Prog metal purveyors from Pescara in Italy, Fake Heroes came up with their second studio album “Clouds” in September 2015. This new release opens many doors for this great, young band and we can expect more great things from them in the coming years. The band talked for Progarchy about their work.

Where does the idea of the band’s name comes from?

“Fake Heroes” refers to all the useless things that we worship in our lifetime and that takes attention away from what is really important.

“Fake Heroes” is a concept. It concerns people that follow false ideals, shallow and foolish things instead of enhancing important issues.

How did you go about forming the band?

Our band formed in February 2012 from the ideas of our guitarist and composer Draft Djentleman.

We were born from the ashes of our previous post/grunge band called Too Late To Wake.

When Draft felt the need to create different and modern music he involved the same band but a new singer.

Fake Heroes is a band who is not afraid or ashamed to make a music that mixes rock music with popular rock/metal sound such as alternative rock/nu-metal/djent. How do you manage to do that?

We firmly believe that being able to combine different musical hemispheres creates what is sometimes called “personal sound.” We think we have done it in our own way: the wide variety of influences has led us to a true personal musical journey. This made it possible to combine the industrial metal with prog metal. And then, let’s face it, our choruses are POP.

What topics do you explore in your lyrics?

There’re not main themes in our lyrics. We usually speak about abstract themes or deep feelings trying to explain what we live during personal interior sensations.

In the past we have talked about our society and economy analyzing all the effects that they have on human beings.

Fake Heroes is a great band who loves to have live performances. I would love to know how do you guys feel just before the shows, you know, you hear audience, people talking, soon you will be on that stage. Singing your songs… How does it feel?

Playing own music live is one of the best sensation that a musician can feel in his life. It’s awesome to see people singing your songs, enjoy your music and to feel something that make all as one. Seems rhetoric but not at all.

How does a Fake Heroes live performance look like?

Our show is like a little trip to places we already know, but that we never tire of admiring .

Are you satisfied with the reactions of audience?

Yes, fortunately we were able to communicate our passion and humility, so the audience feels at ease and think to have fun.

Are there any bands or musicians you would love to share the stage with?

There are several bands with whom we would like to play live: Skyharbor , TesseracT, Circles, Dead Letter Circus, Twelve Foot Ninja, Textures …

They’re the bands that have given us the biggest influences.

Is there anything you want to share with our readers?

Please share our music with people that can appreciate it! It’s very important for us to have your help. Thanks for the questions and your attention.

Listen to Fake Heroes’ new album “Clouds” on Bandcamp, and join the army of their fans on Facebook.