Interviews

Every once in a while, a new band emerges from what has become a somewhat stagnant scene in recent years. This arrival shakes off the creative complacency and inspires us with a fresh take on our beloved metal genre. Such a band is Waipu,…

Kyle Shutt has been a staple in the stoner rock industry for many years now. The Sword and Doom Side of the Moon guitarist has paved a road with epic guitar riffs and killer musical compositions that drive straight to the hearts of…

Some 40 years ago, the first incarnations of what would become Queensryche began to take shape in Bellevue, Washington. By 1983, the quintet, which featured guitarists Michael Wilton and Chris DeGarmo, bassist Eddie Jackson, drummer Scott…

Swedish metal luminaries, In Flames are currently touring North America as special guests of Within Temptation. The band recently released its latest studio effort, I, The Mask to positive fan response and strong critical praise. The album…

Finland's Children of Bodom hit the ground running with their 1997 debut album, Something Wild, setting a standard in Melodic Death Metal. They have gone from strength to strength over the years playing some of the biggest festivals, and…

Owning one of the biggest voices in metal keeps Tim 'Ripper' Owens a busy man. The platinum-throated vocalist is celebrating the release of not one, not two, but three new albums this winter. In January, The Three Tremors dropped their…

Having spent the better part of the last decade working in The Devin Townsend Project together, drummer Ryan 'RVP' van Poederooyen and guitarist Brian ‘Beav’ Waddell discovered a common love of groove-laden heavy music. In their down time,…

The turning of the millennium felt like something of a sonic wasteland for heavy metal music for me. So much of it seemed uninspired. Then one day while wasting time on MySpace playing some insipid game called Vampire Wars, a foe I was…

Overkill is Batman. Dark, aggressive, and dangerous. They have no lofty superpowers. They can’t fly. They don’t sell out massive arenas, or have hit songs blowing up the airwaves. They just serve up good old blue-collar, kick your ass heavy…

After delivering one of 2016’s most exceptional metal albums in Avantasia’s Ghostlights, band mastermind Tobias Sammet planned to take some time off. He’s spent the last 27 years fronting Edguy, the power metal band he started at 14 with…