This is Vaughan with some of my thoughts on “There Is No Peace”. This is possibly my favourite song on the album, although my opinion always changes. This was the second song we worked on for the record. That is not necessarily the reason it is second on the track list, but I tend to think the second track on an album should be a very strong song (though hopefully we’ve given you 8 strong tracks!). This song came together much the same way as “The Fight Goes On”. Luke and Josh wrote the music and arrangement and then presented Matt, Elias and myself with a demo. The demo featured Luke on guitar and Josh on drums. Although Luke is officially the drummer, Josh actually plays all the drums on this record, while Luke contributes guitar.
Already this album was developing in a very different way to our previous material. Generally speaking, Elias and I would write most of the tracks on an album with a couple contributed by other members. We were stoked that Josh and Luke were showing so much enthusiasm and contributing new songs and riffs. It was exciting to have this new input of ideas. Elias particularly liked the demo and asked me if he could write lyrics for the song. Elias had rarely contributed lyrics to the band and I guess he felt he needed my permission. He didn’t! I was only too happy for him to write the words, because I love having as many contributions from the band as possible. It would be very boring if I wrote every lyric for the band. The band should reflect the musical and lyrical inspiration of all members.
Elias had been working on this concept around the end times. He had this vision for this political Christian thrash album that focused heavily on prophecy from Revelation. His lyrics for this song very much tap into the idea of politics, money, hatred and power. He refers to them in the lyrics as “the four unnecessary evils”. The song talks about the woes of the world and how there can be no peace while people pursue the four evils. I was really pleased with the lyrics and I had a blast recording them. Similar to the first track, Matt and Elias recorded their parts on the song and we had basically a finished track.
In late 2014, I was putting together an online compilation called “Ten Years” which many of you may have downloaded. I wanted some new material on the compilation and this song had been finished for a while. We got together and recorded a video clip for the song. The video featured Josh on drums and Luke on guitar, which was the true representation of the current band dynamic. The clip was well received and people noted the strong Megadeth influence in the song. This is not surprising as everyone in the band is a massive Megadeth fan. In fact, Luke and I first connected thanks to our shared love of all things Mustaine.
Two songs in we were getting very excited with the injection of fire the Gallagher brothers had given the band. This process would continue throughout the making of the whole album.
Already this album was developing in a very different way to our previous material. Generally speaking, Elias and I would write most of the tracks on an album with a couple contributed by other members. We were stoked that Josh and Luke were showing so much enthusiasm and contributing new songs and riffs. It was exciting to have this new input of ideas. Elias particularly liked the demo and asked me if he could write lyrics for the song. Elias had rarely contributed lyrics to the band and I guess he felt he needed my permission. He didn’t! I was only too happy for him to write the words, because I love having as many contributions from the band as possible. It would be very boring if I wrote every lyric for the band. The band should reflect the musical and lyrical inspiration of all members.
Elias had been working on this concept around the end times. He had this vision for this political Christian thrash album that focused heavily on prophecy from Revelation. His lyrics for this song very much tap into the idea of politics, money, hatred and power. He refers to them in the lyrics as “the four unnecessary evils”. The song talks about the woes of the world and how there can be no peace while people pursue the four evils. I was really pleased with the lyrics and I had a blast recording them. Similar to the first track, Matt and Elias recorded their parts on the song and we had basically a finished track.
In late 2014, I was putting together an online compilation called “Ten Years” which many of you may have downloaded. I wanted some new material on the compilation and this song had been finished for a while. We got together and recorded a video clip for the song. The video featured Josh on drums and Luke on guitar, which was the true representation of the current band dynamic. The clip was well received and people noted the strong Megadeth influence in the song. This is not surprising as everyone in the band is a massive Megadeth fan. In fact, Luke and I first connected thanks to our shared love of all things Mustaine.
Two songs in we were getting very excited with the injection of fire the Gallagher brothers had given the band. This process would continue throughout the making of the whole album.