Originally conceived as a side project for Napalm Death’s Shane Embury (bass) and Jesse Pintado (guitar), LOCK UP was essentially conceived as a booze-fueled return to the raw brutality of mid-’80s proto-death metal. Named after a death metal drumming technique in which the arms are stiffened to produce lightning-fast blast beats, Lock Up was initially rounded out by long time friend and Cradle of Filth drummer Nick Barker (later of Dimmu Borgir) and Hypocrisy vocalist/production mastermind Peter Tägtgren. Lock Up’s 3rd studio Album, Necropolis Transparent, was released on July 1st, via Nuclear Blast. Lock Up are:  Shane Embury – Bass, Nicholas Barker – Drums, Tomas Lindberg – Vocals,  Anton Reisenegger.

Some days ago Anton Reisenegger, band’s guitarist, while talking about their new album, he told me this…

Before we talk about your new album, I just have to ask at least something about your past. Between your debut album “Pleasures Pave Sewers” (1999) and today, how has your soundchanged? And what were the main input that you formed the band in 1998?

I think the band’s sound hasn’t changed drastically. I brought a few more classic death/thrash influences in, but that’s what the other guys wanted to do anyway. But still the new songs fit in really well with the older material. Now the sound itself changed a bit, but more because of the production and Andy Sneap’s mix. It all sounds more crisp and clear, and it’s easier to tell what the individual instruments are doing.
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