SEVEN SPIRES are rock band from Boston, MA.
United States.
Your style Theatrical Metal and all members
are Berklee College of Music students.
Vocalist Adrienne won a full academic scholarship sponsored by Lolapalooza Music Festival.Guitarist Jack student of neoclassical legend Joe Stump, he was accepted at the age of 15.
Bassist Peter won a scholarship to attend Berklee beginning fall and drummer Chris won the 2015 Blue Man Group Boston Drum Off competition as well as attended Berklee's renowned Five-Week Performance Program.
Seven Spires as they themselves say is aim to provide you with a decadent escape from temporal chaos.
United States.
Your style Theatrical Metal and all members
are Berklee College of Music students.
Vocalist Adrienne won a full academic scholarship sponsored by Lolapalooza Music Festival.Guitarist Jack student of neoclassical legend Joe Stump, he was accepted at the age of 15.
Bassist Peter won a scholarship to attend Berklee beginning fall and drummer Chris won the 2015 Blue Man Group Boston Drum Off competition as well as attended Berklee's renowned Five-Week Performance Program.
Seven Spires as they themselves say is aim to provide you with a decadent escape from temporal chaos.
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Where, when and how was formed the band, and why the name "SEVEN SPIRES"?. The members of the band.
Adrienne: Seven Spires officially formed in September of 2013 in Boston, MA. Before that, a lot of the songs and concepts were written by me as a way of coping with moving overseas from England. I met Jack in my first week at Berklee in a bookstore everything since then is history. Pete is an old friend of Jack’s and came along a little later, and Chris I met through a mutual friend of ours, Nick Petrino (guitars in Sonic Pulse). We are Adrienne Cowan (vocals), Jack Kosto (guitar), Peter de Reyna (bass) and Chris Dovas (drums). We had an enormous list of names when we were just starting out, but Seven Spires had a certain ring to it, somehow!
What is the musical style?
Adrienne: We’re all fans of a lot of different genres within and also outside of metal, so we like to draw from everything to better tell our stories! Thus, we often go with “Theatrical Metal”, because it often sparks some further questions. “Symphonic Metal” has certain connotations that we don’t necessarily feel we fit with.
What are your musical influences? The musicians of reference.
Jack: Our four main influences are Nightwish, Kamelot, Dimmu Borgir, and Fleshgod Apocalypse, but we reference a lot of music (metal and non metal) for our tunes, from black and death metal, to classical, pop, and even jazz.
Adrienne: Personally I would cite Rob Halford and Adam Lambert as big ones for me, and Shagrath for vocal stylings and aesthetics. I love the works of Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, too.
Peter: My musical influences are Opeth, Iron Maiden, Obscura, and Sidney Bechet.
Chris: My influences personally, it’d be Mike Mangini, Matt Garstka, Mike Portnoy, John Bonham, Dave Lombardo, Tommy Aldridge, Neil Peart, and Gene Hoglan.
Each of you, where they studied music?
Jack: We have all studied or are soon going to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Adrienne, Pete, and Chris all have scholarships, and I have recently graduated.
What other genres listen?
Jack: We all love metal of course, and all have our particular sub categories we enjoy most, but all of us are students and fans of many different genres. It’s very difficult to think of genres we don’t listen to now and then.
Adrienne: That’s a good point, actually. I really love film and game scores, and I also binge-listened to “FutureSex/LoveSounds” by JT the other night haha.
Peter: I listen to jazz, string quartets, and funk.
Chris: I grew up listening to a lot of punk, hair metal, and good old classic rock n roll! Green day is the band that really god me into music. As I got older, I really god into Thrash metal, and ever since I’ve always been a huge thrasher. As I grew more and more as a musician I started listening to a lot of progressive music. Then, started to broaden my horizons to as many different styles as I can… It’s cool to be able to play a brush ballad at one point when needed, and then lay double bass 200 BPM when needed!
How time they dedicate rehearse and how they are organized to work?
Jack: We rehearsed a lot during the forming of the band or most recently with the addition of Chris on drums. Nowadays, we usually rehearse on a show-to-show basis, getting in practice to prepare for each performance. We all practice a lot individually, and live we play to a click track, so it’s very easy and comfortable to play together without constant rehearsals. We’ve been together with this lineup for several months now, so we’re all very used to playing together.
What are the main challenges that have been presented so far?
Jack: The biggest challenge so far has been finding the right lineup. Being in Boston and around Berklee means there is no shortage of really talented musicians, but our music requires some very specific skill sets that not a lot of musicians usually have. On top of that, we all have to get along, share similar goals, and be able to work together in an efficient and productive way.
Adrienne: Jack pretty much nailed it, yeah. For me, it’s also been an interesting ride, settling on the balance of genres we draw from.
Peter: The biggest challenges are getting to the shows at this point. Because I live on the Berklee campus, I don’t really have access to transportation outside of the immediate area.
Where are presented regularly and how many presentations have since the formation of the band?
Jack: We perform as much as we can, and have been playing regularly since our first year. For updates on live shows, please visit https://www.facebook.com/sevenspiresband or www.SevenSpiresBand.com for the full list of upcoming dates!
Adrienne: We’ve also been really fortunate with our bills as such a young band we’ve opened for Arch Enemy, Kreator, Huntress, Starkill, Insomnium, Dark Tranquility, and have shared a bill with a slew of really fantastic local bands around New England. We’ll be playing with Unleash The Archers and Hibria this month, and later this year we’ll be playing with Amaranthe and Butcher Babies.
How important is for you the aesthetic on stage (costume, performance, communication with the public, lights, sound, etc)
Adrienne: I’ve always been a firm believer in putting on a good show as a theatrical metal band, I think it’s really important to do everything in our power to help suspend reality for the listeners and viewers, and having a strong image is a huge part of that.
As is the public that follows your band?
Adrienne: We would be nothing without our following! We have wonderful fans lots of students, but honestly it seems that at every show we are generally well received! Even my 9 year old cousin likes us. Last time I visited home, she was animating a music video for “Cabaret of Dreams”! Haha.
What are the most requested songs?
Adrienne: I would guess that “From the Ashes” is the universal favourite, though it’s not officially out yet! Likely because it’s a feel good tune, we always end our sets with it because it’s a nice wrap up after a set of potentially very dark themes and songs. I’ve heard otherwise though, lots of people love the stuff off the EP!
Chris: I’m curious to see once the album is released. We do play some songs that haven’t been released et that always get great reactions. Personally my favorites to play are “The Paradox” because of how heavy it is, and “Serenity” because it’s very thrashy. What I also love about this band is that no song sounds the same, they are all different and unique!
They would sing in another language to reach other audiences?
Adrienne: Sure! I’m willing As a classically trained vocalist, I am somewhat accustomed to singing in Italian and a little French. My Spanish chops are a bit rusty, but I’d be willing to work on it!
In places where acting charge a fixed cashed by presentation, or depending on where the price varies?
Adrienne: We’ll play anywhere there are people who want us.
What place in the world, would you like play ever?
Jack: We would really love to play a few of the big European metal festivals, such as Wacken Open Air in Germany, Hellfest, Download, Bloodstock. ProgPower in the US is a great one as well, and we’d really like to tour anywhere we can.
What is the main means of dissemination of their music?
Adrienne: Word of mouth, especially via the internet, is huge for us. We’re also currently a little obsessed with Instagram, and I have three facebook profiles and a fanpage hahaha. I love being in touch with people who are interested in us!! Aside from that, it’s all about the show/tour grind. We love it!
The local media (radio, tv, etc) what space grant them to disseminate his work?
Adrienne: We’ll fairly regularly get contacted by online radio stations across the world asking for our music to spin, which is wonderful and we always say yes! We also occasionally do live performance and interviews on a local terrestrial station called WUML. Our drummer recently won the Blue Man Group drum off, so he got some media coverage from that as well!
What songs have recorded in a professional manner, Demo, EP, Single, etc?
Jack: We released our first CD, and EP titled “The Cabaret of Dreams”, last year, and we are preparing to release a full length album in the next few months that will be the complete concept and storyline started in the first EP.
Tell us how was the work of his first EP?
Adrienne: The first EP was in pre-production for a good while, and much of it was done ourselves! We sent it to Sascha Paeth at Gate Studios in Germany to mix and master it though. From the beginning of recording to the release was about six months.
What is the subject matter of his songs and what are inspired to compose?
Adrienne: A lot of the songs in the EP dealt with temptation, escapism, and denial. The new record dives deeper into those themes, and also explores some ideas of a want for eternal sleep, sacrifice, intense loneliness, as well as compassion and hope. All the material is inspired by personal experiences, woven into a story that I hope other people will identify with and find solace in.
Presented their material to record companies, they went to see some Record Company, local, national or international?
Adrienne: Yes please. Haha! We’ll be shopping the new LP around, hopefully there will be some interest! We’ve been contacted by some smaller labels too for distribution help. It’s difficult to know exactly what the right thing to do is yet, but we would love some label support to help get us on the road, to start!!
Do you have a music manager or representative? Have they worked with some?
Adrienne: Black Ray Music Group is helping us out with everything managing the business end of things, helping with graphic design, great photography, videos, everything you can think of!
What is the support they receive from their families, friends and colleagues?
Jack: Our families are all very supportive of what we do, and most of them are also big metal fans! Our friends and fellow students are usually in to our music or really like coming to see us live as well.
Government policies that apply in your country for musicians?
Jack: The one that affects us the most seems to be the drinking age of 21 in this country. This means that most shows where alcohol is served end up being 21+, and a good chunk of people who’d like to show up aren’t allowed in.
Why you like the art of music?
Adrienne: It’s cathartic and a very healthy way of cleansing one’s soul of demons. It also brings people together in a way that only it can builds a family of fellow music lovers.
What is the message wishing to transmit to those who listen?
Adrienne: Our mission is to provide an escape from the chaos of existing, and to plant the idea of hope in the minds of those in a dark place.
What are the dreams and the expectations that have?
Adrienne: Aside from constant international tours, world market domination and all that, I am DYING to make a record with a live orchestra and choir. I hope that in the next fewish years, we will be on the road in Europe!
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