With Jukka Pelkonen
Today we catch up with Jukka Pelkonen, vocalist of Omnium Gatherum, one of Finland's finest acts and leaders of the renewal of the melodic death metal scene. A few days prior to the release of their album "Grey Heavens" courtesy of Lifeforce Records, this is what transpired. <a href="/pub/interview.php?interview_id=726>Read more…</a>
With Ervîns Francs
We had the opportunity to talk with Catalepsia's Erwin Franz. Read below what he had to say. <a href="/pub/interview.php?interview_id=725>Read more…</a>
With Metatron
As anyone who knows my tastes probably knows, it has become pretty much impossible for me to stay unbiased, or even keep my mouth shut at all, when it comes to The Meads Of Asphodel. My favorite band of my favorite bands, after reviewing a recent split that the UK black metallers put out, I turned my eyes to a bigger, much more exciting objective: interviewing the mysterious vocalist/lyricist at their helm, an ambitious, mysterious individual known only as Metatron. Honored by my request and consideration of him as an interviewee, Metatron and I had a brief little email chat, that was nothing short of a pleasant look inside the mind of an inspired and highly intelligent artist who I've been admiring for quite some time. <a href="/pub/interview.php?interview_id=724>Read more…</a>
With Niklas Kvarforth
Shining released a new album this year and I had the pleasure to write a review for their new work IX – Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends. Some days later it knocked on my e-mail door, asking for an interview opportunity. As I myself was indeed interested in some things we agreed on doing so and below you may read the answers that Niklas Kvarforth (vocals) gave to my inquiries. <a href="/pub/interview.php?interview_id=723>Read more…</a>
With Garry Pepperd
After starting the band in the late Seventies and despite several lineup changes and a rather long break-up, NWOBHM band Jaguar are still doing what they do best; play awesome music. <a href="/pub/interview.php?interview_id=722>Read more…</a>
With Andreas Kisser
Sepultura just finished their 30th Anniversary North American tour this past weekend. We had the pleasure to sit down with guitarist Andreas Kisser before the band hit the stage at the Summit Music Hall in Denver, CO. <a href="/pub/interview.php?interview_id=721>Read more…</a>
With Maurice de Jong
Roadburn Festival lineups are full of pleasant surprises, but perhaps the biggest shocker for me this year was the announcement that Maurice de Jong ("Mories"), that twisted multi-instrumentalist behind various black, drone, and Avantgarde metal projects, would be performing under his Gnaw Their Tongues moniker on the Afterburner. I saw an opportunity and jumped at it. After contacting him and agreeing to set an interview up for the Roadburn Saturday after Botanist's set, sure enough we met up in the Dudok restaurant at the festival grounds afterwards. He kindly bought me a beer, and with his wife (girlfriend?) in quiet attendance, he sat down with me for a pleasant and interesting conversation. I really must say that this guy is virtually the complete antithesis of his music. If you were to judge him purely on the basis of his projects, you'd probably think he's some sort of lunatic with violent sexual fetishes. But on the contrary, he is one of the most friendly, generous, and easy going musicians I have ever met through the metal scene, and I cannot thank him enough for taking the time out to chat with me. <a href="/pub/interview.php?interview_id=720>Read more…</a>
With Nature Ganganbaigal
This past weekend I caught up with Nature Ganganbaigal, Tengger Cavalry's founder, composer, vocalist, and guitarist, among still other roles. The Chinese band plays a refreshing style of folk metal with traditional Mongolian instruments and folk music as well as Mongolian throat singing added into the metal mix. Things have been going well for them lately: in 2013 Tengger Cavalry won the Best Songwriting Award at the Wacken Metal Battle Competition in China; later that year they opened for Turisas in Beijing. Their 2014 release Ancient Call earned a Metal Storm Award nomination, and now Nature tells us the band is wrapping up their most ambitious record yet. <a href="/pub/interview.php?interview_id=719>Read more…</a>
With Leah McHenry
Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Leah has captured the hearts of many here at Metal Storm. She was very kind to open up about her music, lyrics, and inspirations. <a href="/pub/interview.php?interview_id=717>Read more…</a>
