I guess with the switch of our vocalist means we tour with Dance Gavin Dance and Warp Tour, that kind of stuff.įalse Idol came out last year but now that it’s has been digested by the world, how do you feel about that musical segment of your life? We were on tour with Necrophagist, Dying Fetus and Cattle Decapitation, stuff like that. We definitely went more in that direction with the last two records but before that we started out by touring pretty much strictly with death metal bands. Having your own sound is the cool thing right now instead of ‘every band is going to be emo this year’ or ‘every band is going to be deathcore.’ I think being unique is the cool thing so having unique tours like this suit everyone.ĭid you just say you thought Veil Of Maya had a bit of an emo feel to them earlier on or was that another project you had? I think we’re kind of getting past that again. Like our band could have been too emo to tour with this metal band or vice versa. I guess trends started to get in the way of that.

Hardcore and death metal would be a common mix, but you don’t see that too often these days. When growing up, I was doing a lot of shows that were mixed. But yeah, I’d say the biggest difference is they’re straight up not metal at all.ĭo you think it’s new or a different thing for a metal band to be touring with a non-metal band? Although I think because there’s a lot of interesting guitar work for both bands and there’s singing and screaming for both bands there are enough similarities. I’d say they’re the most ‘not-metal’ band that we’ve toured with. We’re similar in a lot of ways but I wouldn’t really consider Dance Gavin Dance a metal band at all. How do you think your music is different to Dance Gavin Dance’s? The crowd has definitely been supportive to both bands in most of the places that we’ve gone to so far. There weren’t really any walkouts or anything like that. Surprisingly well! Much better than we thought it was going to go. How does the crowd react to the bands being different? I’m kind of enjoying touring the world with them, it’s cool. Although we’re both weird enough to sit together perfectly. It’s hard for both of our bands to find a good fit since we’re both a little different. We share management, so that makes it easier. We got along with them quite well, so we took advantage of that and accept every tour we can get with them. We went to Europe with them and then we toured the states with them and Underoath. Where did the idea to tour with Dance Gavin Dance come from? Everyone is at home doing regular life stuff right now while I’m starting to piece together riffs for a new album. Half the band lives across the country so we only see each other briefly in the studio or right before a tour starts.

So, if you guys haven’t talked about the ticket success, what have you been up to? We haven’t been to Australia for 4 years and by the time the tour hits it’ll be 5 years. We haven’t even talked about that yet! I think a lot of that has to do with Dance Gavin Dance and their new album being so successful. How did the band respond to the number of tickets sold for February’s tour? We’re metal, progressive, dynamic, melodic and… rhythmic. Could you sum up Veil Of Maya in a couple of words for us? You guys clearly have a kickass sound with the number of tickets sold so far for the tour next year. Hey Marc! Let’s give a quick lesson to those people might not know Veil Of Maya. Before you lose the final opportunities, check out the tickets that are still available for Dance Gavin Dance and Veil of Maya’s tour next month! I recently had a chat to Veil of Maya’s guitarist, Marc Okubo, to see what sort of attitude they’ll be smacking Australia with this coming February. Australia are pounding the table for more artists spanning into the modern, heavy style of music.

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