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This week on The MetalSucks Podcast, Evergrey's Tom S. Englund returns to discuss the band's 14th studio album Theories of Emptiness, due out this Friday, June 7. During our chat, discuess what went into the promotional picture where the band is covered in mud and the experience cleaning all that off after the shoot. We also discuss the music video for “Falling From The Sun” and some of the artistic decisions that went into its creation, Looking to the band's future plans, Englund lists the countries Evergrey will be visiting for the first time on their upcoming South American tour. He also shares how he got Adam “Nolly” Getgood involved in the mixing process early on for the new album, how the constellation on the cover artwork has a direct tie-in to the album title, and some of the projects he's currently working on in the world of video games.
1:00 - Tom trying to get the mud from the promo pictures removed from his skin
2:30 - Using real fireworks in the music video instead of CGI
6:05 - The upcoming South American tour and visiting countries for the first time
7:04 - The rehearsal process for Evergreen before a tour
9:40 - Adam Nolly from Periphery as the album mixer to make him uncomfortable
12:36 - 30 years as a band and having the same career for 30 years
15:25 - The constellation on the artwork and what it represents
16:45 - Tying everything together in artwork to lyrics being important to him
23:20 - Doing video game scoring still since the pandemic
Photo Credit: Patric Ullaeus
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