Why Volumes' Mike Terry Thinks You’re Too Distracted to Hear Real Art

The music industry is a machine designed to bury anything that doesn’t fit a tidy quarterly report, and Volumes found that out the hard way with Mirror Touch. Chris Akin sits down with Myke Terry to peel back the plastic on why a December release is a death sentence for “Album of the Year” accolades, regardless of how much it rips. Is it a lack of faith from the suits, or just a broken system that values a spring tour cycle over the actual art? Find out why being “polite” in metal is a losing game and how the band survived the literal isolation of the COVID era to produce their most raw work yet.

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– The December Release Death Trap– Riffs vs. Vocals: The Volumes Writing Formula– Studio Secrets: Why Being in the Same Room Changes Everything– The “Myke Terry Era” and Band Longevity– Touring in a Broken World: Guilt, Responsibility, and Riffs

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