https://www.facebook.com/ADarkerBreed13
From: Pennsylvania
Sounds like: Death Hop
1. How did you get started with music and how did you develop your sound? How did the name "A Darker Breed" come about and is there any meaning to it?
I started music in middle school, learning guitar and getting heavily into bands like Slipknot, Mudvayne, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity, and others. I made music with a friend for a few years, made electronic music on my own for a long bit then joined a death metal band to unleash the voice inside. When that fell apart, I wanted to express music that was just mine.
A Darker Breed is me, always has been. I took it as a screen name at 14 and have built it up to represent all the music and art I make. It's a call for all who have been outcast at any point in their lives and those who like to run on the darker side of society.
2. What do you want people to take away from your music?
I hope they take my words and feelings and apply them to their lives. I hope they identify with the themes and feel at least some of what I feel making it.
3. How would you describe your sound to the average listener?
Apocalyptic Electronic Self-Loathing. Tortured synths into the shape of guitars, subterranean bass, 10,000-ton drum samples, all under growls and screams of unrelenting loss and anger.
4. Who are three bands you’d like to tour with?
I'd love to share the stage with Hed PE, Mudvayne, or Knife Party. There are so many more but I want to share it with any band that pushes their genres to the absolute limit.
5. What's your thoughts on AI generated music?
It's a fun toy, fun to practice with instrumentals, but it's not "your" music - it's the computer's.
6. What’s your take on the current state of Death Hop?
It's thriving - I see Trap Metal and Nu-Metal coming around and think there is a real place for electronic metal with East Coast and Southern Rap tendancies
7. What’s the current music scene like there in Pennsylvania?
I'm lucky to be where I am with so many awesome local bands and legacy musicians coming to play the area. The belt from Philly to Harrisburg is rife with talent.
8. What’s your take on the royalties that streaming services pay out to artists?
I don't see it as an income stream from how little it is. Over 5 years on Spotify I've made a solid $0.17
9. What’s next for A Darker Breed?
My next track "Inside Your Head Is Someone You Have Never Met" is dropping on Spotify on 6/6/25! More music, keep your ears to the SoundCloud to hear it first and to hear some stuff I'll never fully release, but more is coming to Spotify over the next couple of months.
10. Any shoutouts?
My friend's project DESTROY:DESTROYER, my family and friends, and to anyone who is joining me on this journey.
