APSHYX – interview with the singer, Martin Van Drunen
IRON KLUB in Krosno (Poland) is celebrating its 18th anniversary this year and, as a result, the owner invited impressive guest for this occasion. ASPHYX is definitely an established brand on the European death metal scene. They may not be as “famous” as their American colleagues from the same genre, while the Stockholm scene may […]
UKĆ – interview with Łukasz Icanraz Sarnacki
UKĆ – Polish sounding name which does not suggest much what we can expect from the content of the music. As far as I know, the name comes from artist’s nickname. Łukasz “Icanraz” Sarnacki, who after many years of being a drummer, decided to create a fully solo album. There were two ways to do […]
HOST – The interview with Gregor Mackintosh
„At first it was going to be instrumental (…) the whole point for me is to explore different avenues of my musical interests (…) The reaction has been overwhelmingly positive (…) I really want to play live with Host…” – Gregor Mackintosh
NECRONOMICON – interview with Freddy, singer and guitar player
Your new album „Constant to Death” will be released in a few days. What are your fresh feelings after recording it? First of all, I would like to thank you for the interview and your interest in NECRONOMICON. When I wrote the album, my goal was to pay tribute to our punk roots. I wanted […]
YOSSI SASSI – The interview with composer and guitarist Yossi Sassi
„… I don’t limit myself to a style (…) it just makes sense that this diversity of cultures and exposure to so many versatile musical genre will linger to my composing process (…) My compositions tend to combine East & West, acoustic & Electric, rock/metal with tradditional music (…) Some of „Prediluvian” tracks could easily […]
ANDRZEJ CITOVITZ AND THE FIREFLIES OF FEBRUARY – Interview with Andrzej Citowicz, guitarist & composer
“… the guitar has always been the background of my existence. (…) Creating, recording is a second life for me, a springboard and at the same time something that is more than a hobby. (…) For sure Vai and Joe Satriani were the first guitarists… (…) I feel more like a guitar songwriter like Richie […]
HEIDEN – The interview with Werlinga, Kverd and Einsk
„… our metal souls eventually chose a path influenced by what we loved once and what we keep coming back to, which is various forms of black metal and raw sound and vocals. (…) We have a dark aesthetic firmly rooted in us and a sense of raw music, and all of that had to […]
VITTORIA ETERNA – Interview with the band
Vittoria Eterna may sound new to you now, but in my opinion this band will surely go places! After following the YouTube channel for quite some time, I finally got a chance to interview the band. Needless to say, we went from their latest album to how metal has changed over the years!
THREE DEAD FINGERS – Interview with vocalist / guitarist Oliwer Bergman and guitarist Remy „Fiskis” Strandberg
„… Right now, we are 16-18 years old. (…) Playing live is the absolute best thing we know. (…) We don´t like to label ourselves as one genre, we just play whatever metal comes to our minds.” – THEWW DEAD FINGERS
THANATEROS – Interview with vocalist Ben Richter
“… intention to combine Gothic-Metal/rock with Celtic Folk (…) meditation and shamanic thinking, and thus working with the forces and cycles of nature, are an important part of my life (…) I’m using those growls and “effects” on all the CDs… “ – Ben Richter
SILVER DUST – Interview with vocalist & composer Lord Campbell
“… I wanted to build a real show with the music, of course, but with some costumes and theatrical aspects as well… (…) We also collaborate with some talented filmmakers… (…) we may see decadence as a negative thing, it also brings some positivity sometimes…. (…) we always navigate between the good and the bad. […]
AKTARUM – Interview with the bassist Arpad Gencsek
It has long been known that Metal music is not only for ordinary people. Apart from humans, Metal music attracts various creatures… For example demons, devils, angels, dragons, elves, gnomes, orcs and of course trolls! I managed to get the one troll to talk. Although, as trolls, they are not very talkative, unless they feast… […]
PSILOCYBE LARVAE – The interview with Vit Belobritsky, vocalist
People say – A music soothes the savage beast! These are sacred words! PSILOCYBE LARVAE is, very broadly speaking, MOONSPELL’s Russian avatar. And now we all know what kind of slaughter Russia committed against Ukraine. We talked about this and of course about music…
DEKTA – Interview with drummer Rust
„… the same uniform, it gives a solid image! (…) every musician has his own band’s emblems with his nickname. (…) We have a great advantage, and that is that we control the entire composition, recording and pre-production process. (…) We want to play and Europe is one of our goals. – DEKTA
SADIST – The interview with Tommy Talamanca (guitar & keyboards)
Back in the 90s, I remember some people saying that some Death Metal musicians listen to Jazz. I thought at that time „Oh, It’s interesting. It probably proves that playing Death Metal is quite complicated, because it’s not just a mindless rumbling to playing so fast and technically…”. And then I didn’t think about examples […]
XENO – The interview with Ruben Willemsen (vocal & bass)
“…We don’t really try to write in a specific genre (…) and leave the labeling to our fans (…) We try to establish a certain base on which we can go wild (…) One time we went home with a toilet seat! (…) But in the older generations it is still looked down on by […]