9) BALLAD OF THE LONELY HEARTS
“When I was younger I faced a lot of scrutiny about what I was able to do and achieve. Most of the people and bands who were awful about BVB in the early days have fallen now fallen by the wayside so this is my selfish shit-talk song to them!”
10) THROW THE FIRST STONE
“Again this is about the idea that there are people who are just not good for you. It can be hard to spot them but when you do the ball of yarn starts to unravel and you go, ‘Why was I even hanging out with those people?’”
11) VALE (THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS)
“It’s the end of the story. The story of The Wild Ones, which we established on Wretched And Divine and to me it’s the perfect book-end. It’s obviously not the intention but if it was the last song I ever made it would be a pleasing way to go out.”
Vale is available now via Lava/Republic Records. Black Veil Brides tour the UK with Asking Alexandria this month. Dates are as follows:
23: Birmingham O2 Academy
24: Manchester Academy
25: Glasgow O2 Academy
27: London O2 Academy Brixton
Interview: Paul Travers