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Jimmy Kay and Alan Dixon from Canada’s The Metal Voice spoke with Gwar Frontman Blöthar the Berserker. The band’s new album  ‘The New Dark Ages’ will be released via Pit Records  June 3, 2022. Watch the Full interview below.

When asked about the new album
“To me it sounds like a record that needed to be made right now. You put on records today and they feel like they all sound the same. Bands are very into repeating themselves in a lot of ways. Gwar is very liberating because we don’t have to make the same record over and over again. We use a lot of Tri Tones in some songs which sort of the mark of the Voivod I suppose. Also we wanted to have songs that captured almost an Alice Cooper feel that were varied enough that it would satisfy us as musicians that is what we are interested in doing. I think you have to do what you want to do. I think this record shows that there are things we can teach. This is a band that has never gotten it’s due musically.”

When asked about the upcoming documentary
“The Documentary is actually finished I think it’s going through a final edit here and there. By and large it’s done and I think people are gonna love it. It really explains a lot about the band and about the human side of Gwar which believe it or not does exist. There is really nothing like it. There is nothing like what Gwar puts on stage but there is nothing like the organization that makes it. The documentary is coming out around the same time as the album a little bit later, I think it’s July 2022. There is a big announcement that is coming on how it will be available streaming but I don’t think we can talk about it yet. It will also have a somewhat of a theatrical release.”

When asked about Iron Maiden as an influence on Gwar  
“I love Iron Maiden but it always bothered me that Steve Harris had a problem with Punk Rock for some reason. Especially when you can  hear it in some of what they are doing around the Killers era. Steve Harris is a big influence on Gwar whether he likes it or not and he probably doesn’t like it.”

When asked about his thoughts on Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
“He is so cute, he is like Justin Beaver, he is just adorable and as far as world leaders go I just want to pinch his little hiney. It too me a long time to I figured out that Canada wasn’t one big ugly state. But now I understand it is not it is it’s own country and it should start acting like it damn it.”

“The New Dark Ages” track listing:

01. New Dark Age
02. Blood Libel
03. Berserker Mode
04. Mother Fucking Liar
05. Unto the Breach
06. Completely Fucked
07. The Cutter
08. Rise Again
09. The Beast Will Eat Itself
10. The Venom Of The Platypus
11. Ratcatcher
12. Bored to Death
13. Death Whistle Suite:
– Temple Ascent
– Starving Gods
– Deus Ex Monstrum