So what can fans expect from your upcoming record 'Union Of Crowns' ? They can expect to hear us pushing ourselves to the extremes of our strengths, the light sides becoming lighter and the heavy sides becoming heavier. We have come out with a more modern and more mature approach this time.
How did you get to the album title 'Union Of Crowns' and what do you want it to mean to your fans? The union of crowns was the coming together of sovereignties forming The united kingdom, we want it to represent the feeling of a union with our fans. We are proud to be where we are from and we want others to feel the same.
How would you say this record compares to your prior release 'Portraits' ? I believe it is just a more mature version of it. Since portraits we have toured the world and gained so many new influences and experiences. It is Bury Tomorrow right now and the sound we will continue for the future.
What was it like to record at Ridgeway Sound Studio, and how was this whole process? It was amazing, we recorded Royal Blood the single there and it came out awesome, so we knew it was where we wanted to go for the full length. The guys at Ridgeway were incredibly accommodating and we powered through to get the best result we could.
“Our fan base is everything to us, it’s our driving force and we would be nothing without them” The artwork for Union Of Crowns is really cool, so can you tell us a bit about who came up with the idea, and how it all came together? Jon Barmby did the artwork for Union of Crowns, we really just gave him the theme we wanted and he ran with it. The collage effect came out so well we were stoked straight away.
We've read that you guys have a very committed fan base, for example we discovered that you have a fan who has attended over 60 of your shows? So with this in mind, how rewarding is it to have such an awesome fan base? Our fan base is everything to us, it’s our driving force and we would be nothing without them. We are lucky that through everything we have a lot of people that have been with Bury Tomorrow since we started touring and it still blows our mind.
How do you think the UK music scene has changed since you guys first started out? I think it’s just matured, obviously there are phases and different genres that come and go but I also think heavy/metal music is becoming so much more acceptable and almost mainstream by being played on mainstream radio, this wouldn't have happened when we first started for sure.
What else does 2012 hold for Bury Tomorrow? We are going to try and play to as many BT fans, in as many countries as possible, we want to tour the world.