Matthew Konradt: The band formed when I (Matthew Konradt) met James Cain (or "Alan," as I call him) at a hospital in Mount Vernon KY. We were both Janitors, actually! We both had similar interests in music and were both Christians, so I guess it started there.

Matthew: Most likely a church.

Matthew: For me, personally, that is a hard question to answer. I have had a ton of songs and musical inspirations I go by. To name a few: Anberlin's "Retrace," Breaking Benjamin's "Ashes of Eden," Jeremy Camp's "Restored" (song and album), etc...

Matthew: Red, Demon Hunter, Skillet, Breaking Benjamin, Anberlin, Killswitch Engage, Evan's Blue, and Michael Combs.

Matthew: Zahna because she has an inspiring story and she is a talented artist and singer. Ex-Killswitch Engage vocalist Howard Jones because he has always been one of my favorite singers in the heavy metal genre. And Red because they were my favorite band and leading inspiration for a long time and are still up there in my favorite's list.

Matthew: Probably finding a drummer, an additional guitarist, and another bass player so we can start live gigs. Plus keeping our sanity together as a lot of people have been struggling with.

Matthew: For "Leap Of Faith," I was inspired by the Bible's book of Matthew where Peter walked toward Jesus but he lost his focus on Him and began to sink. He had to regain his focus and faith right then and there to rise back to the surface. The lyrics for the song just hit me like a sledge hammer.

Matthew: The album is almost completed and will be released May 31st of 2021. I am working with Alan and another gifted guitarist named Breno Machado who I met online from Brazil to help with the production and guitars.

Matthew: I am hoping one day that, as a band, we make a name for ourselves but most importantly we never lose our faith and always persevere. I am hoping one day soon we will be able to start touring as well.

Matthew: We are an independently produced band who writes songs about faith, spiritual struggles, and doubts. We ultimately try to have that message of redemption as well in most of our songs, however, not everything has a happy ending. We are very excited to let people hear our upcoming album, The Art Of Faith, on May 31st. Thank you and God bless!