How important is groove to the music of Decrepitaph?
Many of these songs come with some seriously sickening grooves. Groove is very important, as long as it’s not pathetic slam garbage. I like going from faster parts to slower parts to chugging parts and keeping the songs going based on that. I would say all the different styles we mix in are important, but if we didn’t have down-tuned chugging parts, it wouldn’t really sound like Decrepitaph much anymore. You also like incorporating those doomy, Incantation-esque parts, don’t you? I’m thinking of a track like “Worship the Dead,” as one example. Yeah, that is probably the most important thing to making us sound like we do. It is important to play slow to create a dark atmosphere and it’s the perfect template for leads and solos as well. I like those simple doom parts mixed in with the faster sections to keep things interesting. Plus, most of my favorite death metal bands are usually in the doom/death category, so it’s my natural inclination to write parts like that myself. Do you prefer
