Review Fix Exclusive: Remnants of Hope Talks Origin, Goals and Creative Influences

October 2, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with Zander and Nykii Nightmare of Remnants of Hope, who discuss their creative process, goals for the future and their track, “Symphony of Sorrow.”

Review Fix: How did the band get together?

Nykii Nightmare: We all saw Avenged Sevenfold live. After that we all knew we wanted to play in a band. We’re brothers and our parents took us to see them (we were much younger at the time, Zander at the oldest was 15). After three years of playing covers in our garage and recording the ones we felt we did better, we wrote a song. The song was called “Darkest Place.” It was our first time recording a song we wrote. You can listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbjpaVokx2w . Zander wrote the lyrics, Paul and Nykii composed the instruments together. It was kind of like laying down the blue-prints of how we would then write most of our songs, with a few exceptions of course.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Nykii Nightmare: I compose the music with Paul. Zander and myself usually get together and work on the lyrics. The topics depend on what we feel the songs music needs. Sometimes we write in an post-apocalyptic setting other times we write about things that effect us in real life.

Review Fix: What’s your standout song? How was it written?

Zander: Symphony of Sorrow. Nykii and myself  wrote it during a hard time for the band, we were just starting to get some momentum and we were catching a lot of static for being a band that wore some guy-liner. It was written as an Anthem for us, we wanted it to have a positive message to keep your head down and keep fighting. It’s still one of our favorites to play live.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2016?

Nightmare: To play in Tennessee and the Carolinas. People have been asking us to play there for a while now and we’re working on getting out to those places. So far 2016’s been a serious blast off year for us. We’ve played with Famous Last Words, Outline in Color, Palaye Royale, Open Your Eyes as well as playing in Mississippi and doing a four part video series for an EP release.

Review Fix: How do you want your music to affect people?

Nightmare: We want it to give people strength. The songs you put on when you need to win. The songs you put on when you’re at a boss battle in a video game or real life.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Nightmare: Opening for Alesana and Famous Last Words on 10/12 then playing with Blood On The Dance Floor on 10/16. After that we plan to play Athens, Alabama on the fourth of November.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13877 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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