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This is a shorter interview with mastermind/lead singer Andy Pierce of United Enemies. The band has recently released their debut album ALL THE SICK THINGS WE DO on the glam/sleaze label Swedmetal Records. Pierce is a busy man that also has reunited his old band Nasty Idols, however, this interview is gonna evolve around Untied Enemies and their brand new brilliant album.

Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall

Live and pictures on Andy by: Anders Sandvall

Thanks to Micke at Swedmetal for setting up this interview

Thanks to Swedmetal Records for the promo pictures of the band

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Interviewed by Anders Sandvall

Thanks to Stefan at Zink Music for setting up this interview
Thanks to Frontiers for the promo pictures of the band

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Interviewed by Anders Sandvall

Promo pictures are taken from the band´s homepage
Thanks to Max for letting me to use the pictures in this interview

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Obituary and Onslaught

feat. Dam and Dead Beyond Buried

The Underworld, Camden, London, UK
5th July 2007

All live pics and review by HannTu

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Article and pics by Arto Lehtinen and Marko Syrjälä

(Addiotional comments by J. Huovila – Thanks)

Wow! This is the seventh time that the Finnish Metal-Rules squad made an invasion to the mighty Swedenrock festival. Almost 70 bands descended upon the southern area of Sweden for a festival that turned out to be an utter blast from the beginning to the end! The bill of Swedenrock festival 2007 covers a wide range of metal styles and even classic rock stuff such as Kreator to Black Oak Arkansas and everything between. Therefore, there was at least something for everyone who attended the festival. As usual, the whole festival was once again sold out with around 30,000 people at the area every day. The Swedenrock festival has always had tremendous luck with the weather every year. Once again the gods of weather had given their blessing for this rocking metallic heaven on the earth with an extreme hot and sunny weekend that burned red the skin of several festival goers.

As written in the first sentence, this is already the seventh time that the Swedenrock festival has been featured in the site of Metal-Rules.com, so it is quite logical for us to give an in-depth article of several bands performing at Swedenrock. However we are not able to cover every band, but hopefully you will have a pleasant reading moment… Enjoy !!!

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IMMORTAL´s Demonaz talks about the band´s new coming…

Interview and live pictures by Luxi Lahtinen

Warriors from the icy kingdom of Blashyrkh, Immortal, have returned! They are stronger than ever before. The band decided to have a 4-year break starting in 2003 simply because the band felt they were loosing that important yet vital spark that kept Immortal´s heart pumping smoothly – and what´s most important, in a creative way.

With Abbath, Demonaz, Horgh and Apollyon in the Immortal line-up in 2007, the band is full of enthusiasm and passion and are once again ready to deliver their goods like when they started 17 years ago. The spirit of Immortal has been re-found and new material is in the works. This is something for every Immortal fan to look forward to for sure.

Immortal has a ´reunion´ tour going on called “Seven Dates of Blashyrkh” and the band stopped by the Finnish Tuska festival on June 29th for the very first time (that was also the very first time for Immortal to play in Finland). I managed to find one of the Immortal´s main song writers, Demonaz, from one cozy-looking hotel in the downdown of Helsinki a day before the show – and Demonaz was very eager and passionate to tell for the readers of Metal-Rules.com about all the recent updates from the Immortal camp as well as about his own solo project Perfect Visions that he´s working for with Abbath, Ice Dale and Armagedda - plus just much more.

So, Demonaz – as the fact is…

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Poetic Justice

2007, Escape Music/Zink Music

Rating: 1.5/5

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Fading American Dream

2006, DRT Entertainment/ Bass Tacks Records/Sound Pollution

Rating: 3.5/5

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Some Kind of Heroin

2007, Earache Records/Sound Pollution

Rating: 1,5/5

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Heaven’s Gate

2007, Perris Records/Border Music

Rating: 2/5

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S/t

2007, Metal Heaven/Border Music

Rating: 2.5/5

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Bruisin For Cruisin – Remastered

2007, MTM Records/Zink Music

Rating: 3.0/5

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Fate

S/t – remastered

2007, MTM Music/Zink Music

Rating: 2.5/5

 
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Captain Murphy

Human Cannonball

2007, Wild Kingdom/Sound Pollution

Rating: 2.5/5

 
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Evergrey - Tom S. Englund

Interviewed By: Siomn Lukic
Transcribed by: Claudia
All pics from www.evergrey.net

It goes without saying that Evergrey are a unique band. Having formed in Sweden in 1996, the band has fascinated listeners with exceptional studio albums and an equally captivating stage show. The band is currently readying themselves for the release of their new album which should be in the hands of fans before Christmas. I had the opportunity to speak to vocalist/guitarist Tom S. Englund and he filled me in on a few things about the band’s songwriting process as well as eagerly awaited new album. 

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