Interviews

You could call David Ellefson many things; rock star, entrepreneur, pastor, humble, foodie, author, and more. Lazy is not a word that would come to mind. The Megadeth bassist and thrash icon (oh look, two more titles) somehow manages to…

Just when you think everything in the music world has been done, a million times over, someone comes up with an innovation that refreshes the listening experience and takes it to another level of sensory experience.  Zack Zalon has done…

Pennsylvania's From Ashes to New recently wrapped their tour with 10 Years. The band recently released the video for the track "Crazy" which will appear on their upcoming sophomore studio album, The Future. The new record will be released…

This month, in honor of Saxon's 22nd studio album, Thunderbolt, Metal Nation selected the NWOBHM pioneers as our Artist of the Month. Over the years I have had the good fortune to share a number of conversations with Saxon frontman Biff…

A linear conversation with Black Label Society founder Zakk Wylde is a mathematical improbability. The bent-string berserker is simply not wired that way. Ask him about the band's new album, Grimmest Hits, and he'll tell you about Mount…

Four years removed from the debut Mike Lepond's Silent Assassins album, the Symphony X bassist returns with his second solo effort, alongside vocalist and fellow Assassin Alan Tecchio. The new record, Pawn and Prophecy serves as a…

Jason McMaster may be most remembered for fronting mid-80’s metal collective, Dangerous Toys. The band broke in 1989 with its debut record spawning the hits “Scared” and “Teas’n Pleas’n.” Prior to and following Dangerous Toys' era of…

The 80s were heady time for heavy metal in the San Francisco Bay Area. Thrash would emerge along with Americanized speed and power metal. This is where I would first discover Dave Starr. From the first demo for speed-thrash monsters, Lääz…

Three decades is a long time for a fan to wait for their favorite band's debut album. It is perhaps even more torturous for the musicians that have to watch the band they created be torn apart on the cusp of a breakthrough and to sit…