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The Concrete Confessional<\/em> is your seventh album of original material. Was there any particular inspiration for this record?<\/strong><\/p>\n I see the concept as a whole as admission, honesty, and opening yourself up through music.\u00a0 Metaphorically, I look at the concrete confessional as the medium, for example \u201cthe venues\u201d that a band performs at night after night. The fans buy the ticket and enter this concrete building to see their favorite band. They mosh, sing along to the lyrics and just generally get crazy and let it all out. It\u2019s an honest, emotional experience. They leave everything on the floor of the venue by the time the show is over. Anger, grief, sadness, rage, happiness\u2026. whatever the emotions. It\u2019s an admission and a sharing of whatever thought or emotion that the music sparks in you with other people in that same medium at that time.<\/p>\n This is your second album with Nuclear Blast and the first time they are handling worldwide distribution for the record. How did that relationship come about?<\/strong><\/p>\n I think NB has done good by us, and I like the relationship that we have built since our last record, \u201cThe Divinity Of Purpose.\u201d They have a lot of huge bands on their roster, and they have a large team to offer a lot of support. We have been doing a lot of press and they have been good about beating the street and creating a buzz about our new release. Our last record was only released through NB in Europe but we are now with them worldwide.<\/p>\n You had a song on Supremacy<\/em> titled \u201cSpitting Venom.\u201d I feel like this should\u2019ve been this album\u2019s title. How do you maintain this level of anger after this long?<\/strong><\/p>\n I always liked the title of that song. It sounds really pissed off. There is a lot to still be pissed off about in the world, no matter where you are from. Socio-political issues, new sicknesses, the economic climate, increasing debt, and just general anxiety about where we are headed as humans. Just turn on the news channel at the end of any day and see what new, devastating issue is plaguing us and causing wide spread panic.<\/p>\n Speaking of the songs on The Concrete Confessional<\/em>, these are the most compact songs you\u2019ve recorded since 1997\u2019s Satisfaction is the Death of Desire<\/em>. Was this a conscious decision, or did the songs just come together that way? Do you feel you can really get your point across in 2 minutes or less?<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019ve always had shorter song structures. I think that is just how we write. We get right to the point in our music and don\u2019t leave a lot of room for filler. I think the natural formula of our songs is enough to incite a riot.<\/p>\n Musically, we have fast parts, breakdowns, gang vocals, etc. Everything is played loud, fast and intense.\u00a0 The level of aggression in the music is definitely set to 10!\u00a0 It\u2019s not something we set out to do on purpose, it\u2019s just how we write and the music that comes out of us. We definitely feed off of the crowd\u2019s energy just as much as they feed off of ours. If you get up there on stage and give an honest performance, the crowd is going to know it and love it. I think that is why we have such a loyal fan base.\u00a0 Because our fans know that we give it 100% every show, they are there giving it their 100% right along with us.<\/p>\n Lyrically, Jamey is constantly writing and it\u2019s natural for him to uncover a hook or a vocal anthem during that writing process that will be powerful and important enough to use as a crowd sing-a-long. That may directly inspire a riff or a drum groove or flow that will gradually unfold into a song.<\/p>\n We have been a band for twenty years now and have built up a pretty loyal following. Our fans know what to expect from a new Hatebreed release. You don\u2019t fix something that isn\u2019t broken. So, yes\u2026I think we do a pretty good job in getting our point across in two minutes.<\/p>\n