BLACK VEIL BRIDES: New Album Cover Artwork And Track Listing Revealed Los Angeles theatrical rockers BLACK VEIL BRIDES will release their new self-titled album, also known as IV, on October 28. The follow-up to the bands third CD, last years Wretched And Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones, was helmed by producer Bob Rock, whose resume includes albums by METALLICA, MÖTLEY CRÜE, THE CULT and many others. IV track listing: 01. Heart Of Fire 02. Faithless 03. Devil In The Mirror 04. Goodbye Agony 05. World Of Sacrifice 06. Last Rites 07. Stolen Omen 08. Walk Away 09. Drag Me To The Grave 10. Shattered God 11. Crown Of The Thorns The cover artwork for the album can be seen below. Video footage from the IV listening party, which was held on September 2 in New York City, can be seen below. Asked how BLACK VEIL BRIDES approached the writing process for the new CD, BLACK VEIL BRIDES singer Andy Biersack told U.K.s Rock Sound: One of the most interesting things about working with Bob Rock this time was that he requires weeks and weeks of pre-production, just writing and jamming together. I knew that the guys in my band are very talented musicians, but weve never taken the time to sit in a room facing each other, and continuously write for weeks on end — there was just a small mic in the middle of the room, and Bob would orchestrate us. If something came up that we liked, wed try to cut a demo of it just from that. The idea is that if you write all together, youll find great material, and know it from the ground up. When youre doing stuff the way we were previously, its very difficult to go back and adjust, because the elements are all built simultaneously. This has given us a chance to do something organic, to know the songs a lot better. So heading into the studio, with twelve or fifteen songs that we feel strongly about, is a new experience. Through writing in advance, I feel like weve found our definitive sound. Its a lot more heavy, traditional rock n roll than anything weve done before. Regarding whether that was the bands aim from the start, Beirsack said: More than anything, even before we found out that Bob was interested in doing it, we wanted to make a return to the darker, heavier material — in tone at least. We touched on that with the first record, but werent as mature songwriters back then; I dont think weve ever truly executed the sound weve wanted to have as a band. Weve always evolved, and Ive always been excited about everything weve done, but this was something all of us have wanted to do. If wed have been as good songwriters five years ago, the record we would have made then would have sounded a lot like this new one. That was an exciting notion, going back to the things we talked about when starting the band together. Its a return to the things we really love. Bob was a great fit for that. So many of the records that influenced us or that we loved growing up were produced by him. It was something wed been talking about for the last year, and when we found out Bob was interested, it was a nice coincidence. Asked if Bob played a role in the songwriting process, Biersack said: Weve picked up a lot of things about the songwriting process from him, how to really structure a song. Theres no way this record wont be fantastic to me. I feel like through doing this, Ive learned so much about what it is what we do, what weve been trying to do for the last half-decade. It helped that Bob is one of the sweetest, easiest to work with, most insightful people Ive ever met. When you talk about nice people: hes a Canadian who lives in Hawaii. [laughs] I cant imagine anyone with a nicer disposition, let alone someone so talented. Wretched And Divine: The Story Of The Wild Ones came out in January 2013 and featured the Top 15 rock radio single In The End. new-album-cover-artwork-and-track-listing-revealed/#vphWwyyHQo02skgQ.99
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 17:30:00 +0000
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