When seasoned musicians has cabin fever during the lockdown, they come up with the strangest things and sometimes even grandiose ideas. In the case of Sculforge, both is the case, because Polly McSculwood (vox, guit.) and Fabz McBlackscul (guitars) came up with the idea of forming the band in 2020 and starting a new musical adventure. Everything that happened then was out of love for music and pure boredom – and the two were really very bored.
Since Nerd King Polly loves everything that smells like sci-fi and fantasy RPGs, PC games and literature, it was very quickly clear that he wanted to create an epic sci-fi story that was -maybe- a little bit influenced by Warhammer 40k. A world in which there is no progress except on the battlefield seemed to him to be the perfect setting for high speed power metal songs!
So on this “Intergalactic Battle Tunes (Stories from Behind The Dark Side Of The Moon To The Milky Way And Beyond)” titled debut, there are not only Metal Hymns between Power and Thrash, but also a complete story with radio play-like interludes which complete the concept. The result is a fresh, virtuoso and wacky masterpiece!
This week Dave Griffiths spoke to the band.
