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HAKEN’s Guitarist RICHARD HENSHALL Reflects On His Solo Album: “The Cocoon Is About Those Watershed Moments That Make You Perceive Things In An Entirely Different Way”
Most commonly known for his work with progressive metal stalwarts Haken as well as Nova Collective, Mike Portnoy’s Shattered Fortress, Richard Henshall is now about…
DESTRUCTION Leader Marcel “Schmier” Schirmer: “DESTRUCTION Is My Band, My Life and My Destination”
Thrash Metal legends DESTRUCTION’s upcoming musical manifest Born To Perish will certainly create a furor when it hits the shelves next August 9th. The brand-new…
MEGADETH’s Bassist DAVE ELLEFSON Talks Band Future: “We Have Plans Well Into 2020, We Just Need to Clear The Deck For 2019”
If being a member of one of the biggest thrash metal bands of all time wasn’t enough, MEGADETH’s Dave Ellefson is doing so much more…
NANOWAR OF STEEL Bassist: “We No Longer Want to Just Write Silly Songs. We Put Out Some Serious Good Music and It’s Hard For People to Take Us Seriously”
NANOWAR OF STEEL (Formerly know as NANOWAR) is a comedy heavy metal band from Rome, Italy. Everybody thinks their name is a pun on the…
OCEANS OF SLUMBER On the Diversity of Their Lineup: “There’s A Big Difference In the Acceptance You Get With a Black Frontwoman Versus a Non-Black Frontwoman.”
Drummer Dobber Beverly of Oceans of Slumber minces no words about the issues the band has faced during their brief but rapid climb. Singer extraordinaire Cammie Gilbert, the target of…
HAMMERFALL Singer JOACIM CANS: “Our Motto For the New Album Was ‘Good is NOT Enough. It Has To Be Great!”
Swedish metallers Hammerfall have a new album in the bag. Entitled Dominion – you can peek at our review here – it features their traditional…
DANKO JONES Talks New Album and Band Increasing Popularity: “We’d Rather Play Outside of Canada and Be Able to Tour the World”
April 26th 2019 brought to light the highly-anticipated new album, A Rock Supreme, by the acclaimed Canadian hard rock group Danko Jones. Produced by Garth…
DAMN YOUR EYES’ Guitarist ARTIE ALEXANDER: “We Don’t Write About Dragons Or Fantasy, But About Stuff People Can Identify with As Happening In Their Lives”
New York-based heavy metal band DAMN YOUR EYES may seem new to the scene, but they are anything but green. The band – formed by…
VOLA Singer ASGER MYGIND Reflects On the Band’s Creative Process: ” What We Will Create Next Will Always Be a Reaction to What We Have Just Done “
VOLA’s sophomore album, Applause for a Distant Crowd, was released on the tail end of 2018, and is causing quite a stir in the prog…
Legendary Drummer SIMON PHILLIPS Discusses His Lengthy Musical Career: “I Didn’t Become JUDAS PRIEST’s Drummer Because I Was Already Committed to JACK BRUCE Band”
If we were to discuss all the albums that Simon Phillips took part of, we could be busy for the rest of the year. Primarily…
YES Bassist BILLY SHERWOOD: I Was Always Being Told in My Earlier Bands, “Can’t the Bass Just Stay on the G Chord?” And I’d Say, “No CHRIS SQUIRE Wouldn’t Do That!”
For the past thirty years Billy Sherwood has been involved with the band Yes to varying degrees: songwriter, touring support musician, producer, full-time member, friend…
BRYAN BELLER and MARCO MINNEMANN Talk THE ARISTOCRATS New Album: “We’re Always Thinking about What Each Other Can Do with the Songs When We Bring Them to the Table”
One of the most adventurous and prolific power trios of recent times, The Aristocrats are back with a brand new album, entitled You Know What…?…
NOCTURNUS AD’s Leader MIKE BROWNING Reflects About New Album: “I Write Music Based on the Drums Rhythms and the Lyrics Instead of the Melody”
Resurrected from the ashes of one of the most influential death metal bands of all time, NOCTURNUS AD was initiated by founding mastermind/death metal legend…
NAD SYLVAN Talks New Album “The Regal Bastard”: “My Solo Records Give Me Plenty of Outlets to Do What I Want Musically Without Having to Compromise with Anyone Else”
Anyone who has gone to one of Steve Hackett’s “Genesis Revisited” concerts in the last six years will be familiar with singer Nad Sylvan, who…
GEOFF TATE Talks Recent Project SWEET OBLIVION: “I’m Genuinely Surprised and Very Pleased About the Fans and Press Reaction to this Record”
This year has been filled with wonderfully crafted music coming from all genres, and out of the most unexpected surprises thus far has been the…