ALL THAT REMAINS bassist Jeanne Sagan has checked in with BraveWords.com to discuss the band's homecoming at the Mansfield 2009 Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival at the Comcast Center on August 4th and All That Remains' latest release, Overcome.

"It is always bittersweet to play Boston and come home. I have been on the road most of the year. It is pretty amazing playing at the Mayhem Festival this year. We are from the Springfield area. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE and SHADOWS FALL are all around the same area also. We just put out a second single, 'Forever In Your Hands', that is being added to radio now. We are going to shoot a video for it during this tour actually in a few days.

We concentrated more on writing songs rather than parts. We kind of put stuff together and took a step back and looked at it and how does this make this song catchy for people so people can grasp onto to rather than a lot of just filler in the song. So that is pretty much how we went about it.

It was the first time doing the European Festival circuit this year. It was pretty great. We played with bands that I thought we would never play with. We got in front of crowds that we necessarily wouldn't get in front of. The overall reaction has been amazing this whole year. So we are all just riding it with this tour as well.

The shows with DISTURBED in Canada went great. It was my second time. The shows before we were with SLIPKNOT and playing in an arena. So that was a new experience for me personally. We went to Halifax for the first time. We got to play New Brunswick. So we made our first time to the far Eastern side of Canada. That was exciting.

It is a real big deal for us to come home. We travel all over the world. There is nothing like home. When we play, we definitely feel the love. Se we are stoked to be on the Mayhem Festival and be here today amongst family and friends and to be able to rock out. When we played here last year on the Warped Tour, it was the same kind of reception.

As far as writing right now, we are just sticking to the road and supporting our album. We are riding high on the 'Two Weeks' single and now 'Forever In Your Hands'. We are just seeing how far that all is going to take us and then go from there."