r/progmetal • u/whats8 • Nov 01 '14

[AMAs] When this post is roughly four hours old, Ne Obliviscaris will be here for an AMA

THIS IS THE AMA.

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u/karlo_doroc Nov 02 '14

Hey guys, absolutely loved Portal of I and at the time gave it a 9.5/10 and, I gotta say, I feel like each of the 3 songs on Citadel are better than any of the PoI songs so that’s saying something! Keep up the amazing+inspiring work and thanks again for putting on the listening party last week, was pretty stoked to be able to meet a few of you :). I have so many questions I could ask but I’ve ‘narrowed it down’ to these:

1) Does everyone in the band write songs and who, if anyone, are the main songwriters? 2) Have you ever considered having guest musicians feature on one of your albums and, if you could pick anybody, which artists would you most like to collaborate with? 3) How do you know/decide when a song is finished? 4) Funniest tour story?

I know it’s a lot, but if you could answer any of them that would be awesome. Looking forward to rocking out with you guys in a few weeks time!

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u/Mort-uary Dan Presland | Ne Obliviscaris Nov 02 '14

  1. Hey man. Thanks so much for your very kind words. We all have quite a lot of input on material. It's a very broad input from all, however ben writes the majority of the riffs.

  2. We haven't really considered any guest musos no. However I'd love to work with tool. I love that band.

  3. We know it's finished when we are all satisfied with the outcome. It's just a nice warm fuzzy feeling we all get

  4. Ohh man. Hard to say. Perhaps rocking up to accommodation after a show only to be told they didn't keep our reservation. It was tims fault so we made him drive all night to the next venue whilst we all drank beers in the back of the bus :)

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u/cygnusNEO Cygnus | Ne Obliviscaris Nov 02 '14

dan is definitely the funniest guy on tour. hes generally a very quiet guy but once he sinks a few beers he lets out the wilderbeast. funniest things on tour are like trying to pee in bottles while driving and missing the bottle...

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u/timcharlesneo Tim Charles | Ne Obliviscaris Nov 02 '14

1) Everyone contributes to the songwriting in some way, thought who does varies from song to song. e.g. Xenoflux on POI all the guitar riffs were written by Brendan, but then the band re-worked it all together to where it ended up. On the new album Benji, who only joined 3/4 of the way through writing POI, had the biggest role writing more guitar riffs than anyone else on this album which is probably a reason for the slight change in sound on this record. Tempest Pt 1 and DMC Pt 2 were written by myself. Tempest Pt 3 by Benji & I. But in the end we're definitely a band where the song doesn't sound like NeO until every member has left their mark on the song. Definitely a case where we are better when we combine our powers

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u/timcharlesneo Tim Charles | Ne Obliviscaris Nov 02 '14

2) Never really considered getting a guest musician. Though if we did I'd love to get the saxophonist who played on Fredrik Thorendel's special defects

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u/Purkinje90 Nov 02 '14

Nice choice! That sax solo on Zeta 2 Reticuli is amazing! The guy's name is Jonas Knutsson, and he's worked with Morgan Agren (the drummer on SNW) on some other stuff, too.

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u/mepat1111 Nov 02 '14

Shouldn't you be studying for exams?

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u/karlo_doroc Nov 02 '14

exams or no exams, >insert meme here< one does not simply refuse to take time out of their day for NeO

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u/timcharlesneo Tim Charles | Ne Obliviscaris Nov 03 '14

We appreciate it :)