Violin prog metal from Montreal: Canadian genre-benders give in to “The Descent”

Violinist Olivier Allard of Canadian genre-benders Cydemind talks about composing instrumental music, making the classical influence interesting in a metal context and of course their new sophomore album, “The Descent”.

Chapters:

02:45 Erosion to The Descent: Cydemind 1 to 2

06:00 Composing instrumental music

07:34 Composing for Cydemind

09:35 Shooting the video for Hoax

12:30 Applying classical music to a metal context

18:20 Getting back on stage after a long time

23:35 Which bands would you like to support with Cydemind?

24:40 Instrumental bands that are not guitar driven

🎵 Cydemind is:

Olivier Allard – Violin

Alexandre Dagenais – Drums

Nico Damoulianos – Bass

Camille Delage – Piano & Keyboards

Kevin Paquet – Guitars

💿 Discography:

Through Mists and Ages EP (2014)

Erosion (2017)

The Descent (2022)

✔️ Follow Cydemind:

Website: http://cydemind.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cydemind

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cydemind/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/cydemind

Bandcamp: https://cydemind.bandcamp.com/

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3SnyGd6

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