Intervalos (banda)

Intervals se formó en Toronto, Ontario, en 2011 como una salida creativa para el guitarrista Aaron Marshall después de dejar su banda anterior, Speak of the Devil. ^{[ 3 ] [ 4 ]} Después de lanzar dos canciones en línea ("Still Winning" y "Duality"), Anup, Lukas y Matt se unieron a la banda. Su primer EP The Space Between fue grabado en el sótano de Aaron, con la excepción de Anup, quien grabó su batería en su propio estudio casero en Frederick, Maryland. La mezcla y masterización fueron realizadas por Adam "Nolly" Getgood de Periphery , y fue lanzado de forma independiente el 20 de diciembre de 2011. ^{[ 5 ]} En este punto, la banda intentó encontrar un vocalista para completar la formación, pero no lo logró.

With the release of their second EP In Time on October 30, 2012, they were joined by Olly Steele (Monuments) and David Maxim Micic (Destiny Potato) as guest soloists. Sputnikmusic gave the EP a 4/5 rating, suggesting that "if they find a bit more creativity and increase their originality, they have potential to go down in history as one of the best instrumental prog metal bands. As of now, they are still not on the same level as Animals as Leaders".^[6] The band released a music video for "Epiphany" on April 25, 2013, through Guitar World promotion and YouTube.^[7] Following the success of In Time, the band gained endorsement deals from Ernie Ball Music Man, Pearl Drums, Meinl Cymbals, Toontrack, InTune Guitar Picks, and Gruv Gear.^[8] Marshall and Sastry also released playthroughs, as well as lessons for select songs off the EP.^[9][10] On April 18, 2013, it was announced that Matt De Luca would be leaving the band to pursue other projects.

On September 14, 2013, Intervals announced they would again be entering the studio with producer Jordan Valeriote (Silverstein, Structures, Counterparts) on November 4 to begin tracking their upcoming release.^[11] Following the studio, Intervals were scheduled to tour Europe (January-February 2014) with Protest the Hero, TesseracT, and The Safety Fire.^[12] On December 30, it was announced that live bassist Mike Semesky would be changing his role in the band to provide vocals on the new album. The album's bass tracks were handled equally between Marshall and Cameron McLellan (Protest the Hero). The band released Semesky's vocal debut in the form of new single "Ephemeral" through Revolver, as well as a revelation that the new album would be titled A Voice Within.^[13]

Due to the need for Semesky to focus entirely on his vocal performance live, the band hired Henry Selva (formerly of The Human Abstract) as a live bassist for their upcoming European tour, but eventually opted to use the bass in the backing track moving forward.

"I'm extremely happy to announce that I am the singer of Intervals. I joined the band on bass in early 2013, but after writing and experimenting with vocals over demos of the band's new material, the four of us knew that that was the direction we were meant to go. I feel so blessed to be a part of such a talented group of musicians and I'm extremely proud of the album we all worked so hard on. We can't wait for you all to hear it!"^[13]

The band released a second song from the album, "The Escape", on January 23, 2014, and announced that the album would be released on March 4, 2014.^[14] On February 26, the band announced that they would be releasing one new song from the album per day until the day of the album's release. The first of these songs was "The Self Surrendered".^[15]

On November 25, 2014, it was announced that Mike Semesky parted ways with the band, due to Marshall's desire to instrumentally front the band again. An instrumental version of A Voice Within was then released on March 3, 2015. On June 23, three months after, Guyader and Sastry finally announced on Facebook that they decided they would no longer be a part of Intervals without Semesky. According to Marshall's narrative, the separation was caused by different expectations as to the direction of the band. However, Sastry and Guyader have both cited that after removing Semesky, Marshall wanted to demote their roles strictly to "hired guns" in an effort to further rebrand the band as his solo project. After the moral loss of losing Semesky, there was a lack of communication for a few months. In that time, Marshall finished the solo record he had already been working on throughout the year. He then booked studio time and new musicians without the rest of the bands knowledge, only communicating all of this to them through an ultimatum days before the studio time was to begin. So Sastry and Guyader opted to leave together.

Marshall's new studio musicians were then revealed to be bassist Cameron McLellan and drummer Travis Orbin (Darkest Hour, Periphery, Sky Eats Airplane), for the next album.^[16][4] On December 4, 2015, Intervals released The Shape of Colour.^[17][18][3]

El 24 de octubre de 2017, Intervals anunció The Way Forward , un nuevo álbum con McLellan de regreso al bajo y el nuevo baterista Nathan Bulla, quien había estado tocando en vivo con la banda hasta el lanzamiento. ^{[ 19 ]} Marshall continúa siendo el único miembro oficial de la banda, a pesar de contar con miembros que regresan para giras y grabaciones de estudio.

El 13 de noviembre de 2020, la banda lanzó Circadian , que incluyó colaboraciones con varios artistas. ^{[ 2 ]} El álbum también presentó el regreso de arreglos de 7 cuerdas por primera vez desde A Voice Within (2014). ^{[ 20 ]}

En 2022, Intervals realizó una gira como teloneros de Animals as Leaders para su álbum Parrhesia, ^{[ 21 ]} y en 2023 Intervals teloneó a Spiritbox en su primera gira como cabeza de cartel en EE. UU. junto con After the Burial . ^{[ 22 ]}

El 17 de mayo de 2024, la banda lanzó su quinto álbum de estudio, Memory Palace . ^{[ 23 ]} El álbum incluyó varias colaboraciones de artistas electrónicos. ^{[ 24 ]} Intervals realizó una gira como teloneros de Mammoth WVH para la segunda etapa de su gira Mammoth II Tour 2024. ^{[ 25 ]}