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\"\"“With Sinsaenum, I want it to be raw and dirty and disgusting, just like the cover”<\/em><\/h2>\n

Free time is a rare privilege for Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Leclercq. The leader and chief songwriter in death metal powerhouse Sinsaenum<\/b>, he is also acting as the group\u2019s manager and booking agent. As Already Heard<\/strong> catches up with Leclercq a week before\u00a0<\/b>the\u00a0release their second full-length record,\u00a0\u2018Repulsion for Humanity\u2019<\/i>, he\u2019s got a lot to keep his mind occupied.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have to take care of the tour which involves finding someone to sponsor us and finding support bands,\u201d<\/i> Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric explains, taking into account where his thoughts currently lie as the album\u2019s release draws closer. \u201cI know it\u2019s coming soon, and I have to schedule some stuff to promote the release, but I don\u2019t really have the time to sit back and enjoy the fact that the music is gonna be out soon. I\u2019m the one dealing with all the different steps, which is interesting because I know exactly what\u2019s going on, but it involves a lot of work.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

What started off as a one-man side project, Sinsaenum<\/b> has continued to blossom like graveside flowers since the release of 2016 debut album \u2018Echoes of the Tortured\u2019<\/i>. Comprising an all-star lineup featuring Joey Jordison (ex-Slipknot, Vimic) on drums, Attila Csihar (Mayhem) and Sean Zatorsky (ex-D\u00e5\u00e5th) on vocals, alongside guitarist St\u00e9phane Buriez and bassist Heimoth, Sinsaenum<\/b> is already an established unit, albeit one yet to play a show. And with this lineup in place, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric is already noticing changes in songwriting to suit it.<\/p>\n

\u201cEchoes\u2019 was written by me alone over a long period of time. All I wanted was to make a perfect death metal album based on my criteria of what death metal is supposed to be. I wrote those songs not knowing who was gonna play drums or who was gonna be on vocals or anything, I was just writing music for myself. Then I got in touch with Stefan, and then Joey and everyone else and that was the story,\u201d<\/i> Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric elaborates on the thought process that went into Sinsaenum<\/b>\u2019s annihilating debut record. \u201cNow, because we kept the same lineup and obviously everyone has their own style, I\u2019m still the main songwriter, but knowing that it\u2019s Joey on drums and Stefan on guitar or Sean on vocals, I guess it does influence the way that I\u2019m gonna write, even if it\u2019s not on purpose.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric also considers his songwriting approach to be far more autonomous on \u2018Repulsion\u2026\u2019<\/i> than on \u2018Echoes\u2026\u2019<\/i> tributes to the classic death metal titans who inspired the project initially. \u201cI wanted to make the perfect death metal, I had boxes I wanted to tick if you will, like from the book of death metal. \u2018Repulsion..\u2019<\/i>. was a lot more open market. We knew where we wanted to go, but we had no restrictions in terms of style or length of the album or speed or anything.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cEverything that I do, everything in my life influences my way of writing music\u201d<\/i><\/h2>\n

True to his promise, \u2018Repulsion for Humanity\u2019<\/i> is a far more expansive record that demonstrates Sinsaenum<\/b>\u2019s staying power, compared to other temperamental supergroups where too many egos tend to spoil the broth. Perhaps the biggest strength of \u2018Repulsion\u2026\u2019<\/i> is the number of colossal hooks it serves per song, from the adrenaline jolt of \u2018Scared Martyr\u2019<\/i> and the \u2018Sworn to Hell\u2019<\/i>, to the bullish grooves found on \u2018Final Resolve\u2019<\/i>. One particular highlight is found in the enticing cries of “Rise from the dead, from the kingdom below”<\/em>\u00a0heard on \u2018Rise of the Light Bearer\u2019<\/i>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you write music, you don\u2019t really analyse what you\u2019re creating,\u201d<\/i> Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric explains. \u201cI think that song was sort of a hypnotic chant to be repeated. The song is about an occult ritual, so I wrote it with that in mind.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cObviously you wanna touch people and you wanna have that sort of communion with the crowds, so it\u2019s good to have that in a few songs with those catchy hooks. \u2018Final Resolve\u2019 is also one with it\u2019s \u2018crush\u2019 chants. But I feel like a lot of the choruses are pretty unchorusey.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

While ritualistic resurrection chants may inspire \u2018Rise of the Light Bearer\u2019<\/i>, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric is the first to admit his sources of inspiration are often ambiguous and unexpected when it comes to songwriting in any form. \u201cEverything that I do, everything in my life influences my way of writing music\u201d<\/i>, he admits. \u201cEven going to a restaurant will have an impact.<\/i> To some extent, everything has an impact artistically, like if I have an argument with my wife, that\u2019s gonna have an impact, but if I go on a vacation with her and everything is nice, that\u2019s gonna have an impact too.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHorror movies and soundtracks definitely have an impact on my way of writing music,\u201d<\/i> Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric adds, in response to the suggestion that the dark side of cinema makes its way into the gloomy atmosphere of tracks like \u2018I Stand Alone\u2019<\/i> and the funeral \u2018My Swan Song\u2019<\/i>, \u201cBut it could also be other things. Right before this interview, I was watching \u2018The Office\u2019 again with Ricky Gervais, and that uncomfortable cringe atmosphere also has an impact.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cBut certain songs on the album are specifically about either horror movies or books. So the song \u2018Nuit Noire\u2019 is inspired by the book of the same title and \u2018Sacred Martyr\u2019 is about the French horror movie \u2018Martyrs\u2019\u201d.<\/i>
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