THEOCRACY interview at Angelic Warlord

Hello,

I just updated Angelic Warlord to include an interview with Matt Smith of THEOCRACY. Following is the link: http://www.angelicwarlord.com/interviews/theocracy08.html

I also updated the site to include three new reviews as well:

Debellum - "Legacy Of Blood"
http://www.angelicwarlord.com/reviews/d/debellum06.html

Pastor Brad - "Heavenly Shred"
http://www.angelicwarlord.com/reviews/p/pastorbrad08b.html

Sweet Crystal - "Still Standing..."
http://www.angelicwarlord.com/reviews/s/sweetcrystal01.html

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Andy

Great interview, Andy. Thanks for that. And was really pleased to read this part.........

What is in the future for Theocracy? Have you started work on the third album? And when do you anticipate it being released? Any specific songs you can talk about?
We haven’t started recording it, but I wrote most of it during the same period as Mirror of Souls. We don’t really have a timeline yet, but I’d like to release it not too long after this one, to make up for lost time. Whereas this album was kind of centered around the big, epic title track, the next one will probably be more focused on really strong standalone songs. Sort of like a Theocracy “greatest hits” package--not in a commercial sense, as we’re not changing styles or anything like that, but just as far as every song being really catchy and memorable. I can give you a few titles: “Hide in the Fairytale,” “Nailed,” and “Drown.”




Fundy

Very cool, will try to read that today.

I read part of it, but I'm not a Theocracy fan. I stopped about halfway through.

Here's an other person who isn't a Theocracy fan.

Andy I'm looking forward to your review of "WCIB" of X-Sinner.

I will definately be picking up this album (soon hopefully). And you both will just have to be jealous of me.

We?

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Andy I'm looking forward to your review of "WCIB" of X-Sinner.

Just got "World Covered In Blood" today. Hope to have a review online in the near future.

There was a lot of truth in this question/answer in that Theocracy interview:

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You made the following statement at the Theocracy forum: “When I was growing up, I wanted so badly to find good Metal with an intelligent approach to Christianity and an ambivalence towards trends, but all I could ever find in the Christian shops was either screamy bands (not my thing), bands trying to sound exactly like whatever happened to be on top of the secular charts at the time (embarrassing and second-rate), or completely shallow and repetitive fluff.” Would you please elaborate upon that statement. Specifically, how does Theocracy fill some of these voids?

Just by writing from the heart and having a fresh approach to things. I mean, we’re obviously not trying to musically re-invent the wheel here, and you can certainly hear our influences, but we also don’t sound like a copycat of any one band. We worked so hard on this album; it’s our passion and our lifeblood. We didn’t start a band because we wanted to be cool like so-and-so and make money. Our songs aren’t trendy, and our lyrics hopefully make people think about certain concepts in a new way. I think you can hear the struggles and hear a realness there--a human element that you don’t get from a lot of the typical Christian stuff.

Matt's lyrics are the best in the business. I loved the lyrics on the first record, but he continues to astonish. He is able to write lyrics that are accessible, but not simple. He can write a hook, but its intelligent. I love his lyrics.

Great interview. I love Theocracy!