Coming fresh off the Friday night with Steven Wilson in Helsinki, it seemed like a totally reasonable idea to mosey on over to Lahti to catch a mostly local (i.e. Finnish) set of bands, headed by Goatess and Jess And The Ancient Ones. Stoner and psychedelic rock to balance out the massive doses of prog, so to speak. With Lahti being only an hour's ride away, the timing was just too good to let this chance pass by. <a href="/pub/article.php?article_id=1695>Read more…</a>

1349 just finished their "CHAOS RAIDS USA" tour and not a better fitting name could have been chosen for it. <a href="/pub/article.php?article_id=1696>Read more…</a>

With Susanne Hansson

We had the opportunity to chat with Nachtlieder mastermind Dagny Susanne. She talked to us in detail, not only about her latest album, but life in general. Thanks to Bad English who took the time to write down the questions for this very informative interview. <a href="/pub/interview.php?interview_id=727>Read more…</a>

Many of my favourite black metal bands come from Poland, and in general I find the Polish black metal scene the best of all black metal scenes. Yet, it never receives the attention I think it deserves and this is why I decided to write this article. This is not a complete history of Polish black metal, instead I have chosen to focus on my personal favourite bands (and to mention a few of the earliest bands ). What I find sad about Polish black metal is that so many bands have nazi sympathies. Since I hate Nazism I have tried to avoid the band with such opinions, although one band couldn't be excluded when discussing the scene. <a href="/pub/article.php?article_id=1381>Read more…</a>

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>