INTERVIEWS
RIVERSIDE’s MARIUSZ DUDA Speaks About the Band’s Upcoming Album: “We Shine the Most When We Play Live, So I Thought . . . We Should Record a Studio Album That Reflects This Live Energy”
Polish artist Mariusz Duda is an unstoppable force of musical creation. Although he may best be known for heading the progressive rock and metal outfit…
ALEJANDRO NECOCHEA and BRYN BENNETT of BANG CAMARO Talk Upcoming Album “Bang Camaro III” and More: “Having the Recognition of Being Involved in the ‘Peacemaker’ Series Meant the World to Us”
After a 10-year absence from the public eye, Bang Camaro have reunited following the success of having their song, “Push Push (Lady Lightning),” in the…
POLAR Singer ADAM WOODFORD Talks Two-Year Process To Create “Everywhere, Everything” Album: “We Were Not Only Building a Record, We Were Rebuilding Our Relationship As a Band”
Polar have been making an insane amount of noise over the last six months. After the chaos of the pandemic, and the dust has settled,…
THRESHOLD’S Keyboardist/Composer RICHARD WEST Talks Recent Album “Dividing Lines”, Upcoming Projects, His Just Released Autobiography Book and More: “We Wrote the Best Songs We Could Come Up With, Without Thinking About Topping Our Previous Record”
For Threshold keyboardist and composer Richard West, the Covid-19 quarantines could have meant that he had too much time on his hands. No live gigs.…
VILLE VALO Reflects on Direction of “Neon Noir” Solo Album: “Its Music Is Somewhere Between BLACK SABBATH and DEPECHE MODE”
Going solo after your successful band breaks up can be a tough proposition. From the erratic solo offerings of Robert Plant to the polemic output…
TOM G. WARRIOR Remarks On Recently Released CELTIC FROST Box Set “Danse Macabre”, Their Original Mission of Continual Innovation, And The Difficulties In Gaining Acceptance For Their Music In Their Home Country: “Anything In The Arts (In Switzerland) Is Not Considered A Serious Occupation.”
When one contemplates the concept of extreme metal, the most common question other than whether black, death or grindcore can claim to be the closest…
JARED JAMES NICHOLS Talks Self-Titled New Album: “I Let the Energy of The Song Go Where It Needs to Go”
Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and Gibson ambassador Jared James Nichols has announced his self-titled new album will be released on January 13th via Black Hill Records.…
DEF LEPPARD’s Drummer RICK ALLEN Talks About His Upcoming Fine Arts Exhibits, Touring with MÖTLEY CRÜE: “We Thought They Were Done, But Didn’t Take Much Convincing to Bring Them on Tour with Us”
Rick Allen, legendary drummer of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Def Leppard, will be making a number of special appearances this December at the Wentworth Galleries…
TOM BARBER Of CHELSEA GRIN Tells All About Recent Double Album “Suffer In Hell”: “It’s CHELSEA GRIN Like You’ve Never Heard Us Before”
It’s been four whole years since we last got a full-length record from the deathcore heavyweights Chelsea Grin. “Eternal Nightmare”, the band’s first record with Tom Barber…
TONY ”DEMOLITION MAN” DOLAN Reflects On State Of VENOM INC. Band And Recent Studio Album: “Music Is An Emotional And Intellectual Connection – The Response To The Band Has Been Amazing”.
Bands splitting in two very rarely carry the same amount of freshness and innovation as their source: Oliver/Dawson Saxon, Riley’s LA Guns, Jack Russel’s Great White…for…
TARJA Talks Upcoming Best-Of Album and Solo Career: “We Need Music to Heal Our Souls”
Tarja Turunen has enjoyed a long solo career, one which began in 2007 with her breakout album “My Winter Storm.” More than ten years later,…
DAVID FISHOF – Creator of the Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp – Talks About Past and Present Editions: “It’s a Life-Changing Experience Which Will Make You a Better Musician”
David Fishof, the former Ringo Starr manager and founder of Rock ’n’ Roll Fantasy Camp will release his book “ROCK CAMP: An Oral History, 25…
TOBIAS SAMMET Reflects About Recent AVANTASIA Studio Album: “This Record Is a Visit to a Magic Theater, and Deals with a Lot of Themes of Escapism”
Sometimes our simple ideas take on a life of its own, and what started as something simple ends up taking more room in our lives…
KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD Talks 25th Anniversary Release of Landmark “Trouble Is” Album: ‘After a Quarter Century the Music is Still As Good As We Remembered, And We’ll Play it Live As Close to the Originals as Possible’
On December 2nd, the five-time-Grammy-nominated guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd will release ‘The Trouble Is…25,’ a top-to-bottom reinterpretation of his seminal album “Trouble Is…,” which struck…
C.J. PIERCE of DROWNING POOL Talks New “Strike a Nerve” Album and Band’s Dynamic: ‘We Have Never Been More Solid as a Band; in the Studio and Live’
Drowning Pool recently released their first album in six years, “Strike a Nerve”, via T-Boy/Ume. Though the album’s lyrical sentiment may sound as if it…