Mat McNerney Quotes

I don't think there's anything remotely "new" or "experimental" about any modern metal bands.

Ultimately I want my metal in a bar and not an art gallery.

Everyone's attention span these days is limited to how long it takes to flick the iPod wheel on to the next song.

There are many ways to portray darkness and evil and it isn't all in being mean and tough.

I loathe most crossover music. Yet I like to think when it comes to Code it's something different.

I do try to pay attention to new bands and what's happening within the scene. I try to make sure I give everything a listen - even if I loathe it.

I have a lot of mental scars from being brought up Catholic and being sent to Catholic school for 13 years!

I don't bring any ideology or barriers with me into my music.

I think there's a certain limit to the number of times you can raise hairs on the back of peoples' heads before it gets kind of saccharin.

Basically every song on modern metal albums follows a formula and you get that formula in between one to three tracks ...

Bands are more willing to take risks and we don't need this big label over us anymore telling us what it means to sell records and get into magazines.

In the past stories have been what tethers us to the world and they've made us who we are.

When you're trying to free yourself from a religion that has been ingrained in you since childhood, it's more like ripping out your veins and tendons.

People are appreciating the old stuff again and there's no MTV-style scene police to try to make us all listen to Machine Head and Pantera *puke*!

I don't want people to feel like they'd overdosed on too much candy.

I think when you have a band that are so separate and isolated then you have to know each others styles and characters quite well.