Band: Fate Worse Than Death
Genre: Deathcore / Hardcore / Hatecore
Q: Where did you get the band name "Fate Worse Than Death" from?
Ray: Honestly, one night we were racking our brains to think of a
decent name for the band and were randomly flipping through a dictionary
for idea/inspiration. We came upon the word "fate" and the rest is
history. Over the course of time I believe the name has taken on a more
deeper meaning of it's own given the message of the band. I feel as most
all of our music deals with the pain, heartache, and suffering that
other people cause you in your life; in a way our music deals with a
fate that is "worse than death." That being anger, depression, and
suffering. We have a line at the end of the song "Exile" that says "Is
it better to die, or to suffer," and I think that single line sort of
encompasses this whole message in a way.
Q: Your band is an outlet for negative emotions, what was your reasoning for choosing that route?
This band is really our let lose. Our dump-valve if you will.
All the pent up frustration, aggression, grievances, and negativity we
build up over the days/weeks/months/years we pour into this band. Think
of it as our expression of misplaced rage. I feel that negative emotion
is conveyed most passionately and emphatically through music; more so
than any other emotion. In a way, this has almost become therapy, and
myself and the rest of the guys would like to think that listeners and show-goers can find some sort of catharsis and release through our music
as well.
Q: Your band is self-managed, why did you choose this instead of having a manager?
A
few reasons - 1.) This is really just our passionate hobby and don't
have the money to be pissing away on management, or the desire to have a
"boss" so to speak. 2.) We really don't have a need for it. The only
person I think I'd like to have working for/with us at this point,
besides us 5, would be a booking agent.
Q: How is your local metal scene in Haverfill, MA?
Haverhill is good and bad. We have had some of our favorite shows
at home, but have also had some of the lamest, honestly. The only real
venue to speak of in Haverhill is Anchors Up, which is known far and
wide in the hardcore community. Problem is that the Anchors Up crowd is
not a metal crowd; they are a hardcore crowd. This is an important
distinction. That place can be filled wall to wall when a bunch of well
known local hardcore bands play, but when local metal bands hit he
stage, they basically are playing in front of the other bands.
As a
whole, the scene in this region is dodgy... there are a LOT of bands and
a LOT of venues. Between the Merrimack Valley and Southern NH area you
can have half a dozen local shows on a given weekend. This makes kids
pretty jaded (both fans and bands alike), and we think it sort of kills
some of the passion and heart for local music.There aren't enough people
that just go to local shows to go; a lot of people go because their
friends' band is playing, and they will show up for their friends' band,
watch that one band and sit outside the venue for he rest of the night,
or just go home. Can be very discouraging for up and coming bands
trying to get noticed. Our favorite place to play in Haverhill, MA is
RG's Pub on Winter Street. Everytime we play there it's a party.
Q: What one band plays the largest influence in your music?
This is really not answerable because between the 5 of us, we all draw inspiration and influences from different bands. If there was one single band we were influenced by the most, then we might as well just do cover songs haha! All 5 of us have a very different "favorite band of all time" so it's hard to say. People who listen to us and see us at shows say we sound a lot like old Bury Your Dead, Emmure, or Acacia Strain.
Q: Does your family and/or friends support your music endeavors?
For
the most part: yes, very much so. We have had siblings, parents, and
even grand parents come to our shows and buy shirts and CD's to support
us. We are lucky our families approve of our nasty noise. Our friends
DEFINITELY support us. If it weren't for support from our friends we
would be nowhere. We have a wonderful community of support from them.
Q: Do you have any shout outs to give to the readers?
Bands to listen to and support: Panic Candy, The Summoned, Conflagration, Monarch, Here After, and Pathogenic.
Recording
Studios, Agencies, and Promoters to check out: Rigerous Recording
(Bryce Kariger), Project 2 Studios (Connor Hayes), The Siren Agency
(MA/NH), Steadfast Booking (NY), Revive Booking (MI), DuckCoreBlog, and
Metal Local (Facebook page).
Thanks for checking us out! Feel free to bother us any time :P
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