WORSELDER

(Guillaume (vocalist) for Worselder).

01. TELL US ABOUT THE BEGINNING OF WORSELDER?

The band was born in 2007. James (Guitars) and myself (Guillaume, vocals) were playing together in a band called ArcLite; Mitch (drums), Yoric (Guitars) and Yannick (Bass) were in the band Gunslinger. At the time, both bands were actively looking for musicians to complete their line-up, so we finally decided to merge the bands and created Worselder.

We put our entire forces in composing original songs, and played our first gig in 2008, opening for Firewind in Toulouse (France).

02. WHAT ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?

It is difficult to give the whole list or Worselder’s influences. I’d say that we could be influenced by any kind of artist, and any kind of music. Among metal bands, I would mention for example Coroner, Pantera, Devil Driver, Gojira or Testament as being our main references, but you can hear many other influences in our music.

03. HOW DO YOU DEFINE WORSELDER’S MUSIC?

Worselder’s songs are a melting pot of many metal types. The music is mainly composed of massive riffs, close to stoner type, with predominant thrash hints. The vocals are in the straight line of heavy metal. When we write music, we always keep in mind to make something built for live experience. We don’t give much importance to the technicality or the complexity of the structures. We just play what seems to us to be musically efficient! The result is crushing “in your face” metal, that is appreciated by the public and a real pleasure for us to play on stage.

04. WHAT IS THE ACTUAL LINE UP?

As most of actual metal bands in our style, Worselder is composed of a rhythmic section based on two guitars (James and Yoric, the other members of the band being Mitch (drums), Yannick (bass) and myself (Guillaume, vocals). The line-up is stable since the birth of the band, and no one of us could imagine playing in Worselder with other musicians. First of all, we are a band of really close friends, almost brothers… I can say that worselder is more than a band, it’s a family. We also share a deep love for beer and red wine !

05. COMMENT ABOUT YOUR LYRICS?

I a way, our lyrics are not very original. They are inspired by various considerations about the actual way of the world. As many lyricists, when I have to write a text, I want to express about the feelings I have at the moment. This leads me to write lyrics that are engaged, socially and politically. If I take the example of the three songs that you can listen in our last EP (MMXIV – available for free on our website), “The sickening” is about people that have a blinkered view of the world, just changing TV channel to avoid seeing the real life, “Home of the grave” is a squib against the great democracies, that are also the graveyard of human ideals, and “The Haven” deals with the felling of identity loss in the modern society.

06. WHAT MERCHANDISE DO YOU STILL HAVE AVAILABLE?

The only available new material at the time is the MMXIV-EP disc. You can ask us for the CD via our website but you can also download if for free : www.worselder.com orbandcamp.com/worselder.

You can also download our first album (“Where we come from” – 2010).

07. TELL US NOW ABOUT YOUR FAVE BANDS AND ALBUMS?

I already listed previously some of the bands that influence us, but the whole list would be very long ! Concerning our favorite albums, I would just say that we are still very impressed by the albums that are ahead of their time, that initiate a new style or open new musical horizons. The best example for us is the album “Grin” by Coroner.

08. DO YOU HAVE PLAYED MANY GIGS?

Since the beginning of the band, we had the chance to play many live shows, and also to open for great bands, as Dagoba, Firewind, Huntress, Black Bomb A and many others. With the release of the “MMXIV” EP, we plan to book numerous concert dates in 2015, with a strong will to make tours outside of France, maybe Spain or England.


09. WHAT ARE YOU FUTURE PLANS?

We will begin recording a new album in 2015, probably by the end of the year. So we have to do intensive rehearsals and composing sessions until that. As I said, we also plan to tour for the promotion of “MMXIV”.

10. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT. ANY LAST COMMENTS?

Thank you so much for this interview. I just want to remind your followers that all Worselder’s audio material is available on our website (www.worselder.com) and our bandcamp page (banscamp.com/worselder) : you can download for free our first album (“Where we come from” – 2010) and our “MMXIV” EP. To all listeners, please, don’t forget to go on our facebook page to leave your comments. It is very important for us to know your feelings, so that we can go on improving our music ! Stay Metal !