Misery Machine – Interview – Thanks for Asking!

Misery Machine – Interview – Thanks for Asking! – by Liam Sweeny.

RRX: Music genres are difficult for some artists. Some strictly adhere; others not so much. What is your perspective on the genre you play, or the genres you hover around?

MM: Misery Machine doesn’t adhere to any restrictions for genre. The project does have a tendency to stay on the raw black industrial noise roots. However just like existence it changes and goes in any direction that it is called to. For just like evil misery is in many things and many forms. So we try to have the music to reflect that.

RRX: What was the very first reaction to your music, from the first person to ever hear so much as a practice jam or the demo of your first song?

MM: The very first person to ever listen to any of Misery Machine material was a close friend to Picazio. Their reaction was disconcerted. For the first works were a raw attempt at making ritual music that could chill the soul. The first song was actually played at this last show at El dorado and the reaction in the audience was awe and the same bewilderment as the first person.

RRX: What do you think is the most poorly understood thing about music, or the music you play?

MM: I feel that the music I play is one of the most misunderstood genres until you experience it. The thing that makes it misunderstood is that the label is vague for it is a form of black metal but it is also more than that. An experience I hope to make more available in the time coming though as I delve deeper into the pit with this moniker

RRX: Stereotypes are a bitch. I mean, aside from the really bad ones, you have cultural stereotypes about everything, including music. What do you think is the stereotype for the music you play, and how far are you away from it?

MM: There are many stereotypes within black metal. I am proud to say I do identify with many of them. The only ones I am not under is the church burning homophobic facist type. Misery Machine shits on any form of hate speech or violence against any other being or organization. Violence towards oneself is natural but to do unto others is wrong. Praise Satan

RRX: What would you like fans to know before they come to see you play? (No basic stuff; get specific.)

MM: The fans I believe know everything they need to know. For those who don’t know, I create an experience using real miserable experiences to chill and touch the soul with strong powerful music and occult support based in satanic imagery.

RRX: Cover art is cool. It shows listeners what the artist thinks the album is all about. Because music can be felt visually. If you had to give the public a visual image that you think they would see and just “get” your groove right away, what would it be?

MM: Misery Machine artwork is based on trying to have each release associated with the shot. Unless it is a split, all artwork is based in reality. But the perfect album art would have to be a Joint clearly lit with a cherry burning in the starry sky and smoke making out with the logo as it lays underneath.

More from Liam Sweeny…