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Here we are again… The mighty Jalometalli Open Air Metal festival strikes back once again with a killer line-up to maintain its metallic lofty status on the Finnish festival map. The festival is known for relying on an old school metal approach offering traditional metal to extreme metal. The festival offered a great deal of bands from the classic metal to the extreme black metal. The festival had also paid attention to young rising and local bands which had been placed to play at the small third sage. That was unique and thankfully most of the bands sounded killer. The Metal Rules team hit the ground of Oulu to testify several absolutely killer bands. The whole Jalometalli as a festival is so unique and one of kind that anyone reading this article should take a glance at the offering of the festival. Here is a brief article on the fest.

Article – Arto Lehtinen and Petri Seppänen Da Costa

Pics by Arto Lehtinen

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INTERVIEW WITH JUAN GARCIA:

GUITARIST OF EVILDEAD AND AGENT STEEL

 

Interview and live pictures by Arto Lehtinen

Back in the 80′s albums such as UNSTOPPABLE FORCE, SKEPTICS APOCALYPSE, ANNIHILATION OF CIVILIZATION were effectively spun on the record players of several thrash metal fans. Those albums belonged to the raging thrash metal era when thrash metal was unique and intense. The gigs were pure mayhem and chaos. Juan Garcia of Agent Steel and Evildead, and of course Abattoir, has been in the metal scene and seen the furious metal years in the 80′s, the low times in the 90′s, and the resurrection of metal. Agent Steel were a unique band with vocalist John Cyriis with the traditional classic metal style. After Bruce Hall’s departure from Agent Steel, Cyriis returned to the band. Besides Agent Steel, Juan Garcia is also involved in the reunited thrash metal patrol Evildead. The five piece recently published a new song and are doing more and more gigs. I had a pleasant task to talk Juan Garcia about both bands and how he views metal nowadays.

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Los Angeles reunited Thrash Metal Legends EVILDEAD have recorded and released their first official studio track entitled “Blasphemy Divine” in over 2 decades. The song was produced by George Pajon and is available for streaming and Free Download. There are talks of SPV/Steamhammer Records reissuing the complete past catalog that includes the debut album “Annihilation of Civilization” “The Underworld” and the classic “Rise Above” Ep. The band is currently writing new material for a brand new album for future release. The complete band line up includes original members; Juan Garcia – Guitars (Agent Steel), Mel Sanchez – Bass (Abattoir), Albert Gonzales – Lead Guitar (EvilDead / Death), Rob Alaniz – Drums (Noctuary, Winterthrall, Despise You), and new vocalist Steve Nelson (Winterthrall, Noctuary).

The song can be previewed and downloaded at:  http://soundcloud.com/evildead-1/blasphemy-divine
For more information on EVILDEAD visit the official website: www.evildeadofficial.com

EVILDEAD ARE:

Juan Garcia – Rhythm & Lead Guitars

Mel Sanchez – Bass

Albert Gonzales – Lead & Rhythm Guitars

Rob Alaniz – Drums

Steve Nelson – Vocals

EVILDEAD