BIOHAZARD's EVAN SEINFELD: 'We Were Intentionally Copying Ourselves' On 'Divided We Fall' Album

In a new interview with Remzi "Jam Man" Yates of Rocking With Jam Man, bassist/vocalist Evan Seinfeld spoke about the band's latest album, "Divided We Fall", which was recorded and released last fall after he and his bandmates spent two years touring around the globe.  Asked if there was ever a moment during the writing process where somebody brought in a riff or an idea and the guys in the band said, "That sounds just too much like BIOHAZARD", to the point where they were getting close to "copying" themselves instead of just being themselves, Evan said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "No, absolutely not. We were intentionally copying ourselves. Our producer, Matt Hyde, literally said that. 'Cause I think — I can't speak for the other guys. I know I was overthinking it a little bit in my head, like, 'Okay, we're back together. We have to make our jump to light speed here or something.' And he was, like, 'Bro, you're fucking BIOHAZARD. Make a fucking BIOHAZARD album that sounds like BIOHAZARD, that the BIOHAZARD fans will fucking love.'"

Evan continued: "We were fortunate, 'cause we were on tour and played about 150 shows around the world, Europe, South America, USA. We were touring with MEGADETH, playing fucking festivals with fucking IRON MAIDEN and METALLICA and playing on hardcore shows with AGNOSTIC FRONT and the CRO-MAGS. It was fucking awesome. And because we had just put the band back together, we decided only we were gonna play songs from the first three albums that the original lineup, the O.G. lineup, played on. So we, were, like, in this mode from just playing songs from the era of 1987 to 1994. So this was, like, the sweet spot of BIOHAZARD. And Matt Hyde was, like, 'You guys are icons. You have the right to copy yourself. AC/DC and ROLLING STONES do it in their own way.' And once that became clear, oh, I was copying the fuck out of myself. We all were. And that's why it's, like, our best album in fucking 35 years."

This past March, BIOHAZARD guitarist/vocalist Billy Graziadei told the Vulgar Display Of Podcast about the band's mindset while making "Divided We Fall": "I'm not a cocky dude, but we nailed it with this record. We had a great producer, Matt Hyde, and Matt said to me, he goes, 'Listen, I like what you do with Sen Dog, POWERFLO, I'd love to produce you guys…' I have a solo band called BILLYBIO, and he was, like, 'I love what you do with your solo stuff — great stuff — and I'd love to work with you. But…' And I'm, like, 'What do you mean 'but'?' And he goes, 'I don't need you to be Billy BIOHAZARD 2023; I need you to be Billy BIOHAZARD 1993.' And I'm, like, 'For what? I fucking learned so much shit. I'm a better player, better songwriter, better singer. I know how to do what I do.' It's like telling [Mike] Tyson, 'Listen, in this fight, forget everything you learned and go back to 1984 or '85 and be that dude, before you had any fights.' So at first I stepped back a second and I was, like, 'What the fuck does that mean?' But he was right. And he said, 'When you guys made the music, when I fell in love with you guys, it was that era.' And he goes, 'That's when you sold all your records. That's when you resonated the most with all your fans.' He goes, 'So whatever you did between then and now, just forget about it. Just go in…'"

He continued: "I'm sitting on my guitar doing my warmups in the morning. I didn't do any of that stuff. I didn't do any vocal [exercises]. I learned all these things to preserve my voice so I could yell and scream and be on tour for fucking 250 days a year. I threw all that shit out. I didn't do vocal warmups. I blew my voice out. I fucked my shit up so bad. But I went in like it was 1993 and delivered what I needed to deliver. And he pulled that out of all of us, which was something that we haven't had in a long time. He had the balls to stand up to us. He wasn't insulting. He just basically kind of massaged the area of BIOHAZARD that that is a part of us, but just gets covered up."

Billy added: "Bands always say shit, like, 'Oh, we went back to our roots.' You don't go back to your roots. The roots are there. They just get covered with a bunch of bullshit. And you gotta get that gravel and that dirt off of the roots so the roots shine. And a lot of bands have done that. Matt helped us get past all that bullshit and go back to what really fucking makes our dicks hard. That's what we're made of. That's the meat and potatoes of BIOHAZARD. And I remember, he said, 'It's easy. Just be you.'

"For me, I always wanted to outdo the version of me yesterday. Whatever it is — whether it's jiu-jitsu, songwriting, singing, lyrics, whatever I'm doing, I wanna be a better version," he explained. "Even being a father, I wanna be a better father, be a better guitar player, be a better singer than I was yesterday. And that's how I push myself forward with everything I do. And with that, sometimes, I think, that drive, [while it's] admirable and something I'm proud of it, it kind of pulls you away from the source of how you started.

"I never released a record that I'm not proud of. So all the records I love, but when you strip everything away, sometimes those old pair of fucking Converse or Doc Martens and Camel fucking pants or shorts just fucking fit perfect. And that's what it is with BIOHAZARD."

Reflecting on the fact that "Divided We Fall" was made after he and the rest of the classic BIOHAZARD lineup — Seinfeld, drummer Danny Schuler and guitarist Bobby Hambel — played a number of concerts all over the world, Billy said: "I didn't think [the reunion tour] was gonna last longer than maybe two or three shows. And then it was two or three months. And then it was two or three years, and we found ourselves in the studio. So, coming out with this record after being on tour for two and a half years, and all we do is play all the classic BIOHAZARD songs. So we had that kind of energy flowing through our veins like it was 1993 again. So it just seemed to all culminate in a perfect way, a perfect storm. And Matt nailed it on the head. And we went in and did the record. And we had a bunch of crazy shit that happened. But BIOHAZARD is more like the underdog prize fighter who, if you're backed against the fucking ropes, you come out swinging, and we delivered something that I'm super proud of."

"Divided We Fall" arrived in October 2025 via BLKIIBLK. The recording sessions for the LP took place at Shorefire Recording Studios in Long Branch, New Jersey and The Hydeaway in Van Nuys, California, with engineering by Joseph DeMaio and additional recording from Matt Hyde. Guitar and production tech duties were handled by Phil Caivano.