Sunshine Coast based metal outfit Dying Sun are seasoned enough musicians to understand the notion that sometimes you don’t have to go like a bull at a gate to make an impact.
Often it is more beneficial to step back, take stock, and assess the landscape before rushing in.
Comprised of current and former members of bands like Misery, Laceration Mantra and Motorized, the musical pedigree spread throughout the band members is the perfect platform from which to launch a sustained and, more importantly, successful career.
After recently releasing their second album Black Coven, Dying Sun also took to the road for the first time as a band, playing with PistonFist and Lucifungus across three dates covering the Sunshine Coast, Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Despite the sudden rush of activity vocalist Matt D stresses Dying Sun are still very much a work in progress, especially for the near future as Misery hit the road for an anniversary tour.
Matt sat down with HEAVY to tell us more, starting with the early reception for Black Coven.
“We’ve got lots of good feedback so far,” he smiled. “It’s pretty early days, but we’re happy with the feedback. We got some really good feedback from a couple of peeps about the sound of the album.”
Of course, if people are saying good things about the album then it has a lot to do with the musical component on the finished product, with Matt delving a little deeper into what Dying Sun were actually going for sonically.
“We didn’t have any big plans for it,” he measured, “apart from we wanted it to be better than the first album, of course, which is probably what every band says (laughs). I just wanted it to sound a little more cohesive, particularly moving between the songs and the dynamic of the album. We feel like we’ve got a pretty good dynamic range happening there amongst the songs, with different topics and different sounds.”
In the full interview, Matt talks more about Black Coven, how it differs musically to their debut album DoomdayCometh, the fantastic artwork, what each band member brings to Dying Sun based on their experience in other bands, the staggered release schedule of Black Coven and why they chose to do it that way, finding the balance in music and more.
