Jim Barber at BarrieAdvance.com recently spoke to SCARLET SINS vocalist Sylvya Nuvynska and guitarist Cris Bishop. The following is an excerpt from the story.

Based on their commitment to their craft, their work ethic, talent and musicianship, Toronto-based progressive heavy metal band Scarlet Sins should already be at the top of the record industry mountain.

But it ain’t that easy.

It takes time, time for the CD-buying or music-downloading public to hear the musical Gospel as preached by this intense, yet accessibly melodic power quartet. It takes publicity, press, promotions, and gigs, gigs, gigs.

But in the six months since the band’s self-titled debut CD has been on the open market, the band has gleaned fan interest from throughout Canada, some nibbles from south of the 49th parallel and even from across the pond in Europe.

Scarlet Sins has even been touted by none other than the Human Air Raid Siren himself, Iron Maiden lead singer Bruce Dickinson.

Fans in the Midland area will have a chance to see Scarlet Sins up close and personal as they top the bill on a veritable heavy metal music extravaganza taking place at the Georgian Bay Native Friendship Centre, 175 Yonge St., Friday, April 18th. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the cost is just $8.

The one thing that anyone speaking with Scarlet Sins will recognize is their absolute dedication to creating and performing music. It is something that brought the four members, vocalist Sylvya NuVynska, guitarist Cristina Bishop, bassist Tanya Nicklaus and the newest member, drummer Elie Bertrand.

“It feels like we’ve all been working at this for our entire lives … Music is something we’ve been working on since our childhood, and when I moved to Toronto a few years ago, I wanted to put a band together. I put an ad out, and I found Syl, and we had a lot in common, clicked right away,” Bishop said, adding that the coming together of Scarlet Sins was almost too easy.

“When I first met Cris, we had great chemistry. It was like love at first sight. And it was just like we knew we had common goals and the same dream, and you know it’s something that you both want to do,” added NuVynska.

“And for Cris and myself, we want to do music full time. Music is first and everything else is second. And so we just realized we had the same level of commitment, so that’s why it works so well, and that’s why, with the four of us together, we’re unstoppable now. We’re all on the same page. We all want the same thing.”

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