Chasing Starfall: December 2012

A third interview with Blood of the Fallen. I want to give a huge thank-you to the guys in the band for being so willing to answer these questions.

NOTE:
BotF--Blood of the Fallen
I--Interviewer

I: What has been the response since releasing Havoc on the Ocean Floor?
BotF: The feedback we have received so far has been pretty positive, but it's still a bit too early to say for sure considering the EP is still fairly new.

I: Which song best represents Blood of the Fallen? Why?
BotF: "Open The Sky" is probably the best representative of Blood of the Fallen so far because it's the first track that we all wrote entirely together.

I: What is your favorite song on the album? Why?
BotF: As individuals, we all have our personal favorite songs based on lyrical content, flow, etc.. But again if we were to answer this as a band we could all agree on "Open the Sky" because, like we stated above, it was the first track that we wrote entirely as a full band.

I: Which song is your favorite to perform?
BotF: That's a tough one for all of us to answer because there are certain parts in every song that we all really get into while playing live. It can change from venue to venue. It all depends on the energy of the crowd and the kind of vibe we get from the venue.

I: What is the typical song-writing process like?
BotF: We create a lot of songs simply from jamming and coming up with stems for songs. Usually we will record some of our jam sessions, take them home and work on them individually and bring our ideas to the table next time we jam.

I: How are song titles selected?
BotF: Haha, sometimes they go through various working titles chosen by whoever started the song. Jimere changes them depending on how the lyrics turn out.

I: Which song was the most difficult to write?
BotF: There are parts in every song, instrumentally and vocally, that were actually difficult for all of us. To narrow it down though, we could all probably agree on "Chaos" and "Open the Sky."

I: How would you describe the overall writing and recording process?
BotF: To be honest, both are very stressful. The writing involves a ton of repetitiveness and a lot of patience. The recording process is no different. There is a lot of time involved for both, and in the writing a lot of it is even just trial and error and finding what sounds best.

I: What was it like to wait so long for the release of Havoc on the Ocean Floor?
BotF: Honestly it was hell. The amount of times we had to say "it's almost ready; shouldn't be to long now; coming soon, etc..." was terrible. We all wanted to show off the finished product that we worked very hard on and actually have something we were able to release to the public that we could be proud of. It just took forever. That being said, now that it's out, we are extremely pleased with the way it turned out. As long as the wait was, it was well worth it.

I: What have you learned from this?
BotF: The number one thing we learned from this was the way we went about recording. We were not able to just go in and record for two weeks straight. We had to do it a day at a time over the course of like 6-8 months, if not more, so it made things difficult. When we start recording again we will be setting aside as much time as we need to get in and record everything in one shot. So for example, if we need 3 weeks, we will be recording for 3 weeks every day to get it done in a timely fashion.

I: Jimere: You recently came back from a show with a chipped tooth. Can you explain what happened?
BotF: We were finishing the night with "Chasing Your Voice" and we had these awesome guys who were so into the music moshing and just having a blast to our set. Because the band was on the better part of the stage, I shared the floor with the audience and was head banging and feeling the music with our moshers. At the final chorus of "Chasing Your Voice" one guys arm just hit my mic hard enough and hit me in the mouth. I felt my pupils dilate and my tooth on my tongue. I turned around in embarrassment and took the last long note to finish our set. Talk about timing.

I: How have the live shows changed since April?
BotF: We have definitely come together more as a band. Chris, Colin, and Jimere have a better idea of each others space on stage,they have been filling it out more rather than bunching together. We have run into a few problems with sound guys at the last couple of shows we played (more on the point of they have no idea how to do their job). So obviously, that being said, we are going to be looking into finding a sound guy of our own.

I: What are the current plans for BOTF now?
BotF: At this point we are still playing as many shows as we can. We have been trying to play more out of town shows to get our name out there in different areas. Of course we are already working on new material and we have a few new stems in place. Keep checking our Facebook and our other social media networks for updates on any new news!