Gatekeeper was sort of my first attempt to put a little bit of a frame and boundaries around songwriting, and try to figure out a way to approach it that had a sort of end result in mind. I havent written many like that.

Instead of just looking back, whiplash-style, I can assume there's something else coming. Time just folds over itself, like origami.

Now, there's just so much imagery. Imagine what our grandkids are going to be able to see of us?

Songwriting is a really fortunate skill to have to frame living and to find new ways to observe things you're going through.

If you keep bashing your head against the same wall, at some point you're going to fall over and be still for awhile.

There's real potency in metal. Metal fans love metal as if it's a nation they would fight for. It's not diluted by pop culture.

For me, the best part is people who watch the movie and tell me it inspired them to collaborate with their friend who's a photographer or filmmaker.