REV THEORY guitarist Julien Jorgensen is featured in a new interview with Metal Exiles. An excerpt is available below:

Metal Exiles: It has been a few years since you guys released Light It Up. How eager was the band to get back to the studio to record a new record?

Julien Jorgensen: "We have been on the road for the last few years with some different bands and we have been writing while we were out so when we came off the road we were chompin at the bit to go back in and start recording. We took a few months to write it and we had tons to say so we came together and we found out that the two years of touring really inspired the writing."

Metal Exiles: Dave (Agoglia, drummer) was quoted as saying that "The band collectively worked on this." Is that different from the past?

Julien: "I would say so. We just wanted to capture the live energy of the band for this record which is why we got terry Date. We wanted to get back to our roots and not use computers, Pro Tools etc. Just use a live off of the floor type of recording and Terry (Date / producer) did that."

Metal Exiles: That being said, do you think that a lot of bands have gotten away from cranking out a real rock record, that they are depending too much on technology.

Julien: "Absolutely. Pro tools has changed the whole game and everything is homogenized now, coming out sounding too slick, too big and too perfect. Terry is the type of guy that was known for producing PANTERA, SOUNDGARDEN, THE DEFTONES; bands that have a true character and we wanted to find that true character in us and have it to translate to record."

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