Meet SinThya The Devil | Experimental Industrial Multi-Instrumentalist & Artist

We had the good fortune of connecting with SinThya The Devil and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi SinThya, why did you pursue a creative career?
Although art is in all of us, there are a number of obstacles one goes through to unlock that side of themselves. Whether it be a string of bad luck in life, hitting rock bottom, suffering from trauma or mental illness or other things in that vain of this neverending joke we call life as a human being. Pursuing an artistic career came from a long history with abuse, abandonment, mental illness, a past of suicide attempts among other means. When I was about 10, I first got into Industrial and Noise music and for the next few years, I had been a prominent member of those communities for over a decade. Being in these communities got me interested in trying my hand at my own career. Before SinThya began as a project, I had attempted to create a goth rock band way back in 2012 called Prodigore, yet after 4 years of trying and failing, I eventually started making acoustic demos on my phone as it was the only instrument i had at the time and it was a way to try my hand at making original content. In those early years, I used to produce for stock music and make cheap beats for rappers, not a great gig if I do say so myself. I’ve never been interested in working with preset assets when recording. Why loop someone else’s work when you can make the sound better with your own devices? So with that in my mind, I began making my own sounds, utilizing the art of sampling along the way and that was what gave birth to the first true release under the SinThya name, The Experimental Collection series of works.

In the time I was making TEC, I had gotten my first mixer. With this new sense of creativity, I started going through thrift stores, getting my hands on any sort of cheap keyboard, synthesizer or DJ device I could find. Experimental Industrial was what I ended up calling my sound, because I strictly believe Industrial was never a subgenre of Metal, but rather a subgenre of Punk. Taking this into mind, I decided to begin my DIY art project, which eventually became what is now known as my first legitimate body of work in the SinThya catalogue, a short 7-track long art project called The Silence. It would be a whole 4 years until I created my debut album, Figures, which released July 3rd of this year.

I like to consider myself not a musician, but an artist. I have so many more kinds of work I plan to release besides music, even if that is my primary source of making my art. Since I started doing live shows this year, I knew for a fact that i had made something special, something I could be proud of for once in my life. Seeing those people in the crowd come out and listen to the fruits of my labour on a live stage is a feeling no one can truly explain.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
What I specialize in is a genre of Experimental Industrial I have coined the term as a genre called “Killerwave”. I made this term to stand out from others in the Industrial community because although I love so many artists in the Industrial scene, I feel as though my sound is so strange and ecclectic that it stands out from the rest of the music scene. I make Industrial music with the utilization of infused genres such as Black Metal, Punk Rock, Harsh Noise, Dark Ambient, Shoegaze, EBM and Sample Noise. I enjoy having this vastly different soundscape because it means I can blend in as a strong addition to any Industrial lineup in a live setting. When performing, I like to use props, sexual apparel, blood and practical effects while on stage or recording a music video, it helps the show get more of a reaction because the main idea behind playing a show is to give the people a performance they’ll never forget by any means necessary. As an artist, I have also been working on a short film for the last couple years as well as the script for a graphic novel anthology. I also enjoy painting here and there, doing remix and production work for other artists and sometimes I use some of my hand-drawn work as covers for my singles, EPs and albums. I have no interest in being looked up to as an icon or a role model, the way I do things is very Punk Rock and it helps me keep control of a project so it can be as well-made as it can be.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
Most of the time when I want to go somewhere to blow off steam, I usually look for a Punk show in town, go to a record store or just hit up the billiard to work on my pool game. My friends know me to be very introverted and virtually unapproachable in public.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
There are so many amazing artist I know locally and internationally within my communities and work, so it’s hard to truly shout everyone out, however I will keep it brief and mention some fairly important people in my life.

Vickis Dream, a phenomonal goth rock band I have been friends with since before my first live show. Sean Darkbloom, a local Industrial musician and close friend of mine in the local scene as well. I would also like to shout out all my friends, family and fans who have been there by my side and enjoying my work.

Website: https://sinthyamusic.bandcamp.com/

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/SinThyaTheDevil

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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbkgzAMlCxFEp57mmAnGKvA

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