while he’s often overshadowed by vocalist Keith Buckley’s relentless wiseassery, it’s his and Jordan Buckley’s Skynard-by-way-of-Dillinger-Escape-Plan guitar work that make the band stand out and ultimately worthwhile.

A self-described “chatty Cathy,” Andy Williams was remarkably frank and refreshingly earnest in a recent interview with MetalSucks on the eve of the release of New Junk Aesthetic. Among other things, he discussed why he can listen to the new album and none of the band’s other material, his thoughts on the new Converge record, the changing landscape of the scene he came up in, and life over at ETID’s new label, Epitaph.

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Okay, fine — it was bound to come out sooner or later (and I’ve even posted on the format before), but yeah it’s true…I’ve become pretty addicted to reality television. Sure, I still have a couple long-form dramatic faves on tv (much like Vince n Axl, I too am a LOST-o-phile), and continue to believe that we should now and forever respect the comedic greats, but goddamn — in terms of ploppin down in front of the tube and losing yourself, there’s no better escape from reality than…well, than “reality”.

And so, upon watching this week’s Real World: Brooklyn episode, I was a leel surprised when it was revealed that Iraq War-vet/impish hamster-like wanna-be singer-songwriter Ryan, through a connection he made from meeting a music management dude at a bar owned by Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy (hmmm…difficult to mingle with industry folks whilst being followed around by multiple cameras? Can you say free publicity?), would be meeting with a producer by the name of “Machine”.

Immediately I thought, “Could it be?”

And yeah — it was.

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Just in time for Vince’s birthday on Valentine’s Day (which explains why he’s so darn sexy), Lamb of God will release a new album this February, according to a press release that just arrived here at the MetalSucks Mansion.

The band is working with producer Josh Wilbur (pictured above) this time.

Wait… who the fuck is Josh Wilbur?

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