INTERVIEW WITH BTSTYX!!

Good Evening Munsters! Tonight I wanted to share my recent interview with Beyond The STYX. They are a Ghost Metal Hardcore band from Tours France. I found these guys on my Twitter account one night and instantly wanted to know more about them and their music. The band has been pounding out their hardcore sound since 2011. Currently on tour and with a release of their new song "Lupus" Lets dive into my chat with these amazing men!

-With the song Scylla & Charydis, what are you trying to portray to the listener?

This was our first song. We don't play it anymore. But this is a song about strange old feelings....When you feel oppressed and lost by the trials of life.

-Besides music, where do you find inspiration?

I find my inspiration in life and death. To opposites things that build me year after year. Sometimes in different ancients myths, but mainly greek & judeo christain mythologies.

-Inspiration behind the name Beyond the Styx?

The origin of our band name: "BTSTYX" is about a border between life and death. Who are we living & who are we dead? Where is Heaven? Where is Hell? What image does our world really represent?

-Best venue so far?

Probably "le Gallion" in Lorient (France). An independent burning venue with an amazing crowd!

-Bands you look up to?

It's a hard question because we've got a lot of different musical influences in BTSTYX..... I would say: Nasty for the violence, Cancer Bats for the intensity, Suburban Scum for the insanity, Harm's Way for the modernity, Backtrack for the groove way, and Power Trip for the crossover way.

-Top 5 in your personal playlist?

Converge: "No Heroes"
Hatebreed: "Rise of brutality"
Harm's Way: "Isolation'
Ringworm: "Hammer of the witch"
Young and in the way: "When life comes to death"

-Tell us a profound moment in your life that affected your music?

My birth, probably my first death...... I underwent cardiac arrest following complications when i was born.

-When you write music, what do you hope to have fans take away from their experience?

We write about life and death. We write hardcore music. Violence of our lyrics and music could be a source of inspiration, reflection and why not (hopefully) transmission!

-Are you trying to tap into something they might relate to or take them on a journey with your music?

Not really. Our music is a call to travel, introspection and openness as such.

-After your current tour, what do you guys have planned next?

Finalize the recording of out next album which looks more hardcore crossover than ever! 
Recorded by David Potvin at Dome Studio (Kronos. TANK, One Way Mirror) 
Produced by Nick Jett/Terror (BackTrack, Lionheart, Broken Teeth). And then prepare for our next European tour.

This concludes my interview with BTSTYX, Thank you guys for taking time out of your hectic schedule to talk to us here at Munster Music. Below are links to their site with videos, and tour dates and social media platforms. As always munsters until next time......KEEP IT LOUD!  xo Lady Munster

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