In an interview with James Raggi of Lamentations Of The Flame Princess, guitarist Mark Briody speaks of a personal tradition not too many people are aware of that has carried over into Mechanized Warfare:

“On ‘All Things Renewed,’ I get to do my Def Leppard guitar part! Not that I’m the biggest Def Leppard fan, but when they break out the harmony guitars like on ‘Bringin’ On The Heartbreak,’ I’m like ‘Yeeeeah!’ and I have to play air guitar. It’s sort of my gratuitous epic song I do every album. I’m really, really into metal songs that become anthems since I heard ‘Heaven and Hell,’ ‘Mob Rules,’ ‘Hallowed Be Thy Name,’ and ‘To Tame A Land.’ I’m so much into them that I just have to write one every record. It’s a certain style, these slow, melodic, driving harmony things and it’s the first time I’ve tried to write something like that, in ‘All Things Renewed.’”

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