INTERVIEW WITH NAILED | darkzendragon

Nailed band!

From Montreal

Québec – Canadá!

The Interview!

By Darkzen

19/10/2024

All the way from Montreal, Qc, Canada, Nailed is a melodic metal band that includes musicians from different backgrounds and that employ different subgenres of metal in their compositions.

Hello friends! Thanks for the interview with you!

How are you all?

Jess:

doing great!

Phil:

always good!

Lukas :

Pretty good

Tell us a little about yourselves, the musicians! Who are you all?

The band:

I'm Jessica, singer.

Nailed is the first band in wich I sing. I also play cello in another band, Uriel, and I like to paint when I have free time. I mostly listen to metal and classical music but overall I'm pretty open to a lot of styles. I really enjoy been the front woman and not having an instrument to carry. I love cats.

I'm Phil, bassist and growler.

I play bass since my teenage years. I always prefered melodic metal so writing songs and playing with Nailed really reach that point for me. I like to play full and rich basslines when I can so Nailed is perfect for me.

I'm Guillaume, i'm the drummer for Nailed.

I play drums since my teenage years as well. I started by playing stuff closer to funk and rock, and then developped taste for metal a tad later. This is what I prefer now, especially what's close to black metal and melodic death metal. Nailed is a project that moves me for it's uniqueness and many inspirations, as well as the overall sound of it's compositions. I also have the liberty to add my own touch to the rythmic parts that are closer to what I prefer in metal, which are nice cymbal work and fast double bass drum.

I’m Lukas and i play guitar.

I started playing when I was 16. First punk rock then hardcore and ended up with metal. I always liked fast and energetic music but also heavy sounding guitars. Also i like to listen to some calm, atmospheric almost ballad-like playing. Now I really like post rock and post metal. When I compose music I try to put into it everything that I like.

Formation of the band! How was this band formed?

Phil:

No good story ever started with a salad; we were in a bar. Lukas and me had a band few years prior to Nailed and we liked playing together so Lukas pitched the idea. The same night Lukas ask Jessica to sing (it's the first band she sings in, she's usualy on the cello). We were looking for a drummer so Guillaume joined right after the pandemic via a common friend.

Jessica Ricard Tell us a little about yourself, musical influences? Hobbies?

Jessica:

I started painting in my teenage years. For my musical background: I started playing bass, mostly covers of Slayer, Iron Maiden, Metallica... I've always been impressed by string instruments so 12 years ago we bought a cello and I started taking private classes. Starting to sing was a dream come true so when I had the chance with a band I also started taking private classes for that.

I really like opera and classical music for the singing. More into the metal spectrum, I really love: The Agonists, Evanescence, Eluveitie, In Flames, Dark Tranquility...

Jessica tell us about your album Nailed! It's a melodic and melodic death sound well done, fast and fresh!

Jessica:

When we started the project, we knew mostly where we wanted to go. Lukasz had a few songs already written, Phil composes a lot and I knew what kind of vocals I wanted to do. My studio experience was really eased by the fact that adding many layers of vocal was like adding different instruments: it was my first experience as a singer but my musical backgrouds really helped.

My favorite song is Adversity: we worked a lot on differents layers to give that special effect. Engulfed in Silence was really emotional for me and I put a lot of work on this one. Overall, I'm really proud and satisfied.

For those who don't know you as a band and your album, what songs would you recommend to start with from your album?

Jessica:

Adversity, I'm really proud of that one.

Phil:

''Adversity'' is my favorite one but I don't scream on this one, it's my favorite to play. Otherwise, I'd say ''disappointment'' have a really good chemistry between Jessica's clean vocals and my growl.

Guillaume:

Like Phil I would say Adversity is probably my favorite. I also like very much One Last Goodbye for the speed of the song which is always a challege for me but lots of fun, and Enough, for which I find the blend between smooth verses and very heavy chorus makes the strenght of Nailed.

Lukas :

I can't point to one song. I think the album is diverse and everyone will find something for themselves. There's something I love in every song. It's a mix of downright brutal playing with calm melodies.

I saw that you only have one live video released, will you soon release a new video?

Phil:

It's in our plans but everything costs so much these days. We'll soon start the process for another album so, yes, soon we want to have a lyric video and a full videoclip.

How about the reviews of your debut album Nailed?

Jessica:

we had a few reviews. They were good reviews so we know we're on a good path with the music we want to do.

Phil:

we have pretty good reviews! People say that it's original and a lot of variety, that's what we were aiming for.

Do you have dates for any performances in Canada?

Phil:

We played not long ago, we have few dates for the futur but nothing official at the moment. It will come clear in the next weeks.

Nailed band, what else do we like musically?

Jessica:

from melodic death to classical, passing by Little Big and punk.

Phil:

These days I'm a big fan on melodic metal and tech-death. I sometimes listen to classic and electronic but mostly metal these days. I think I'm pretty open except for rap and radio music.

Guillaume:

I always try to move around in terms of what I'm listening to, but it's usually close to heavy yet melodic stuff. That's why these days I'm listening a to melodic black metal bands, such as Sworn, the old Chthonic, Grima, Non est Deus, , Kanonenfieber, Moonlight Sorcery, etc.

Lukas :

Atmospheric rock, post rock, post-black metal, post metal. Im in love with Polish bands Datura and Sunnata, Milanku is a great band from Montreal and Mephorash from Sweden

Anything else Jessica that you want to tell us?

Jessica:

beleive in yourself and try something that you think is silly, sometimes it guides you to way more pleasure than pain, it could get you further than what you think!

Anything else that the band wants to share with us?

Jessica:

more cats for the cat godess!

Phil:

FOR THE EMPEROR!

Guillaume:

Beer.

Lukas:

Think for yourself and take care of yourself. And drink beer of cours :)

Anything I forgot to ask?

Jessica:

from everyone in the band, thanks for the interview.

Thank you very much for the interview for Darkzen Dragon metal Angels!

Phil:

Cheers!

Lukas:

Thank you very much. Support underground music !!!

Info

https://www.facebook.com/nailedbandmtl

https://nailed-band.bandcamp.com/album/nailed

https://www.youtube.com/@Nailedbandmtl