
The legendary Metal Church had been booked to the almighty Swedenrock festival 2006 for the first time ever. Of course it was more than obvious the man behind Metal Church Kurdt Vanderhoof needed to be interviewed for Metal-Rules.Com. The Seattle five piece has struggled thru the years since the early 80′s and now returned back to the limelight with a renewed line-up and a new album “THE LIGHT IN THE DARK”
Interview and pics by Arto Lehtinen and Marko Syrjala
Transcription by Blake Wolfe
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Tags: Arto Lehtinen, Jeff Plate, KURDT VANDERHOOF, Marko Syrjala, Metal Church, Ronny Munroe
Posted in 2006, Interviews | Comments (0)

Interview of Steve Edmondson
British doomsters Paradise Lost has just recently released their tenth studio album called "Paradise Lost". Prior album release band did a "mini tour" in last December which also reached Finland this time and i was able to discuss about new album and various other things with their bass player Steve Edmondson. Read on !
Interview by MARKO SYRJALA
Pictures by MARKO SYRJALA and www.paradiselost.co.uk
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Tags: aaron aedy, doom, gothic, greg mcgregor, jeff singer, kissfinland, lee morris, Marko Syrjala, nick holmes, PARADISE LOST, steve edmundson, tavastia
Posted in 2005 | Comments (0)
BLAZE BAYLEY
Interview and pictures by Marko Syrjala
Thanks to Duke for the Transcription
Blaze Bayley is probably best known for the wrong reasons because most people in the music world remember him only because of his brief period as the lead singer for Iron Maiden. However he has done a lot more during his long lasting career. Before Maiden he did several albums with Wolfsbane and after Iron Maiden he formed a new band called Blaze which last summer released their third studio album called "Blood and Belief". I was fortunate enough to meet Blaze before his performance at Wacken in 2004 and then we talked about Blaze, Wolfsbane and of course a little about Iron Maiden too? Here are the results of that nice conversation? enjoy!

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Tags: Blaze, Blood and Belief, Iron Maiden, kissfinland, Marko Syrjala, Silcon Messiah, Steve Harris, Syrjala, Wolfsbane, X Factor
Posted in 2005 | Comments (0)