Guitarist Toby Stewart says: "When we started writing the album, we made sure to write exactly what we wanted to do even if it took us in some different directions to our other releases.

"We felt a bit tired of bands having to make the music people expected them to when they're capable of a lot more. The initial word we had in our heads when writing this album was 'epic.' We wanted a huge melodic sound and we feel the songwriting has gone up another level.