Review Fix Exclusive: U-FOES Talks ‘Whiteout’ And More

November 17, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with U-FOES’ Anders Voldrønning (vocal) and Marcus Forsgren (Guitar), who discuss the band’s origin, creative process and goals for the future.

Review Fix: How did the band form?

Anders Voldrønning: All three of us used to play in a hardcore band called Silence the Foe together with four other people. Silence the Foe dissolved in 2006, and all the different member went off to do other projects. But the three of us really missed playing aggressive music together and in 2009 we started U-FOES. And yeah, the other guys from Silence the Foe have started other great bands such as Syndrom and Shevils. Worth checking out!


Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?


Voldrønning: We were kids and got our minds blown away first time we heard Nirvana. No return from there.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Marcus Forsgren: A few years back we were living together in a big house with a studio and rehearsal space in the basement. So we used to make songs together in between Super Nintendo sessions playing Mario Cart. Now a days it’s usually me who comes up with the riffs and we arrange it all together in the rehearsal space. Anders writes lyrics cause he have to. Perfect channel to get the hate out.

Review Fix: What inspires you?

Voldrønning: Things that piss us off and stupid people.

Review Fix: What makes this album special?


Forsgren: The dogma for the album was “no overdubs.” Through the whole album there is only one guitar playing, one drum kit and one vocal. We believe that is something not many other bands do these days with all the opportunities one have with digital recordings. And we held nothing back to make it sound desperate and kick ass.

Review Fix: What’s the standout track?

Voldrønning: Depends on who you ask. It’s seems like the audience is divided into people who like the fast songs on one side, and one who like the more sludgy songs on the other side. Anders favorite is “Blessed Are The Deaf”, Marcus “Ice Queen” and Peters is “Lies Refined A Thousand Times.” But all of us believe that the best song is yet to come.

Review Fix: What’s on your musical bucket list?

Forsgren: Doing a world tour with Melvins and Nirvana as support. Hehe… We really love the Norwegian band Kvelertak and they are also pals of us so it would also be super nice to tour with them. We might be the best and worst support act…


Review Fix: How would you describe your sound to someone who has never heard you?


Voldrønning: The sound of someone locked in a cellar for years with no daylight desperate to get out.


Review Fix: How are your live shows different from your studio work?

Forsgren: There is not much difference really. At least performance wise. We don’t use white one piece jumpsuits every day.

Review Fix: What are your goals for the rest of 2018 and what’s next?

Voldrønning: Our goal is playing as many live shows as possible and start on the new album asap!

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14268 Articles
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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