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Song Quotes by M. Shadows

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A fog machine on a tour stage shows how M. Shadows loves dramatic presentation. He talks about adding more chord changes, key shifts, and dynamics to make songs feel richer after 'Hail to the King'. He also says the band stands for musical individuality and likes to release music in unexpected ways.

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For me, a band like Gojira brings something really cool and new to the table.

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We write music because we have to; it's a part of our very being.

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We love the idea of putting out music in a non-conventional way.

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Metal needs to be exposed to more people, so it's good for rock if there's bigger bands.

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Music and space collide for me, as I find them incredibly stimulating.

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We stand for musical individuality. That's all we stand for.

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I want to stay away from trends and do what we want to do musically.

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As we develop, I just see us following our heart on this musical journey.

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Our band has always been really big on imagery. We've kind of used that as one of our strengths; we tend to…

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We really like having songs where we think the arrangement is just as important as the melodies, even though they're typically not.

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If you're going to put out a record just to get a No. 1 and then forget about it after the first…

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One thing that was frustrating to us, always, was having to do so much press building up an album, and you're asked…

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A lot of times, people just want to be more extreme than the next band or the next person, and that's all…

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I feel like our whole discography up through 'Hail to the King' was young, fun, and exciting. It was aggressively driven. 'The…

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When you look at metal, it's probably one of the healthiest genres when you look at it in a worldwide perspective -…

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We always want to do covers, but we found it kind of boring to do covers of bands in our genre, and…

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The 'Black Album' was my real first introduction to Metallica. I was, like, 12 or 13 at the time. We were just…

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When we were writing the 'Stage' album, we realized we'd never really done proper covers, where we were taking songs and making…

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The world is changing, and the way we consume music is obviously changing. I was one of the biggest CD advocates you…

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People want things now. People in the rock world seem to not want to give it to them - they want to…

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I was talking to my dad about the stuff he grew up listening to, and 'Operation: Mindcrime' is a record that he…

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The first Maiden record I ever got was 'Piece of Mind,' and I only got it because I thought the artwork was…

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People think this is a competition between bands, when the reality is the more successful bands the better.

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Musically, I just like when people are knowledgeable about music and they can talk to you about it.

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It really does help everyone when there are some big bands leading the charge.

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We want metal to be dangerous again. How cool would that be?

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Always from day one, we were the band on Warped Tour with a fog machine, and our backdrop had to be up…

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If we can inspire a kid to pick up a guitar - and less and less kids are doing so these days…

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Sometimes, I feel like my lyrics meander a little bit, and our songs are so big I need to write more words…

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Every once in a while, we can touch somebody's life in a way just by writing a melody or writing some music,…

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If I was to play any song for anybody asking, 'What is metal about?' I'd just play 'Master of Puppets.' The progressions…

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We just found that in 2016, if you announce a record, and it's coming out in three months, and you're just giving…

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I've said the Grammys messed up metal because it's not on TV. What I'm saying is when you're in a metal category,…

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I'm glad that we can add something new to the fold that Metallica's not going to bring to the table, and they're…

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Ever since 'Hail to the King,' we've been more cognizant of our chord progressions, our key changes, drama in songs, a lot…

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It's important to know the ins and outs of the music business, but you can also dive too deeply into it and…

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A lot of the metal bands that were around when Metallica put out 'The Black Album,' now they're playing clubs, and Metallica…

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The metalcore has been left behind. It's not something that any of us find enjoyment in listening to, so it's obviously not…

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We grew up with every type of band from Primus to Mr. Bungle to Elton John to pop music to metal, and…

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We love the idea of putting out music in a non-conventional way.

When I'm by myself asking the questions that many of us do at some point in our lives, I look to the stars knowing…

If there's something I really like or a chord progression, I write a note in my Blackberry, and maybe a year later, I'll revisit…

We stand for musical individuality. That's all we stand for.

I recall us selling out L.A.'s 5,000-capacity Gibson Amphitheatre and flying straight to Germany to play a 300-capacity room where we'd only sold 120…

I used to get a huge kick out of walking into a record store and finding something I didn't know was out.

People think this is a competition between bands, when the reality is the more successful bands the better.

Games helped me a lot when The Rev died. It was something I able to go do and stay in the house and not…

Music and space collide for me, as I find them incredibly stimulating.

I'm kind of a geek when it comes to talking about chord structures or melody, so I always loved in-depth conversations with musicians about…