Have bands like Lacuna Coil, The Gathering and Theatre of Tragedy influenced Em Sinfonias sound?
BG: The bands that I like to listen to, I don’t really think that we sound anything like them. I’m sure that there’s aspects of our music – you know, having the female vocalist and stuff like that where people can draw a similarity, but as far as us sounding anything like that – maybe back in the beginning of Theatre of Tragedy when they had the heavy male vocals. . . Nowadays, I think Lacuna Coil and The Gathering and Theatre of Tragedy have pretty much gone more mainstream, sorta towards rock, and we’re still kind of like underground metal. We still have the death metal vocals and the heavy guitar riffing, as opposed to just where the guitars are more in the background with their music. MU: Would you ever consider following that kind of lead and going more in that direction yourself? BG: Oh, that’s what we originally wanted to try, but then we started writing the music and it just formed on its own and became. . . we got our own little identity. Obviously, those bands are great. Nobo
