Suaka drummer John Meredith explains how he dared to make a metal meme out of the Swedish climate-change activist’s UN speech
He copied the speech into Protools and improvised a performance. He couldn’t get her voice to sound “metal enough” with the effects in the recording program, so he decided to growl along himself.
Oddly, the video has received the most outcry for calling it Swedish death metal — a subgenre popularized by bands like At the Gates and Dark Tranquillity — that’s known more for its melodic guitar leads and guttural vocals. The only thing Swedish about this video is Thunberg herself. “I’ve seen soooo many comments, saying, ‘This is not Swedish Death Metal,” Meredith says with a “ha-ha.” “It’s probably more ‘black metal’ maybe but the title is also a nod to her country of origin.
Even though the video took off, the performance won’t be anything he or Suaka would attempt onstage. Meredith grew up in Colorado and now runs a basement studio in Ridgewood, Queens called Mollusk Studio, but his bandmates are both Indonesian — U.S. citizens who have lived here for decades — and their music reflects their Asian roots. The group recently released a new album,and did an Asian tour. They’re bringing the Indonesian band Burgerkill to the U.S. for their first-ever U.S.
But despite Suaka’s success, Meredith realizes he may now have a new side gig. “Even before the video went viral, my friends were suggesting other speeches to do,” he says. “I had so much fun doing this one, I will probably do more.”
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