I spoke to Jennifer from Beyond the Black earlier today about the band and their upcoming album:
- What inspired the name of the band and what are your influences?
“Beyond the Black came from when we were brainstorming the songs we were writing at the time, there was a lot of nice contrasts between hard guitars and voices, and light voices and melodies, the dark and the light, so Beyond the Black reflects that name perfectly! As for influences, I was always influenced by powerful female voices such as Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, Floor Jansen and Hayley Williams. As for the band, there are a lot of different influences, like Backstreet Boys, Ghost and Queen to name a few.”
- What’s the writing process like for the band, and what themes did you explore on the new album?
“Usually we jam together, and take it from there. For the new record, I spoke to the guys and asked them to send me demos of the stuff they wanted to write and record. I ended up with about thirty demos of different styles, and heard how they wanted to write. We went from there, and eventually brought it before the producer and worked it out completely. As for themes, we focused on the important things like love and death, the things you think about as a person.”
- What songs are you most looking forward to playing on the new album?
“We’ve started playing the singles Heart of the Hurricane and My God Is dead already, and they’ve gotten a good response. I guess it will depend on the rehearsals and also how the songs are received live.”
- What plans do you have for the future?
“We’re going to be doing a small release tour with four shows in Germany, then we’re doing the festival run, with appearances at Full Metal Cruise and Full Metal Holiday, then we’ve got a support tour planned, and a European headline