We knew that we wanted to play heavy music but I hadn't gotten into melody and things like that.

I think that every band tries to mature their sound through their existence, you know?

We really try to make sure that the band writes the songs, not just one person.

I wanted to write some lyrics that had some meaning to them, lyrics that were meaningful to me and hopefully people can take something from that.

We knew that we wanted to play heavy music but I hadn't gotten into melody and things like that.

Lyrically we tried to just not be the same as a lot of the other crap that is out there right now.

Whether you like another bands music or not you never know who is going to take you out on tour or who you are going to be friends with and that is just something that is important to us.