In Conversation with Undeath: Alexander Jones on Influences, Ambitions and Death Metal’s Future [w/ Audio]

“We didn’t really have a vision for this album,” explains Alexander Jones vocalist for New York death metal maulers Undeath. “We knew the stuff that we liked on the first record and just doubled-down on that to create the best Undeath record we could make.” Talking to the frontman ahead of the release of It’s Time… To Rise From The Grave, it’s fair to say that the frontman is pretty relaxed given that his band is about to release one of the most anticipated modern death metal albums of the last few years. Now, anyone who has listened to the album, or its predecessor, the equally filthy Lesions of a Different Kind, will be well-versed in the New York band’s knack for writing straight-to-the-point hooky death metal. It’s those blood-soaked hooks which have seen Undeath’s so...

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