Hammerfall

Swedish Outbreak Tour 2012

Imminence – support act

Kulturbolaget

Malmoe

Sweden

11/3 – 2012

Reviewed and live pictures by: Anders Sandvall

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Marco Kern master mind / singer, guitarist – Garagedays

Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall

Thanks to Tom Hack at Massacre Records for setting up the interview.

Thanks to Massacre Records for providing the promo pics.

Garagedays is the name of the Austrian band that recently released their brilliant debut album DARK AND COLD to the metal masses. I hooked up with band leader and master mind Marco Kern in order to set the record straight regarding the bands past present and future as well as DARK AND COLD as the recording process that took them to Sweden. Garagedays has also been out as support act to the band Master and the music of Garagedays ought to appeal to fans of heavy metal. 

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Bandleader/drummer Soren “Snoppi” Van Heek

Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall

Thanks to Tom Hack at Massacre Records for setting up the interview.

Thanks to Massacre Records for providing the promo pics.

If you’re into power/heavy metal music then you should check out the brand new Wizard album  ….OF WARIWULFS AND BLUOTVARWES from the German act Wizard. The band have been active for 22 years so I thought it was time to get a hold of bandleader Soren “Snoppi” Van Heek and to have a long talk about the band, its history, the new album, and of course the future.

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 Edguy

Age Of The Joker European Tour

Kottak – Special Guest

Fullforce – Support Act

Kulturbolaget, Malmoe, Sweden

September 23, 2011

Reviewed and live pictures by: Anders Sandvall

Edguy launched their European tour at Kulturbolaget in Malmoe Sweden. I was there and saw the world premier of the new tour and it was amazing. Along with Edguy were special guests Kottak and the support act Fullforce. Read below and see what happened during the show.

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Guitar player Erwin Suetens – Fireforce

Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall

Thanks to Tom Hack at Massacre Records for making the interview possible.

Thanks to Masacere Records for the promo pictuers on the band

Fireforce is a an act from Belgium that recently launched their debut album MARCH ON to the world. I met up with Erwin Suetens, one of the guitar players, to have a chat about the band and the new album. The bands music can be categorized as power metal and MARCH ON is jammed with every element a great power metal album needs. Read the interview if you you’re curious on how the Belgian metal-scene is doing.

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Interview and live pics by Arto Lehtinen

Thunderstone have carved its mark on the Finnish metal map with strong albums and tight gigs. The band’s latest effort EVOLUTION 4.0 is strong evidence of the band’s ability to create melodic but tightly played metal. The five piece spent the whole spring in the limelight as they were semifinalists in the Eurovision song contents here in Finland. So, it was about time to get a hold of the band’s mastermind Nino Laurenne to discuss the latest album and of course other interesting topics such as working with the Finnish idol winner, a new guitar album project and recalling the time when he used to play in Antidote and toured with Accuser and HeadHunter all around in Europe.

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NOCTURNAL RITES

Nils Eriksson is the bass player in the Swedish act Nocturnal Rites, a band that celebrates a decade as a band. Their new album is now out in the stores, it’s called GRAND ILLUSION. I got in touch with Nils for the  second time around in order to talk about the new album and the fact that the band have been in the business for a stunning 10 years.

Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall

Thanks to Jenny Walroth at Century Media Sweden for help with the interview

Thanks to Century Media for Promo pictures of the band

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