interview with Darkaeon

Have any of you played in other bands? Yes we have! Some of us have played in Frozen Death, Distorthead, Aquarian, Hidden Skeyes and some cover bands.
How is it that you started playing music? Personnaly, I saw Mötley Crüe on the Dr. Feelgood tour and i knew right away that i wanted to do the same. All the people singing along, the pyros, lightnings and Tommy Lee doing is solo beneath a rail up in the top of the arena was just mind blowing.
What are your names? / Who plays what? / How old are you? Alexandre - bass, Émile - lead guitar, Michael - rythm guitar, Hugo - singer, Yanick - drums
Have you had other previous members? Yes, one singer!
Did you make music even when you were young? We all started when we were teenagers.
Where are you from? Montréal, Quebec, Canada
What year did the band form? 2011
What's your style of genre? Prog metal
How often and where do you reherse? As a band once a week or two, but we all practice on our own.
Are you looking for a booking agency, and what are your thoughts around that? We’re not currently looking for one, but i guess very useful to get gigs.
Are you looking for a label, and what are your thoughts around that? Neither, but for exposure and promotion they can be very helpful.
Who does the composing and writes the lyrics? Emile compose the music, Hugo most of the lyrics and we do the arrangements all together.
Do you start with the music or the lyrics? Music first and then the  
Do you compose in a certain inviroment? At home
Have you done any covers live? Yes we have played Sad But True (Metallica) once, but we are not huge fans of playing covers. 
What language do you sing in? English!
What are the least and most people to attend one of your gigs? Least, i think it’s a dozen lolll and most a hundred or so.
What ages are most of your concerts? I’d say mid-twenties! I can’t really tell.
Do you always play the same songs live, or do you vary? Having not a lot of songs, we play often the same ones but yes we love to change from time to time.
Do you have a regular place you play live often? No! Often in Montreal but no regular places.
What was your first gig like? It was Ok! Really thrilling but not alot of people lolll
Have you had to cancel a gig? Yes once, for a broken toe. Hard to play drums with a painful toe.
Where have you played live this year? So far, Sherbrooke and Chateauguay. We haven’t played much because of the recording of our upcoming album. 
Where do you plan to gig the comming year? Everywhere where they’ll invite us
When did you start to sell merchandise, and what do you have for sale? We started when we have released our first album. We have three different t-shirts of our first album and our first cd as well « Nihilism »and coming soon the new t-shirt of our next album « The Shattered Monolith » and the cd of course.
Where can people buy your merchandise? At our shows and we are working on an online store.
What do you think about people downloading music instead of buying records now a days? It’s sad for all the time, effort and money we put in this, but i guess this is how it’s working nowadays. So we’re getting use to it even if we don’t really appreciate it. On the brighter side, it’s easier for people all around the world to hear about your music.
How do you think the music industry have changed because of this? Less record deals. They know they won’t sell like back in the day even if the bands are great. It’s business, they don’t want to lose money. So bands record more on their own because they can’t afford studios, promotion and all the stuff. 
What do you think of my work? You’re doing great!
How do you think and know that this interview will help you in the music business? I don’t know if it will help but can’t be wrong for sure. If it makes more people to listen to our stuff, this can only be good!
Do you have any role models or idols? All the bands that inspired us from Metallica to Dream Theater, Symphony X, Evergrey... and the list could go on and on. They all make a name for themselves, so we are hoping to do the same.
Why do you think that they exist? Is it easier to find inspiration from older bands, or bands that are more active today? Older or new, every band can be inspiring. 
What advice would you give other bands or artists? We don’t give advice, we take advice. We still have so much to learn.
How do you get psyched for a gig? Always exciting to play our stuff in front of people.
Do you have any new material? Our second album « The Shattered Monolith » is due for December 4th 2018 here are the two first singles https://youtu.be/Qq7toOgY6UE
https://youtu.be/edfGUvX1u1I
What are your web sites? We don’t have an officiel website but everything is our Facebook 
How can people reach? Via Facebook! 
What are your plans for the future? Promote our second album « The Shattered Monolith » Release a video and play as much gigs as we can.
Do you have something to add? Thank you for giving us the opportunity to be heard more. We may meet someday! Take care! Stay metal! \m/

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