VADER’s Front-man PIOTR WIWCZAREK Talks Writing “Solitude In Madness” Album: “All the Songs I Created for This Record Are a Little Piece of My Life”
Mainstays in the death metal scene for almost three decades, Vader have embodied the spirit of old school in each release since their 1992 debut…
Former Music Executive MICHAEL ALAGO Talks Signing METALLICA, Working with NINA SIMONE and Much More: “I Knew METALLICA Were Going to Be Huge Since The Very Beginning”
You may not know exactly who Michael Alago is, but if you’re a metal-head, you have a lot to thank him for. Working as an…
MYRATH’s Drummer MORGAN BERTHET On Band’s Upcoming Live CD/DVD: “We Put Everything We Had in That Show and DVD, To Show the Fans What MYRATH Could Deliver On Stage”
Tunisian metal band and pioneer of blazing desert metal Myrath had a really huge year in 2019. The quintet wowed international audiences with their magical…
TREVOR STRNAD of THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Talks Upcoming Album and Band’s Evolution: “The Real Focus in the Last Years Has Been Making Better, More Lasting Music.”
Another step in their continuing evolution, The Black Dahlia Murder return with more sonic diversity and emotionally-driven songwriting than ever in their upcoming album “Verminous.”…
TESTAMENT’s Guitarist ERIC PETERSON Discuss New Album And Band’s Current Dynamics: “I Believe We Have Gotten Better with Age”
The time is now again for Testament to unleash new thunder to the masses, as the band has revealed their thirteenth studio album “Titans Of…
MIKE LEPOND Talks New Band DEADRISEN and Debut Album: “We Wanted the Band to Sound Live, with a Modern Production and to Go Anywhere We Wanted Stylistically”
Having risen to fame in what is now regarded as the “classic” Symphony X lineup, Mike Lepond has surely kept himself busy in recent times.…
CLUTCH Frontman NEIL FALLON Reflects On Their “Weathermaker Vault Series”: ‘Revisiting Those Old Songs Was Like Reading an Old Diary”
Flattening the curve is a strange concept for Clutch, the Maryland rockers who continue to experience an exponential growth in their loyal fan-base. If you…
WOLFHEART Leader TUOMAS SAUKKONEN Talks Upcoming Album: “I Have A Very Personal Connection With This Record, Which I Don’t Have With The Previous Ones”
WOLFHEART, the solo project of Tuomas Saukkonen, has done it again. Their brand of Finnish melodic doom death, or as they like to call it,…
TESLA’s Singer JEFF KEITH Talks New Acoustic Album “Five Man London Jam” Significance: ‘It Was About Reliving the Experience for Us’
Tesla will be releasing their new live album “Five Man London Jam”, on March 27, 2020, via UMe. The album was recorded and filmed in…
JOE SATRIANI Reflects On New Album: ‘Writing “Shapeshifting” Allowed Me to Be Myself In As Many Different Ways As Possible”
On April 10th, world renowned guitar innovator and virtuoso, Joe Satriani, will be releasing his latest studio album, “Shapeshifting” via Sony Music/Legacy Recordings. Joe comes…
Prog-Rock Veteran FRANK WYATT On His New Album “Zeitgeist”: “As The Title Says, I Wanted to Present Something That Represents the Feelings and Emotions of Today”
Back in the mid-1970s, a Prog group came out of Harrisonburg, Virginia of all places. It was not a YES or Genesis or ELP knockoff. …
HYBORIAN Members Talk New Album “Volume II” and Songwriting Process: “When We Write, We Try To Go Beyond Our Ability To Play It – That Pushes Us To Become Better Musicians”
Kansas City’s newest metal heroes Hyborian are a young band, formed in 2015. Combining the octane-coated stoner metal of High on Fire, the progressive thunder…
LEPROUS Drummer BAARD KOLSTAD Talks “Pitfalls” Album, RENDEZVOUS POINT and Prognosis Festival: “When I’m Searching New Music I’m Not Going Only for Progressive Rock Bands, I’m Going for All Kinds of Music”
Leprous and Rendezvous Point drummer Baard Kolstad was interviewed by contributor Niko Savic before the Leprous show in Istanbul on February 13th. During the interview…
Heavy Metal Founding Father ROSS THE BOSS Reflects On New Album and His Playing Style: “You Won’t See Any Kind of Ego-trip Guitar Playing from Me. I’ve Been a Team Player All My Life”
When it comes to 80’s guitar playing, the first obvious names that come to mind are shredders like Yngwie, Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai and…
World Renowned Drummer VIRGIL DONATI Reflects on the Writing of New Effort “Ruination”: “Writing from Your Soul and Your Heart is Something You Can’t Manufacture – You Either Have It or You Don’t”
Virgil Donati belongs in a different class of musicians: his determination to improve himself and challenge past concepts is second to none, and his prowess…
