Macabre Omen – Interview with The One Questions: Ann Sulaiman Despite its significant downs, 2015 was also a year with a few ups – one of them being the release of the much lauded Greek black metal album ’Gods of War – At War’ by one-man outfit Macabre Omen. Ten years…
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Close Quarters – Bass player Martin and Guitarist KK
Close Quarters Bass player Martin and guitarist KK Thanks to Staffan Osterlind at Fassberg & Osterlind for setting up the interview. www.facebook.com/fassbergosterlindmusic Thanks to press responsible for the band: Mats Rydström Promo pictures taken by: Lars Brundin Additional live pictures taken from the archives of: Anders Sandvall Close Quarters is…
TOMMY HENRIKSEN – solo artist, Alice Cooper band, Hollywood Vampires, ex -Warlock
TOMMY HENRIKSEN INTERVIEW AND PICTURES BY MARKO SYRJALA Tommy Henriksen is an American musician from New York who is best known from his current work as a guitarist / songwriter for Alice Cooper’s band and Hollywood Vampires. Henriksen is also a solo artist and sought-after songwriter, arranger, producer and mixer.…
Moonspell – Interview with Fernando Ribeiro
Moonspell Interview with vocalist Fernando Ribeiro 16th November 2015 @ Der Hirsch, Nuremberg Interviewed by Oliver M.
Anti- Flag : Pat Thetic
Interview with Pat Thetic About 5 years ago, vocalist/guitaris Justin Sane from Anti Flag was playing a few solo gigs in Finland and I had the chance to interview him. Unfortunately, the recorder wasn’t on during the 60min talk I had with him, so that great interview got lost…
THE DEAD DAISIES – John Corabi and Marco Mendoza
THE DEAD DAISIES INTERVIEW AND PHOTOS BY MARKO SYRJALA The Dead Daisies are an Australian-American rock band formed by guitarist David Lowy in 2012 in Sydney, Australia. Although the band is still relatively new, they already toured the world with names such as ZZ Top, Aerosmith, KISS and Whitesnake with whom…
Leaves’ Eyes – Interview With Liv Kristine @ Islington Academy
Leaves’ Eyes Interview with Liv Kristine 10th November 2015 Interview by Jacob Ovington Leaves’ Eyes have become well known for their epic, Norse themed take on symphonic metal. Prior to their London show, we had the chance for an impromptu interview with Liv Kristine, one of metal’s most influential women.…
Diabulus In Musica – Interview With Zuberoa Aznárez
Diabulus In Musica Interview With Zuberoa Aznárez 10th November 2015 Interview by Jacob Ovington Photography by Graham Hilling
Undersmile – Interview with the band @ Damnation Festival
Undersmile 7 November 2015 Interview and Photography by M. Selim Yavuz I had the great opportunity to talk to Undersmile mid-day, half-drunk at Damnation Festival 2015 at Leeds University Student’s Union building after their gig. They were kind enough to come to the interview as the band. I had a…
The Wounded Kings – Interview with Steve Mills @ Damnation Festival
The Wounded Kings – Steve Mills 07 November 2015 Interview and Photography by M. Selim Yavuz Steve Mills (Guitars, Piano, Organ) from The Wounded Kings had kindly offered his time to me in Damnation Festival 2015 at Leeds University Student’s Union building. before their gig. We talked a bit about…
Lost Society – BrainDead- listening party at Sonic Studios Helsinki
The Finnish thrashers Lost Society got thrown into the larger attention after winning the Global Battle Of The Bands and inked a deal with the prestigious Nuclear Blast. The four young thrash maniacs took the metal world by storm with the intensive fast and furious speed/thrash maelstrom, but with the…
GENTLEMANS PISTOLS – Interview With James Atkinson
Interview With Guitarist/Vocalist James Atkinson By Peter Atkinson Photos from www.facebook.com/gentlemanspistols and Nuclear Blast Records England’s Gentlemans Pistols have maintained a steady, if somewhat low-key – and apostrophe-free – presence over much of their dozen years together. Led by frontman/guitarist/founder/lone original member James Atkinson, they have released three albums –…
Jonne Järvelä – Korpiklaani
INTERVIEW WITH JONNE JÄRVELÄ OF KORPIKLAANI Korpiklaani has been folking since 2003 by conquering the folk metal world with the Finnish culture and nature. Being one of the heaviest and hardest working bands with the nine albums out by now proves Korpiklaani’s folk metal machine is unstoppable. The ninth album…
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2015 – Interviews with Venom & Mayhem
Festival coverage & Interviews conducted by Robert Williams Live photography and video editing courtesy of Sandra Torres The Austin, Texas based Fun Fun Fun Fest recently celebrated it’s tenth year of triple-fun featuring an ever eclectic roster of performing acts that this year included Jane’s Addiction, L7, Cheap Trick, Wu-Tang Clan,…
Cryptopsy – Interview With Matt McGachy
Interview With Frontman Matt McGachy By Peter Atkinson Photos from Cryptopsy’s Facebook page Always a resilient band, Canadian extremists Cryptopsy seem to have bounced just about all the way back from their near-fatal misstep of 2008 – the divisive, perplexingly out of character album The Unspoken King, regarded by many…