Mistakes Helped Them Grow as a Band

"I wouldn't change what I knew going into this at all," Tollas says. "It's the mistakes I've made and fucking up along the way that have gotten me where I am now. I learned so much over the years gaining experience from different, incredible (and sometimes very difficult) adventures."

'The Phantom of the Opera' Inspired Some of 'The Incubus'

As we mentioned above Tollas and the band were inspired by a particular musical, and that is The Phantom of the Opera.

"Christine's name came from the main character of The Phantom of the Opera," he says. "The story though, literally hit me like a train out of nowhere in the middle of the night. From the very first song to the last one, all at once. I got out my phone and wrote the story and outline down immediately. The next day I started my research, which is something I do for each one of our concept albums to gather all of the information I can get in order to properly portray the different characters and their situations."

Tollas Has a Running List of Album Ideas on His Phone

"I actually have a huge list of different concept ideas in my notes on my phone," Tollas explains. "Most of them never see the light of day, but every now and then I'll think of something that just clicks. Sometimes I'll even take pieces from an idea and combine then with pieces from another idea. And sometimes, very rarely I might add, the entire concept just hits me like The Incubus did."