Cold as Hell: An Interview with Frost from Satyricon
Considered by many as one of the most influential black metal bands in history, with a career that spans almost three decades, Satyricon truly need no introduction. Still enjoying the success of 2017’s...
View ArticleDesert Flowers: An Interview with Troy Donockley
Auri: (L-R) Troy Donockley, Johanna Kurkela, Tuomas Holopainen Metal Blast: The first, and perhaps most obvious question, is simply “Why?”. Considering how busy you and Tuomas are with Nightwish, why...
View ArticleA Ghost in the Moon: An Interview With Tobias Sammet of Avantasia
Few bands create as much buzz as Avantasia. Unlike many of the so-called “super groups” out there, it never felt like a cash grab. Instead, it always felt like an honest effort on the part of Tobias...
View ArticleThe Queen of Metal: An Interview with Doro
While nowadays seeing a female metal musician is not at all shocking, there was a time when the idea of women fronting heavy metal bands was simply unthinkable. From the idea that metal was “too rough”...
View ArticleLearning about War: An Interview with Pär Sundström of Sabaton
I meet with Pär in Amsterdam, during his press tour for the release of The Great War. We fill the time with small-talk as I get my recorder started. I’m his last interview before lunch, so I know that...
View ArticleFuck Everybody: An Intimate Interview with Michael Starr
Glam Metal 101 Steel Panther occupies and interest place in the Pantheon of contemporary artists. Unlike most comedy acts (such as The Flight of the Conchords, Garfunkel and Oates, or Weird Al...
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A Ghost Invited: An Interview With Gaahl
I’ve never really felt that I’m part of the ‘metal community.’ When I asked Kristian Eivind Espedal, better known as Gaahl, about his religious views, and whether he’d call himself Pagan, Asatru, or...
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Accursed Creators: An Interview with Carach Angren
You could say that I had a visit from a ghost When we think about Frankenstein’s monster, what comes to mind for many of us are some of the campy versions that have been produced over the years. And...
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A Love Letter to Planet Earth: An Interview with Floor Jansen & Tuomas...
Abandoning a Weak Fantasy Back in 2015, Nightwish released the critically acclaimed Endless Forms Most Beautiful, marking the beginning of a new chapter for the band. The album was a celebration of...
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Still 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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Bringers 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...
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The 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...
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Nocturnal 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
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