ADAM “NERGAL” DARSKI

Q: HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO LEARN TO PLAY GUITAR AND SING AT THE SAME TIME? ALSO, WAS IT SCARY TRANSITIONING TO ME AND THAT MAN’S CLEAN VOCAL STYLE?

— NICHOLAS ANGELO

You know what’s the scariest? The worst is having no guitar, and just doing vocals. [] That’s the worst. Every guitar player that sings will tell you that. I’ve always had a guitar and been a songwriter. I couldn’t even play well for years, and I would keep making songs, writing lyrics and singing along. I had this vision and it took me at least a decade or longer to become an okay instrumentalist. It’s still tricky. Yesterday we did a tour preproduction and I found out it’s not going to be super easy to perform “Rom 5:8” off the latest record. Because when we did the record, I never rehearsed singing the songs. I leave the singing for the vocal tracking. Then I have to relearn the whole thing [for the tour]. Honestly one of the reasons there’s backing