The man behind Cleveland blackened speed-metal maniacs Midnight has never been particularly interested in behaving like a conventional musician. Sitting backstage in the bowels of a Berkeley theater, he talks about collecting records, writing songs, consumerism, Sammy Hagar, and the dangers of mastering your instruments with the same combination of sarcasm and deadpan absurdity that has become his trademark.With a new record on the way via Metal Blade Records and the single “Rebirth by Blasphemy” already out, Athenar has plenty to say—and very little interest in saying it politely.
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