Review Fix Exclusive: Wail’s Joakim Jøreng Talks New Album And More

March 10, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with Wail Frontman Joakim Jøreng, who discusses the band’s new album, creative process and goals for 2018.

Review Fix: How did you guys get together?

Joakim Jøreng: You know, Wail consists of an ever-growing group of people where the people you see on stage is just a subdivision of the organization traveling around spreading the message. The organization came to be quite some time ago and is based on a common mindset and way of life. Heavy metal is our common language. One of the great preachers known as ‘The Singer’ one day requested some fierce heavy metal performers, which is what people have now known as Wail.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Jøreng: Composing songs is usually a joint effort between the message that we want to reach out with and finding the right punch and feel from the instrumental section to substantiate that. It’s science on a major level.

Review Fix: What do you think makes this band special?

Jøreng: Well, first of all, this is a band with an agenda. Our agenda is world domination. And while that might not sound very original, the difference is that we really mean it.

Our debut album ‘Resilient’ covers most of the ‘how to’ on how we will achieve this.

Review Fix: How would you describe your style?

Jøreng: Savage, raw, noisy, traditional and provocative. Provocative is not a label we have given ourselves, but you know how it is, everyone gets put in a box with a label on it. For some reason encouraging cannibalism, extremism and joining our cult seems to provoke some weak minded people.

Review Fix: What are your goals for this album?

Jøreng: The goals for this album is putting Wail on the map. Although we have been known as a live act back in Norway for several years, it’s time to get our music out and spread our message to the world.

Review Fix: What’s the standout song? Is there a story behind it?

Jøreng: Because this is a concept album it’s hard to really pick a standout song as each song has an important role. Just for convenience, we can take a look at the first song of the album “Never no more.”

“Never no more” is a first-person perspective from one of Wail’s members on how ze came to join the band. Being a controversial act we have been getting quite a bit of attention in the mainstream media portrayed as extremist savages. The song grasps the feeling of being set free and finding purpose in life.

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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