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Unleashing The Animal With ROK RUPKIN From WITHIN DESTRUCTION · HEAVY Music Interviews

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  Speaker 1: So my name is Rock.
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  Speaker 2: I'm a vocalist for the band called Within Destruction.
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  Speaker 1: We're based in Slovenia.
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  Speaker 2: And right now we are releasing our brand new album
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  Speaker 2: called Ani Metal.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be released on April eleventh.
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, we're actually heading out on tour to promote
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  Speaker 2: the album and we're stopping in Australia as well. We're
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  Speaker 2: doing three dates on the East Coast.
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  Speaker 3: Fantastic Rock.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for joining us tonight, Yeah, thank you for having me.
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  Speaker 4: No, right, so we'll start off on the album first, right, Like,
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  Speaker 4: Within Destructions are unleashing your sixth studio album, Animetal on
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  Speaker 4: April eleventh. As you say, so, how you feel and
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  Speaker 4: getting this close to it is? Is it nervousness? Is
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  Speaker 4: it excitement? Is it anxiety?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: I think it's a bit some business of everything. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we're really obviously excited to release the new album and
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  Speaker 2: we've obviously been working really hard on it, so, you know,
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  Speaker 2: finally ripping the.
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  Speaker 1: What we've sown for the past couple of years.
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  Speaker 2: So that's going to be really exciting, but obviously a
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  Speaker 2: little bit of nervousness as well, because it's a bit
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  Speaker 2: of uh, we're straying a bit away from our older
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  Speaker 2: sound to the newer sounds. So we're a bit anxious
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  Speaker 2: to see how what the reception is going to be like. Uh,
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  Speaker 2: And it's also a bit of a challenge because we
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  Speaker 2: you know, with a newer sound, it's also an adjustment
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  Speaker 2: to how to translate that to live performances and on stage.
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  Speaker 2: But in the end, it's it's all exciting, you know.
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  Speaker 2: It's I feel like if you're always in your comfort zone,
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  Speaker 2: there's no room for growing. So obviously setting challenges for
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  Speaker 2: us ourselves is a good thing to grow as musicians
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  Speaker 2: and as persons or people as well.
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  Speaker 4: You mentioned a new us am I, So can you
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  Speaker 4: tell us be more about Any Metal from a musical
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  Speaker 4: point of view and what you're actually going for it?
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  Speaker 1: Right?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, So obviously if you listen to our older records
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  Speaker 2: and if you listen to Animate Any Metal, there's quite
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  Speaker 2: a bit of sound difference. And the reason why that
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  Speaker 2: is the case is because we've decided to kind of
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  Speaker 2: a stray our own path, to kind of set ourselves
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  Speaker 2: away from the industry, not only through the sound, but
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  Speaker 2: also visually through artwork, through music videos, us as band
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  Speaker 2: members as well. So anytime someone would listen to our
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  Speaker 2: song or see our album or something like that, they
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  Speaker 2: would immediately know, oh, I know this is within this struction.
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  Speaker 2: You know, they wouldn't be have to, Oh, what's this?
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  Speaker 2: This kind of sounds interesting, let's look it up. We
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  Speaker 2: kind of wanted to, I guess, build our own brand
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  Speaker 2: in a way.
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  Speaker 4: So today you released a single cyber Girl and Intemplate.
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  Speaker 4: So are they a good sonic representation of the rest
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  Speaker 4: of the album or they just fecial the surface.
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  Speaker 2: I would say they're a good representation, but they're not
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  Speaker 2: the whole thing, So it's it's one side of it.
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  Speaker 2: But there are songs on the album that sound nothing
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  Speaker 2: like them as well.
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  Speaker 1: So yeah, the.
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  Speaker 4: Cover fits in with the title also with an anime
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  Speaker 4: pieces of featured image. So is that a conceptual theme
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  Speaker 4: around anime on the album? Was it just a cool
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  Speaker 4: way to try in the cover in the title.
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  Speaker 1: A little bit of both.
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  Speaker 2: I'd say with this album, we've tried to pour our
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  Speaker 2: own personal interests into the music, but not only the music,
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  Speaker 2: the music videos and everything as well. And I personally
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  Speaker 2: am a cute anime fan and enthusiasts, So obviously the
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  Speaker 2: name originated from anime, anime, and metal, you know, put
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  Speaker 2: those things together. It's animetal And we're also doing a
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  Speaker 2: manga which will be available with the release of the album,
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  Speaker 2: so that's also part of my interest. But the other
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  Speaker 2: band members are They also pour their own personal like
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  Speaker 2: stuff into it. For example, our drummer is really into cars,
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  Speaker 2: so the music video for the song called Demon Child
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  Speaker 2: is a lot is basically oriented around cars and stuff
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  Speaker 2: like that. So yeah, it's bits and pieces of everyone's
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  Speaker 2: interests into the into the album. Yeah, so that's where
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  Speaker 2: all of this kind of the creative energy comes from.
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  Speaker 3: I sort of touch on this a little bit eli
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  Speaker 3: by it.
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  Speaker 4: But the pressure release refers to your ability to innovate
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  Speaker 4: and push boundaries with your music. So is that something
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  Speaker 4: you're conscious of you sit down and plan it out
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  Speaker 4: in an album cycle, say this is what we're going
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  Speaker 4: to try and govern this direction or is it more
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  Speaker 4: show and experimentation in the creative process.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's I feel like it's more trial and experimentation.
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  Speaker 2: We don't really set a specific goal we want to achieve.
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  Speaker 2: Usually how our creative process works is that our guitarists
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  Speaker 2: will kind of write a demo song with all the guitars,
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  Speaker 2: all the production and the drums and everything, and he
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  Speaker 2: will then send that song to us, so me and
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  Speaker 2: our drummer, and then we'll just balance the song back
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  Speaker 2: and forth with ideas. You know, what if we put
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  Speaker 2: I don't know, maybe some scenes over there, What if
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  Speaker 2: we put this effect over here, What if we put
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  Speaker 2: some I don't know, pop elements electronic elements over there there.
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  Speaker 1: So it's basically just.
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  Speaker 2: Trial and error until we feel like, oh this fits,
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  Speaker 2: this doesn't fit, And once we go through this cycle
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  Speaker 2: a few times and we feel like, okay, this sounds
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  Speaker 2: like a finished product. Yeah, it's just the goes through
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  Speaker 2: this cycles as as long as or until we find
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  Speaker 2: the version that we're all happy with it.
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  Speaker 4: That that would be pretty difficult to you, like, how
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  Speaker 4: would you how do you set the limits? So how
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  Speaker 4: do you know if you're going too far with your
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  Speaker 4: experimentalization or actually not far enough, like if you got
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  Speaker 4: certain guidelines or.
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  Speaker 1: As well by year, mostly by ear.
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  Speaker 2: But we're also fortunate enough to have a producer in
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  Speaker 2: Italy who's kind of like our let's say, unbiased objective.
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  Speaker 2: He gives us some bi a subjective feedback. So yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we all basically create a song and then we also
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  Speaker 2: bounce it with him and he will put his inputs
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  Speaker 2: what he thinks of the song as well, and that
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  Speaker 2: we really value that and I feel like maybe that's
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  Speaker 2: kind of like our gosh. I guess that he gives
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  Speaker 2: us a realistic opinion, and yeah, I feel like.
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  Speaker 1: That that that's how that works.
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  Speaker 3: Across your albums.
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  Speaker 4: Might like you started off more with Death Course or
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  Speaker 4: the band, then you develop into what you hated. I
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  Speaker 4: wouldize sixth albums so one noise mind. How much musical
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  Speaker 4: growth do you think? But in destructions got left in here.
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  Speaker 2: I think there's no boundaries, to be honest, because we
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  Speaker 2: always try to there's no not a premeditated sound. We're
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  Speaker 2: always trying to.
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  Speaker 1: Go for.
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  Speaker 2: It's like with every album cycle, we just, I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: sit down and just talk about what we feel like
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  Speaker 2: writing at that point, and if you know, if it's
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  Speaker 2: something completely out there, we'll we'll just go for it.
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  Speaker 2: We just don't set any limits for us, but it
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  Speaker 2: has to be something that we're all comfortable with and
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  Speaker 2: that we're all wide with. It's not oh, let's just
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  Speaker 2: push it to the limits, you know, without we have
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  Speaker 2: to enjoy it as well, so it's it's not like
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  Speaker 2: just pushing the limits for the sake of pushing the limits.
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  Speaker 4: And you also have a headlining tour of Australia coming
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  Speaker 4: up which starts in Melbourne eye for the third then
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  Speaker 4: you hit Sitting in Bridge private consecutive night, so that's
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  Speaker 4: not far away, all bro, You packed it ready to go?
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  Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, we're we're.
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  Speaker 2: All rehearsing and yeah, making preparations to make sure that
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  Speaker 2: tool tour goes as smoothly as possible. We've just uh yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we've actually returned home two weeks ago from our US tour,
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  Speaker 2: so we're all still a bit than jet legged, but
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  Speaker 2: we're working hard on uh yeah, on our Australian tour preparations.
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  Speaker 2: So everything is in motion at the moment.
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  Speaker 4: Wait. So, but as they don't know too much about
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  Speaker 4: With in Destruction teal, what do we expect from your
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  Speaker 4: live show runners through a typical With in Destruction live set?
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  Speaker 2: So for this through specifically, it's gonna be I want
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  Speaker 2: to say, mixed back or a melting pot. Because we
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  Speaker 2: know we have a lot of fans who really like
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  Speaker 2: our old music, and we also have fans that really
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  Speaker 2: like our new music, and then we have all the
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  Speaker 2: people in between who like basically everything. And since we're
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  Speaker 2: doing this huge headlining set, we have more available time
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  Speaker 2: to play all the songs from our older records, from
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  Speaker 2: you know, the records in between, and also from our
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  Speaker 2: new albums. So and everyone can expect. I feel like
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  Speaker 2: everyone will get at least something that they enjoy from
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  Speaker 2: within Destruction, whether that's old music, whether that's new music,
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  Speaker 2: or if you like everything, then you're you know, you
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  Speaker 2: get the best of both worlds.
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  Speaker 4: Respect before about how it sounds progressed from the death
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  Speaker 4: chor ando what you hear today and then the newest
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  Speaker 4: sound again on the next album. So how difficult is
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  Speaker 4: it to get your set list sort of flowing in
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  Speaker 4: cohesive jumping from Jonas over the years.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's definitely a bit of a challenge, but we
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  Speaker 2: kind of we try to transition through in between songs with.
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  Speaker 1: Kind of like.
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  Speaker 2: I really don't have can't remember a good word for it,
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  Speaker 2: but I guess it's kind of like an intermezzo, like samples,
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  Speaker 2: things that kind of like gives a bit of a breather,
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  Speaker 2: you know. If there's a heavy song, we live a
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  Speaker 2: little bit of room, so it kind of comes down
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  Speaker 2: and then we transition to maybe a softer or a
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  Speaker 2: newer song, and vice versa. So it's not like, you
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  Speaker 2: know this inconclusive setlist.
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  Speaker 1: I guess.
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  Speaker 4: Before we let you go, mate, have you started up
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  Speaker 4: a new segment called photo Bombs. So basically before we
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  Speaker 4: speak you, I troll through your social media and I
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  Speaker 4: come up with a few photos that I want to
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  Speaker 4: ask a bit more about. So the first one I've
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  Speaker 4: got is this one man, like, what's your standing up
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  Speaker 4: on stage and you see that starting to form in
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  Speaker 4: the pit, what's the first thing that goes through your mind?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, it's just like crazy insanity. That's That's basically probably
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  Speaker 2: one of my favorite things as an artist or as
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  Speaker 2: a musician is just standing on stage and seeing people
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  Speaker 2: enjoying the music we're playing. You know, the energy exchange
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  Speaker 2: from the audience to the stage is one.
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  Speaker 1: Of the best feelings in the world.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, even if I'm feeling like really bad that day,
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  Speaker 2: if I step on stage and I see the crowd
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  Speaker 2: reaction like this, it's It's just makes my whole day
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  Speaker 2: one hundred percent better.
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  Speaker 1: Nice.
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  Speaker 4: Then sometimes bright this happens and you get out of
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  Speaker 4: the hair and get in amongst it.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, that's that's that's also one of
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  Speaker 2: the best things ever. But with these kind of things,
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  Speaker 2: you need to be a bit more careful. So I
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  Speaker 2: always kind of like, uh, check or see how the
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  Speaker 2: crowd is vibing with the show, because if they're just
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  Speaker 2: you know, standing there and enjoying, not really moving around,
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  Speaker 2: I usually won't go for a crowd surf because you know,
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  Speaker 2: who wants to see someone jumping in their face when
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  Speaker 2: they're just standing there and watching. But if I see
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  Speaker 2: them really being really energetic, and especially if there are
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  Speaker 2: a lot of guys who I feel like can handle
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  Speaker 2: me jumping into the crowd in front of them, then
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  Speaker 2: I'll definitely go for that one. And it's it's a
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  Speaker 2: super nice feeling, and I feel like people enjoy seeing
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  Speaker 2: that as well, whether they're carrying me around or standing
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  Speaker 2: on the side of the venue just watching this crazy
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  Speaker 2: person jumping into the crowd and screaming into a microphone.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like it's a sight to be seen.
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  Speaker 3: I never go on pay shape, but I didn't catch
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  Speaker 3: it or something.
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  Speaker 2: Like that, luckily, no, But there have been a couple
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  Speaker 2: of shows where they would carry me for I don't
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  Speaker 2: know a few seconds and then they would drop me.
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  Speaker 2: But luckily I'm I feel like like I'm a cat.
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  Speaker 2: I always land on my feet, so no injury is
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  Speaker 2: there so far.
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  Speaker 1: Thankfully for join.
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  Speaker 3: Us dry the album Any Metal is that I put eleventh.
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  Speaker 4: The Australian tour keeps off in Melbourne on April third,
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  Speaker 4: so there's heat's coming at You're from within destruction, so
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  Speaker 4: get amongst
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  Speaker 1: It, Allieah, thank you so much for having me