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\n<\/a>\u201cNot that we\u2019ve died and gone and came back but we feel that we\u2019ve put a lot of what we used to be and things that we weren\u2019t fond of and our mistakes of the past, we just buried them and let them die and came back as the new entity that we are now\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

From release: Motionless In White have carved out a corner in the metal scene with their aggressive electro-tinged anthems, crowd-empowering choruses, and dark and profound message. Noted for their ability to shock and awe with their music videos, the band has amassed over 20 million views on YouTube, and been nominated for their video work in the Revolver Golden Gods Awards 2014, Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards 2013, and Kerrang! Awards 2012.<\/p>\n

In Roswell, New Mexico on an off day and while the other band members alien hunt, we had a chat to Chris from Motionless In White about the band\u2019s new album \u2018Reincarnate\u2019 as well as Australia and much more\u2026<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve just released \u2018Reincarnate\u2019 so tell us about the album title and what it means to you\u2026<\/strong>
\nYeah to us it\u2019s just been a title that\u2019s very representative of showing that we are not a new or different band but a reborn and reincarnated band from what we used to be. Not that we\u2019ve died and gone and came back but we feel that we\u2019ve put a lot of what we used to be and things that we weren\u2019t fond of and our mistakes of the past, we just buried them and let them die and came back as the new entity that we are now, and it\u2019s a lot more confident, a lot more stronger, just a lot more of everything that we did like about the band and that\u2019s what it means to us. I know that\u2019s probably not everyone else\u2019s interpretation of reincarnation but that\u2019s what it means to us in relation to the album title and the band.<\/p>\n

Now, as it is your third album, I want you to give me three words that you feel sum up the album perfectly\u2026<\/strong>
\nOh man\u2026 diverse, angry and energetic. It\u2019s funny *laughs* I never know what to say but they\u2019re the three accurate ones I believe.<\/p>\n

With it being your third album, did you go into it with any ideas of doing things differently compared to your first two releases?<\/strong>
\nYeah like I said with the reincarnate title we took a lot of the mistakes and the things that we felt negatively about the past two records and just went into a room and let them die and went in with a fresh mindset and that was to work with people that understood what we wanted to do this time, to approach writing in a different way where we weren\u2019t going to make things that didn\u2019t want to work together work together, and just overall a lot sounder and clearer mind and a lot more open mind to trying things that we hadn\u2019t before and it ended up working out amazing as we wrote too many songs for this record which is the first time that\u2019s ever happened to me in the world, so it was just a cool experience to see everything just work out great without any snags, I was kind of wondering when the big fall out was going to happen but it didn\u2019t happen yet\u2026<\/p>\n

Yet? *laughs* it\u2019s like you\u2019re still waiting\u2026<\/strong>
\nyeah, I\u2019m a pessimist so I\u2019ll be waiting for forever.<\/p>\n

As you were just saying, it felt easier this time around but did you feel more pressure to deliver?<\/strong>
\nAbsolutely, I felt more pressure than I did with this record than I did any of the previous two because I felt a lot of pressure with the first record as we were finally putting a record out and establishing ourselves on a label and as a band, and I wanted our label to like it and I wanted our fans that we had to like it, but it wasn\u2019t the same type of pressure. This record we\u2019re coming off of a record that fans weren\u2019t exactly too happy with, so it was like well this is a do or die situation like where if we put out another record that fans just hate we\u2019re not going to be a band for much longer, they\u2019re not going to allow that to happen. So this was very stressful in the pressure department to make sure we were entirely happy and supportive of the record ourselves in hopes that the fans would be on board as well, thankfully it seems that way, well at least I think so\u2026<\/p>\n

*laughs* There\u2019s that pessimist again\u2026<\/strong>
\nYeah I know, sorry\u2026<\/p>\n

So in terms of the tracks, was there a specific inspiration or influence that helped you write them?<\/strong>
\nIt was more so just that we were having so much fun, we didn\u2019t want to stop writing stuff, like why would we stop writing if what we are writing now even though it\u2019s too many songs, who\u2019s to say we\u2019re not going to like it more than one of the ones we already have? So we wrote up until pretty much the last minute until we could have and then chose what we wanted to do and what we wanted to take and really go all the way with in the studio, so it was just us having a great time in the first time in our writing history, it\u2019s always been stressful before this record.<\/p>\n

You finished the \u2018Puppets\u2019 trilogy too which I love the fact it was spread over the three albums, can we expect maybe the after credits scene appearing on the next album or are the Puppets done?<\/strong>
\n*laughs* No this is it, no more \u2018Puppets\u2019 songs, thank God. There\u2019s really shouldn\u2019t have even been a third one but I really wanted to give the two other songs closure for myself and the fans that really followed it closely over the past two records so I felt that I owed it to them and myself to make the third and final one.<\/p>\n

You got some great guests on the album such as Dani Filth and Maria Brink, how did you get them involved?<\/strong>
\nTwo very different stories, Maria is a very close, personal friend of ours, we\u2019ve toured with \u2018In This Moment\u2019 many times before and her and I have just always stayed in touch and we\u2019ve worked together in music videos now and music and it\u2019s just really cool to have that kind of relationship with somebody that\u2019s in another band and one of your peers, so that was just me reaching out to her wanting to do a duet song and it just worked out great. The Dani Filth situation was much different because I don\u2019t have a personal relationship with him so I just kind of blindly reached out to see if he was interested and got word back that he was and that kind of blew my mind and I turned into a fuckin\u2019 fanboy for a minute. Sent him the lyrics, sent him the song, sent him the way I wanted him to sing the patterns of the song and he was cool with it, sent it back and *laughs* it blew my mind when I heard it as I couldn\u2019t believe that Dani Filth was singing on one of our songs.<\/p>\n

You were here earlier this year as a part of Soundwave, but when do you think we can expect you back in Australia for some shows?<\/strong>
\nWe are desperate to come back it\u2019s just finding the time that works and when it\u2019s going to be the best time to come there, we\u2019re thinking maybe early to mid 2015 to come there and do our own club tour to try that dynamic out instead of the outdoor Soundwave festival type situation where I feel like we don\u2019t thrive as much, so very anxious and desperate to come back there and do a club tour.<\/p>\n

Do you have a favourite memory of a trip down here?<\/strong>
\nProbably the first time I ever saw Sydney, I was like \u2018holy fuck I would move here\u2019 before I even really got to go into the city or even experience it I though man, this is awesome, and then getting to play the show and seeing the crowd being massive and everything about the Soundwave show two years ago and just being in the city was amazing. I felt the vibe of being home, so that\u2019s my greatest memory, unfortunately the only negative thing about Soundwave is you have to be on a plane for so many fuckin\u2019 hours which I absolutely fuckin\u2019 hate, so I try to not think of that when I think of Australia.<\/p>\n

Next year you\u2019ll have been in this band for ten years, so let\u2019s look back, do you have one moment that stands out above all others?<\/strong>
\nWow\u2026 I mean it\u2019s funny, some people consider us to be a band for ten years, some people for six, some people have different periods of time because there\u2019s been different stages, and I don\u2019t consider the band to be a band for ten years because we\u2019re not, there\u2019s no original members left besides me, the only similarities to the earlier portion of the band is the name and that\u2019s it, there\u2019s nothing else about it that I feel is the same band, so I guess you could say that the name has been around for that long. I guess probably just the moment where we got the call that Fearless wanted to sign us, because as a band we were out there struggling doing DIY touring in a van and trailer for a very long time before and after Fearless signed us, but when you\u2019re a kid out there touring your ass off and writing stuff and busting your fuckin\u2019 ass on Warped Tour every day it\u2019s just your ultimate dream to get that call from a label having them want to sign your band. So that\u2019s always going to be an everlasting memory of getting that call and feeling that feeling\u00a0 of we did it, we fuckin\u2019 did it, we busted our assess and finally all our hard work is paying off. That\u2019s probably going to be the one that lasts forever with me.<\/p>\n

Lastly, let\u2019s predict the remainder of the year, so if you can finish this sentence for me. By the end of 2014, Motionless In White will\u2026<\/strong>
\nhave taken over the world and made every man wear makeup\u2026<\/p>\n

Well you\u2019ll need to do something as I\u2019m told makeup is ridiculously expensive here\u2026<\/strong>
\nAlright, to conquer the world, to live in Australia and bring down makeup prices *laughs*<\/p>\n

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Essential information<\/strong><\/h2>\n

From: <\/strong>Pennsylvania, USA<\/p>\n

Band members:<\/strong>\u00a0 Chris Motionless – All Vocals, Ricky Horror \u2013 Guitar, Josh Balz \u2013 Keyboards, Ryan Sitkowski \u2013 Guitar, Devin “Ghost” Sola – Bass<\/p>\n

Current Release:<\/strong> Reincarnate – <\/strong>(Fearless \/ Unified)<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> \u00a0http:\/\/motionlessinwhite.net<\/a>
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