Silverstein: "Sometimes you have to go through hell to find what makes you happy"

Shane Told takes a break from slaying the Warped Tour to fill us in on Silverstein's new album, ‘Dead Reflection’. Tell us about ‘Dead Reflection’ - did you set out to try anything new with this one? Here's the thing man, records get harder and harder to make. We realise this, and we know we have to work harder and put in the time to continually "one up" ourselves with each record. Most bands get lazier and put in less time which is why their records often get worse as they go. With this one, we put in time experimenting with different tunings, different sounds, and trying to write some of the heaviest yet catchiest stuff we'd ever come across. We worked with different, fresher people; we had a guy mix the record who works on a lot of electronic music. Just to switch up the vibe and keep it fresh. What frame of mind were you guys in when you first started work on the album? We booked 11 days of pre-production with producer Derek Hoffman. That's a lot. We knew we needed a real clear picture of what exactly was going to happen on this record and we didn't want to do what most bands do which is start recording and figure it out as you go. So those 11 days were brutal - 12 hours days, a lot of writing and re-writing, opinions being expressed and shot down and ultimately changed, and a couple of shouting matches but luckily no fist fights. But our frame of mind was very serious. These songs meant a lot to us, and we knew this record needed to be the best it could be.