Empyreal Interview

Empyreal(Pa) Interview

I conducted an interview with Logan Beaver of Central Pa's up and coming post-hardcore act, Empyreal.

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Give a short explanation of the bands origins. (story behind the name, when you got started etc)

"We started in late 2012 under the name Earth Abides. I'm not really sure how we came up with name, but we scrapped that idea and went back to the name Empyreal (the name of Matt and Jeff's former deathcore band) and we just kind of stuck with that."

What are some of the band's influences?

"I myself am greatly influenced by a melodic hardcore band from Oregon called It Prevails. I listen to a lot of melodic hardcore and alot of metalcore too. Same with the other guitarist, Jeff. Our vocalist, matt, he listens to a wide range of music such as Structures and For the Fallen Dreams. And Vinny, or drummer, he really likes woe is me, and a bunch of the other rise bands.He's also a pretty big periphery fan. I guess we all like periphery alot, haha."

What was your favorite show to play?

"My favorite show to play, hm, I'd say any of the phillips emporium shows, in Bloomsburg. I don't know what it is about that place, it's just fun to play there I guess.And playing at Eleanor Rigby's with Texas in July and the Air I breathe was pretty cool"

What band(s) do you want to share the stage with in the future?

"Honestly, in my opinion all of the Rise bands are great, so any of them would be coo to play with. But if you asked my top 3, I'd say either It Prevails or Counterparts or Vanna. If I didn't play metal it would be hands down, no questions asked, Transit. I love those guys."

 Can you give any details on future release? (EPs, singles, full-lengths - anything you can give)

"As for the EP, you can bet that you'll be able to listen to our EP before you go back to school. As for details, I know we've already released a song off that EP, but you can be sure that no 2 songs will sound the same. I feel like that's something that only a select few bands can do, and do it well. So I'm pretty excited to get this produced and out there"

Do you plan to tour in the future?

"We're actually touring this summer, I guess it's not an offical 'tour', but we're going all over the place, it's gonna be a lot of fun."

If so, where do you want to play most?

"As for somewhere I want to play, its easy. Warped tour. Every single person in the band would give you the exact same answer."

Check them out, leave them a "like" and keep an eye on them. I see huge things from these guys in the near future

http://www.facebook.com/empyreal570