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DESTRUCTION Guitarist: 'My Biggest Dream Is To Keep Doing What I Am Doing'

October 26, 2005

Michael Dalakos of Greece's Metal Temple magazine recently conducted an interview with DESTRUCTION guitarist Michael Siffringer. An excerpt from the interview follows:

Metal Temple: You recorded the new album with Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY). Do you think that it is essential to have as good production as possible or does thrash metal mainly leave room for more raw situations?

Mike: "I don't like shitty productions in any kind of music. Yes, thrash metal can be a bit more raw but you can't consider yourself to be a serious musician if you don't demand the best for your music, you know. I also don't like the whole digital recording style. All drums sound the same to me this way [Laughs]. Yeah, I am happy with something in between. I hate fucking computers. I like handmade music. Peter actually helped us in recording the drums."

Metal Temple: You are a living legend in thrash metal. Still, are there any unfulfilled dreams for you?

Mike: "Oh, tough one. Just little things! I want to play in places I have never managed to play in the past. But we are working on this. My biggest dream is to keep doing what I am doing right now for as long as possible."

Metal Temple: If you had the ability to change one thing in the music industry, what would that be?

Mike: "I would ask the labels to stop releasing everything there is to be released. There are so many bullshit releases out there that simply steal the air out of good releases. I hate to see good releases going nowhere just because they are not coming from huge labels, and at the same time to see crappy albums going so well just because they have the support of a huge label."

Read the entire interview at Metal-Temple.com.

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