The Dark Carnival emerged once again bringing with them Raven Black

Raven Black who was on tour with Devil Driver and Jinjer stopped into Lancaster PA, Empire Extreme got to sit down and talk to the freaks once again.

EE: How have the fans reactions been since you’re much different from DevilDriver and Jinjer?

Doctor: Yea it’s a great mix, you get a lot of different sounds from each band but each band brings a different dynamic that works well.

Raven: So Far all the fans are saying it’s a killer lineup. It’s been only positive feedback.

EE: So you ant tour plans after this?

Raven: Yea we have a huge tour announcement coming soon, we can’t mentioned who with right now, but soon. It’s going to be a great tour though.

EE: So Stitches you’re back with the band, how’s it feel to be back?

Stitches: Ya it feels better. We have become more united and we feel more tight now. ( everyone says “ it’s very tight” like Bruno)

Raven: we gave him a long vacation (laughs) the bottom line that every cabs goes through growth spurts, and growing pains. We were friends before but now we are family.

EE: You guy have the new album that just released in May, how’s the response been?

Doctor: good, so far I’ve only seen one thing online that someone said the first album was better because it was less harder.

Raven: A lot of the fans are checking us out because of the tour with DevilDriver and Jinjer and the response has been amazing. It’s been overwhelmingly positive.

EE: How was it like making the video for The Doll House?

Doctor: We filmed that fast, we had cameras rolling on us for 3 or 4 hours. We did it at a haunted house so everything was already all set up.all the extras were employees of the haunted house.

Muppet: DarkSyde Acres in Jonesville Michigan.it’s a really cool place. Very big.

EE: So What was the reason for doing a cover of Marilyn Manson’s Nobodies?

Raven: Well it’s Manson and he’s one of my favorites. I don’t personally like to do covers. We loved the song and played it live and works well with our theme. We feel like we are the nobodies. We have another cover that we are thinking of doing but don’t want to say, Incase we don’t do it.

Doctor: You don’t want to say it?

Raven: ok

Doctor: we are thinking of doing a cover of Du Hast by Rammstein.

EE: English?

Raven: in German and English.

EE: Any new projects you’re working on?

Raven: we are launching our Ravens Rejects Fan Club. It’s $6.66 a month for a subscription. It’s all exclusive behind the scenes stuff. We are going to launch it soon after the tour. You get the Facebook chat with me included with that, it will be a booked by appointment. You get sneak peeks, lots of photos of each of us that have never been put out.

Muppet: I’ve got a really sweet picture of my ass.

EE: Dick Pics?

Jay Oakley: Stick Pics

Muppet:oh my that’s a good idea (Laughs)

Raven: There’s 4 sections. The Doctors Lab, Muppets Crypt, Stitches Hallow, and Ravens Cage. I’ll do some Karaoke and vocal lessons and muppets thinking of doing some gaming. We might film one more music video before the end of the year. Maybe Spider.

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