Darkness descends over the hall, and the curtain rises. Dear audience, welcome to the wondrous otherworld of AVANTASIA! I caught up with musician, and composer Tobias Sammet (Avantasia, Edguy) to discuss the Ninth Avantasia epic “A Paranormal Evening With The Moonflower Society”, songwriting, guests, and Read More …
Positively and negatively, this could be the most anticipated heavy release of the year. I fall into the positive camp, being a moderate fan of Lorna Shores‘ old work but really loved their previous release, the 3 track EP . . . And I Return Read More …
I caught up with Ascalaphus from epic dark doom metal band Forlesen to talk all about the latest album “Black Terrain” due out October 28th via I Voidhanger Records. Drawing from dark ambient, epic doom, black metal, and slowcore, FORLESEN subvert traditional songwriting with their Read More …
Brutal death metal duo Deformatory recently released their latest slab of fury with the release of the “Harbinger” Ep, and I caught up with guitarist/vocalist Charlie LeDuc for a chat about this and all things Deformatory. Harbinger is the next slab of ferocious Canadian death Read More …
Sludge metal newcomers, GNASH, are preparing to unleash their debut EP, Shared Nightmare, today September 22nd and I caught up with frontman Josh Richter (Bather, Josh Richter & The Bad Things) to talk all things Gnash. Josh Richter of GNASH comments: “I’ve never done a Read More …
Think back to 20 years ago. Over that amount of time, you could have gone from an energetic 20-year-old to a grizzled 40-year-old, a toddler in pre-school to a full-grown adult, and you might have been a trucker-hatted kid doing spin kicks at a Parkway Read More …
I caught up with Sammy Elbanna from Finnish metallers Lost Society to talk about the latest album “If The Sky Came Down” due September 30th through Nuclear Blast. Pounding riffs weighing several tons? Check! Catchy choruses and symphonic flashes? Check! Relentless eruptions of utterly chaotic, Read More …
Named after the bleak desolate town of Mo’ynoq the black metal outfit hailing out of North Carolina is gearing up to release their latest black metal epic “A Place For Ash” on September 9th, and I recently caught up with Logan Holloway and Justin Valletta Read More …
I caught up again with Greg Schwan to discuss the latest release from Witnesses “The Holy Water” EP, themes, influences, and songwriting. Voyaging into new realms, The Holy Water EP from WITNESSES embraces doom metal to divine a sound with a ghostly vastness. The EP Read More …
Soilwork is set to unleash their highly anticipated 12th studio album Övergivenheten on August 19th through Nuclear Blast and I caught up with Bjorn “Speed” Strid to talk all about the latest album release and the upcoming Australian tour in November. Unlike the albums before, Read More …
