In this week’s Kerrang! magazine, My Chemical Romance give us an exclusive preview of the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2006’s The Black Parade.
Frontman Gerard Way has revealed that the emo superstars’ forthcoming album will be a vast departure from the epic grandeur and theatrics of The Black Parade.
“Our original game plan was to make a very quick, very visceral record,” Gerard told Kerrang!, and also revealed that, for the first time ever, this album will not have one overall concept.
“To be able to let go of your game plan is really hard,” he explains. “There were many times where we had to really move on our feet very quickly and say, ‘No, the album’s taking a turn and we need to accept it, because if we fight it we’ll end up with a record that doesn’t make any sense’.”
“Everything is taking so much longer, in a really great way,” he added. “We’ve never been able to go through the songs like this and get things as great as we possibly can. It’s always been like, ‘You’ve got three months to record and two weeks to mix, then you’re back on an airplane to go tour again!’. This time, we afforded ourselves the luxury of exploring every song.”
For the full interview, pick up a copy of this week’s Kerrang! magazine (in stores today).
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