SEPULTURA’s Front-man DERRICK GREEN Talks “Quadra” Album: “There’s True Power When We Are All Together In the Studio As A Unit”
It goes without saying that the global metal scene would not be the same without SEPULTURA. For 35 years now, the Brazilian icons are not…
MIKE PORTNOY Talks New SONS OF APOLLO Album: “MMXX Is Us Taking the Band Into The Present and The Future”
Few artists are as busy as drummer Mike Portnoy in the music industry today. A proud “member of 83 bands” – a fictional number which…
RAGE Mastermind PEAVEY WAGNER Talks New Album Sound: “The Idea Was to Bring All RAGE Styles Together in A Homogeneous Way”
Not many metal acts can look back at as comprehensive, multi-faceted and varied a career as Rage. Founded in spring 1983 in Germany, the band…
World Renowned Graphic Designer / Art Director HUGH SYME Talks Working with RUSH, DREAM THEATER and Many Other Bands
Hugh Syme is a graphic artist whose name has been indelibly linked to Rush since he did his first work for the band, the cover…
MARCUS JIDELL Discusses New AVATARIUM album: “We Wanted a Heavy, and Big Fat Production, a Little Bit Darker Than Our Previous One”
On November 22, doom metal wizards AVATARIUM released their heavy and emotionally dense new album “The Fire I Long For”. The new effort sees them…
BOBBY INGRAM of MOLLY HATCHET Reflects On Band’s New Live Album: There’s A Unity You Can Hear On This Record: Between The Fans and The Band, And Musically”
Molly Hatchet, the unstoppable ambassadors of Southern Rock, are back again with a new live offering, entitled “Battleground”. Their last album of original material might…
Renowned Producer SASCHA PAETH Talks Recent “Signs of Wings” Album: “Heavy Metal Music Should be Raw and In-Your-Face, Not Overproduced like Most Music Today”
After four or five years of discussions about a possible collaboration with Frontiers Records, renowned German producer, guitarist, and songwriter Sascha Paeth agreed to join…
PINEAPPLE THIEF Mastermind BRUCE SOORD Reflects On the Band’s Evolution: “Early PINEAPPLE THIEF Was Really Just Me, and Now It’s Turned Into a Truly Collaborative Outfit.”
Bruce Soord started The Pineapple Thief twenty years ago, but almost feels like they have become a new band in the best sense of the…
PRONG Mastermind TOMMY VICTOR Reflects on Upcoming EP Release: “The Record Business is Strange Right Now. Maybe Releasing EPs Is a Good Formula Moving Forward”
Drawing influences from the origins of metal as much as from alternative rock, Prong has always been a difficult band to categorize. They rose to…
VOYAGER’s Guitarist SCOTT KAY Reflects On “Colours In The Sun” Album: “Having a Consistent Lineup Has Really Helped Us Build Momentum”
November 1st represented a new chapter in Voyager’s already extensive career: their seventh full length, “Colours in the Sun”, was unveiled, bringing all the classic…
IRON KINGDOM Members Talk New Album and Their Love for Heavy Metal: “This Is The Music We Always Wanted to Play, That’s Why We Sound Real”
Like it or not (and I kinda don’t), there’s been an upswing in 80s nostalgia going for a few years now. I personally suspect that…
Concert Review / Interview with RON BUMBLEFOOT THAL: “I Had to Learn a New Way to Sing for the Recent Tour with ASIA”
Certain artists simply transpire versatility, and refuse to be pigeonholed in a single style. That’s the case with guitarist Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, whose career has…
ECLIPSE Singer ERIK MARTENSSON Reflects on New Album and the Formula for Writing Catchy Songs: “Writing Complex Songs Is Easy, the Most Difficult Thing Is to Write a Simple Song with Hooks”
In March 2019 ECLIPSE main songwriter Erik Martensson was voted one of the top 10 songwriters in the world by renowned Japanese metal magazine BURRN!…
BLIND GUARDIAN Leader HANSI KÜRSCH Talks “Legacy Of The Dark Lands” Album: “I Feel Relieved And Proud It, And It Was a Natural Step for BLIND GUARDIAN to Record an Album Like That”
Never a band to rest on their laurels, Blind Guardian have always moved forward and changed their sound from time to time. From their speed…
Canadian Singer LEAH On The Metal Lifestyle: “It’s Bigger Than The Music. The Music Is Just Part Of The Culture.”
With four full-length albums and a notable guest appearance under her belt, Canadian singer Leah has been making waves lately with her distinctive other-worldly take…
