Sabaton bassist, Pär

Interviewed by Anders Sandvall
Thanks to Hobbe at Sound Pollution for setting up the interview.

Sabaton is a debuting Swedish band who recently released their album PRIMO VICTORIA on the label Black Lodge. They're also playing at this year's Sweden Rock Festival along with other festivals this summer and I took the chance to ask the bass player, Pär, a few questions about the band, their debut album, and plans are for the future for Sabaton.

Velvet Revolver
Thursday, March 31st, 2005
Pacific Coliseum
Vancouver, BC Canada

***Review and All Live Photography by Lord of The Wasteland

As I Lay Dying/Throwdown/All That Remains

AKA "The Minions of Mosh Tour"

Tuesday, March 29th, 2005
Richard’s on Richards
Vancouver, BC Canada

**Review & Photography By Lord of The Wasteland 

Jordi SANDALINAS
Interviewed by Anders Sandvall. 

Thanks to Hobbe at Sound pollution for help with the interview.
Thanks to Stephan at Massacre Records for getting me in contact with Sandalinas.
Promo pictures provided by Massacre Records.

Jordi SANDALINAS is an up and coming guitarist that currently released his debut with his selftitled band/project SANDALINAS. His originally from Spain and I got curious on what SANDALINAS had to say about his new album, about the band/project and what he has done prior to SANDALINAS so I took the chance to interview him and here are his answers.

In the 80’s when thrash ruled the world bands popped up all around. Especially in Europe where German got a dominating role what comes to having the outstanding thrash metal scene. Sodom, Kreator and Destruction have already become and gained the legend status in eyes of every extreme metal fan. But besides the unholy triangle of the thrash names, the German thrash metal scene had a lot of great bands to offer which remained more on the ug and cult status level and released a couple of albums and vanished around the change of the decade. Assassin used to be one of those bands having released two albums and was forced to withdraw until a couple of years ago Assassin got back  together and did a real metal thrashing mad set at Wacken.  Assassin’s guitarist Michael Hoffman (who was on Sodom’s Better Off Dead) quickly answered my questions…