{"id":187,"date":"2011-11-24T09:03:02","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T17:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/?p=187"},"modified":"2012-05-02T16:18:45","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T10:48:45","slug":"interview-scale-the-summits-chris-letchford-discusses-touring-fractal-axe-fx-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/Interviews\/2011\/11\/24\/interview-scale-the-summits-chris-letchford-discusses-touring-fractal-axe-fx-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Scale The Summit&#8217;s Chris Letchford Discusses Touring, Fractal Axe-FX (Audio)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Andrew Bansal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"sts\" src=\"https:\/\/fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net\/hphotos-ak-snc4\/74841_478942666224_41752021224_5896022_7664442_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Instrumental progressive metal band Scale The Summit is undoubtedly one of the best bands I&#8217;ve seen and heard in the past two years. Despite the fact that there are no vocals, their music is compelling enough to hold the listener&#8217;s attention very well. Till date they have released three studio albums. The latest of them, The Collective, was released in March of this year on Prosthetic Records, certainly a great piece of music, and right up there with the best albums released whole year. Besides the awesome music, they put on a great live performance as well. Having toured with bands like Dream Theater, Periphery and most recently Cynic, they&#8217;ve had plenty of opportunities to do that and in the process they&#8217;ve been winning new fans every night.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Last night, on November 23rd, they ended their tour with Cynic at the Key Club in Hollywood, and after their fantastic set, I got a chance to sit down with Chris Letchford to discuss the band&#8217;s recent tours, their on-stage setup through the Fractal Axe-FX system, future plans, and more. 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Despite the fact that there are no vocals, their music is compelling enough to hold the listener&#8217;s attention very well. Till date they have released three studio albums. 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