2007 Update: I found their myspace and it looks like these guys have broken up in 2006. Very sad. I have added their myspace, which they are still checking.

2006 Update: Behind The Sun is starting off very strong in 2006. We are releasing a new record on February 10th. We are having a record releae party, February 10th at the Trocadero in Philadelphia, PA.

2005 Update: The new album has been fully mixed and is ready for mastering. The band is now looking for a label to release it on. New versions of the songs will be be posted soon to their web site. They have been playing tons of shows in the meantime.

Interview with Rich from Behind the Sun by Jen

First off, can you tell me about the band, how it started, how long have you been playing together, etc?
John and I were in a band called N.O.C. and it came to an end in 2000, so we contacted Alex who hadn't really gotten into anything since Burnside broke up, and picked up John's brother Frank for a drummer... We've been playing together ever since.
I have both albums Broken Hearts and Shattered Bones and also Targeting My Greatest Weakness, which both kicks ass! Which was your favorite to release and musically, which one do you think is your best work?
Thanks a lot....Broken hearts was our best album musically...But it was really experimental. On the new album we're working on, Blood covered love letters, we have nailed down the direction we want to go in and it has been the most fun, yet the most frustratingly slow album so far...
What is the difference between both of the releases, in your opinion?
On targeting we just did what we already knew...we came from hardcore and metal bands so that's what we wrote... Broken hearts we experimented with different influences and did whatever we felt like playing...Some of the music we're not so happy with now, but what the fuck...We don't feel like sticking to the mold of what's hot right now...We play what we want.
Now, I read you are currently recording a new album...Tell me about that and how that is going?
Yeah, we're working on a new album and are currently putting the finishing touches on the guitar work, and the last of the vocals... The album is the best music I've been a part of and we are all really excited about it. It's going slowly, but I'll get into that next.
It is taking a long time, how come? Are you running into any problems or just taking your time to make a perfect album?
Our engineer in this album is the same extremely talented person who recorded our last release...Dan Korneff...Unfortunately on top of being very talented he is also insanely busy... Dan has worked on several albums over the last year while our recording has been going on..Including Candiria's newest release, the upcoming E-Town Concrete release, 40 below summer, Breaking Benjamin, Ill nino and several others.... So instead of rushing through this, we have been recording around Dan's schedule to make this album as good as we can... On top of all of this we added in an additional guitarist to our line up, in the middle of this recording and had to take some time to re write some songs...
You also haven't been playing many shows recently, is this because recording has taken first priority?
No we just hate playing shows...Fuck it we're done with that...We're gonna start doing all of our shows live via satellite for all the world to see, complete with barbed wire wrapped, flaming baseball bats and naked cage dancers... And recording is priority.
Who are some of your favorite bands to play with?
We really don't care who we play with...It's the kids that show up that make a difference...I mean we have a lot of bands that we are friends with and shit, but that really doesn't make the show any better...We've had great shows playing with bands that we hated.
Worse and best experience at a show, and i want dirt!
Christ there are too many bad shows to list... And without being there it's hard to explain....we played a show in Arizona with anal cunt and some shitty band that fuckin blew so bad it made me sick... I thought it would be a great show with anal cunt and all, but it only got worse as the night went on... Everything from drunk old whores to a trombone toting asshole that fronted one of the other bands that I wanted to stab to death.... Good shows....Every show we've played with Irate has been awesome...Every show we play down in chucktown S.C. with our boys the F.O.C.... We played this show in Atlanta that looked like a complete wash.... But one of the other bands was a Philly band that was a bunch of really cool guys, that fucking danced naked and set the whole place off... Really weird scene, but awesome all the same.
In my review of you guys, I compared you to Lamb of God and the Haunted. Do you agree or disagree with that and why?
Sounds good to me ...I'd rather sound like no one else, but if we're going to be compared to anyone I guess they're as good as any. I was thinking like a mix of Barry Manalow and Cannibal Corpse...
What kind of influences does the band have? What are some of your favorite bands now?
We all have different influences that range from old school metallica, iron maiden, slayer, pantera, and exodus...to candiria, biohazard, and Dying fetus.... We also have some hip hop influences like Nas, The roots and other shit like that and a lot of emo...saves the day, lifetime, reggie and the full effect, like I said all kinds of shit...We don't really follow the band of the month club.
Anything else you want to add?
Our album will be done in a moth or so...We're not set on a label yet, but when it comes out buy 100 copies. And look out for "Broken Neck" the most brutal tough guy band in the world! Thanks a lot Jen for keeping this site going...Without people like you running shit...There wouldn't be much of a scene.
http://www.btsmetal.com
http://www.myspace.com/behindthesun