Interviews

Netta Laurenne may be a name that is new to most, especially outside or Scandinavia, However, for fans of European metal, her voice has likely already been in your head. She has appeared as a vocalist on albums from Battle Beast, Amorphis,…

Exactly four years ago, I had the good fortune to experience Sacramento’s Graveshadow live. The band’s performance cemented them in my mind as one of the best new underground metal acts in North America. In the time since that show much has…

Labels? We don't need no stinking labels.  This about sums up the DIY ethos of East Coast metal stalwarts, A Sound of Thunder. The quartet, which hails from the Virginia and Washington DC area, defy the music industry odds with every…

American science metal quintet, Helion Prime is prepping to release its third album, Question Everything. The band, founded by guitarist Jason Ashcraft (Dire Peril, Planeswalker), will once again put its nerdy twist on power metal. Each…

Hello everyone. it's Ivo again - Metal Nation Radio's Program Manager, bringing you another interview with a South American band that I came across while checking out the music submissions for our radio station. My latest discovery is…

American progressive-power metal quartet, MindMaze is finally back with new music this month...sort of. Last week the band unveiled its dynamic cover of Queensryche's "Roads to Madness". The track is from the group's long-awaited and highly…

The state of the world seems a little unreal for most people at this moment. Still, that has not slowed Mike Lepond. The iconic Symphony X bassist has been a touring and recording juggernaut. This includes the release of three new records…

Slaughtering all ideas of what metal sounds like in North Carolina, Aether Realm comes ransacking into the states with their version of melodic viking death metal. With their recently released third full-length album, Redneck Vikings From…

Lord Dying's Mysterium Tremendum  was easily one of the best heavy music records of 2019. It made the top 2 of my list, and the top 10 of many others. It is also objectively the band's most indelible and visceral work--a seminal album. The…

Tragedy can either destroy or forge one’s resolve. In the case of Hellyeah, the latter appears to be the case. Last spring the quintet was stunned by the death of their co-founder, legendary drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott (Pantera, Damageplan).…