Hardcore metal band Underoath are gearing up to release their documentary of their final tour with "Tired Violence," and longtime guitarist Tim McTague opened up about the film in a recent interview.

Speaking to Alternative Press, McTague shared about the final few months of Underoath and stated that the band was just at a crossroads between busy schedules, being burnt out, and not wanting to give a half effort for the fans.

"We were touring too much-seven, eight, nine months a year, hitting cities all the time. We were playing every festival we got an offer on to generate enough income for seven to 12 people having to live on the road all year and have lives at home," he said. "It just got to the point where we felt really weird. We weren't super-excited, y'know? It just kinda came down to doing a slow year."

He said after 12 years, it felt weird to just "maintain" the band without really moving forward or giving it their all. "...but it just got to the point where it was weird. Like, that isn't what Underoath is. If we can't do Underoath right, then let's not do it, y'know? I personally liked the idea of writing a record every two years, supporting that record with one tour and getting everything right, but it became very evident that other dudes [in the band] just couldn't do that."

McTague also spoke on the brevity of the tour, saying they only did 12 shows because some of the band members could only devote two weeks of their time to the tour. For instance, keyboardist Chris Dudley used his two weeks of vacation for work just to play. So they did 12 shows in 14 days.

"We didn't break up because we hated each other or because we hated playing music. We broke up because we literally didn't have the capacity and the schedule to do stuff," he told AP.

The guitarist explained that "Tired Violence" was not the first time they tried to make a documentary. In 2009 they made an attempt but it fell apart, which is almost what happened to this one as well. After the film company working on the movie essentially went bankrupt, the band had to take the reigns of the project and took to crowd funding to complete it.

With this film being made completely independent, that means ironically enough it will feature none of their music because the label owns it. They only have legal rights to their name. "We came to the conclusion that we couldn't have any Underoath music in it, 'cause legally we could release a movie with our name on it whenever we want, but the second we put [Underoath] songs in it, it becomes property of the label."

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With Underoath taking over the direction of the film, the original vision of it slightly deviated as well. "The idea was that we wanted to make a movie about six dudes changing the path of their lives..." he stated. "We never really deviated from that. Tired Violence is a documentary about a band and you don't need to know us, you don't need to know our music, you don't need to own our records and you don't need to be a fan [of us] to be a fan of the film."

McTague said this is definitely not the end of Underoath and that they would always live on. He as well as other members of the band said they would never be opposed to doing some sort of reunion show, they schedules just have to line up.

The premiere of "Tired Violence" is tomorrow in Florida, along with the boys in the Bad Christian Podcast. Underoath made the announcement on their Facebook page.

"If you live in the Tampa/St Pete area don't miss the premiere of Tired Violence, the documentary of our farewell tour at State Theatre Saint Petersburg. After the film Bad Christian will be recording a live podcast interviewing Tim, Grant, Chris and James. Get your tickets at http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0D004E94B18AA886"