The Dark Side of Business: An Interview with Scott Ian Lewis of Carnifex
According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), there are over 450 million people who currently want a job, but are unable to get one. Many of these people lost their jobs in the pandemic, as...
View ArticleMeditating Reptiles – An Interview with Karl Sanders
Since nowadays I make several videos per month, it might come as a surprise that I used to be extremely camera-shy. In fact, when I first started interviewing people, I would not even appear on the...
View ArticleChillout Rock out of Pain – An Interview with My Sleeping Karma
Started in 2005 by bassist Matthias “Matte” Vandeven, guitarist Seppi, drummer Steffen Weigand, and keyboard player Norman Mehren, and with 5 studio albums already under their belt, My Sleeping Karma...
View Article12 Years and 74 Lashes for Your Songs
So then the prosecutor, a priest that’s talking to you, says that what you sang is apostasy… And in that position you only have two options: You can do whatever it takes to save your life, or just say...
View ArticleThe Satanic Fight for Human Rights: An Interview with Lucien Greaves
Note: A transcript of the interview (with LOTS of links and references for you to peruse) is available for subscribers on our Substack. Otherwise, you can watch the interview below. The Satanic Temple...
View ArticleBringing More Women to Metal – An interview with Sonia Anubis
Sonia Nusselder, better know as Sonia Anubis, is a Dutch musician, and the founder and guitarist of Cobra Spell (formerly also of Burning Witches and Crypta). Besides discussing Cobra Spell’s newest...
View ArticleRock n’ Roll Terrorist: The Life and Times of GG Allin
I recently met with Reid Chancellor, the author of Rock N’ Roll Terrorist, a graphic novel about GG Allin. We had a very fascinating conversation about GG’s life and crimes, and about his complicated...
View ArticleThe Eye of Stone: Interview with Amorphis’ Tomi Koivusaari
Continuing their tradition of expanding their sound and refusing to be limited by expectations or genre constraints, Amorphis have just released Halo, their long-awaited follow-up to Queen of Time....
View ArticleTime Traveling with Arjen Lucassen
Arjen Lucassen is a Dutch multi-instrumentalist who, since 1980, has been an unstoppable creative force. As if it wasn’t enough to have completely redefined our understanding of what a rock/metal...
View ArticleUnkillable Soldiers – An interview with Sabaton’s Chris Rörland
How do you mix a drumkit with a tank? How much barbed wire can you put on stage? Can you play guitar wearing a gas mask? These are some of the questions that Sabaton have faced in recent years, as...
View ArticleAcoustic Adventures with Sonata Arctica’s Tony Kakko
Sonata Arctica are a Finnish metal band started in 1995 under the name Tricky Beans. With 10 studio albums in their discography, and a bunch of EPs and live albums to along with them, they are a legend...
View ArticleThe Bloodlust of Empires – A 1914 Interview
“We are not youth any longer. We don’t want to take the world by storm. We are fleeing. We flee from ourselves. From our life. We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to...
View ArticleDown the Rabbit Hole with Diablo Swing Orchestra
In November of this year Diablo Swing Orchestra will release their long-awaited 5th studio album, Swagger and Stroll Down the Rabbit Hole, the follow up to 2017’s Pacifisticuffs. Although we haven’t...
View ArticleThe Wild North: An Interview with Hváll of Vreid
More melodic and catchy than traditional black metal, but heavier than death metal, Vreid have successfully blended elements from different genres. Though they are often considered to be one of the...
View ArticleGiving a Voice to the Past: Einar Selvik of Wardruna
Just a few years ago, the idea of a folk band topping sales charts or playing sold-out concerts all over the world, would have sounded farfetched. But that’s exactly what Wardruna have done. At the...
View ArticleNocturnal Supremacy: An Interview with Dani Filth
The COVID19 pandemic has created an enormous crisis for the entertainment industry. Concerts require people to be indoors, in close proximity to each other, and that doesn’t seem to be possible right...
View ArticleThe Black Sheep – An Interview with Maurizio of Kataklysm
Right now metal is missing its balls Although the COVID19 pandemic has wreaked chaos on every area of the economy, few industries have been affected as much as music and entertainment. Indeed, a live...
View ArticleBringers of Pain – An Interview with Eero of Battle Beast
Note: This interview, together with others that will be published in the coming weeks, were made before the pandemic as part of a larger project that (for obvious reasons) had to be postponed...
View ArticleStill Alive: An Interview with Ralf Scheepers of Primal Fear
We compose metal because we love heavy metal An often forgotten victim of the COVID19 pandemic is the entertainment industry. Though it’s easy (albeit mistaken) to imagine that all musicians are rich...
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