Immortal Bird is an experimental metal band blending death metal, black metal, and noise rock, known for chaotic yet intricate compositions. Their upcoming album Sin Querencia drops October 18th.
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1. Your new album Sin Querencia is set to release on October 18th. How does this album compare to your previous work, particularly Thrive On Neglect? What new elements can fans expect? We’ve improved as musicians and songwriters over the last five years, and this writing process was very collaborative. We were more experimental this time and focused on including elements we felt were underutilized on “Thrive on Neglect” especially in the vocal and synth realm.
2. Immortal Bird is known for blending multiple genres like death metal, black metal, noise rock, and more. How do you maintain such a seamless fusion of styles without losing your unique identity? We’ve always blended genres and listened to a lot of different music. It’s all very subjective, so some people might hear something and swear they hear a certain influence when that may be something unfamiliar to us. Cohesion is subjective, too. What might sound seamless and blended to one person might seem frenetic and senseless to another.
3. The opening track "Bioluminescent Toxins" introduces haunting
clean vocals alongside the usual ferocity. Can you talk about the decision to
incorporate these different vocal styles and what they represent in the
song? I was
hearing the clean melody in “Bioluminescent Toxins” for a while before we
recorded but I wasn’t sure if it would be delivered vocally or via another
instrument. I eventually decided to sing during that part, because I thought it
would be an interesting choice, and an opportunity to express lyrics
differently.
4. Rae Amitay, your lyrical themes confront hypocrisy and complicity in current societal issues. Could you share more about the lyrical journey on Sin Querencia? What were some of the key inspirations? History and current events. Genocide. Misogyny. Cronyism. I like messing with literary devices too. There is a lot of extended metaphor that began with 2013's Akrasia EP that weaves through each release, and many of the threads reach a place of finality on this album.
5. You’ve worked again with producer Pete Grossmann at Bricktop Recording and
had mastering by Brad Boatright. How did their collaboration help shape the
overall sound of Sin Querencia?
Pete is a great engineer, and we trust him. He said Brad should master it. We trust Brad.
6. The artwork for Sin Querencia is once again created by Kikyz1313. What
was the concept behind the cover art, and how does it tie into the album’s
themes?
We’ve used
artwork by Kikyz1313 for all of our releases and when I saw ‘what makes us
human’ (2016) I immediately knew it was the cover for Sin Querencia.
It’s disturbing and deeply disheartening. It ties in with the themes of the
album without needing to be overintellectualized or explained.
7. Immortal Bird has been described as a “chaos unit” with technically ferocious performances. How do you approach composing songs that are both intricate and chaotic, yet retain clarity and focus? What a unique question! We’ve always blended genres and listened to a lot of different music. Intricacy and chaos exist on a spectrum, and clarity is subjective, too. What might sound seamless and blended to one person might seem frenetic and senseless to another.
8. "Plastered Sainthood" and "Bioluminescent Toxins" have
already been released as singles. What made these tracks the right choice to
introduce the album to your fans?
I think any
creative choice that a band makes in service of their art, with the support of
a label they trust, is the right move for whatever reasons. Hopefully we were
right and there's not an alternate universe where we picked different singles
and skyrocketed to the top of the charts. Oh well.
9. The album is being released through 20 Buck Spin, a label known for
supporting boundary-pushing metal acts. How has your relationship with the
label influenced the release and promotion of Sin Querencia? Our
relationship with 20 Buck Spin has influenced the release and promotion an
incredible amount, since they are our label.
10. You’ve had the opportunity to tour with a wide range of extreme metal acts and even opened for Emperor in 2023. How have these live experiences shaped your sound and live performance over the years? The opportunity to tour with a wide range of extreme metal acts and opening for Emperor last year really shaped our sound and live performance over the years because throughout those live experiences we were performing live and making sound. Over the years.
11. With Sin Querencia being your third album, how do you feel the band has
evolved since its inception? What have been the biggest challenges and triumphs
along the way?
It's our fourth
album if you count our 2013 EP which is definitely not our finest work but it
should probably count for something since Kurt Ballou mixed it. We've had
lineup changes and stuff, that's led to evolution and change and whatever
else. It was a nice triumph when we became a 20 Buck Spin band. Finishing this
album felt like an achievement, too.
12. You’ve got dual-record release shows coming up in November with Mother Of
Graves. What can fans expect from these shows, and how do you feel about
sharing these special events with another band? We planned on doing
these shows together even before we knew we had the same release date. It ended
up being perfect, as both bands really like one another and live in neighboring
cities. Fans can expect us to play some songs. Mother of Graves will play songs,
too. I think we'll all do a good job. The support bands are all really good,
too.
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