Toronto's 7TH REIGN, featuring former EIDOLON members Brian Soulard (vocals) and Adrian Robichaud (bass) are featured in a new interview with Metal Blessing Radio. Following is an excerpt from the discussion with Soulard:

Q: Has the album release (Fallen Empires) been met with as much success as you hoped?

Soulard: "The feedback for the material has been excellent. Of course being independent means that the music is not reaching as many people as you would like. But, this album has definitely been a stepping stone towards possibly having the band signed and seeing the music distributed properly. We feel that the music is very strong and the overall album can compete with anything that is currently out and signed to major labels."

Q: You know, its easy to think to yourself, “If you’ve heard one power metal band…you’ve heard them all.” I had felt this way before listening to Fallen Empires, but I was proven wrong. In your opinion, what do you feel sets your music apart from other bands in this genre?

Soulard: "Well, good question! We really don’t consider ourselves as being restricted to power metal only. We are just trying to create passionate music through the forum that we 7th Reign know best, which is heavy metal. There are so many classifications under that umbrella and we don’t feel like we need to be stifled by one or the other. The music is varied as is our musical influences. Every musician tries their best to be original and unique but that is becoming harder and harder to do. I feel we are lucky to have a writer like Marios (Panayiotis / guitars) who to me writes very original material that sounds fresh with every new song."

Click here for the complete interview. For more info on the band, visit their MySpace page at this location.