Shadows Fall frontman Brian Fair recently spoke to Chris Harris of MTV.com about recording process for the band's forthcoming major-label debut, "Threads of Life", tentatively due in March via Atlantic Records.
"We didn't write a safe record," Fair explained. "It's such a natural step that we're heading in, and it's going to push our sound into new places that I think our fans are going to be stoked about. We're just trying to write great metal songs and make sure that the five of us are all super stoked on what we're doing that we're all on the same page. And [Atlantic Records] has given us a lot of freedom to write a good metal record.
"It's been a great experience out here, and it's the first time we've been immersed, totally, in an album," Fair continued. "We're all living in the same area, and focusing on the record 100 percent. There are none of the distractions from back home, and we're far enough from Hollywood that those distractions are gone too. It's really been a perfect situation."
Fair said the band overwrote for this effort, but wound up bringing 13 songs into the studio with them, though he's not sure all the tracks will make the final cut. "It's the first time we've had more than just enough for the record," he said. "This time, we've been able to demo a lot of ideas, and go back and really find the ones that we're feeling the strongest."
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