Metal Anarchy

During an interview with The New York Hardcore Chronicles Live!, Shadows Fall frontman Brian Fair offered an update on the band’s upcoming album. According to him, the group are “rounding the final stretch” of the recording process.

Fair said the following:

“We’re rounding the final stretch. I’ve still got some more work to do. But we’re adding harmonies, adding backup vocals. We’re getting there. We don’t have any idea of release dates or any of that plans nailed down, but we are still in studio mode. We’re getting a lot done, and I’m very excited about these songs.”

He also discussed the band’s latest singles “Souls Devoured” and “In The Grey”:

“We dropped the two singles sort of as a tease, and we just wanna bring in everything we’ve ever done to this record. Since it’s been so long, we’re taking our time. We’re trying to refine everything the best we can. And it’s getting there, man. And I cannot wait to share it. But, unfortunately, we have to finish it before we can share it.”

He also added the following about working with MNRK Heavy:

“They’ve been super flexible about letting us do things the way we need to do ’em. It’s such a different game now. Whereas before, you’d tour, record, tour, record, tour, record, now you can drop singles here and there. You can just get it out in different ways. It’s super cool. Physical medium, outside of vinyl, isn’t as big of a deal, so it’s just a different age, which is something we had to kind of navigate and figure out, how do we wanna do this? But they’ve been a great partner so far. And I just cannot wait to finally get it done so we can share it with the world and then start playing some shows.”

He continued when asked about guest features:

“There’s been some ideas floating around. We’ve never really done guest stuff outside of when we did some covers, we’ve had some people hop on the covers. So it’s something we talked about, ’cause we’ve never done it, so we’re, like, ‘Hey, man. We don’t know how much more music we’re gonna make. Let’s do whatever we can. Let’s have some fun with it.’ So we shall see. But nothing I can share yet, ’cause it hasn’t happened.”

Fair also confirmed that the band will book some live shows after releasing the album:

“Yeah, definitely. Nothing that’s booked now, ’cause, like I said, we gotta get the record done. Once that’s done, then we can move on to shows. And like I said, we probably will never tour the way we used to or full time, but we definitely wanna get out there and play some stuff as soon as it’s done.”

[via Blabbermouth]