Interviews
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“I’m exactly where I want to be music-wise” – An Interview With Per Nilsson (Scar Symmetry)
Scar Symmetry – Per Nilsson Sweden’s Scar Symmetry is a band that has led a very eclectic, diverse career. Beginning, I’m told, as an “experiment”, Scar Symmetry was the vision of a small few who sought to create their...
- Posted 11 years ago
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“We always do stuff by the heart and to the fullest” – An Interview With Niclas Engelin (In Flames)
In Flames – Niclas Engelin In Flames is a band that has never been afraid to step outside the boundaries of ‘acceptable’ music by societal standards. Having fronted the early melodic death metal scene alongside bands like Dark Tranquillity...
- Posted 11 years ago
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“I keep on fighting because I feel I am a metal warrior!” – An Interview With Sakis Tolis (Rotting Christ)
Rotting Christ – Sakis Tolis Rotting Christ are not a band that mess around. The band I like to refer to as the ‘Greek Gods of Metal’ quite literally made my year when they announced that they’d be coming...
- Posted 11 years ago
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“Expect a rush of brutal violence!” – An Interview With Cadaver Mutilator
Bangalore Open Air enjoys a reputation as India’s biggest metal festivals and the line-up for 2014 is as brutal as they come! Only a few days away, I had a quick chat with the lads from Cadaver Mutilator, a...
- Posted 11 years ago
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“We’ve still upheld that neanderthal, aggressive sound!” – An Interview With Rob Barrett (Cannibal Corpse)
Cannibal Corpse – Rob Barrett Cannibal Corpse are not your ordinary death metal band. They’re incredibly gruesome, mind-numbingly heavy and will pretty much make your ear-drums bleed! I caught up with the awesome Rob Barrett, guitarist of the band...
- Posted 11 years ago
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“It reflects all the energy we put into our music” – An Interview With Sully Erna (Godsmack)
Godsmack – Sully Erna Godsmack are a band I’ve been listening to since I was in my early teens, at that awkward stage where you’re trying to figure out what’s what. For me, the hard rock Massachusetts band had...
- Posted 11 years ago
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“It’s about breaking all your own rules” – An Interview with Herman Li (DragonForce)
DragonForce – Herman Li DragonForce. They’re a name almost everyone in the metal community knows. For better or worse, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who hasn’t heard “Through the Fire and Flames”. But over the years, this extreme power...
- Posted 11 years ago
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“It’s all about moving forward and not looking back” – An Interview With Mike Mangini (Dream Theater)
Dream Theater – Mike Mangini Dream Theater is just one band you cannot help but love: a band that has been around for ages and consistently put out albums that boast sheer musical ingenuity each time. Their most recent...
- Posted 11 years ago
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“It’s complete nonsense. But good nonsense!” – An Interview With Christopher Bowes (Alestorm)
Alestorm – Christopher Bowes I love Alestorm. They’re a band that combines much of what I love into a single band. Interspersing lyrical themes about pirates, mythical monsters of the sea, and their various escapades, Alestorm aren’t afraid to...
- Posted 11 years ago
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“We are still very much focused on what we’re doing here and now” – An Interview With Andreas Kisser (Sepultura)
Sepultura – Andreas Kisser Sepultura. The number of thrashy, metal related words that come to mind when you hear that band’s name is in no small number. They are considered to be one of the pioneers of thrash metal...
- Posted 12 years ago
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Album Reviews
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El Colosso – Forgotten Ancestors
Another heavily underrated local act, this Melbourne band has...
- Posted 5 years ago
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Markus Saastamoinen – Puzzle Pieces
A little background on Markus Saastomoinen: he is a...
- Posted 5 years ago
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Plini – Impulse Voices
The new album from Sydney instrumental guitar prodigy Plini...
- Posted 5 years ago
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HJELVIK – Welcome to Hel
Ex-Kevelertak frontman Erlend Hjelvik is about to open the...
- Posted 5 years ago






