Seven Kingdoms - BUS INVADERS Ep. 2176 - video Dailymotion

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Become a member (it's FREE) at https://digtb.us/signup Buy official DTB merch at http://digtb.us/merch  On this episode of DTB’s “Bus Invaders”, we take you inside the touring vehicle of the power metal band, Seven Kingdoms, while on Blind Guardian’s “Somewhere Far Beyond North American Tour 2025” with Ensiferum. Seven Kingdoms is currently supporting their newest EP, The Square.  VIDEO INFO: Film Date - December 2, 2025 Location - The Vic Theater in Chicago, IL  KEEP UP WITH SEVEN KINGDOMS: Facebook - https://facebook.com/SevenKingdomsOfficial Instagram - https://instagram.com/sevenkingdomsofficial TikTok - https://tiktok.com/@sevenkingdomsofficial Twitter - https://twitter.com/7KSKOfficial  FOLLOW US: Website/Email List - https://www.digitaltourbus.com/#/portal/signup YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/digitaltourbus Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/digitaltourbus/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@digitaltourbus Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/digitaltourbus/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/digitaltourbus Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.com/digitaltourbus/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/digital-tour-bus-llc Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/digitaltourbus  VIDEO SUMMARY: 00:00 Introduction 00:39 Skip Intro 01:08 Lounge 09:43 Bunks  ABOUT DIGITAL TOUR BUS: Digital Tour Bus is your backstage pass to your favorite touring artists! With daily video releases, we cover all genres, and have had the pleasure of featuring the likes of Matchbox Twenty, Twenty One Pilots, Megadeth, MGK, Papa Roach, AJR, Pierce The Veil, Simple Plan, A Day to Remember, and thousands of others over the past 15 years. "Bus Invaders" takes you inside an artist's home on the road, "Cooking at 65mph" showcases the culinary skills of artists on tour, "Gear Masters" unveils the equipment musicians use on stage, and "Stage Threads" dives into the meaning and inspiration behind the clothing artists wear during their performances.

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00:00The front, while we're driving, cooks this whole inside.

00:02I think this is Colton's stuff, so he's the youngest, so he's got his Oreos and his chips.

00:08It's the biggest gas chassis that I could find without going to the 550 chassis.

00:43Hello, how you doing?

00:45Come on in.

00:46What's up?

00:47This is Camden from Seven Kingdoms and also the brand new company called Knight Rider USA.

00:52We're on tour here in Chicago today with Seven Kingdoms, Insafaram, and Blind Guardian, of

00:58course, at the beautiful Vic Theatre, and we're going to show you around our brand new proof

01:03of concept rig that will be starting to be leased next year.

01:07So check it out.

01:09We've got a lounge back here.

01:11We're in a 2026 E450 cutaway chassis that we've had converted.

01:17Everything's been really nice and insulated.

01:19So we've got a 42-inch TV, we've got a really nice lounge space over here that's towards

01:25the back.

01:26And then, yeah, we've got actually, this is our fridge, so it's a big dual-zone cooler.

01:33So we've got like, it can freeze or do fridge stuff.

01:36So as you can see, it's packed.

01:37So basically we keep everything in here, like leftover rider stuff or stuff we need to frigerate,

01:42anything that's frigerated, frigeratable or freezer, freezerable.

01:46We actually haven't, I can adjust this to make one a freezer or one fridge, but we haven't

01:52frozen anything or just stick it outside, really.

01:55Right now, but yeah, a simple, a simple little rack that works, you know, just to hang all

02:00of the jackets and stuff.

02:02We have a microwave that we haven't even touched.

02:04We've used the coffee maker a couple times, big TV.

02:08This is our storage area.

02:10We've literally got just some Velcro that keeps everything from sliding and it works.

02:15So, yeah, that's, it's really simple what we've done, but it's functional.

02:19It's made specifically for bands, made specifically for my band, and if it works for me, it'll

02:24likely work for you.

02:25So we've got a bunch of drinks down here, but most of it's stuff from like Walmart.

02:30I mean, we usually, we are, we're opening, so our rider's not super big.

02:33So we usually drink everything and eat everything if we even get stuff to eat and snacks.

02:39So a lot of this is like stock from like Walmart and stuff and people want to get their

02:42on stuff that we keep in here.

02:44So actually here, we've got these, these are where we keep our shoes and they'll actually

02:48stack and then fit under here.

02:50I've got a battery backup right here that we run a small heater on.

02:54This kind of cooks the inside.

02:55We have a big heater up here, but it just draws a lot of battery.

02:59So we have this to use warm and then when we're driving, we'll, the front cook kind of

03:06really cooks everything.

03:07So as far as energy, we are generator-less.

03:11I did not want to have, um, a second combustion motor drawing gas while the other one was

03:18there.

03:19So we designed it with, uh, I think 15 kilowatt hours or 15,000 Watts of battery backup.

03:26It's like a $15,000 worth of battery.

03:28Um, underneath that seat, there's five 300 amp mega amp or whatever it is, lithium batteries.

03:34And then we have a 3000 watt inverter.

03:36That is charged by a secondary alternator that we installed on the motor that is just dedicated

03:43to do that.

03:44So it doesn't touch the original Ford alternator, which handles the car.

03:47There's a second one that turns, uh, to charge the batteries.

03:51And this, like I said, this, uh, this is designed to drive four to eight hours every day.

03:55And that's how we recharge because I'm already burning gas, you might, and it's already turning

04:00a flywheel.

04:02So we might as well just turn a second alternator.

04:04That's why I didn't want to do the generator.

04:05Cause it's just going to make our fuel economy go even further down.

04:08Um, but like I said, it's an E450, uh, it's a 7.3 liter Godzilla Ford motor gas.

04:14I didn't go diesel because if I go diesel, I'm going to build a larger thing and go make

04:19a larger unit and deal with all the craziness that is diesel and maintenance with that.

04:23So we're a regular, it's the biggest gas chassis that I could find, um, without going to the

04:28550 chassis.

04:30But, uh, basically, uh, yeah, so we got AC, the AC cooks and the heat cooks, but, uh,

04:36the heat draws a little bit more.

04:38So I just, for my own sake and efficiency, we have a little heater.

04:41So basically with the, uh, from what I'm told, uh, this vehicle is going to be starting to

04:46get leased next year to anyone that contacts me, uh, because we're a small company right

04:52now, we're just starting.

04:53I don't have my own independent insurance.

04:55So we're using, uh, a third party to cover us.

04:59Um, so essentially what they've told me is there needs to be physically enough seatbelts

05:03for, uh, how many bunks there are.

05:05So essentially we have two seatbelts in the driver cab, which is closed.

05:08And then we have five pairs of seatbelts back here.

05:11So essentially it's designed for seven.

05:13From what I'm told, everything is about intent.

05:16So the intent is for everybody to have a seatbelt.

05:20We have some cabinet space stored up here.

05:22It's just miscellaneous stuff.

05:23We got our snacks, uh, random stuff.

05:26We got some Oreo.

05:27I think this is Colton's stuff.

05:29So he's the youngest.

05:30So he's got, you know, his Oreos and his chips.

05:33We got some healthier stuff.

05:34You know, some rice cakes, the peanut butter is just anyone's, uh, you know, wants to get

05:39full quick, some popcorn.

05:42We usually go out, we usually get like a buyout.

05:44So like, this is really just sort of like midnight or if they're just trying to get hungry.

05:47I'm not even really sure what all the hell this is.

05:50Um, gotta have dude wipes.

05:54Um, so yeah.

05:55And then I think this corner we have a bunch of, uh, like plates.

06:02It just so happens we have a, uh, Charizard EX box.

06:09It's one of those Pokemon trading card collectors.

06:11But yeah, just some plates and some random stuff.

06:14It used to be prettier, but you know, halfway through the tour, you start throwing stuff

06:17everywhere.

06:18But yeah, sound bar, got a coffee maker.

06:22Um, I'm not sure if the coffee, this is my coffee maker.

06:24It might not come when it gets leased because it's mine.

06:29The microwave will come with it.

06:31Got stuff we haven't even touched this entire tour.

06:34This is, uh, the remote for the AC unit.

06:37So it'll do heat or, uh, AC, um, regarding the heat, I'm actually going to, it's, it's,

06:43it's the first tour that we've had it, um, and we're touring in the really, really

06:46cold areas.

06:48Um, everything works fine, but I just, it's the first one and my band also needs it.

06:53So for the first couple of years that we're in business, we probably won't be available

06:57if your tour is in the, like the extreme winter, just for safety sake.

07:01And your boys got to use the rig too.

07:03So I don't want anybody like crushing my rig.

07:06Um, but this is actually a, our max air fan.

07:10So like on the days, like when we were in Florida and North Carolina and such, and it was

07:15like 70 degrees out, we just turn this off.

07:18And we suck air in from the outside and like, it's super efficient.

07:23We don't run out of power.

07:24I mean, not like we're running out of power anyways, we have a huge battery backup, but

07:27it's just about efficiency.

07:28Really?

07:29This is our touch screen.

07:31So you can see how much, uh, we're, we're doing, I actually have 1200 Watts of a solar

07:36on the top of this.

07:38So it slows down the draw.

07:40I mean, it doesn't, uh, it doesn't, we'll get 1200 Watts of solar.

07:44You'll get somewhere between 700 and 900 Watts on a perfect sunny day, maybe a thousand if

07:49you're really lucky.

07:50Um, but regardless, we have the solar on the top and then that slows down the draw, but

07:55essentially here when you're hooked up to grid.

07:57So we have shore power availability, it'll show it charging here.

08:00And these are our batteries.

08:01This DC power is going to turn on, uh, when we start running the, uh, the motor and you'll

08:07see the, the DC charging because essentially the alternator and the solar provide DC power

08:11to the batteries.

08:12And then the AC loads is like, you know, the air conditioner is, it's not AC like air conditioning.

08:17It's the alt or alternating current, uh, stuff.

08:20Cause essentially like the LEDs is all DC power, the outlets and the AC is AC power.

08:26So you can see all the draw and actually when I get home, they're going to put a tiny little

08:30wire in and there's going to be an orange box right here that shows the like dedicated

08:35wattage of the solar that's being dumped in.

08:36So it's really easy to do.

08:38Um, we can charge right now, it's set up to charge 15 amps, but I can charge it at 30

08:43amps

08:43with a regular RV thing.

08:44But, uh, essentially you can plug it in with a regular, uh, extension cable, like a 110,

08:4915 amp thing.

08:51So it's very easy to find power.

08:53Um, if you need it, I mean, I can't have it today cause we're across the street, but that's

08:57what we have the battery backup for.

08:58So that's about it.

09:00Uh, we have a door, which is actually more important than you would think.

09:03And in the cold, we found out that this door comes in really handy cause we can let this

09:08kind of get cold while everybody's sleeping, close this.

09:11And then while we're driving, as long as we keep the slide open, the front, uh, the front

09:16while we're driving cooks this whole inside.

09:18So we're not even using any of the battery power, which is kind of interesting.

09:23So, uh, but yeah, let's take a look into the bunks.

09:26Uh, this is Sabrina's bunk right here is the singer.

09:29So each bunk has a light.

09:31We've got a max fan and then we have in the corner, I don't think you can see it, but

09:35there's,

09:36uh, units to, you know, plug your phone in and stuff.

09:39Um, these bunks were designed, uh, specifically for us.

09:44So Kevin is our tallest guy.

09:46He's six foot, six foot something.

09:48So all the bunks are six, will fit a six foot two person.

09:51Um, and they're wider than any coach bunk that I've ever been in.

09:55So out of all the buses that I've been in, these bunks are nicer, custom made.

10:00So, um, this is the slide through.

10:02This is the pass through for the driver.

10:05So essentially like he just kind of comes in here and we can lock this open so we can get

10:08the, the breeze of the heat or the air, whatever we need.

10:12And then this is a, the driver bunk.

10:14And essentially you can almost fit like, well, you can't, you can fit two people up here if

10:17you had to.

10:18Um, so that's really nice up here.

10:20And like I said, the driver driver's up here when he's sleeping and then it's empty when

10:24we're driving.

10:25So we're designed for seven people.

10:27Um, obviously my band has four band and three crews.

10:33That's why we, we designed it for this way.

10:35Uh, but yeah, that's basically it.

10:37It's a fairly simple design, but I designed it because I've been touring forever.

10:42And, uh, everything is designed to play a show, drive four to eight hours, play a show,

10:47so on and so forth.

10:48So, uh, it's been, it's been, it's been, it's really cold this time of year.

10:54So, uh, it's been, and it's, it's worked out.

10:57Like I said, this is the first tour.

10:58This is our proof of concept.

11:00Um, and there's a, there's a couple of little, I mean, just really tiny little things that

11:05I'll adjust, uh, when I get home, but it's here nor there really.

11:09It's just my own personal, like, ah, I want to fix this.

11:12Not really fix it, but just add.

11:14But, uh, yeah, it should be, it's good for, I've got a little trash can over there too.

11:19Over in the corner by the fire hydrant.

11:21Um, fire hydrant?

11:22Whatever it is.

11:23The fire extinguisher.

11:25There we go.

11:26A little, uh, you know, Sabrina's been riding on the, uh, shout out to Kuma's Corner.

11:30They got us burgers today.

11:31We have a signature burger.

11:33But yeah, everything's been really good.

11:35Um, and I couldn't be happier with it.

11:37You know, especially being a band that own their own 15 passenger van.

11:42You know, we were driving and we were grinding.

11:44We own, we own the van.

11:46So we were able to make a good amount of money extra because we didn't have rent.

11:51You know, we just had a maintenance bill and we were driving ourselves, but we're getting

11:55a little older.

11:56And after the last winter tour that we did, I was just like, I'm not doing this again.

12:00So we spent a whole year designing this, buying it, having it converted.

12:04And, uh, this is the tester tour.

12:06So essentially once we get home, I've had a great time in it.

12:10Uh, we've survived and it's been very comfortable.

12:13And, uh, if I can do it, you can do it.

12:15And that's the idea is it's, uh, we're designed for, uh, we're, we're going to be the chassis

12:20before you go to bandwagon, essentially.

12:22Uh, we offer a little bit of a different product and it's for growing bands, not necessarily,

12:28uh, you know, bigger bands.

12:30So we're trying to enter the market in the step beneath the big giant diesel moving truck

12:34chassis.

12:35So it's essentially a cruise America designed for bands because I've been in the cruise

12:41Americas and they're just kind of hard to deal with cause they're made for a campground.

12:44So every ounce of this chassis has been designed specifically for a touring band because it's

12:50mine.

12:50And that's what I designed it for.

12:52So, uh, and it'll pull, like I said, we have a small, uh, six by 12, uh, six by 12

12:57double

12:57axle trailer that will be available with it.

13:00Um, if you want to pull a trailer, you have to use that one, um, and rent it from us.

13:04Otherwise I'm gonna put a block in there and you can't pull anything.

13:07So, uh, but yeah, it's my personal vehicle.

13:10Uh, the company that's going to launch next year is called Knight Rider USA.

13:14We also have a smaller unit.

13:16It's going to be a sprinter, a Mercedes sprinter vans of 2023.

13:19I think it's got 20,000 miles on.

13:20It's almost brand new too.

13:22This has got 5,000 miles on it right now.

13:23It's really brand new.

13:25Uh, but that'll be at a different price point.

13:27Uh, and it's got six bunks and a couch in it.

13:30And that's pretty much what's in it cause it's smaller, but it'll be a lot more affordable

13:33than this.

13:34And like I said, this will be under, uh, this will be about a, I think we're doing 599 a

13:38day

13:39and 399 a day for the sprinter, uh, before the bells and whistles and insurance and stuff.

13:43So it's worked out really well for us so far.

13:48And I, like I said, we were, you know, we're in the, you know, the teens of, of cold right

13:53now.

13:53So it's really cold, but, uh, it's been pretty comfortable.

13:56Like, uh, and it's, it's been interesting not having a generator, but, uh, you know,

14:02it's a, it's a new concept to, uh, just have no like AC power generator.

14:07But, uh, like I said, everything runs on battery and it's been running really well.

14:11And, uh, it's been really good.

14:13We've actually been able to find power too.

14:15Not that we need it, but it's just a matter of just like, I'm hooking up every time we

14:18can just because, uh, and essentially it's been, it's been really well.

14:22I think the lowest we've ran it so far was like 45%.

14:25And then it's sincerely, it takes five hours of driving to, to charge it again.

14:30So like we're hit every day at a hundred percent basically.

14:33But yeah, that's, that's pretty much it.

14:35Thank you for checking it out.

14:36Check out seven kingdoms.

14:37We're a power metal band from Florida.

14:40Uh, and we're here in the Vic.

14:41We got a tour of blind guardian and it's a farm.

14:43We're about halfway through.

14:44So go check us out on Facebook, Instagram.

14:46If you're interested in renting next year, uh, some, one of my units, either the Sprinter

14:52or the Knight Rider, check us out on Instagram for right now at Knight Rider USA rentals on

14:58Instagram.

14:58And then sometime in January, our official website will be up.

15:02Uh, I'm working on it right now.

15:04I'm actually waiting to get a bus wash when we go down the West coast so I can take some

15:08cool pictures of it on the West coast.

15:09So, uh, but go check it out.

15:11Uh, you'll be talking directly to me.

15:14This is a very private, I only have one of these units and I'm hoping to have four to

15:18six of them over the next five to 10 years.

15:20Uh, but like I said, just hit me up and it's a very private.

15:24I'm going to be very meticulous with whoever rents it and stuff like that.

15:27And it's going to be, you know, something very close, close to us that we're trying to offer

15:31the industry that I know we use and are benefiting from.

15:34So therefore you will too.

15:36And it'll offer you something a little bit different for the market.

15:39So I'm really excited for it.

15:41And also thanks to, thanks to bus invaders for helping us out and getting the word out.

15:44So we really appreciate it.

15:45Check out seven kingdoms and Knight Rider USA.

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