Oct. 27, 2025

PipemanRadio Discusses NEW EP Shatter & Bloom From STELLVRIS

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Nicol of STELLVRIS - Silence After Violence

PipemanRadio Discusses NEW EP Shatter & Bloom From STELLVRIS out 11/7

mission: to turn pain into power. Their music speaks to those battling anxiety, toxic relationships, bullying, and the weight of everyday struggles. Every riff, scream, and soaring chorus carries a message of strength, courage, and connection — a reminder that no one has to fight alone.

With each song, the band show no fear in addressing the darker sides of society — from mental health to violence and betrayal — and transforming them into music that unites, empowers, and heals.

For STELLVRIS, it’s never just about the sound. It’s about creating a safe space where pain can turn into resilience, and where the silence after violence can be broken by music.

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Hi, you have then too censure.

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For se wow for you your.

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This is the pipe Man here on the Adventures of

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Pipe Man W four c Y Radio. And I'm excited

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about our next guest who is on the way other

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side upon uh in places I like to be now

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instead of where I'm at to be honest, But let's

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welcome to his show. Nicole from Stilaris, how are you exactly?

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Hello? Things, I'm doing great? How about you?

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I'm doing phenomenal. I have been to your country once,

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absolutely loved it. And I was road tripping through Europe

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and when I drove over that bridge from Czech Republic

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over to Germany and it was like there was like

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a blizzard going on and the wind was really strong.

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It was probably one of the scariest bridges.

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Of my life. And I've been through a lot of them,

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like my car. My car moved over a whole lane

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without me doing anything.

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It was wild.

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Yeah.

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So I just have to say your music is so badass.

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And I know you've played a lot of European festivals,

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but I didn't see in the list of wind of

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the ones that I love to cover and I do

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every year health fest and I think you guys definitely

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belong in health Fest, So I'm just putting it out there.

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We haven't played on the health Fest. We played some

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of Breeze, so.

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Yeah, yeah, that's what I'm saying.

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You haven't played it yet, so I'm putting it out

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there in the universe so that they can invite you

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to play there.

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It would be super amazing.

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Then we could do the interview on site.

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But I what's your favorite festival to play that you've

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played so far in Europe?

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In Europe, Well, it's always very hard to pick just

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one because I would say that all the festivals we

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played we had absolute blast. People were amazing and crazy.

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But I think that if I really really have to

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pick just one, it would be some Abris in Germany.

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This year it was something wow, totally different.

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So what what is it like at Summer Breeze, Because like,

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I cover festivals over the US, UK, Europe, and I

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haven't done that one yet, So what makes that one unique?

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You shoot? Definitely, Well, for me, I really love metal community,

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so whenever we are playing festival that is really like

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for metal heads, I always feel I always feel like home,

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and it's the same like for example with Broadless olt

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here in Czech Republic or fight first, it's just like

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it's a metal festival and people, the scene, the community

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is uh, it's just like where I really feel that

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I belong and and this is the same with some

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of Breeze. And if you have ever been to Germany

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and you you were, you told me that you almost

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died on the bridge crossing the Czech Republic to Germany,

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you I would I would say that you would agree

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with me that the German scene is something different and

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the metal heads they are the community of metal heads

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in Germany is different, and it's uh, they're crazy, wild

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and really nice people. And for us, it was the

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biggest maybe festival we've ever played so far, and it

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was just I was so scared, Like I'm not nervous normally,

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you know, but you could count the like the number

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of the festivals or shows that I was nervous, just

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on like fingers on one hand, and this was definitely

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one of them. Because it was like there were so

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many people and I knew that there are so many

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important people and that we really have to crush it there,

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like we really have to nail it there. And it

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was amazing. The people were so support. Whenever I told

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them please sit down, they did it. Do wild death.

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They kiss me when I do the same life they

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called me. And then we had a signing session. There

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was like a huge queue and again crazy, and I

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really felt like home. I really like the people there,

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the community, the way they are behaving is just like.

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Yeah, it is true too, because like so I was

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so fascinated by the metal scene in Berlin when I

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and all the little like underground clubs and the whole scene,

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it was really really cool. And then also like I've

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done grasp pop and I made a whole bunch of

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German friends at grasp Pop. In fact, I was dating

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a German woman that I met at grasp pop because

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they all drove over from Germany just to go to

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grass pop.

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You know.

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So I agree, like they're so fanatical about their metal

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and their music and I think that's awesome. And you

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guys are definitely badass, so it's worthwhile. I want to

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know how like you have this great, great clean vocal

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and then you go into this brutal vocal and I

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want to know how you do that so easily, And

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so I'm always fascinated actually because you know, I think

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a lot of the women in metal now are way

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more badass than the men, and especially with that that growling,

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brutal voice, It's like, oh my god. And I see

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the technicality when you do it, like how you like

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move your mouth, and like, I'm so fascinated by that.

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You know, there's like other bands I feel the same way,

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like uh, Courtney, you know from from spirit Box, Like

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when I watch her sing, I'm like, I think I

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have festival watch in herants. I'm just fascinated by her

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mouth movement to go from like that beautiful, serene voice

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to that like brutal metal growl.

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So how do you how do you do it? What's

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the secret to that?

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Practice? Practice practice, That's true basically, Yeah, Well, the time

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when I decided to learn how to scream, it was

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like I was singing since I was a child, so

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singing was kind of natural for me. But then I

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started to listen to metal music and then I was

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like digging like deeper and deeper into more like heavier

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and heavier music. And then when I heard Alisa from

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March Enemy, I was like, that's that's what I miss

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And so I found a teacher and because I didn't

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want to lose my voice. I didn't want to damage it.

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So I was working with him and I learned how

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to grow and scream, and then like with the practice

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and live shows, especially because you like you can you

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can screw anything when you're in rehearsal room, but when

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you are on a stage, you have to do it.

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You have to be one hundred percent you know, sure

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that you can do anything, and just to be focused

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on it. And so basically that that was it. I

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was just practicing ptas and partisan and I'm very stubborn

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like person, and when I decided that I want to

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learn how to scream, I was screaming every single day,

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even though it was kind of dangerous because like overusing

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your vocal course is also very kind of you know,

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it's dangerous, but yeah, I was like, okay, it's just

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like I can't I don't have time. I have to

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learn it as quick as possible. So I learned it basically, and.

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That's really smart that at least you learn to go

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learn how to do it properly, because like when I

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was a teenager, I sang thrash metal and I thrashed

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my voice because we didn't know how to do that stuff,

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so you just like would scream like you were screaming

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in a fight, and then you couldn't even make it

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through a show, you know.

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So that's why it always.

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Amazes me when somebody could like scream like that and

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still make it through a show.

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I also afraid that I will lose my voice during

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the first shows we did, and I was very like

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I was afraid that it will happen to me, and

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that's something like this happened, and like I couldn't imagine

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myself like that this would be me, that I would

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lose my voice. So I really learned how to do

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it properly, like with a proper technique, which is I

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would say essential like when you do this, and the

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key like for me not to lose the voice and

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to be like brilliant in your technique is that you

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really have to control your emotions. And it was something

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that I was bad, like, yeah, it was struggling like

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with this at the beginning because everything was new and

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I was really like, okay, and I'm going to show

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you how I scream and how I am and how

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metal I am. And it was dangerous because whenever I

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was like this then I was just like screaming through

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my throat and I was like, it hurt me, It

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hurt me so bad. Yeah, And then I learned how

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to just like have these emotions, but to have them

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under under under control, so I could sing and scream

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through the whole set and in the studio and everywhere,

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and right now I know like what to do, but

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it took some time.

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Well, yeah, I mean, you've obviously worked hard at it,

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because if you didn't, you wouldn't be able to sing

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right now for sure. And what was that one moment

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in time where you got exposed metal? What what band

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was it? And how did it happen?

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So the first time I heard metal like music.

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Or yeah, exactly, I.

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Would say it was like when I was like very small.

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Because my dad is a metal head, so he had

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all the CDs with Ossio was Born, blacks Above, Metallica, Slayer,

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all those like, you know bands, so he was listening

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to metal music and he introduced me to this. But

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my mom she's a fan of pop music, so she

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was like, Okay, I would like you to sing, but

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let's sing something like poppy. So she tried to, like,

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you know, just to bring some colorful clothes on me

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and just like to be this girly girl. And I

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have never been such a girl. So now I'm just like,

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I'm sorry, mom. I promised her. I promised her on

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our first EP and then the full length album that

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one song. I'm not screaming at all. One song, That's it.

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So every time she's complaining, I'm just letting her take

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a look at these two songs. We have no screaming.

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This is for you, that's it. So yeah, when I

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was child, my dad introduced me to metal.

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Nice. What was the first band you heard? Do you

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even remember?

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No? No, but I remember those cities and everything, so

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I would say maybe or else. It was Born was

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the first one I heard. But I'm not sure. I'm

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not really sure.

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I think that's true for a lot of us.

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Actually, you know, I remember for me, I was in

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like seventh grade and somebody should this friend, I may

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add this album. It was black with white writing and

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the s's in red, which was Sabbath We sold our

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souls for rock and roll, and I right then and there,

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I was like, oh my god, this is amazing, you know,

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and it like you it progressed from there because then

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it went into like heavier stuff and then you know,

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like you mentioned Metallic and Slayer, I was at their

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first shows ever and that was it. After experiencing stuff

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like that, and and you know, people don't realize, like

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you know, they look at metal heads and they make

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these assumptions, but we're like one big family with nobody's

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an outsider. Everybody's included, nobody's bullied, nobody like people don't

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understand the mashpid isn't about her people. It's about getting

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in there and gaining your aggressions out without hurting people,

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you know, and so everybody, Like now, with everything going

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on in the world, the safest place I ever feel

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is in a metal crowd at a festival because just

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everybody just loves everybody and it doesn't matter who you are,

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what you are, what you do, nothing else matters.

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We're just one big community.

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I can't agree more. That's why I'm not afraid go

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to Mushpace, go to woll of Death, because whenever I

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go there, I'm just like, when I'm passing around the guys,

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they're like two meters tall and I'm like this like that,

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and when I do this, like okay, they're super tall,

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but I'm not afraid of them. I'm just like, as

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you said, whenever I see that somebody just fall down

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in the mushpace circle. Pite now the whole like mess

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is that they just stop held the people up, and

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then they just like continue and this is like, yeah,

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I like I can say like differently, I really love

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metal community and metal scene and I really feel like

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home when i'm.

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like even I have a brother and he just can't

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understand it for the life of him, you know, But

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no matter what you explain, you just have to experience,

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and it's just a feeling.

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It's just a part of something.

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And you know, a lot of us people that became

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metal heads, we didn't have that on the outside world.

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You know, you got bullied or people picked on you

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for whatever reason. However you were different, and I think

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that's one of the coolest things. In fact, I have

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this idea that we could solve all the world's problems

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that we have right now, which there's a lot of them,

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by just having one big metal festival that everybody is

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required to attend, except the politicians.

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They're not allowed to go there.

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Everybody else, and then we would actually unite, stop being divided,

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stop labeling everybody, and accept everybody for who they are.

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And as I always say, you do you, you be you.

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You know, and we need to pull that off.

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And that that's a lot about what you write in

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your music too, So that's what I dig about your music.

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A lot of people also because they don't understand metal,

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they don't understand the deepness of the lyrics and what

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the message is. So maybe tell to listeners about you

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and your songwriting and what message you put out there

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in your music.

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Yeah. So I think, like as most of the musicians,

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I went through some mental health issues and I put

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all these topics in our lyrics. So we have songs

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about anxiety, depression, burnout and also like feeling different. This

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song is called Renegade, and I also pay attention to

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not only these like inner things, these like mental health issues,

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but also for example, Silence after Violence. This is the

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last song we released, and this one I wrote when

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the first idea came when this crazy guy was shooting

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at Charles University in Prague and he shot a lot

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of people, injured a lot of people. It was like

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before the Christmas and it was terrible, and I could

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notice that the frustration aggression like amongst the society is growing,

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and it's not only within US adults, but also it's

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going like deeper and deeper into younger and younger generations.

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And then Netflix just released it's a movie or it's adolescent.

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I think it's called like this. I don't know if

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you saw.

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It, I would say, I wonder if it's in the US.

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I'm gonna have to look when when I get home,

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I'm going to have to go look.

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I have to search for it. Maybe I'm naming it

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in a wrong way, but this like like this thing

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is about a young guy who was accused from murder

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and he was really young, and this whole story. I'm

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not going to spoil this crazy. It was crazy, and

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it just like it shows how these people are, like

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the young generation aren't pretty in danger, like using all

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the social media and stuff, and also like using all

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those social media make them more lonely maybe and they

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they're not seen in offline world and they're like like

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more in online world. And this is something that is

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just very half of me. And for me, I have

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to use social media's and everything because I'm a vocalist,

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I need to present my music and everything, and this

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is like nowadays, there's there's no other way how to

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promote your music, just like through your socials and everything.

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hon'me thing people realize how much hate you guys get

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on social media, just like everybody, Like I find social

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media to be like anti social, you know, and I

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have to use it too because of what I do,

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you know, And that's true, that's right. I mean, you

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would think it would bring people together. But it just

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amazes me how many people go out of their way

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for no reason to just spread hate against other people,

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you know, Like if you don't like something, don't participate,

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don't say anything, just let it go. Let other people.

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That's why I say, you be you. You know, like

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most of these things that people complain about, especially in

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my country, and get angry about and attack about, doesn't

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affect their life in any way, shape or form. And

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that's the part that blows my mind. Like we have it,

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as you probably know, pretty bad here right now with

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the division and the hate, and you know, it's just

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like it's the oldest trick in the book divide and conquer,

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you know, like we should love each other for our differences,

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not because we're the same.

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I have I wrote song call Divided, that's basically what

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you are talking.

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About totally, And I also have to say that I'm

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glad you write about those things because there's a lot

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of these haters out there say, oh, musicians should just

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stick to singing songs and not, Like, have you studied

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the history of music, It has always been a voice

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from a platform for these type of things. You know

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that music is some of the best therapy there is

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for you to artists and for me the listener. No,

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you shouldn't not sing about these things. You should sing

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about these things so other people don't feel so alone,

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you know, because they're experiencing a lot of those things,

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and when you sing about it, it lets them know

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they're not alone. That's my viewpoint.

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I totally agree with you.

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And I do have to say you talked about Silence

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after Violence. That song is so freaking badass, like that

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is as truly metal, and I think people not only

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need to listen to it, but read the lyrics because

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that's an oird thing with metal people that aren't metal heads.

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They listen to metal and they don't know what the

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words are, and they think it's like violent and aggressive

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and you know, death and destruction, and a lot of

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times it's the exact opposite.

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You know.

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Sayer was a perfect example Loud because everybody thought, oh,

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they're devil worshipers and it's it's you know, it's about

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death and destruction. Now, like Hannahman, Jeff Hanneman wrote about

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World War Two, a lot of songs were about World

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War Two.

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He was a history buff. Ozzy was a history buff.

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Like these are things to educate people, not to make

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them violent and aggressive, and like I said before, to

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let people know they're part of something and they're not

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alone in what they're experiencing, because I think that's probably

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the worst feeling, when you're alone in what you're experiencing

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or think you are. You know, if you have a

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support system, then you can realize there's nothing really wrong

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with you. You just have things that you're experiencing that

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other people are experiencing as well, and everybody can help

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each other that way.

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That's totally true. I'm very happy that one of our fans,

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now we were talking like that was the day of

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World Day of mental health. And it was like one

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week when I was posting about mental health and our

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songs and all the things, and like because of this

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of our fan, she reached me out and she told

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me that she's struggling with something. And I was talking

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to her and I was like, Okay, this is something

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I can't help you because it's quite serious. So let's

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try to find some help. You can't okay, let's try

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to search for something where you can just even call them,

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even call somebody that you don't have to feel alone.

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And then I was talking about to her about it

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and I found some people who are offering like the

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first help on the phone, so and it's for free.

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So I told her, please tomorrow call them, just try

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to talk about this thing. You don't have to be alone.

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And this is amazing that you are just brunning awareness

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and somebody just reach you out and just you know,

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is trying to find the help. Because we also have

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had another fan and unfortunately he lost this battle and

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he committed a suicide. And it was also the thing

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that when I realized that I have to on, like

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now we're going to release EP, so the next thing

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should the album and I'm definitely going to to sing

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about these things even more because I really feel that people,

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as you said, feel that they are alone in this.

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Yet and think about like it doesn't matter who you are,

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because look at Chris Cornell and Chester Bennington, like Taylor Hawkins,

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you know, all these people. You look at them, and

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it happens to a lot of musicians. They look at

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them and like, oh, you have to dream life. But

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they don't know the dark side either of those people,

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you know, and you know maybe those people and I

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