Hatebreed Guitarist Interview With Sean Martin

Underground Video Television (UVTV) had the opportunity to chat with Hatebreed guitarist Sean Martin before the opening of the latest incarnation of the Monsters Of Mayhem as the tour kicked off May 18 in Rochester, New York.

On the band's musical direction:

"We don't compromise. We just don't compromise our sound or our method, which is positive and we don't compromise in our songwriting and ideals when it comes to who we feel we are as a band. No matter what label we're on, you get the same product and we've proved that now for three labels. I think that has a lot to do with it, and being able to hold our integrity and being able to hold our foot in the hardcore scene. Always. No matter where we go or who we play with or what we're doing. We haven't changed and we aren't going to change. If anything, we've been getting heavier. We did the opposite of what a lot of people thought we would do. We just hold true to what we stand for and what we want to do with the music. Hatebreed is a vehicle for heavy music. We can do other things if we want to do other things, but Hatebreed is Hatebreed. That clicks with a lot of the fans and that keeps us grounded, keeps us in the scene we come from."

On Hatebreed changing record labels:

"I think it's a matter of us trying to find the right place that understands what we do with the band, how to market us. Sometimes it doesn't work out. That doesn't mean the relationships go bad, but it means that you've got to find someone who has the time and the money and the effort to understand that we're a very heavy band. It's not that we're not as marketable, but at Universal, well, we're not a 'pop' big big group so they didn't know what to do with us. They were great while we were there. Roadrunner is a metal label, more or less. They know what to do with us, so we figured we'd give it a shot and so far it's working out great. There's no animosity or anything. We're just figuring out where we're going to settle. So far, Roadrunner's good."

Read the entire interview here.