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\"\"<\/a>From Bio: A band of friends and brothers, the five members behind Tribune have been together since 2004, making it their mission to create challenging yet accessible metal. With an EP and demo behind them, the music has become both heavier and more melodic from release to release and now, Tribune is set to unleash its latest album, Elder Lore\/The Dark Arts, showcasing the raw sound that captures the band in its natural live element.<\/p>\n

Mixing thrash \/ progressive rock metal with melodic vocals, the album will feature new material along with classic fan\u00a0favorites. \u201cWe want people to be impacted by the vision, effort and creativity put in to make a new and unique style that is genre defying,\u201d said the members collectively when asked what they hope listeners will take away from Elder Lore\/The Dark Arts.<\/p>\n

Genre defying. Accessible. Iconoclastic. This can only be Tribune.<\/p>\n

We asked some questions of Tribune front man Bryan Baker and he obliged with some answers.\u00a0 Check them out\u2026<\/p>\n

Let’s start with the basics first \u2013\u00a0for those that aren\u2019t aware of the band, what brought the band together and what is the inspiration behind the band name?<\/strong>
\nThe guys in the band were friends first and became band mates later.\u00a0 I’ve known Terry and Shawn for over 20 years, and through Terry, Shawn and I were introduced to Jason and Ryan.\u00a0 We decided to start playing music together because we all really wanted to be in a metal band.\u00a0 The band name was my drummer Jason’s idea.\u00a0 The\u00a0Tribune\u00a0was the defender of the plebeian people in ancient Rome, and something about a figure that protects the interests of the people appealed to us.<\/p>\n

Can you introduce each member of your band and give us a rock \u2018n\u2019 roll fact or myth about each of them?<\/strong>
\nTerry Anderson plays guitar, and he often frightens people due to his imposing height, but he is actually quite mild-mannered.\u00a0 Shawn Culley also plays guitar, and seems quite unassuming, but don’t fuck with him, because he has his black belt in Taekwondo.\u00a0 Jason Brown plays the drums, and we had trouble getting him past the border on our last tour because he has the same name as someone with a restraining order against him.\u00a0 Ryan O’Shea plays bass, and is really good at spinning fire, and has even spat fire at our shows before.\u00a0 My name is Bryan Baker and I do the vocals, and unlike most metal dudes, I don’t drink alcohol.<\/p>\n

You have twenty seconds in an elevator to try and convince someone to listen to your new album \u2018Elder Lore \/ The Dark Arts\u2019, what do you tell them without resorting to threats or violence?<\/strong>
\nI tell them that it’s heavy metal, but that a lot of people have told me that even though they don’t normally like metal, they really dig our stuff.<\/p>\n

With the album out now for a little while, what has the reaction been to it so far?<\/strong>
\nThe reaction to it has been mostly positive, with the few negative comments usually complaining about how it’s too “all over the place.”\u00a0 Clearly those people would prefer it if we simply sounded like another band they already like.\u00a0 We, however, are pretty pleased with how the album’s turned out.<\/p>\n

In terms of your song writing, what do you consider to be the most important ingredients that make up a\u00a0Tribune\u00a0song?<\/strong>
\nVariety is important.\u00a0 We don’t like our songs to sound too much like one another.\u00a0 Diversity is also important.\u00a0 We listen to a lot of different music, and we sort like to blend all of our influences together when we write.\u00a0 Flow is super important.\u00a0 Each song has to “feel” right.\u00a0 If after playing it a few times it seems like a part is sticking out too much or doesn’t belong, that part gets removed or re-worked.<\/p>\n

Both lyrically and musically, what or who inspires\/influences your music the most?<\/strong>
\nLyrically, I’m often inspired by stuff I’ve read.\u00a0 I read a lot, so I’ve always got plenty to work with that way.\u00a0 I also write lyrics with political or personal themes.\u00a0 I like to switch it up.\u00a0 Musically…while I can’t say what specific ideas influence the other guys when they’re writing their parts, I can say that we all dig bands like Clutch, Opeth, Down, Corrosion Of Conformity, Iron Maiden, Metallica, The Black Dahlia Murder, Death, Slayer…I could go on and on.<\/p>\n

The video for Succubus is such a cool idea; I can honestly say I\u2019ve never seen a video shot in a playground before. It\u2019s so heavy, yet so playful.\u00a0 What was the idea behind doing it this way?<\/strong>
\nI think this was Shawn’s idea, but as soon as he came up with it, we were all stoked to do it.\u00a0 Basically, we love heavy metal, but are super tired of seeing the same old clich\u00e9d metal videos.\u00a0 You know, the “metal band in a warehouse.”\u00a0 “Metal band in an industrial park.”\u00a0 We just wanted to do a metal video that hadn’t been done before.\u00a0 We dig videos with a bit of a sense of humour, too.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The album features some amazing art, can you tell us a bit about the concept and how it all came together?<\/strong>
\nThe art on the album was all done by Ryan.\u00a0 He based a number of his pieces of my lyrics, and also had some pieces that were unrelated to my lyrics and that just looked cool.\u00a0 I think having one person do all the artwork on the album (which had not been the case with our two previous albums) really gave the album a unified look.<\/p>\n

Touring wise, what have you got in the pipeline in support of this new album?<\/strong>
\nWe just finished a six week tour of North America, which was awesome.\u00a0 Now we’re going to settle down, do some local shows, and work on material for the next album, some of which is already complete.\u00a0 We’re also planning a shorter West Coast tour of North America in the early part of next year.<\/p>\n

Now for those that haven’t yet seen you perform before, what five words would someone use after walking out from one of your shows to sum it up?<\/strong>
\nDifferent.\u00a0 Heavy.\u00a0 Melodic.\u00a0 Accessible.\u00a0 Tight.<\/p>\n

Now, for a bit of fun, recently at Coachella, we saw Tupac appear as a hologram, if you could have any artist perform on stage with you as a hologram, who would it be and why?<\/strong>
\nLouis Armstrong, because he made the U.S. Army give him marijuana.\u00a0 That’s badass.<\/p>\n

Lastly, with half of 2012 over, here’s a chance to gaze into your crystal ball.\u00a0 By the end of the year,\u00a0Tribune\u00a0will have:\u00a0<\/strong>
\nMost of the next album written!<\/p>\n

Check out our review of Elder Lore\/The Dark Arts here<\/a><\/p>\n

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Essential Information<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

From:<\/strong> Vancouver, B.C. Canada<\/p>\n

Sounds like: <\/strong>A Heavy Metal Melting Pot of Melodic Prog Death Thrash<\/p>\n

Band members:<\/strong> Bryan Baker – Vocals, Terry Andersson – Guitar, Jason Brown – Drums, Shawn Culley – Guitar, Ryan O’Shea – Bass<\/p>\n

Website:<\/strong> <\/strong>http:\/\/www.tribunemetal.com\/
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