Interview Cannibal Accident

Cannibal Accident, known for their brutal sound and intense live shows, discusses their evolution, the darker themes of their new album Disgust, and their bold musical journey pushing the boundaries of deathgrind.

1. Cannibal Accident has been around since 2007—how would you say the band’s sound or approach has evolved since those early days?
Kolkka: Per se, our music has not changed a lot actually. The overall intentions have remained the same, added with little twists (and shouts) of course. The biggest improvement have definitely been the albums sound policy and playing skills as individuals and together as a band.

2. Your fifth album Disgust explores everyday morbid human behavior rather than fantasy themes of gore and perversion. What inspired this shift in focus?
Kurwa Doktor: You, me, and everyone else on this fucked up planet. Millions of people addicted to become "famous" with their narcissistic social media platforms and broadcasts is far more perverse, sickening and disgusting than any diarrhoea-eating genital-stabbing child-molesting mass murderer ever.

3. The album blends old-school deathgrind with hardcore and dissonant elements. How did you balance these diverse influences, and was there a conscious choice to introduce more hardcore into the mix?
Kolkka: These elements were added and balanced solely based on the song structures and the "feeling" of each song. F.ex. during the writing process, I tried to play totally different lines compared to bass which created interesting dissonant part. The hardcore parts are mostly d-beat and mosh part related.

4. ‘Scorched Meat Tactics - Explicit Everything’ is the first double single off Disgust. What message or feeling do you hope listeners take away from these tracks?
Kurwa: No messages. Feelings are up to the listener of course. I think these songs are quite coherent examples of what Disgust is all about in general, however the more "different" are yet to be revealed in the near future.

5. With a 20-song lineup, Disgust is packed with intense material. How did you approach writing and recording such a high-volume album, and were there any specific challenges?
Kolkka: This time also our bassist Jondom and drummer Wilkman participated in the song writing process a lot which was great. We had a lot of time to rehearse, polish and refine the songs, so they would be in perfect shape before recording our instruments. We tried several different drum beats for example. At some point I have to admit that, being previously the main composer in the band, my artistic heart shed a few drops of blood when I had to consent to the will of others when we arranged the songs together. But the result was very good in the end I think and everyone participated the song writing/arrangement process.

6. Could you tell us about the themes and story behind some of the unique track titles like 'EU-rope Around Your Neck,' 'When Only Fans Blow on Empty Stage,' and 'In the Meat of the Night'?
Kurwa: "EU" is simply about European Union still basically sucking the scabby dick of Russian dictatorship, even after 2,5 years after the cowardly attack to Ukraine. Sanctions are not sanctions if they can be avoided too easily.
"Only Fans" concerns the modern day disease of an ongoing social media presence and other forms of self-prostitution. As there are not enough interested followers to call every self-declared tube star a celebrity, there will be more and more losers realizing their life is actually worth nothing in the real world. The moment of loneliness and unworthiness up on stage with only fans blowing and no one giving a shit, it will be striking one for many…
"Meat" is really just a tongue-in-cheek wordplay and the song is a quick blast in the most traditional CA style. And yeah, like you may notice in many of our song titles in the past as well, I enjoy playing with words and meanings behind them.

7. Kurwa Doktor mentioned that this album felt like a rebirth for Cannibal Accident. Could you elaborate on that? What aspects of Disgust mark this as a new chapter for the band?
Kurwa: With Disgust we explore further into the subgenres of metal, punk, hardcore and other extreme forms of music than ever before. We have incorporated elements, riffs, song arrangements and lyrical themes which we previously maybe didn't even think about to be fitting with this circus of a band. Also there have been a lot of changes in the song-writing processes in regards of bass player Jondom penetrating a lot of his razor-sharp ideas through the meaty veil of our mutual discussion about musical arrangements.
Also, this is the first album which is longer than 30 minutes as we gave up the "principle" of releasing only albums not longer than 30 mins, haha. Sell-out move!

8. Cannibal Accident is known for an intense live performance. How do you translate the brutal energy of Disgust to the stage, and what can fans expect from your upcoming tour dates?
Kurwa: We haven't played most of the album's songs live yet, but the ones we already have are being molded into the CA live form quite effortlessly. With such a quintet of old school bastards as we are the live show is a half-an-hour "moment of clarity" when all rehearsals, good (or even bad) ideas and the unique atmosphere of a one-time experience melt together into heavy fucking metal madness.

9. The album cover by Maxime Taccardi is striking. How does the visual artwork for Disgust connect with the album’s themes, and what was the creative process behind it?
Kurwa: For me, the cover painting, for which Maxime used also his own blood like he does a lot, expresses the exact condition of our wonderfuld world and the beautiful people living here. Live, love, loathe.
Kolkka: Maxime is great, check out his other works too! I think the rawness of this artwork describes the non-polished sounds and overall atmosphere very well.

10. Finally, with five albums under your belt, what drives Cannibal Accident to keep pushing boundaries in the deathgrind genre, and what do you see on the horizon for the band after Disgust?
Kolkka: As long as the "riff pencil" is kept sharp, there will be more of this shit. There's plenty of room for noise in this World!

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