Let's talk about the last album you recorded in Cuba. “La hora de la Verdad” is the name of the album and it has a brave design produced inside the island. What happened to this record? Were you able to release it once in the United States? "..."La hora de la Verdad” is an album that was made in Cuba, with the same idea that all of ESCAPE's music. It has good social theme, we were trying to protest in our own way while still in Cuba, we protested for those who have been deceived by the government, and for those oppressed by the communist doctrine that have been imposed to follow for more than sixty years. The title of the album comes from the second song on that album. It’s a song that I wrote about my father’s life, who was a rebel army combatant, he fought in the mountains, and ended up as a soul captivated by lies and the revolutionary ideal led by the murderer and mobster Fidel Castro and his hitmen. My father was one another soul who died just six months ago, sunk in the most extreme poverty without ever seeing that dream come true.

The album cover and almost the entire recording was made by our bass player at that time, Alejandro de la Torre (El Dela), with whom I got very involved in trying to achieve a new product in terms of sound, without going against our energy and identity. I confess that there was a lot of conversations among all of us, trying to approve the new music without compromising the Hardcore and industrial Nu-metal energy that always defined us. As for the brave design, I think that the communists who check this kind of artwork, are also kind of jerks, so to speak, because they thought that our cover was an ode of honor to the highest "uninformative" media of the security of the state and the Cuban government: The Granma newspaper.

With the album, the only thing that happened was a great satisfaction in the band and I know that many of our fans loved it too. We won the so-called Cuba-disco 2010 Award in the best Rock album category. I know our music was used in several audiovisual projects inside and outside the Island, but I have to research a little more, because I do not have much information about it right now. About releasing it in the USA, it wasn't possible, especially because of our new country adaptation process, in which we lost several lifelong members and it was very difficult to adapt ourselves to this new life. It was hard to keep up with the band as we did in Cuba, although shortly after we were able to continue performing shows…”

SXSW Fest in Austin, concerts in Miami and New York have given you the opportunity to interact with different audiences. What sensations do you get from the memories of having played in NY and sharing a song with Alex Skolnick and later opening for TESTAMENT in Fort Lauderdale? “…Having played and met Alex Skolnick was a very positive experience and one of great joy and satisfaction for everyone who travelled to NY. He not only played "Rebelion" with us, but we were able to interact with him in a very pleasant way, and also meet many very young metal musicians who enjoyed our extreme genre. We feel very pleased to have that great experience. After having created that bond and with the help of Tracey, our great friend, and Jennifer, our old keyboardist, who later played with us in Miami for several months, we were able to be part of the lineup of one of the TESTAMENT shows at the Culture Room (Fort Lauderdale, FL). We found out that TESTAMENT was coming to play close to us, we contacted Tracey and Jenny, and the rest is history. They gladly added us to the event’s lineup, and with less than two week notice, we opened for this legendary band. It was a very well-produced show and we learnt from it a lot. We could see what it is like to play in an important event like this, how time is strictly regulated, the importance of each band having its own equipment ready hours before the show starts and the discipline in loading and unloading. All those factors were a bit shocking since we came from Cuba, a country that works completely different to reality. This show was a dream come true, the audience response was incredible, you could feel the connection and the good energy, the metal audience responded to us, even without knowing us, we loved it that night…”