It was definitely a festival that we will never forget and for the right reasons. But that weekend that we had with those fans in that field was a euphoric experience. There was so much joy and unity and celebration in the crowd and backstage with all the bands. It was just something that everyone needed at that point after a year and a half of live music not existing.įor us and for people who rely on music and live music as part of their routine, it was it was a hard year and a half. The show itself was it was nothing short of spectacular.
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We've worked so hard for 20 years and seven albums and to get a moment like that where we could finally say that we we've headlined Download Festival. We knew that the eyes of the worlds were on it for many different reasons and we were just honored to be part of it. It was an important event for the British music industry and Europe and the world, in a way.
It put a smile on our face that we could showcase the heavier and more technical side of the band. We just rode the wave and the more we wrote, the more technical and aggressive the songs were becoming. We hadn't kind of shown that skillset since Venom and having starved ourselves of writing in that way, this stuff was just kind of flooding out. It had that contrast and its own identity and moment in time in the band's catalog now. It was very technical, in your face and aggressive and we just loved it. This time around, it became clear after we found those couple of key tracks that felt very different. We came off the back of Gravity, which was not a technical record - the album was all about emotion, the story, the vocal performances and lyrical content. The time was right. When we wrote a couple of the key tracks, that opened the door to letting the album be what it is now. Why was it important to exercise your musicality to that extent? Matt, you've described the songs on this new record as very technical.
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Growing up over the years, I've just learned how to channel emotions, whether they're negative or positive, into the song and try to make it as relatable as possible. Sometimes you have to take the bull by the horns and just go with something, which is not the greatest thing but you always want to write about something which is heartfelt and relatable. Sometimes you have something to say, sometimes you don't. It's, it's a difficult one - lyrics are very kind of personal and a very tricky part of the process when you're writing a song.
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Every album is a snapshot for us.īeing in that in a hard rock/metal band, it's really important to have an emotional connection in the songs, whether it's just with the music or with the vocals and the lyrics.Īs I've matured over the years, I've learned to be a bit more confident and free and open with what I want to say. Depending on what's going on in your life and what's influencing you musically lyrically, they're all just kind of a snapshot. It's a difficult one to explain because when you're writing a record, you're just living in that pocket of time. How has the way your feelings affect your songs changed as you've matured? Raw emotion seems to have always been a fuel for your music.
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