The incredible Drip Fed Empire put out their much anticipated debut album a couple of weeks ago. We checked it out (find here) and loved it, so managed to sit down with a quick chat to the band about it! Check out the interview below!
How would you describe your sound? Any major influences you pull from?
As a bunch of men pushing 30, we’ve been influenced by a lot. We all grew up listening to nu metal and industrial metal amongst many others. A lot of the bands that started what we’re doing now such as Linkin Park, Fear Factory, Static X and the Prodigy. We’re seeing a lot of these sounds return through the nu metal resurgence that’s happening at the moment and we made sure to accommodate these themes on the record.
Tell me about the album, any specific themes or stories running through it?
Funny that, throughout our previous records we’ve written about things like social and societal issues. While thinking about what I wanted to be a key focus of the album I sat down and figured out the common denominator. Greed. So our album circles around the source of our problems in the storyline.
You guys have been around for a while now, what made now the time to finally release an album? Do you think the market still works for albums or is it more EP/singles now?
As far as I know the majority of interest is in singles, right? Honestly, I personally feel like it was a push to elevate our status more than anything else. And we felt like writing an album would be much more likely to bring us up to the next level and reach new audiences. It allowed us to release music that otherwise probably wouldn’t have otherwise been released. There’s more room for creativity in an album rather than just releasing a string of singles one after the other.
What would you say the scene is like currently?
We chat to a lot of rock bands, but the metal scene looks just as healthy in the UK! The metal scene is thriving here for sure. I think something we’ve always found fascinating is how we’ve been received depending on what part of the UK we’re in. As a metal band that has a hard focus on electronic music, we have not always fitted in, but when we do it’s fantastic. I can also say that there appears to be a positive shift in the attitudes towards the kind of music we write and release, so I look forward to seeing what the future brings.
Have you got a busy year booked for gigs/festivals? Saw you’re in Notts soon!
Yes, we’ve got several shows lined up already, we just played a co-headline in Nottingham the turn out was incredible. We’ll be back playing Mangata festival this year very excited to have been asked back be doing this one again this year.
Do you have a dream tour lineup you’d love to be a part of, whether it’s supporting a big band or travelling around with your friends?
Hmmm, good question! I think in terms of big bands, we’d probably pick Enter Shikari, Bring me the horizon and Pendulum. We saw the last two at Download last year and they were all amazing.
If you could have written one song from history, what would it have been and why?
I think the music writing in Tenacious D is second to none. I would have loved to write either Tribute or Wonderboy haha!