CHAINFIST: Jackie Petersen Discuss New Album 'SCARRED'
January 28, 2015
Jackie Petersen of CHAINFIST discusses new album 'Scarred'
Danish act Chainfist have released their second full-length album 'Scarred', which was released last October courtesy of Mighty Music. Maximum Metal's Greg Watson had the opportunity to talk with Jackie Petersen about the band's departure in sound from the band's first album as well as his thoughts on the perfect song.
On the band's definite departure in sound from the band's first album, Petersen explains, "'Black Out Sunday' was already written and recorded when I joined the band in late 2009, but with 'Scarred' I was able to be a part of the whole songwriting process."
Part of the modification also comes from producer Michael Hansen as well as the inimitable Jacob Hansen. "We became friends with Michael back in 2010 when we toured together with his band Phonomik. That gave us a great opportunity to work with him and he's really nice and a great guy to work with." When asked about landing Jacob Hansen, Petersen explains "that there was no doubt we wanted Jacob to be a part of 'Scarred' because we felt he could bring out the dirty and massive Chainfist sound and meld it with great production."
Listening to Petersen's vocal presence on 'Scarred', one can hear a James Hetfield (Metallica) styled delivery to some of his vocals. "I listen to a lot of different music and bands and I get inspired all the time. I believe that a singer should strive to be able to be as diverse as possible." On specific influences, Jackie gives in and says "Well if I have to point out a few singers that inspired me, I have always looked up to a singer like Mike Patton (Fates Warning)."
Everyone knows what it's like when you hear a song and the music, lyrics and ambience come together as you revel in that song's power. So while talking with Jackie, we asked him what he thought made the "perfect song" and his answer really was honest but took us by total surprise. "The perfect song to me is a song that can be played acoustic, simple as that. To me, melody is the main driver."
To read the whole interview click HERE:
https://maximummetal.com/interviews/intresults.asp?ID=jackiepeterson_chainfist&idBand=1564
For a preview of 'Scarred', be sure to check out the lyric video for "1,000 Ways to Bleed":
https://youtu.be/_9vA8jd0Vi4
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