We recently connected with Ven Miercy and have shared our conversation below.

Ven, thanks for joining us, excited to have you contributing your stories and insights. We’d love to hear about when you first realized that you wanted to pursue a creative path professionally.

Singing was always pure necessity to me. Some of my earliest memories are of singing outside while I picked dandelions, swung on the swingset, or spent time with the many animals we kept at our country house. When I first saw footage of Selena performing back in the 90s, I knew that was exactly what I wanted to do.

The stage has always felt like home to me- the one place I can truly come alive and become limitless. My early years were entirely school production exposures, but I was hooked. I began writing my own lyrics and vocal melodies at age 6 or 7, and can remember forming “girl’s groups” on my school playground, and we would practice choreography and sing my songs. This progressed into poetry contests; and I eventually returned to writing full songs in my teen years, focus driven on the subjects of depression, suicide, and abuse. My first ever original song performance was at age 17 for a modeling expo, when I brought my keyboard and played a solo I had called Eulogy.

Despite attempting to form several bands throughout my life, I did not find success until my twenties with my first group, Archonic Wave. After a few years, we disbanded, and a few of us reformed shortly afterward as Evernoir. This band has become my family, my best friends. It is my dream to perform for our audiences steadily- music is like oxygen to me, and that stage is still my home. I look forward to what the journey will bring, and to share more time and experience with our growing Noirbird family. It is an absolute privilege to be given the platform to share my story and my art, and pursue the goal of inspiring others the way that music has fueled and saved me.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I am the vocalist and lyricist of the metal band, Evernoir. Our music focuses around mental health and suicide awareness. This is something that is heavy on my heart, as I’ve struggled with suicidal depression for most of my life. I have a history of abuse across several relationships- some I chose, others I did not- and use music as a therapy tool for healing. During most of my darker periods, music was an escape and helped encourage me to continue fighting against these mental ailments; upon further discussion with my bandmates, this was a trait we shared. It became a unified desire within our brand to attempt to encourage others enduring this same battle; that our music may help them the same way others’ arts have done for us.

My lyrical style has begun to shift over the past few years. When we wrote Heart’s Deception, a duo album, my lyrics were more metaphorical, poetic, and altered for the specific story of the concept. While it was still my truth, it was a version told through narration of a character.
We are now getting ready to release our next full length studio album, Stages of Grief, which is also a concept; however, this is only because it follows the model of the “five stages of grief” and is aligned according to this theory. When I initially wrote these songs, they were a raw collection of statements that were later shaped more delicately- I was much more in the moment with what I was feeling. Sometimes this was blunt, and other times metaphorical. Poetry will always be a core sense of how I describe my emotions. It was important to me to make this album loud, and not necessarily in the literal sense; I wanted the words and the music to convey all that was pored into this particular chapter of our art. Vocally, this has involved quite a bit of progression on balancing vocal styles, giving my harsh vocals more of a spotlight. For me, screams are passionate, and I have been working to hone my abilities to ensure that I was able to deliver exactly what I was feeling within the song. It is by far my most vulnerable musical collection to date.

The other unique branding of Stages of Grief is that it is the first Evernoir album to have such a dramatic shift in writers. We released several singles off of this album with different members. We wrote a few more songs with new members, and then finished the remaining tracks with guest drumming friends of the band. One thing you can always count on is change, and life has called a few of our musicians to do other things, but they will always be part of this family. Saying goodbye and adapting to these roadblocks has its own forms of bittersweet sadness. In many ways, this album has appropriately captured the stages of grief, healing, and endurance we experienced for numerous band and personal situations during its writing progress. I’m not only proud of how this product turned out, but also of the wins Evernoir members have achieved throughout the ordeals.

It is my ardent hope that our music might help someone facing similar struggles, and that they might know that there’s hope. Coming out on the other side of this fight- whether it be illness, addiction, abuse, or toxicity- has its reward. You will be stronger for it. Your battles, your choices, and your actions are connected to this world so please remember to be kind to yourself and others. No one can replace you, replicate you, or define you; you are entirely one of a kind, and you matter. Once you figure that out, others will too.

In your view, what can society to do to best support artists, creatives and a thriving creative ecosystem?

It is vital to support your local music scene. Musicians, encourage your audience to stay; and listeners, watch all of the sets on a bill. Maybe grab some friends and check out an “underground” show. Do not deny yourself the opportunity to love a new band you’ve never heard before! This is a grueling business, and it is important to respect the amount of work that goes into performing music. Check out those merch tables and support those bands. While social media and streaming has given us more opportunity to share and be discovered across the globe, it doesn’t appropriately pay our artists. Merch is the best way you can support a band. Many groups also have Patreons or other subscriptions, which can be a monthly support system that really makes a difference. If you can’t support a band financially, clicking that share button is free and easy. Tell your friends what the music means to you to give it context. Drop a comment under a band’s post to help get it circulation. Many of these things are a massive help to artists. And always, please remember to be kind. Art is subjective and you are entitled to form your own opinion on it; but remember that this is someone’s passion. You don’t have to like the product to respect the artist.

For you, what’s the most rewarding aspect of being a creative?

The connection with our listeners is by far the most rewarding return of what I do. We love to make music; and the idea that someone else fell in love with it, and that it made a difference in their life is an unfathomable blessing. It is true magic to be able to stand on that stage and feel the hearts of those looking up at you- to feel a web of connection throughout the room. The moment someone comes up to me and tells me that my music has impacted one of their struggles for the better, I know that it was all worth the effort. I love our Noirbirds so very much, and am immensely grateful that they’ve shared in our journey with their own stories and their support. They make this experience come to life.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://evernoirband.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evernoirband/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Evernoir.Official
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@evernoir
• Other: https://www.patreon.com/Venmiercy

Image Credits
Fractured Icon Photography, Troy Wl, Death Head Photos, Amy Salvaterra Photography