If anything, I feel that the current generation of listeners of heavy music are progressing a bit passed their gateway bands and are digging deeper than they used to and understanding more abrasive and complex music and art. It's like being around an unfamiliar language long enough that it eventually begins to make sense.

Though a song may race by in a minute and a half, every aspect of it is calculated and intentional.

I feel that bands can do whatever they want, after all, they own themselves and the art/music they create.

I've never been a fan of bands that go out and celebrate their age, I'd rather be celebrated for being relevant.

I don't regret the decisions or direction I've chosen, but I feel it's important to be self aware.

What I've witnessed, managers are divisive and allow musicians to become clouded, irresponsible, and unaware of the world around them.

Music being “good or bad” is a flawed idea. Artists make what they want to make and we either connect with it or we don't. Just because we relate to some songs more than others doesn't make the others less valid, we just don't understand them. In fact, we aren't meant to, and that's all right.