An Update From Phil | 5,037 views

We’ve been out on the road the past week with the dudes in Demon Hunter, blessthefall, and War of Ages. The shows have been great, and it’s been fun to finally play a couple of new songs. We completed the record about a month ago, so we’ve had a good amount of time to re-energize ourselves mentally and physically for the onslaught of touring headed our way.

To be honest, I don’t think we’ve ever been as optimistic about a new album as we are for The Powerless Rise. Looking back and seeing the effort and dedication we all put into it already provides a great sense of accomplishment. Knowing that we put our absolute best into the album and we have our true fans for support and motivation is very assuring that this is going to be an exciting time for us.

In other news, I was able to grab the new At The Gates DVD and Deftones album the other day. Both bands were extremely influential for me musically, so it’s nice to have something new and inspiring to keep me entertained this tour. Nick also found a bootleg DVD of an old Ozzy show from 1984 that has been our ‘get stoked’ pre-show motivation. We’re convinced it’s the same performance from the StSanders ‘shreds’ video when Ozzy pulls Jake E. Lee’s hair and claps exessively throughout the entire video. AWESOME.

Anyway, that’s it for me. Check out The Powerless Rise this Tuesday, May 11th, and hopefully we’ll see you out on the road soon!

Phil