dismember
16:28 Sunday, 3 September 2023
Dismember reunited in 2019 and has been doing shows ever since. Of course with any live reunion comes the question of when new material might happen. Dismember has made it well known that new material could definitely happen, but now drummer Fred Estby is elaborating on how long is might take.
In an interview with Metal Rules, Estby said Dismember is taking their time to make damn sure that their first new album since 2008 doesn't suck. Or in Estby's own words, "we're not going to release something that is half-assed." Estby also notes that Dismember's current (so-far reissue) deal with Nuclear Blast leaves the door open for one or two new records.
"It's not hard at all," said Estby. "So the thing is, we have a license deal with Nuclear Blast. We have an option to do one or two more albums. Great. We can do whenever we want, which is even more perfect for us. So we can take our time and we're going to take our time because we're not going to release something that is half-assed. We're going to be very critical about [it], especially since it's been such a long time since the last album.
"And I love the Dismember album that I'm not even on that was released in 2008. It's a great album. If you're going to release an album now as a reunited band in two thousand and fucking twenty-three, twenty-four, you're going to have to try to match like ever before. You cannot be shy of that. We're going to be very critical about it and that's going to take some time because we don't live in the same cities like we hang out every day."
Dismember is currently the classic '90s lineup of Estby, vocalist Matti Kärki, guitarists Robert Sennebäck and David Blomqvist, and bassist Richard Cabeza.
