DEVIL’S ISLAND featuring Cairiss

DEVIL’S ISLAND featuring Cairiss

Welcome to this weeks edition of Devil’s Island! Every week we maroon a band or artist on the island and see what they get up to, how they cope with being all alone on a small island in the middle of the ocean. It’s not your average desert island and we’ll see just how each person copes with the extreme conditions.

This week when we arrived at Devil’s Island we find Cairiss sat on the beach. The island is far from their home, so how did they end up here and how did they cope with life on Devil’s Island?

Find out now…

Welcome to The Razors’e Edge and our somewhat lovely, warm desert island. Don’t worry about it’s name I’m sure it’s not as bad as that would suggest.

You’re marooned here on this island, but before you ended up shipwrecked you chose one album that you couldn’t live without. Which album did you each chose and why?

Ethan – Watershed by Opeth because it’s got everything you could want

Martin – Alien by Strapping Young Lad because it’s really angry, and I’d be really angry so that fits

Lydia – Voyage of the Acolyte by Steve Hackett because you need some prog in your life

Freya – Preacher’s Daughter by Ethel Cain because everyone loves feeling deeply sad on an island

Connor – Slippery When Wet by Bon Jovi because something needs to counteract the sheer misery we’d get from Ethel Cain

Just behind that palm tree is a shack for each of you to stay in, with enough space for you to put up a poster of one album cover. What album cover do you each choose?

Ethan – Dance of Death by Iron Maiden

Freya – Metal Magic by Pantera

Martin – As Ink in Water by Asira

Lydia – Melting Sun by Lantlos

Connor – The White Album by the Beatles

There’s also a bar on this here island. But alas each of you only get to choose one drink for the entirety of your stay. What’s your tipple of choice?

Ethan and Martin – White Russians

Connor – Espresso Martini

Freya – Protein shakes

Lydia – A nice cuppa tea

Your suitcases were lost when your ship sank, but you each managed to salvage one item of band merch. What’s the merch and for what band?

Ethan – 3 Inches of Blood tanktop, it’ll be hot!

Freya – Mesmerise System of a Down shirt that’s over 20 years old

Connor – Taylor Swift hoody for those cold nights

Martin – Devin Townsnend mug because of the hilarious typo on it

Lydia – Wacken OA lighter from 2008

You’re sat on the island thinking “I’m stuck here on this island with my bandmates for eternity”… who would you rather have been shipwrecked with?

Someone who could a build a boat would be better than any of us

There’s a walkman in your pocket, on the tape inside is the recording of the one live show that stands out for you. It could be any show, from any band, anywhere in the world. What show is on that walkman?

Martin – Tokyo Warhearts by Children of Bodom

Lydia – Live at Blues Alley by Eva Cassidy

Ethan – Rebirth of Dissection by Dissection

Freya – Live at Pompeii by Pink Floyd

Connor – Alter Bridge Live at the Royal Albert Hall

You’re getting desperate, you decide the only course of action is to put a message in a bottle and hope someone finds it. Your message could be to any member of any band, but should be the most suitable for a rescue attempt. Who is it?

Bruce Dickinson because he has a plane!

You’ve been stuck here a while and food supplies are running low. There’s only one thing for it… which fellow band member gets sacrificed to help the others survive?

I guess whoever dies first..

Finally, when the ship sank you each managed to save one person from the wreckage. That person is the one musician that has influenced your career the most, shaped your way of thinking and your outlook on life. Who did you save?

Freya – Serj Tankian

Martin – Steven Wilson

Lydia – Phillip Glass

Ethan – Mikael Åkerfelt

Connor – Phil Collins

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