FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY INTERVIEW WITH GUITARIST WILL PUTNEY BY NICHOLAS SENIOR
F
it For An Autopsy is the undead deathcore zombie that only grows stronger with each new record. The New Jersey-based act’s deft interplay between punishing groove, melodic death metal riffs, and a haunting post-apocalyptic atmosphere has never been sharper than on their latest - The Sea of Tragic Beasts, out now via new label Nuclear Blast.
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Despite the simmering musical Guitarist Will Putney’s lyrical themes suspense and neck-snapping bru- interweave with the plight of man, tality, the head and heart of the and tend to shy away from the band is what stands out the most. fantastical. That said, The Sea of Fit For An Autopsy is a band that Tragic Beasts leads off with a fantahas always led with an empathet- sy-themed title track - but that’s got ic heart and aimed to make the to be a metaphor, right? world a better place – or, at least, a heavier one - even if their lyrical “It’s about the duality of people despair is basically unmatched in having to be this alpha-wolf anithe scene. mal,” he says. “We’re these beasts
that kill each other and have to get ahead. At the same time, it’s tragic that we’re like that. The title came from thinking about how the human condition is, and how people react to and treat each other. We’re forced to be like animals to exist in the world today.” It seems that we’re inundated with the bad parts of that duality, and
