UK-based Rock Sound recently spoke with Black Veil Brides frontman Andy Biersack about the band's forthcoming album - produced by Bob Rock (Metallica, Mötley Crüe) due out on October 27th in The UK, and October 28th in North America. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

Q: How did you approach the writing process?

Andy: “It’s been quite a departure. We started out on independent labels, with small budgets, creating songs on Pro Tools. We were victims of circumstance in a way – it’s not that we couldn’t do things more traditionally, but we never had the opportunity to build that ability up. We’d write stuff, track it, and move onto the next thing. As a result, there was never any time to let the songs gestate, or build upon them at all. One of the most interesting things about working with Bob Rock this time was that he requires weeks and weeks of pre-production, just writing and jamming together. I knew that the guys in my band are very talented musicians, but we’ve never taken the time to sit in a room facing each other, and continuously write for weeks on end – there was just a small mic in the middle of the room, and Bob would orchestrate us. If something came up that we liked, we’d try to cut a demo of it just from that. The idea is that if you write all together, you’ll find great material, and know it from the ground up. When you’re doing stuff the way we were previously, it’s very difficult to go back and adjust, because the elements are all built simultaneously. This has given us a chance to do something organic, to know the songs a lot better. So heading into the studio, with twelve or fifteen songs that we feel strongly about, is a new experience. Through writing in advance, I feel like we’ve found our definitive sound. It’s a lot more heavy, traditional rock ‘n’ roll than anything we’ve done before.”

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Black Veil Brides recently confirmed a massive US tour in support of the new album. Dates can be viewed below:

October

21 - Rapids Theater - Niagara Falls, NY
22 - The LC Pavilion - Columbus, OH
24 - Myth - St Paul, MN
25 - Riviera Theatre - Chicago, IL
27 - The Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, CO
30 - House Of Blues - Las Vegas, NV
31 - The Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZ

November

1 - Wiltern Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
3 - The Warfield - San Francisco, CA
5 - Roseland Theater - Portland, OR
7 - Showbox SoDo - Seattle, WA
8 - Knitting Factory Concert House - Spokane, WA
9 - Knitting Factory Concert House - Boise, ID
10 - The Complex - Salt Lake City, UT
12 - Uptown Theater - Kansas City, MO
14 - Egyptian Room at Old National Centre - Indianapolis, IN
15 - Royal Oak Music Theatre - Royal Oak, MI
16 - The Agora Theater - Cleveland, OH
17 - Stage AE - Pittsburgh, PA
19 - The Electric Factory - Philadelphia, PA
21 - Sherman Theater - Stroudsburg, PA
22 - Palladium - Worcester, MA
23 - Best Buy Theater - New York, NY
26 - State Theatre - Portland, ME
28 - Upstate Concert Hall - Clifton Park, NY
29 - The Fillmore - Silver Spring, MD

December

2 - Expo Five - Louisville, KY
3 - The Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA
4 - House Of Blues Orlando - Orlando, FL
5 - The Fillmore Charlotte - Charlotte, NC
6 - The NorVa - Norfolk, VA
8 - Orbit Room - Grand Rapids, MI
9 - The Pageant - St. Louis, MO
11 - Bayou Music Center - Houston, TX
12 - South Side Ballroom - Dallas, TX
13 - Backstage Live - San Antonio, TX
15 - Sunshine Theatre - Albuquerque, NM