In a new radio interview, Killswitch Engage singer Jesse Leach spoke about the band's plans for a new album. According to Blabbermouth, he said, “As far as I know, and the way that this band works, is all four of those guys who hold instruments come up with demos and riffs or parts of songs, and that process has begun, as far as I know, 'cause we did have a meeting about it on the Slipknot tour. So the idea was, and this all depends on where touring goes, and we do have plans for other tours through the summer and at the end of the year, so depending on where the world is and whether we have access to other countries, we could potentially be touring on 'Atonement' for this year, for the most part, trying to make up for lost time.”
He continued, “But there was discussion about at least starting to demo and get the ideas together for a new record this year. But, again, we don't know what the world's gonna hand us. It's such weird, uncertain times. But I know the wheels have started to turn as far as getting a concept and an idea to get the guys to start to write parts and stuff like that. So only time will tell. I wouldn't expect it to be coming out this year, but at least the ideas and the writing and the demos will start this year.”
He added, “So the idea was, and this all depends on where touring goes, and we do have plans for other tours through the summer and at the end of the year, so depending on where the world is and whether we have access to other countries, we could potentially be touring on 'Atonement' for this year, for the most part, trying to make up for lost time. But there was discussion about at least starting to demo and get the ideas together for a new record this year. But, again, we don't know what the world's gonna hand us. It's such weird, uncertain times.”
