Our good friends over at Metal Insider got a chance to speak with Ben Weinman, guitarist and manager of the Dillinger Escape Plan about them leaving Relapse and forming a partnership with Seasons of the Mist (Cynic's label) to release their next album. Its a really good read. One interesting bit came when Ben was asked about how he felt Relapse worked the CD:
How do you feel about the rollout of Ire Works? Was there anything you wish you or Relapse had done differently to help in the promotion of that album? Did anything of that nature have to do with the decision not to re-sign with Relapse?
Well, I don’t want to go into a book about the industry here, but the truth is that when a label puts a great deal of promotion and effort into a record, it is because it is an investment into the future of their relationship with an artist. When there is no future with that artist, there usually is a little less resources put into that particular release. That being said, I think Relapse did a fine job with Ire Works. There were a lot of negative things surrounding this record and not only are we so proud of the record, but just happy it came out at all. With this record, we saw the band’s profile raised to its highest level around the world. Ire Works also got by far the best reviews of any Dillinger record to date. I would have liked the record to be release under different circumstances, but considering I guess I can’t complain.
Read the entire interview here.
