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Recently I was able to sit down with Moonspell vocalist Fernando Ribeiro and discuss with him everything from new and old Moonspell, touring the U.S., human nature, and many other topics.

Interview and Live Photos by Shaq

Interview Questions by Shaq and EvilG

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Moonspell/Katatonia/Daylight Dies

Sunday, October 22, 2006

BB King’s Bar and Grill

New York City, NY USA

* Review and live photos by Shaq

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I was recently able to sit down with founding members Anders Nyström and Jonas Renkse of Katatonia on their current and first ever tour of the < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />United States opening for Moonspell and ask them some questions. 

Interview and Live Photos by Shaq

Interview questions by Shaq and Lord of the Wasteland

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PAUL GILBERT
< ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />September 1st, 2006
Interview By Celtic Bob

Racer-X and former Mr. Big guitarist takes a few moments to sit down and chat with Metal-Rules.com about his new album, the past, and the future.
 

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Sacrifice - Rob Urbinati
Interviewed on September 28, 2006 by Blake ‘Metal’ Wolfe

We got to speak with vocalist/guitarist Rob Urbinati of Sacrifice after their recent reunion performance at Toronto’s second annual Day of the Equinox (DOTE) festival. We spoke to Rob about the festival, the reunion how & why, re-issued CD’s, the possible future for Sacrifice, etc.  Enjoy! 

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Brian Vollmer of

Interviewed By Celtic Bob

Brian Vollmer of the Canadian Rock and Roll band HELIX takes a few moments to discuss his new album, the future and everything and anything in the world of Planet Helix.

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Nazareth / Streetheart / Headpins
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Edgewater Stage at Plaza of Nations
Vancouver, BC  Canada

**Live Review & All Photos By Lord of The Wasteland

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The Haunted – Peter Dolving

Interviewed on Rocktober 4, 2006 by EvilG

Transcription by evil rotten spawn

Interview questions by EvilG and Lord of the Wasteland

Live Pics by Metal-Rules.com

The Haunted have returned with THE DEAD EYE, their second album since reuniting with original vocalist Peter Dolving. The new album may surprise some, but not those who listened closely to their previous album, rEVOLVEr.  We talk to Peter about the new album’s sound, direction, and lyrics; his recent infamy thanks to his blogging on Myspace; touring; and of course his "love" of shredding…ha! Enjoy!

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Rowan Robertson

Interviewed by Crashtest

Rowan Robertson made a big splash on the international metal scene in the early 90s when, at the tender age of seventeen, he assumed  the lead guitar duties in the legendary Dio.  Rowan’s subsequent work on the LOCK UP THE WOLVES album was jaw-dropping and proved to the metal world that he belonged on it’s stage.  During the tour in support of that album, he again proved himself more than worthy to follow in the footsteps of Vivian Campbell and Craig Goldy.  When Ronnie James Dio rejoined Black Sabbath to record DEHUMANIZER, many in the metal community lost track of Rowan’s musical pursuits.  I had the opportunity to catch up with Rowan recently and talk to him about his new band, the Los Angeles-based band DC4. In addition to Rowan, DC4 features Jeff Duncan (Armored Saint, Odin) on lead vocals and guitars, along with brothers Matt Duncan on bass and Shawn Duncan (Odin, Bird of Prey) on drums.

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Astral Doors
Support to Blind Guardian
Kulturbolaget
Malmö
Sweden
21/9 – 2006

By: Anders Sandvall
Pictures by: Anders Sandvall

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Dio
Scandinavian Tour
Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark
28/8 – 2006

Review and Photos By: Anders Sandvall

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By Brat, Jacobo and Arto
Pics by Brat, Arto and Toni “Eldiablo” Salminen

Brat: It was a year filled with tradition as the 17th Wacken Open Air offered us something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.

Old bands came in from hard and long slogs, reunions and reformations—Scorpions, Mortal Sin, Celtic Frost, Carnivore, Morbid Angel, Ministry and Rose Tattoo.

Organisers introduced a compulsory 15 Euro metal bag filled with handy goodies (a blow up drink holder, raincoat, torch and of course, garbage bag, in a lightweight drawstring bag that doubled as a mini backpack) printed with the longhorn logo in an attempt to reduce the garbage left on the campsite at the end of the festival. In theory, when you returned a filled garbage bag to the depot, 5 Euro was refunded, but somehow our car didn’t seem to receive the mystery token which “authenticated” the garbage, depriving us of our 5 Euro “deposit”. The new overbridge connecting the festival and press areas constantly tested people’s sobriety. If nothing else, my butt and leg muscles got a great workout over the three days.

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Nikolo Kotzev

Brazen Abbot / Nostradamus

Interview and pics by Marko Syrjala

In the following interview Nikolo Kotzev discusses his career with Baltimoore, Brazen Abbot and Nostradamus and an upcoming project. He also recounts tales of the many people he has worked and some he almost worked with over the years, including Bruce Dickinson, Glenn Hughes and Joe Lynn Turner.

Brazen Abbot have so far released five studio albums: "Live and Learn" (1995), "Eye of the Storm" (1996), "Bad Religion" (1997), "Guilty as Sin" (2003) and "My Resurrection" (2005), aswell as a documentary DVD called "A Decade of Braze Abbot" (2004). In addition Nikolo Kotzev has released under his own name the "Nostradamus" (2001) project and featured on Baltimoore’s "Double Density" (1992) and "Thought for Food" (1994) albums.

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THERUPY is the name of the new Kottak album that’s out in stores now. Kottak is named after the bandleader and frontman James Kottak but the band went earlier under the name Krunk and with the new bandname there were a few line-up changes going on so when opportunity showed up I took it and interviewed James Kottak about his band and new album.

Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall

Thanks to Lars Chriss at Escapi Music Group for setting up the interview

Promo pictures provided by Escapi Music Group

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WIT’s

Johan and Pece 

Interview and pictures by: Anders Sandvall

Recently I got to talk talk with member’s Johan and Pece that plays drums and guitar/vocals in the Malmö based band WIT.This interview was conducted at a Café in downtown Malmö, Sweden.The band has released a self financed brilliant EP that gives us a preview of what we can to expect from them in the near future.

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