Interview with Manntis Vocalist Jake Sirokman

***Interview By Lord of The Wasteland

 ***Photos coutesy of Century Media Records and Manntis.com

The latest golden boys of Century Media Records are Riverside, California’s Manntis and deservedly so.  Packing a lethal dose of aggression behind a guitar tandem that isn’t afraid to lay down some serious solos and riffs, Manntis’ debut album, SLEEP IN YOUR GRAVE, was just released on June 28th, 2005 and is sure to be a staple of many year-end favorite lists.  The band first struck a chord during the summer of 2004 as they participated in MTV’s THE BATTLE FOR OZZFEST program with the winner landing a coveted spot on Ozzfest 2005.  Although Manntis came in third (out of thousands of bands), the track they recorded for the competition—“The End’s Where It Begins”—is an integral piece of SLEEP IN YOUR GRAVE, showing the band’s diversity and dynamic nature.

I recently conducted an interview with Manntis vocalist Jake Sirokman (AKA “Jake Daniel’s”) and he tells his side of being reality show stars, landing a major indie label deal and specific instructions on how to play “beer pong.”

709 Metal Fest II

Misery Index with Entropy and Cyprian.
Bar Show @ Junctions / May 10th, 2005

Live Review by EvilG / Pictures by Rick

It’s not often that a metal band from away travels to the most eastern point in North America, St. John’s. The last metal bands that made the trek here were Helix, and thrash legends Infernal Majesty. This May at the “709 Metal Fest” (709 is the telephone area code for the province) we were treated to a death metal assault all the way from Maryland, USA – MISERY INDEX. 

I met up with Jocke from Hellfueled when they were support act to Mustasch in Malmö a few weeks ago. Hellfueled released their debut album VOLUME ONE last year and have also released an EP called MIDNIGHT LADY. I had a chat with Jocke and asked him about the band (who are a pretty new act to the public here in Sweden), about the album, the tour, etc. A longer interview with the band will be coming later this year when they release their new album. 

Zinny Zan of the Swedish band Zan Clan
Interviewed by Anders Sandvall
Thanks to the band for supplying me with promo pics.
Thanks to Robert at GMR Music Group for setting up the interview.

Zinny Zan is one of the inventors and founders of the Swedish glam/sleaze genre. He has recently released a new album with his friends in Zan Clan so its the perfect time to ask this legend some questions about his long career in acts like Easy Action, Shotgun Messiah, and of course his new album and the band Zan Clan.

Keep It True IV
Review and Pics by Blackgoat & Skyklad

Friday April 1st
Warm Up "Fist Held High"
Dittigheim "Sporthalle"

For the fourth time in not even 2 years Skyklad and I went on this pilgrimage of Metal. Our trip from Regensburg to Tauberbischofsheim (a 2 hour drive) went surprisingly uneventful thanks to a quick trip to the FIAT dealer the day before where I had the loose muffler of my car welded. It would've been a disaster losing that on the motorway and most definetly more expensive than the 3 EUR I had to pay there. Saved us a lot of money for the impending Metal Market.