Interviews

Seattle’s Queensrÿche have made the road their primary home for the better part of the last three years. The original trio of guitarist Michael Wilton, bassist Eddie Jackson, and drummer Scott Rockenfield, along with guitarist Parker…

After a near retirement scare and the departure of founding guitarist K.K. Downing, Judas Priest began the decade with a new guitarist and a massive final world tour. Young guitarist Richie Faulkner (Lauren Harris, Voodoo Six) immediately…

Among the iconic trinity of NWOBHM leaders Saxon may be the least well-known, but they remain the most prolific and consistent. Def Leppard slipped quickly into what they call "light alloy" and Iron Maiden has gone through three vocalists…

It's been more than three decades since the wheels of steel known as Saxon began to roll. The New Wave of British Heavy Metal pioneers have been among rock's most consistent and prolific merchants of classic hard rocking, headbanging…

This week, The Very Beast of Dio, Vol. 2 was unleashed on the public, covering the last decade of the mighty Dio years. Drummer Simon Wright, who played on those albums stopped by to talk to Metal Nation about the album and the continuing…

When metalheads talk about the best singers of the genre, guys like Ronnie James Dio, Bruce Dickinson and Rob Halford quickly jump to mind. Yet anyone who hears Saxon front man Biff Byford's voice will instantly peg his distinctive howl.…