Musically, they can expect a cacophony of screams, loads of blaring guitars, and definitely no talent! In other words, it's a lot like our other releases. Death After Life is a concept album, however, the concept being four med-school losers who try to achieve the impossible, screw up and fail miserably...the metaphor here is fairly odvious.
Are there any tour plans after the release of Death After Life?
Yes. We've all been drafted for a tour of doody in Iraq. There are also some plans to invade the southern Cal area with our friends in Engorged and Lord Gore, and then possibly lay waste to the East Coast after the Maryland fest. Other than that, no one will take us on because our guarantee is one-million dollars. We figure if we get our guarantee just once, we can quit.
Some people take your music serious, but isn't your stuff just for humor and to piss people off?
Yes, just like "Weird Al" Yankovich, our hereo and personal mentor. Just wait until we release our split with him, tentativley titled, "Oops...I Wet it Again" which of course our parady of a Britney Spears number.
What has the response been from fans on your previous albums?
They worship them to the point of fault. It's kind of like ICP juggalos. Impaled fans have crazy doctor conventions where they all dress up and all the girls come as nurses. I supposed their could be a few male nurses and female doctors, but these people are living some crazy fantasy world. Impaled fans look to our albums for spiritual guidance, which is unfortuante, as many have ended up having sex with corpses or filling morgues with poo as a result of taking our lyrics too seriously. Really, filling a morgue with poo should only be done by trained professionals such as the members of Impaled.
Who writes the music/lyrics in Impaled?
Sean is the primary music writer, though Jason and I also contribute. Lyrically, I'm the poet with the mostest, but Sean peeps in once and awhile and throws some crazy big words for me to use.
Could you tell us what the hardest, most time-consiming parts of getting this new album done?
The mixing took a long time, and we had to do it in a shack in the woods that was being overrun by rat faeces. The drive up to the shack was enough to destroy our brakes on one car, and of course there was that incident with the hicks who thought Raul had a "pretty mouth".
You are also in the band Ludicra, which is very different from Impaled. How'd the whole Ludicra project come along?
I got kicked out of a band and was asked to play in Ludicra. I was already a fan of Ludicra, and considering the drummer actually came to stab me at his ex-girlfriends house one time, I figured the best thing to do was exactly what he wanted. I call it the "Four Huntred Pound Gorilla Sits Wherever He Wants" effect. They are going to make a movie featuring that name now featuring Ashton Kutcher.
What are some of the bands you've toured with in the past? Both Impaled and Ludicra.
Incantation, Vader, Kill (Br), Skinless, Decapitated, Rapist (Tx), Yob, Sub-Archnoid Space, Enter Self, Nunslaughter, Nile, Origin, too name a few...
Awesome. What's your view on the metal scene today?
There's a lot of good bands out there, there always is. It's stronger in part due to new audience that we can only give credit to nu-metal for nuturing. I think there is a large sense of jadedness that people get really bitter and as bands continue to spring up left and right with cheaper recording techniques, you're going to get a lot of waterted down pablum. It's getting harder and harder to swim through it all. I don't think the answer made any sense.
Ok well my last question is, where did the whole doctor theme come from?
What doctor theme? We just go to jam after we get off work at the crazy doctor hospital.
Is there anything you'd like to add?
I'd like to add to the readers at least 20 IQ points by my words of insightful wisdom and delicate intellect.