The Metal Authorityconducted an interview withQueensrycheguitaristMichael Wiltonbefore the band's November 30 concert at Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. You can now watch the chat below.
Speaking about the progress of the songwriting sessions forQueensryche's follow-up to 2015's"Condition Hüman"album,Wiltonsaid: "Well, we have a bunch of different ideas, and we're putting them all together. We're trying to do this on the road, because we'd like to get in the studio in February and March at some point. So we're busy. We have quite a few ideas already."
Wiltonalso talked about theQueensrychesongwriting process. He said: "When we're out on the road, we're fragmented as far! Sometimes it's really loud and I can't hear what I'm doing. So you have pockets of time. And so maybe some days I'll work on a song and work on the chorus and the verse and the solo section, and then another day I'll work on another song, little bits here and there. And then we'll work with everybody in the band. So I'll getTodd[La Torre, vocals] to come over and start putting some vocal ideas."
He continued: "All the songs are built kind of from the ground up, unless there's a few riffs that we have left over from the last recording or something that we worked on the prior year. Yeah, it's just getting all the parts together, all the songs somewhat cohesive."
Michaeladded thatQueensyrchewould like to come up with "twenty or so" basic song ideas before refining them for the final product. He explained: "Once you've lived with 'em for so long, you start seeing! you delve into them a little deeper, so that's when the refinements come. Then when you have pre-production - which, we're gonna useZeuss[producer Chris Harris] again, who did'Condition Hüman'! We've already been talking to him. We sent him a couple of demos, so he's all about it and he loves it, loves the direction. So once we get 'em all ready, then we just kind of do a pre-production, and then you're off to the races."
Queensrycherecently embarked on a month-long headlining tour of the United States. Support on the trek is coming fromArmored SaintandMidnight Eternal.
"Condition Hüman"debuted at No. 27 on The Billboard 200 chart, having shifted 14,000 equivalent album units in the week ending October 8, 2015.
