Q&A With Jeremy from ECHOES OF TOMORROW

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Jeremy’s music with ECHOES OF TOMORROW combines metalcore, djent, and progressive metal, drawing inspiration from life in Thailand.

For French musician Jeremy, ECHOES OF TOMORROW is more than a metal project: it blends these genres with influences from Asian cultures, science fiction, and anime-inspired visual storytelling. This musical aesthetic explores everything from personal resilience to questions about artificial intelligence and humanity's future.

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In-depth Q&A With Jeremy from ECHOES OF TOMORROW

Here’s the interview between Jeremy and Dylanna Fisher of Switching Styles.

Tell us a bit about yourself.

I’m Jeremy, a French musician and the creator of Echoes of Tomorrow. I’ve been making metal music for over 20 years and have played in several bands, both as a guitarist and, mainly, as a vocalist. Echoes of Tomorrow brings that background into a blend of metalcore, djent and progressive metal.

Smiling bearded man in black hoodie and jacket leans by a concrete wall, with a neon-lit city skyline at night behind him. Jeremy from ECHOES OF TOMORROW

I live in Bangkok, Thailand, but I also used to live in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and I have a real soft spot for Japanese culture. So, yes, there’s quite a bit of Asia in this French metalhead!

All three cultures have found their way into my music and the visual world around it. They’re not just an aesthetic I picked for the project; they’re a big part of my life, and they keep giving me new ideas. Echoes of Tomorrow is where all of that comes together, with the volume turned up.

How did this project get started?

When I moved to Asia, I’d left my bands back in France, so I was starting from scratch. I wanted to put a new band together and blend my metal roots with the cultures around me, especially the distinctive sounds of Asian instruments. But finding musicians who shared that enthusiasm and wanted to play this kind of music wasn’t easy.

Eventually, I thought, “Well, I can keep looking, or I can get started!” That’s how Echoes of Tomorrow began as a solo project. It gave me the freedom to follow my own artistic direction, work and rework songs at my own pace, and explore subjects that really mean something to me. The music became much more personal as a result.

Songs like “Children of No Nation” grew out of that desire to bring those influences together. You can really hear the Asian influence in that one. In the end, starting over gave me the chance to create something that felt genuinely my own.

What is cinematic metalcore to those who may not know what it is?

For me, “cinematic” means that every song tells a story, with its own atmosphere, message and musical texture. Think of it as a little movie for your ears, just with heavier guitars!

My sound takes a lot of inspiration from that futuristic, almost cyberpunk feel you sometimes get in Bangkok or Tokyo. The artwork for my albums and singles, and videos like “Break the Chains,” let me bring that world to life visually. There’s a strong Japanese anime and manga influence, mixed with neon colours and a distinctly Thai flavour.

So it’s not just about putting cool images next to a metal song. It’s about the music and visuals telling the story together, and inviting people into that world.

Tell us more about the world of RISE.EXE.

RISE.EXE is a very personal album, mostly about growth and the things life teaches you along the way. Each song explores a psychological theme or a principle I try to live by, shaped by people I’ve met, books I’ve read, and my own experiences.

The title is also a little nod to a beginning: this is my very first album, and it marks the birth of my own musical style. So RISE.EXE felt like a fitting name for that first step.

“Yesterday’s Shadow,” for example, is about comparing yourself with who you were yesterday, rather than with everyone around you. “Break the Chains” looks at how our failures can help build our future successes, and “Rise Again” is about resilience: getting back up and finding a way forward.

So, beneath the futuristic visuals, the album is really about very human things. It’s not me claiming to have life figured out, just sharing lessons I’ve picked up and still try to put into practice. You could say it’s personal development, but with a much louder soundtrack!

How do the music videos and cinematic stories weave together?

I see the videos as another way into the song, rather than just something happening behind the guitars. The music gives you the feeling; the visuals give that feeling a world to live in.

With “Break the Chains,” for example, there’s a very human idea underneath the anime-inspired universe: the setbacks you go through can become part of what helps you move forward. The futuristic setting gives me a different way to share that message without turning the song into a motivational speech!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LABmrhTduOA&feature=youtu.be

Ideally, you watch the video, come back to the song, and hear it a little differently. But there’s still room for your own interpretation. I’m inviting you into a world, not handing you an instruction manual.

What inspiration do you take from science fiction, dystopian futures, or even current technological realities?

What fascinates me about science fiction is that the technology is rarely the most interesting part. The real story is what happens to people when the world changes faster than they can make sense of it. You can have incredible machines, beautiful cities and endless possibilities, and still feel completely lost inside that world.

That feels very relevant to the debates around AI today. I’m genuinely excited by what it could bring: scientific discoveries, easier access to knowledge, less time spent on exhausting or repetitive work. But freeing people from work and making them feel disposable are two very different futures. If so much of our identity comes from what we do, what happens when we’re told a machine can do it faster and cheaper?

We need to think about more than productivity. We need to think about purpose, dignity and belonging.

As a musician, I find the questions around creativity especially interesting. What moves us in a song: the sound itself, the intention behind it, or knowing that another person has felt something we recognize? Personally, I’m optimistic about AI. I see it opening far more doors in music than it closes, giving people new ways to experiment, explore sounds and bring their ideas to life. For me, that’s something to be excited about. Beyond music, though, there are different questions to ask, especially about trust when a convincing voice, image or video isn’t necessarily evidence of something real.

For me, that’s where the futuristic imagery becomes much more than an aesthetic. It gives me a way to explore those questions through stories and emotions, rather than pretend I can settle them in an interview. I’ve got songs, not a crystal ball!

That tension is at the heart of STILL HUMAN. I don’t think paradise or hell is inevitable. So much depends on who controls these technologies, who benefits from them, and what we choose to protect along the way. The question isn’t only how human we can make a machine. It’s what kind of life we’re building for the humans who will live alongside it.

Glitchy black-and-white portrait of a man on a white background; text reads ECHOES OF TOMORROW and STILL HUMAN.

What’s something upcoming that you’re excited to share?

I’m really excited about STILL HUMAN, my next album, planned for the end of 2026. Where RISE.EXE was about personal growth, this one looks at how we find our place in a world being reshaped by AI. There’s uncertainty in it, but also curiosity and a real excitement about what could come next.

I can give you a small spoiler: the title track tells the story of a human memory preserved after death and transferred to an AI. That’s all you’re getting for now! I’d rather let you discover where that story goes through the song.

Musically, I’m also bringing together a wider range of textures and leaning further into those Asian influences, while keeping metalcore, prog and djent at the heart of it. More colours to play with, same love of heavy music. I’m looking forward to sharing that next chapter.

Is there anything more you’d like to share about the project that we didn’t ask about?

First of all, thank you to everyone who takes the time to listen. Echoes of Tomorrow is a very personal project, so knowing that a song connects with something in someone else’s life means a lot to me.

I also want to give a huge shout-out to the metal media around the world. Most of the people I’ve had the chance to talk with have been incredibly kind and supportive, and I feel lucky that this music has opened the door to those conversations. Honestly, this community is the best. Whatever your nationality, religion or background, walk into a metal bar, and there’s a good chance you’ll meet a few mates you just hadn’t met yet. Different lives, same love of loud guitars. I love you all.

If you’re discovering Echoes of Tomorrow for the first time, check out the “Break the Chains” video and head over to eotbkk.com for more.

ECHOES OF TOMORROW brings together the weight of modern metal, the atmosphere of science fiction, and the personal reflections of an artist drawing inspiration from life across cultures.

Through RISE.EXE, Jeremy explores resilience, self-improvement, and the lessons that shape our lives, while the forthcoming STILL HUMAN promises to examine the increasingly complicated relationship between technology and human identity.