1. Can you tell us a little bit about the band for those that have never heard of you before?
We're that badass metal band from Ottawa, Canada! We've been around since 2007, touring that same country. This past winter, we went in studio with producer Glen Robinson to record what turned out to be our upcoming album,entitled ''Tides of War''.--
2. How would you describe your musical sound?
That's always a tough question to answer... From our perspective, we can point out so many influences from differentstyles that it makes it hard for us to label ourselves. Most of the individuals in the band have their own musical background, and even though these backgrounds sort of meet, they're also very different. There's of course lots of the metal genre influences, from death to black, thrash to power, but also a lot of hard rock, punk rock, hardcore, blues,classical, and even hip-hop. To vulgarize it, I guess that saying something in the vein of ''melodic deathcore thrash''would make sense, melodic being an important keyword.--
3. What are some of the lyrical topics and subjects the band explores with the music?
Both Mat (guitar) and Renaud (vocal) are writing lyrics. I'd say that on this album, its pretty much half & half. Once you get into the anatomy of the lyrics though, its pretty easy to figure out who wrote what lol. Renaud's also a drummer, so he really likes to work with the rhythmic of words, giving them that sort of flavourful bounce, and he often emphasises drum impacts with his lyrics. There's no precise topics on which he likes to write (except if youconsider ''badass'' a topic), but if I'd have to compare his work from Mat's, the main difference would be that Mat usually writes about the mythical and historic stuff, and he does it in a more traditional way. Everything else is Renaudlol!--
4. What is the meaning and inspiration behind the bands name?
Actually, ''Chariots of the Gods?'' is a book written by Erich von Däniken, talking about the hypothesis that thetechnologies and religions of many ancient civilizations were given to them by ancient astronauts who were welcomed as gods. It's one of the many late-night-discussion topics that we were always interested in talking about. You know,these conspiracy theories and all... Freaky cool stuff lol. Mat and Chris (previous bass player) came out with the name.You can also tie many of Mat's lyrical themes to that concept. At some point, when the band started, it was to be athematic for some kind of ''band concept'', but now its pretty much just a name with a cool background.--
5. What are some of the best shows that the band has played so far and how would you describe your stage
performance?
Well, even though we've played amazing venues around the country, the hometown gigs are always special. There's something about that energy and that devotion of the fan base. You want to see people go ape-shit? Come to one of our hometown gig.--
6. Do you have any touring plans for the future?
Of course! We're working on it as of now, but no spoilers yet heheh!--
7. On a worldwide level how has the feedback been to your music by extreme metal fans?
The response for this album (and even for the one before) is actually pretty good ! Since we're in the middle ofpromoting it, there's still much to come, but so far, we couldn't be happier with the results. Its always kind of a blind guess, when you spend more than a year working with dedication on a project like this. You loose your objectivity towards the product, and you never know if you're doing things right or wrong. Having great feedback really adds to being proud of what we achieved.--
8. Currently you are unsigned are you looking for a label and if so what kind of label do you feel that would be a
perfect fit for the music?
Of course, that's the ultimate dream! Any label that would treat us with respect and give us the opportunity to share our music with people the right way is a good label.--
9. Are there any other musical projects besides this band or is this a full time line up?
Chariots' pretty much the only serious thing on which each of its members are workin' on, musically speaking. We each have our own other creative needs to fulfill; Renaud's a movie director as well as a photographer, Mat's an amazing comic book artist, Payam's (bass) a big concert guy, Rich (drums) is kind of an event planner / business type of dude As far as I'm concerned, I have my own solo acoustic stuff on which I've been working for almost 5 years, and I'm also a graphic designer. We're also big movie fans, all of us.--
10. What direction do you see your music heading into on future releases?
We try not to think too much about that, kinda letting things evolve by themself. This is what happened naturallyanyways, from our first EP to this album; things evolved by themself, and for the better. Of course, there's stuff that we'd like to try, but just letting it go is the best thing to do.--
11. What are some bands or musical styles that have influenced your music and also what are you listening to
nowadays?
Well again, considering that we all have our respective influences, I'd say that the essence of the band is probably comparable to bands like In Flames, Trivium, Unearth, Children of Bodom...--
12. Outside of music what are some of your interests?
Go back to question #9 haha!--
13. Any final words or thoughts before we wrap up this interview?
EPIC AS FUCK!!
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