The Artist Spotlight- The Raven Age

It feels like it was split into two sections really. Before and after we changed singers. Dan and I already had a lot of material written for "Conspiracy". But when we went through the period without a singer I was pulling my hair out thinking “I need to write but what’s the point, we don’t have a singer, we can’t even play a show atm”. That was the priority for a good 6 weeks which was a stressful time. But when he (Matt) joined it all clicked into place and we got hard to work on the album. Conspiracy was the first album for MJ and also Tony our guitarist who both write, which it helped with the dynamic to the album. All of a sudden there were tons more ideas flowing and it was more of calibration than the first EP and album. 

 

4. You've opened for Anthrax and Killswitch Engage in the past and now Iron Maiden. What are some lessons you've learned from those bands when it comes to touring, your stage presence, etc.?

These bands have set the bar in terms of stage presence. They’re all quite a bit older than us, but they play for way longer and keep the energy ridiculously high throughout their entire show which is inspirational. We come off stage after 50 mins/1 hour and we’re shattered haha! Frank Bello was awesome for dishing out advice, he’d pop his head into our dressing room, spur us on and make sure we’re all having a great time and enjoying ourselves which is the main objective! 

5. What does the rest of your 2019 look like?

We’re gonna be on tour until mid October, we then get home for 3 weeks and then head out on tour in Europe supporting Alter Bridge and Shinedown which is going to be awesome! We then have a one off headline show in London on Friday 13th December to round off what’s been a brilliant 2019.