Gene Hoglan

Interview by Lord of The Wasteland (with help from Arto Lehtinen)

**Transcription by "Duke" (Thanks, man!)

***Pics by Lord of The Wasteland and courtesy of Seventh Frame Photography, Century Media Records, Strappingyounglad.com, DarkAngelMusic.com and Emptywords.org

In a career that has spanned over twenty years, legendary drummer Gene Hoglan is a true pioneer of the heavy metal plains.  Dark Angel, Testament, Death, Strapping Young Lad?with jobs like this on his resume, chances are you have heard the bludgeoning skinsmanship of Hoglan.  Besides the big-name bands, Hoglan also dabbles in several side projects?both metal and non-metal?which allow him to branch out and explore the many facets of drumming.  Hoglan?s involvement with Devin Townsend both in his solo work and in Strapping Young Lad has been a relationship coming up on ten years with no signs of slowing down. 

Strapping Young Lad unleashed their latest sonic assault, entitled ALIEN, back in March and I got the chance to speak with Hoglan on March 21st?the day before its release.  Having met Hoglan on many occasions at local Vancouver shows, our 95-minute conversation was loose and full of laughs but also packed with insight into his many projects both young and old, as well as touching on Internet rumors, ALIEN, the ?real? Devin Townsend, his audition with Slayer, and many other things?. 

?Come a Little Bit Closer??
The Haunted on tour with
Damageplan and Shadows Fall

11/3/04-Worcester Palladium, Massachusetts
12/3/04-Irving Plaza, New York City
12/4/04-Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, New Jersey.
    
Report by MetalGeorge

Cleopatra Records released ?Hollywood Rocks? book a short time ago that was promoted by the Hollywood Rocks tour featuring LA Guns. The label has followed this release with a 4-CD box set featuring songs from arguably the greatest hard rock era of its time. In the compilation you will find demos, b-sides, live and rare tracks from the bands that made Sunset Strip what it was - Dokken, Ratt, Jetboy and many, many others. With so many bands on this project, I decided to interview the man behind the release ? Cleopatra Record?s Tim Yasui who gave the lowdown on this new release. You can check out their website at www.cleorecs.com to get more information.

Interview with Disbelief Bassist Jochen ?Joe? Trunk

Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall
Transcript by: Ulrika Henriksson.
 Pictures provided by Sound Pollution
Thanks to Niklas ?Hobbe? Andersson at Sound Pollution for help with the interview.

I was lucky to get an opportunity to interview Disbelief's bass player, Jochen ?Joe? Trunk. Disbelief have recently released their sixth album 66SICK and are now heading out on the road to crush Europe. This is what he had to say about the new album and about the band.

The new Thunder album THE MAGNIFICENT SEVENTH has just been released and here comes and interview with member Luke Morley ? main songwriter and guitarist of the band. Thunder are also booked for several shows throughout Europe and I was curious as to what the guys have been up to the last few years.

Interviewed by: Anders Sandvall

Thanks to Frontiers Records for the promo pictures of the band.

Thanks to Stefan at Atenzia records for the help with the interview