Interview with Bassist Vincent Niclou of Scarlet Anger

By Mick Michaels

COSMICK VIEW: Hello, Vincent! Welcome to TheCosmick View. Thank you for taking some time out of your day to chat with me, it's greatly appreciated.

CV: Do you feel Heavy Metal music in general is viewed differently by fans in Europe compared to fans elsewhere, especially in America, and if so why?
Vincent Niclou: I don’t think so. I mean Metal was and ever will be a worldwide family. Maybe some fans are more exhilarated when they get the possibility to watch bands live, which aren’t traveling that often overseas (in both directions).

CV: What do you feel makes Heavy Metal music so alluring to the fans? What is it about the music that personally resonates so strongly with you?
VN: As said before, it’s a bit like a worldwide family. If you travel and you see someone with a metal shirt, for example in an gas station, you get a feeling that you’re directly linked to that person even that you don’t know him.

CV: Has Metal splintered into too many sub-genres in your opinion, thus, making it harder for newer bands to actually classify themselves as one style over another?  Is it confusing for fans as well?
VN: First of all, it’s confusing if you wanna explain our genres to a person outside our world. For many people Metal is only growling chants, but actually, it isn’t. I always say it’s a bit like Jazz, there are also many subgenres. But personally, I listen to (metal) music I like, doesn’t matter if a new band or legendary old band and the genre they’ve given to themselves.

CV: How would you describe the current state of the music business considering we are now living in a COVID aware, and maybe even feared world? Have things drastically changed long-term for artists and bands given the recent pandemic? What are your thoughts?
VN: As we’re only semi-professionals with day jobs, the COVID situation hasn’t got a big influence on our future. Of course, we couldn’t play live, but I think professionals those don’t have the status like Maiden, Priest, Metallica, etc. have to calculate at the moment much more to avoid that a tour doesn’t end in a financial disaster.

CV: What do you feel makes your band and its particular approach to songwriting work? What keeps the band together and making music?
VN: Friendship and living a dream of a rockstar which we aren’t ;).

CV: On a more global view, how do you see your band’s music and songwriting separating itself from just being another Heavy Metal act? 
VN: Good question, but I’m not a guy who’s comparing our music to someones else’s. For us it is always important to get some melodies and a good chorus in each song, doesn’t matter how aggressive the song itself is.

CV: Can an artist truly be unique? Some would argue there is no such thing as being unique; that it’s nothing more than a compounding of influences making an artist who or what they are. Would this then say that artists today are destined to be just copies of those who have already come to pass?
VN: If you’re a very extrovert band, yes I think it’s still possible. Just look for example the style of Lady Gaga. But for us, it’s not a big thing if someone tells me that our music has existed before. Metal is around for nearly 50 years, so that normal I think.

CV: Are there life lessons to learn being in a Heavy Metal band that you feel cannot be taught elsewhere? If so, what are they?
VN: Life in a band is actually not only playing gigs or rehearsing, it’s far more. There’s many to organize especially than you’re not fully professionals. We do everything on ourselves. So, you’ll learn how to work hard to get a little success.

CV: What do you feel makes someone a “rock star”? Does being a rock star automatically make one iconic or are the two completely different in your opinion?
VN: I’ve never thought about that. So what to say…maybe, a rock star who is also a nice pal is an icon for me.

CV: What's next for you? What can fans expect to see coming as the world looks to surmount a new normal laced with a load of restrictions?
VN: Over here in Luxembourg (Europe) there are no more restrictions at all. The only thing nowadays, the bands have to double check if a tour is financially possible or not.

CV: Thank you again Vincent for spending some time talking and sharing with our readers. It was a pleasure. I wish you all the best and continued success.
VN: It was a pleasure, cheers.

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