Next up in
our series of interviews with some of the acts on the Impericon Never Say Die!
Tour is Parisian six-piece Betraying The Martyrs. We caught up with them ahead
of the show to chat about working on the second album, a busy two years of
touring and British food…
Hello guys! Are you enjoying the tour
so far?
AARON [Matts, vocals]- Yeah, it’s been really good
so far.
LUCAS [D’Angelo, guitar]- Every venue has been nearly
full so the crowds have been great.
Aaron, you’re the only one on the tour
from the UK- is it kind of a homecoming for you?
AARON- A little bit, but I feel more French
now. I haven’t really kept in contact with that many people from the UK because
we’ve been so busy. So when I come back here I’ve got no mates [laughing].
That’s not true, but going back to Paris is more of a homecoming.
What do you miss most about not being
in the UK, Aaron? And what do you like about being over here, Lucas?
LUCAS- I hate it [laughing].
AARON- I used to miss the food…
LUCAS- Really?
AARON- When you’re from England you can grow
attached to baked beans and stuff like that, but then you go to somewhere like
Paris and you come back and realise everything is s**t. Apart from bacon;
bacon’s the best here.
LUCAS- The English breakfast is the one food
I like.
If you could switch and play/sing with
another band on the tour who would it be?
AARON- I’d sing for Emmure, I’ve been a fan
of them for years.
LUCAS- I don’t play drums, but I’d drum for
Emmure anyways, that would be awesome.
You’ve had a really busy year of
touring…
AARON- Yeah, it’s up and down. There are some
pretty hardcore moments on the road, but it’s been amazing. It’s been hard to
take in because there’s been so much stuff going on.
LUCAS- We went from having jobs or being
students to directly touring all year long for two years.
What’s the scene like in Paris? Is it
hard to break out of there?
LUCAS- It’s small within our music scene, but
we have a good family of bands that we’re close to.
Lots of touring and the fact that
you’re on a US label, would you say that’s helped you break out? And your music of course…
ARRON- Yeah, the music’s got nothing to do
with it [laughing].
LUCAS- It’s his tattoos and hair cut
[laughing].
AARON- Yeah, we went over to the States on
our first professional tour. When you go over there then everyone hears about
it, so that helped us to get out there.
Your new album is in progress, do you
feel that second album pressure?
LUCAS- Yeah, I’m working on it right now.
We’re going to be releasing a single very soon. We’re confident about it, but
there’s still pressure. We’ve had an amazing build-up after the first record so
if the second album doesn’t work then it’s kind of our fault. If it doesn’t
work then the album’s s**t, but it’s not, it’s great [laughing].
Lucas, you produced the first album
yourself and you’re doing this one as well, right?
LUCAS- It has its good and bad points. I like
having that control, but for me it’s extra pressure and it’s hard to settle on
things, it’s never finished. It’s hard for me to get perspective on it
What can fans expect from it?
AARON- There’s an evolution, we’ve moved on
so much.
LUCAS- At the same time the elements that
define our sound are still here.
AARON- It’s like where there’s a hot teenage
female but two years later, she’s still as hot as she was but the elements have
evolved…
LUCAS- She’s a woman [laughing].
AARON- She’s got bigger boobs, she’s got more
experience… [laughing].
And on that note…thanks guys!
