“During our hiatus from Disturbed, the separation anxiety from the fans came rather quickly,” explains Donegan. He began writing songs on his own, and last year connected with Dan Chandler, frontman for the band Evan’s Blue, about a possible collaboration. The two emailed each other songs back and forth and met in person whenever Chandler was in Donegan’s hometown of Chicago. When they had enough material to record, Donegan turned to his “Disturbed brother of over 20 years,” drummer Mike Wengren and the three entered the studio.

The result is a collection of hypnotic and hard-hitting songs fortified by Donegan’s trademark riffing and Chandler’s melodic sensibility. Ra’s Sean Corcoran on bass and backing vocals, and Jeremy Jayson on guitar and backing vocals complete Fight of Flight’s lineup.

“This is more hard rock,” Donegan affirms. “It’s got edgy moments, but there’s more melody across the board. We had the chance to experiment as well. There are acoustic guitars and some electronics even. It’s different all around.” Of the first single “First of the Last,” he says, “It’s one of the more driving tracks on the record, and it’s got my signature style. Lyrically, it’s more cryptic. Dan and I spent a lot of time discussing conspiracy theories, and those conversations inspired the song.”

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In anticipation of Graveyard of Empires, due out April 17, hard rockers Evans Blue are asking their fans to help make the video for the album’s first single, “This Time It’s Different.”

In a statement, they say, “Rock as hard as you can and be as creative as you want when you videotape your performance of ‘This Time It’s Different.’” The final video will be comprised of the best clips from all of the submissions.

“It was so awesome how the ‘Say It’ fan video came together on our last album that we wanted to do it again for ‘This Time It’s Different,’ said Evans Blue singer Dan Chandler. “There’s nothing better than seeing our fans rock out to our songs!”

Download the song on iTunes or use this YouTube link.

Be sure to have “This Time It’s Different” playing loud enough in the background of your video so that the footage can be easily synced to edit the fan video.

Send your MP4 or MOV video file to evansbluevideo@gmail.com by Monday, March 19.

By sending your video, you are agreeing to allow Evans Blue to use your video and likeness in perpetuity as part of the music video for “This Time It’s Different,” which will be broadcast across the Internet, television and beyond.

REVOLVER What’s “Halo” about?
DAN CHANDLER The song was written about a moment in my life when I felt things/people were being taken from me without reason. Something a lot of us have unfortunately had to deal with.

Which part of it did you come up with first? And what was the inspiration?
Parker

Was this an easy song to write or record?
The song came to me quick because of the mood I had been in. It was a very medicinal writing for me.

What sort of feedback have you gotten on this song so far?
This song has only been exposed to family and close friends so far. The song is personal and people close to me know me well, so they immediately understood what the song had to say. Definitely have had an overwhelming positive response.