How has the band grown as songwriters and musicians in between albums? The production is also a lot more vibrant.
It feels more epic, but also more nuanced and more progressive than its predecessor. Work on your second album, "Horizons" began in the fall of 2019, pretty soon after you dropped your debut, but despite the short time between records, the new LP has a different energy to me.
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We wanted to have a snapshot of the songs following a summer full of live shows.ĥ. “Chaos” was recorded before we had really gotten tight as a band, hence the quick release of the live performance follow-up. The entire mix and master was done by Wilson in his home studio. Guitars, vocals and bass were recorded in Craig and Wilson’s homes. It was Jarod’s first time doing any sort of production. Wilson and Craig both went through the audio production program at Hennepin Tech, so they had done recording and mixing projects before. Oh, it was quite the adventure! It was certainly a learning experience for all of us. What was the experience like recording your first album independently? Corsair released its first, self-produced album, "Content with the Chaos" in May of 2019 and chased it with a live, in-studio performance of the record in the spring of this year. It’s hard to say from our perspective how things have changed in the greater scene from 2006, since Corsair was just playing local teen centers in the suburbs.Ĥ. It has obviously been greatly impacted by the current pandemic, so we’ll have to see how things end up down the line. There are quite a few bands covering many different styles of metal music. What's the local metal scene like in your city? How has it changed since 2006? Craig and Jarod started jamming in 2017 and decided to start up a band with Wilson, and just went with the existing name.ģ. What caused the hiatus? And what led to the band's return in 2017?Ĭorsair was Craig’s high school garage band and once everyone went off to pursue college life, they naturally disbanded. The Corsair website mentions your band originally formed in 2006, disbanded in 2010, then started back up in 2017. The pirate theme honestly just comes from the name “Corsair.”Ģ. We’ve all been heavily influenced by progressive music in general and primarily write what we think sounds cool.
The lyrics were even written after we had started recording the songs. Well, the pirate concept was added on after we had written the music for our first album. What inspired you to create pirate music with a heavier, more eclectic approach? But Corsair is lot more Black Sails than Pirates of Penzance, with a style that blends death, thrash, melodic metal and more. Pirate-themed metal is often associated with bands that embrace the silly, fun side of piracy.
I talked to Corsair about recording and releasing “Horizons” in a pandemic, telling pirate tales through metal and who in the band has the most convincing pirate accent.ġ. The record is full of death-thrashy riffs, core-based breakdowns, monstrous growls and towering melodies, all accented by the sounds of the storied sea. Their second album, “Horizons,” delivers an energetic and impassioned mix of heavy styles to tell 10 tales of a pirate crew's journey through myth and struggle. One of the newest bands to heed the murky call of Davey Jones’ Locker is Corsair, a progressive, adventure metal act from Minneapolis. Pirates have even inspired music, including a handful of heavy metal bands who’ve willingly walked the plank. Their cutthroat adventures have also provided us with countless hours of entertainment in theater, television, film, novels, comic books and video games. From the ocean raiders of the Aegean in 14th century BC, to the classic buccaneers of the Caribbean, to today's motorboat marauders in the South China Sea, these nautical thieves have endured for generations.
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