WHO IS CLOUDKICKER?

Many of you already know and love Cloudkicker, a one-man instrumentalist whose amazing free ambient metal releases have taken the Internet by storm in 2010… the rest of you are really missing out. But do you know anything about Ben Sharp, the man behind the curtain? Precious little information about Sharp is easily discoverable online. Until now; while you’re used to seeing the zany antics of Rob Pasbani as Metal Injection’s on-camera personality, Frank Godla, usually the man behind the camera, tracked down Sharp for a rare on-camera appearance after seriously dorking out to Cloudkicker. And I mean seriously dorking out; I haven’t seen Frank rave about a new band so passionately, well… ever.

The interview is really interesting, too. Sharp is thoughtful and articulate and has a lot of interesting viewpoints on music as a professional vs. as a hobby, giving away his music for free online, his creative process, the possibility of assembling a live band, and how the title of the ]]][[[ EP is pronounced. Check it above, then check out Cloudkicker’s most recent full-length Beacons at Bandcamp, streaming for free or downloadable for however much you’d like to pay for it.