During an appearance “Drinks With Johnny,” Shadows Fall frontman Brian Fair offered an update on the band’s new album. According to him, the band are “pretty deep into the process” and are “trying to write the best music [they] can.”
Fair said the following:
“We’re pretty deep into the process. I’d say I’m kind of a slacker, but I’m really focusing on getting things as good as I can vocally because we have no agenda. We have no time frame. We have no record label pressure. We’re just trying to write the best music we can. And it all kind of came about as we started jamming to do the reunion shows. And these guys have — Jon’s [Donais, guitar] been playing in ANTHRAX and Jason’s [Bittner, drums] been playing in OVERKILL, so their chops are still at top-notch level. But they had riffs, man. And I was, like, ‘If we’ve got riffs and they sound like SHADOWS FALL, if we’re gonna get together and jam, let’s make some new music.’ So I’ve got probably seven structured outlines pretty much nailed down. I think they have instrumentally like two or three more. They’ve started tracking with [producer] Zeuss [Chris Harris] already, so some of the foundation’s getting laid down, which has been great, so I can demo to actual guitar tracks and drum tracks. And then we can also, if we need to rearrange, thankfully the modern technology allows for that as well.
It’s been a blast, man. It’s funny, ’cause the older we’ve gotten, it’s gotten a little more brutal, which was not a surprise, ’cause I just figured that would happen. We’re, like, ‘If we’re gonna do it, we’re gonna drop the hammer.’ So it’s been fun, man. I forgot how much of a riff machine Jon was. And he’s just like — ideas are just flying out of him. And also in ANTHRAX, he just gets to solo in the studio. So he’s just, like, ‘Finally I get to write some riffs.’ [Laughs]”
[via Blabbermouth]
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