Review Fix Exclusive: Void Collapse’s Terry Oberson Talks Standout Work And More

October 6, 2021 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with Void Collapse’s Terry Oberson, who discusses the band’s origin, creative process and so much more.

Review Fix: How did the project start?


Terry Oberson: I’ve always wanted to do this project. Even when it was beyond my ability. I’ve spent the last twenty years learning how to record, how to play, and how to put everything together to get things to where they are now. It’s been a long road, but hasn’t seemed like it. Every day I think about, or do something towards it, and it has came together. 


Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?


Oberson: Right now I’m working ahead of Shane. I come up with the subject matter and image of the project. When I know I’m going to be needing drums I go over what kind of sound, the tempo, and the style. And then he records. I don’t try to micromanage that. I prefer that I write to his finished drums. That’s where I start. I’ll record in a drum track, and just write till I get the rhythm tracks down. Then I record, and repeat the process. 


Review Fix: What’s your standout song? How was it written?


Oberson: To me it’s The Cross Eyed Dove off of Gwenda. It’s the first song I wrote for it, and it came out exactly how I wanted it to. I wrote it with a specific feeling in mind, and wanted to add spoken word also. I just went in an did it. 


Review Fix: What are your goals for 2021?


Oberson: Just to get people to listen. That’s pretty much the only thing there is. We’re doing a four album concept, where each album tells the story of one of the four tarot queens. This album that just came out is Gwenda the Queen of Wands. I’m starting the Queen of Swords right now, so I hope to have most of that done by the end of the year. I’m trying to figure out different ways to get it out there though. That’s a big goal, and harder than it seems, to me anyway. 


Review Fix: How do you want your music to affect people?


Oberson: I just want people to get lost in the fantasy elements of it, and hope that they enjoy everything front to back. Shane and I love death metal, so hopefully they connect with that at the very least. 


Review Fix: What’s next?


Oberson: We have a split with Before the Storm We Flourished, a Guns N Roses cover, and we’re going to continue to record the next album, and try to get people stoked on it. 

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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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