Nevermore guitarist Jeff Loomis recently discussed the band’s upcoming material and their plans to create the best album of their lives, sharing details in an interview with Moshpit Passion.
Loomis explained how the band’s initial focus on touring delayed the songwriting process, though new musical ideas are now beginning to take shape.
“I’ve got a late start on [working on new music], actually, because we spent so much time getting the band together that it’s almost like — I don’t wanna say that Van and I got burnt out or anything, but it was… Van really wanted to get back on tour again,” Loomis said. “He was, like, ‘I wanna get back out and play again, man. I wanna play in front of people.’ So it’s kind of been backwards as we’ve approached this. But the demos are now starting to flow a little bit.”
He then elaborated on the current state of the demos and the significance of working together in person once vocalist Berzan Önal is able to travel to the United States.
“I’ve got about six ideas going, some in the very infantile stages, some kind of complete,” Loomis continued. “I think with Berzan being able to now come over to the United States, starting in November, it’s gonna be huge because when you’re writing something, man, in today’s age, you can easily send demos back and forth via the Internet and stuff like that. But I ultimately love to work in person with people. You can really feel it and get more energy out of each other that way.”
Loomis concluded by outlining the band’s timeline and their ultimate goal for the upcoming recording sessions.
“So, I don’t know — in a sense, I’m just kind of waiting for that, I guess,” Loomis added. “But we wanna really utilize the six months that we have completely to make the best album of our lives. And that’s coming up between October and March, basically. That’s what our plans are. We have kind of a structure worked out of what we’re gonna do, a plan.”
This update follows the band’s announcement earlier this year that they have signed a new record deal with Reigning Phoenix Music.
