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: OK, let's just start off talking about the new album, "From Bliss toDevastation." You guys basically cleaned house for it and got a new label and management. Do you want to talk aboutthat?

: We completely cleaned house, everyone had to go.

: Basically people weren't doing their jobs and fucking our lives upso we fired everybody.

: Everybody?

: EVERYBODY! Three years ago we were on Roadrunner and "Imprint"had just come out maybe two, three months ago and they weren't pushing us or doing anything and Roadrunner said'we're yanking your tour support, come home and make another record'. But we wanted to go outand support "Imprint" and just felt insulted that they said that. So we said something is going onhere, we're getting the fuck off of this label. We went and had some meetings with them and werelike we'll never do another record with you again. They were like, 'what do youmean?' and we were like we're never doing another record, if you give us this $150,000- which is what is was for the thirdrecord- we're going to take it and make like a demo. We could give them whatever we want as longas it was 45 minutes of original music- it could have been 45 minutes worth of feedback. We couldhave given them 45 minutes worth of just anything and we were kind of threatening them, wewere like we're not doing it and we want to go back to being a hardcore band and playing weekends andthey tried to offer us money and a better deal but we were like 'nope, see you'.

: So you just completely left? The TVT deal was not even ineffect then, you just walked away?

: We decided that we were going to have it one way or the other. Wecould not have it both ways and we were like we're just going to fucking do this even if it means that we don't get signedagain but we knew that the best music was coming out of us soon and Roadrunner did not knowthat because they thought we were going to be has-beens.

: Then you put out "For the Bleeders" which was like an indiedemo thing.

: That was just to keep people alert that we still existed as aband. That's basically the only purpose that served.

: That album, we are still living off of that. That has made usmore money than anything that we did on Roadrunner. We made nothing on the Roadrunner Records.

: You cleaned house, and went underground...

: Fired our management and stayed low. Some people thought we brokeup- we actually liked to hear that because we did not want to come back with a half-assed thing - we wanted to totally goaway and come back with a new sound and a new album.

: Do you think that you did that?

: Yeah.

: Do you like TVT?

: They're a good label. When you ask for something they actuallygive it to you.

: They believe in developing a band over time as opposed to like alot of labels that just want the big one album deal. [TVT] realizes that with bands like us that takes time.

: And how about management wise?

: We like the new management.

: We have the same manager as Slayer so he is well connected andknows what he is doing. Our other manager was a little sluggish- she meant well, but she just didn't pull it off. It was the samewith booking- we had reached like this plateau of being on the same tours and there not being any openings.

: Speaking of now it seems like you are touring with aneclectic group here- you did Clutch, now you are with Slayer and you are going to be with Pantera in Europe in the fall.

: After Slayer we are going to do like five dates with Bad Brains andthen Nothingface and then we'll go out to Japan and then we are doing Pantera in Europe.

: You are definitely diversifying your audiences...

: Yeah well I think that is the whole point of being a supportingband, to play for an eclectic crowd instead of the same kids over and over again. Playing on the Slayer tour I have had someyoung kids come up to me and be like who the hell are you guys, you guys are sick andI've never heard of you before and these are kids that have just never beenprivvy to an underground band like us.

: It seems like mainstream and the younger kids are a littlemore receptive to hardcore now.

: Yes.

: Any thoughts on that whole deal?

: It's just the climate. There are so many heavy bands out therethat are doing really well and getting on the radio so they're doing good.

: Well even MTV is picking up on the hardcore.

: Everything goes in waves and it was like ten years ago it was popand metal and they both fused and then grunge happened and metal lost that edge to it. Again it is splitting to where there ispop and then the metal.

: Do you think you will be doing any videos then?

: Yes.

: We'll see. There's talk.

: We're doing one.

: "From Bliss to Devastation"- that's the new album due outJune 26. What is in store on this album beings that you have revamped and reworked so much from the past?

: We just took it to the next level on every aspect from the music tothe vocals to getting a real producer that can capture our sound. The material for that record took almost two years to compileand it was that you create better music when you have that time. If we did a songand it wasn't good enough we could do it again or scrap it and work on it again in eight months. It took a lot of work toget the record to that level.

: The producer on the album is Machine who is known as a numetal force and before you were working with D. Sardy who is known for the Red Hot Chili Peppers so do you think thatthis album is going to be heavier and have more of that nu sound?

: It is heavier.

: It's heavy in a different way. "Imprint" that D. Sardy did washeavy in an aggressive way. It was very dirty, ratty and in your face. This one is heavy in the way that a Black Sabbath record is heavyrather than a Neurosis. It is still heavy it just has a different aspect to it and that's was we wanted- wewanted our albums to sound different. So many bands put out a great record but then they put outthe same record like six months later and that sucks.

: Any particular track that you think represents the album orwhere you are at now?

: "From Bliss to Devastation" represents the whole album. It's thebest representation...

: Speaking of the title, you have two things that are basically theantithesis of one another...

: That's the whole point of the record.

: But is it not representative of where you were in thebusiness aspect ...

: No it's more a representation of the music. We have the mostmellow parts and then we can go to the heaviest parts. It is symbolic of a lot of other stuff but musically more so.

: You said before that you were listening to Sabbath a lotduring the recording but I've also read that you were really into the Beatles. Where did that come from?

: That's Matt.

: Are you saying you don't like the Beatles?

: No, it is just rare for you to hear a hardcore band cite theBeatles as someone they were listening to as an influence for their album.

: Brendan was like drilling it into people's heads that we werelistening to that.

: They are just a musical icon and ...

: They are like an encyclopedia of knowledge listening to theirmusic...

: So what did they bring to you that was not there before?

: They have some trippy stuff to them and they can just floor you. It may not have influenced our music but I can say that they influenced us as musicians. It seems like a lot of the new music outthere today does not blow me away and they do that. It is an emotional influencemore than a direct musical.

What do you listen to other than the Beatles?

: We listen to Soundgarden.

: Deftones.

: Who has the Donna Summer CD in their closet? Any closetbands?

: No, I have the new Sade. I listen to that like every night. Alot of blues. (In representation that there was not disco or anything otherwise in their CD closet, the guys took out their CD collectionand went through them with me. For those interested, they had The Doors, Cold Play,Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynrd, and Speed Dealer among others).

: Musically, I have heard you say in the past that you feltyou were much more mature on this album.

: We are MUCH MORE mature but I'll let [Mike] speak for that...

: The songwriting is much more stuck to the classic boundaries ofsongwriting as far as a verse and chorus. Before we had no respect for songwriting and that was our style and we liked that. Butnow we are getting older and we want to be able to make music that you can just sitback hit play and listen to it.

: How would you pigeonhole your music? There is a whole newvocabulary of metal the past few years with hardcore and nu metal...

: I would say it's got balls. I think we will fit into the nu metalscene- I think we will define our own area of the nu metal scene- but I think we can hang with bands like the Deftones andGodsmack. As far as it appealing, we have a couple of singles on the record that are goingto attract that crowd and at the same time I think there are a couple of songs that can attract people that listento Slipknot or even Stone Temple Pilots. I think we've always had VOD fans and we will alwayshave them and we will continue to find new fans on the road.