![]() In November 2019, BLACK VEIL BRIDES announced the addition of bassist Lonny Eagleton to the group's ranks. But as far as the comic book goes, it's kind of the same thing - I come up with the story and the artwork ideas, and then work with people who are much more talented than I am to make that a reality."īLACK VEIL BRIDES celebrated the 10th anniversary of their debut, "We Stitch These Wounds", with a brand new, reimagined, re-recorded 2020 edition of the album titled "Re-Stitch These Wounds", released last July via Sumerian Records. The ideas are universal, and so that made it a little bit easier to kind of get through the journey. And there's really nothing about our story that doesn't mimic the current situation, whether it's on a personal level with people that I've known, or on a sociopolitical level, with the craziness of the world right now. "But I tried to keep this one more open-ended where it's applicable… 'Cause I didn't wanna write about stuff I don't know I wanted it to be about my experience. "There are unfortunate kind of shackles that are put on it - meaning that you've gotta write within the context of what you're writing," he continued. I will take those songs and then go basically write the lyrics to serve the story and plotlines along the journey from song one to the last song. ![]() The kind of method that we've found is best is I give the concept and the ideas, as far as the narrative perspective, to the band, and then that is how we write as a band together, to get tone and how we are gonna get through this journey. 'Cause we've done concept records before. And so I went to the studio with everybody and said, 'Look, this is what I think we should do,' and laid out the story and the plot and the ideas. So I wrote out this whole story and drew character designs, and then, about a week and a half later, we were set to enter the studio, and it just kind of coincidental that this whole rush of this idea came to me. I'm not great, but I like to be able to represent my ideas in that way. I do a lot of drawing when I'm writing as well. Regarding how he came up with "The Phantom Tomorrow" concept, Andy said: "In January of last year, I just kind of sat down and started writing this story. So it's an alternate version of our own timeline where our obsession with heroes and the iconography of somebody that's aspirational kind of gets out of control and becomes our whole society." ![]() And so the story is kind of about taking this mythological character and the people putting all of this power on to them, and then ultimately turning their back on the character because nobody can fulfill the dreams and ideas that you put on somebody else. The story is essentially the idea… In our society, especially now, we have this love of building up heroes and obsessing over other people who often don't give a shit about you or anybody else, and we kind of have these false idols and heroes. We're developing all the artwork and everything for that. I actually just got off the phone this morning with the publishing company for the comic book. ![]() The video also showcases the new look the band will be utilizing throughout the entire cycle for "The Phantom Tomorrow".īiersack told "Cutter's Rockcast" about the lyrical themes covered on "The Phantom Tomorrow": "It's a concept record. He has been used in the band's tease posts all week. The main character "The Blackbird" returns to square off against " 9," his adversary depicted throughout the "Fields Of Bone" video. The video picks up where the "Scarlet Cross" clip left off. The "Fields Of Bone" clip marks the directorial debut by vocalist Andy Biersack. "The Phantom Tomorrow" was produced by Erik Ron ( GODSMACK, DANCE GAVIN DANCE, BUSH) and co-produced by guitarist Jake Pitts. The cover artwork for "The Phantom Tomorrow" was created by Eliran Kantor, known for his work with TESTAMENT, HATEBREED, HAVOK and Andy Black, to name a few. The track is taken from the band's upcoming album, "The Phantom Tomorrow", which is due on June 4 via Sumerian Records. BLACK VEIL BRIDES have released the official music video for their new song "Fields Of Bone". ![]()
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