INTERVIEWS
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…
THE GIFT Leader MIKE MORTON Talks New Album: “We Wanted to Go In A Different Direction, Make the Music a Little More Raw—And We Did it.”
For the past 15 years, Mike Morton has been the one constant in the British Prog band The Gift. Composer, lyricist, singer, frontman, and the…
GEORGE LYNCH Talks LYNCH MOB and Upcoming Endeavors: “I Think of Myself As My Own Animal, and It Would Be Hard For Me to Join a More Established Band and Fit Into a Mold”
One of the last standing heroes of the golden age of shred, George Lynch is still one of the most prolific players out there, and…
D-A-D Frontman Jesper Binzer Talks New Album: “We Experimented a Lot in the Past, But on This Record We Wanted to Sound Instantly Recognizable as D-A-D”
Scandinavian rock and roll legends D-A-D took their time to record their new album A Prayer for the Loud, but the wait was certainly worth…
STRYPER’s Leader MICHAEL SWEET Talks Tour and Upcoming Solo Album: “The Record Will be Called TEN and it’s a Metal Album, with a Different Guitar Player on Each Song”
Currently on the road supporting their 2018’s studio release God Damn Evil, STRYPER have been on a continuously successful streak since 2013 when they released…
Legendary YES Drummer ALAN WHITE: “YES is All About Looking Over The Horizon, Not At It”
For the past 47 years Alan White has been synonymous with the band Yes, taking over from Bill Bruford in 1972 without missing a beat.…
JIMMY WALDO Remembers ALCATRAZZ Early Days: “Our Record Company Wanted Us to be FOREIGNER or SURVIVOR, and We Were a Hard Rock Band”
As part of the Graham Bonnet Band’s 2017 “The Book” tour in Japan, a three night special engagement and reunion of Alcatrazz was presented much…
Former FATES WARNING Singer JOHN ARCH Talks Lyrical Themes And Musical Influences: “Most of My Friends Have Met BRUCE DICKINSON. I Hate Them All”
Picking up on their first mammoth hour-long interview, the legendary original Fates Warning singer spills the beans on his love of Iron Maiden, his own history with the…
Drummer CARL CANEDY Talks THE RODS New Album: “It’s Balls-to-the-Wall Heavy Metal, Song After Song. No Ballads and Nothing Your Mom Will Be Humming”
Some statements are so unambiguous that they require no further explanation: “If you like the first song, then the odds are you’ll like the whole…
JOLLY Drummer LOUIS ABRAMSON On New Album ‘Family’: “We’ve Been Dying to Give it to Our Fans For So Long”
JOLLY, the genre-defying band from New York City, has endured more than their fair share of struggles in their ten-year career. Everything from having their…
LUCA TURILLI Talks Upcoming TURILLI/LIONE RHAPSODY Album: “We Wanted to Modernize Our Approach to Symphonic Metal”
Whenever and wherever guitarist, keyboardist and composer Turilli and vocalist Lione have been working together, the result has been something extraordinary. Something both metal and rock lovers around the…
Report From the Road: RIVERSIDE’s Mariusz Duda Talks Experiencing Wasteland in North America
In the midst of their longest tour of North America, Riverside leader Mariusz Duda takes some time to speak with Scott Medina right before taking…