Sonic Perspectives
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Where Music Does The Talking
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SEBASTIAN BACH Talks New Album “Child Within The Man”: ‘It’s Mindblowing To Have My Songs Played On FM Radio In 2024’
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Rhythmic Revelations: A Backstage Encounter with BARONESS’ Bassist NICK JOST and Drummer SEBASTIAN THOMSON
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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JOEY TEMPEST of EUROPE Reflects On New Single “Hold Your Head Up”: ‘We Always Like to Take Fans On an Adventure’
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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BLACK SABBATH’s GEEZER BUTLER Talks Upcoming Book “Into the Void”: ‘There Have Been Terrible Fall-Outs; You Forget Them and Come Back Together’
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Music Industry Veteran & Longtime DREAM THEATER Tour Manager RIKK FEULNER Talks New Book, Life on The Road and Upcoming DREAM THEATER Summer Tour: “DREAM THEATER Don’t Get to Play Any Festival in the US, So They Created Their Own”
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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DEAN BACK of THEORY OF A DEADMAN Discusses Upcoming “Dinosaur “Album: “It Will Take You on A Roller Coaster Ride Between The Rockers and Ballads”
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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JOHN-ANGUS MACDONALD of THE TREWS: “I Want to Write Songs That Mean Something to People”
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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SAXON’s Drummer NIGEL GLOCKLER Reflects on SIX BY SIX Debut Album: “It Was Great Fun to Make This Record, and the Vibe in the Band is Very Positive”
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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LONELY ROBOT’s JOHN MITCHELL Dissects New Album “A Model Life”, Talks Future and More: ‘I Really Wanted this LONELY ROBOT Record to Be as it Turned Out, It is Certainly My Favorite’
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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MARK ZONDER and RAY ALDER Talk Chemistry During Creation of A-Z Debut Album: “This Album Was an Open Palette, Yet We Stuck with the Mentality of Focusing on the Hooks and the Songs”
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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JOHN NORUM Talks Upcoming Solo Album “Gone to Stay:” ‘I’m Mainly a Blues Player into Pentatonic Scales but Going 100 Miles an Hour’
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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DEREK SHERINIAN Talks Writing Process Of His Recent Album with SIMON PHILLIPS: “‘Vortex’ Has The Same Mindset And The Same Creative Energy Of ‘The Phoenix’”
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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World Renowned Guitarist ERIC JOHNSON Comments on His Technique: “Your Tone Is Mostly on Your Fingers, And Not So Much on The Gear You Use”
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Legendary Drummer VINNY APPICE Reflects on The Early Days of DIO And “Holy Diver” Reissue: “The Band Was On Fire Back Then, And We Played Really Fast!”
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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MARK BOALS On Partnership with LABYRINTH’s OLAF THORSEN on SHINING BLACK Project: “I Had No Idea We Would Click So Well”
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Keyboard Wizard JORDAN RUDESS Describes What “An Evening with JORDAN RUDESS” Shows Feels Like: “It’s A Whirlwind to Go Out on A Solo Tour While on A Break from The DREAM THEATER Shows”
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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TESLA Guitarist FRANK HANNON Talks Upcoming Tour and Band’s Strategy for New Music: “We Will Write and Produce Our Next Albums Ourselves”
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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STRATOVARIUS Singer TIMO KOTIPELTO on Upcoming “Survive” Studio Album: “The Biggest Difference Is That We Composed This Album Together, In the Same Room”
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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TODD “DAMMIT” KERNS of SLASH Featuring MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS Talks “Live At Studios 60” Exclusive Vinyl Release: ‘It’s A Unique Way to Celebrate the Release of 4’
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May 27, 2022 |
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MICHAEL MONROE Talks Upcoming “I Live Too Fast to Die Young” Album: ‘This Is the Type of Record That You Will Want to Listen to Over and Over’
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May 25, 2022 |
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EVERGREY’s TOM ENGLUND Speaks About Upcoming Thirteenth Studio Album “A Heartless Portrait”: “We Have the Same Eagerness, the Same Energy, the Same Urge to Make Great Music”
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May 09, 2022 |
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SKID ROW’S RACHEL BOLAN Talks Bringing Onboard New Singer ERIK GRÖNWALL: “It’s Unbelievable How Everything Worked Out and Fell into Place So Perfectly”
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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JOHN5 Reflects on His Touring Routine, and Shares Excitement Towards Upcoming North American Sinner Tour 2022: “As Long As I Have A Guitar In My Hands, I’m Happy!”
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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DREAM THEATER’s JAMES LABRIE Talks New Solo Album, GRAMMY’s Award and Rekindled Friendship with MIKE PORTNOY: “We Chatted, Had A Long Good Discussion, Gave Each Other a Hug and Took a Picture Together”
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Apr 16, 2022 |
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DESTRUCTION Front-man “SCHMIER” Talks Their New “Diabolical” Album: “We Wanted to Go Back To A More Organic Approach In The Studio”
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Drummer JONATHAN MOVER Discusses His Love of Progressive Rock and Why He Decided to Put Together PROGJECT: “The Ultimate Prog Rock Experience”
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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PHIL X and KURT DEIMER Talk About KURT’S recently released solo EP, Their Experiences in the Film and Music Industry over the Years and Forging a New and Unique Sound within the Long-Running and Established Hard Rock Paradigm: “We Like To Present It Just The Way It Comes Out And Make It Catchy For Our Fan Base.”
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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ENVY OF NONE’s ANDY CURRAN Reflects on The Band’s Debut Record: “There’s A Broad Spectrum of Styles on The Album and We’re Really Proud of It”
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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SEAN PECK Discusses the New DEATH DEALER EP, Keeping Busy by Writing Two LPs Worth of Material during the Covid Lockdowns and Staying Relevant During the Decline and Resurgence of Metal in the 90s: “When I Make Records, I’m Always Worried About It Being As Good As The Last One.”
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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SYMPHONY X Guitarist MICHAEL ROMEO On The Writing Process Of New Album “War Of The Worlds Part II”: “I Gave Each Musician My Basic Ideas, And Asked Them To Make Them Their Own”
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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STEVE ROTHERY on MARILLION’s New Album “An Hour Before It’s Dark”: ‘The Lyrics at Times Can Be Dark, But There’s an Incredible Joy in the Music’
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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ANDY TIMMONS Reflects About Upcoming Studio “Electric Truth” Album: ‘All My Collective Experiences Have Been Leading Up to This Record’
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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HAKEN’S Vocalist ROSS JENNINGS Discusses “Troika” Debut Album: “A Lot Of The Music And Lyrics I’ve Written In The Past Have Come From An Intellectual Place, And I Just Had The Urge To Write From An Emotional Place.”
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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SEAN KILLIAN Talks VIO-LENCE Reunion, the Long Road Travelled since the Bay Area Thrash Sound First Rose to Prominence and The Blunt Honesty of their Upcoming EP: “I’m Not Gonna Compromise, I’m Not Gonna Hold Anything Back, And If Anyone’s Offended I Don’t Care.”
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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ALDO NOVA Shares Insights About His Return with Two New Albums on April: “I’m a Storyteller at Heart”
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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ARJEN LUCASSEN Discusses “Revel in Time” Album by STAR ONE: “I Am Totally Spoiled. I Work with The Best Singers in The World, So I Am Not Easily Impressed”
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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NICK D’VIRGILIO Tells How He, NEAL MORSE and ROSS JENNINGS Arranged Beautiful Music on “Troika” Album: We Trusted Our Voices Will Blend Well Together, and Months Went By Before We Listened to the Three Of Us Together in a Track”
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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PERSEFONE’s Guitarist CARLOS LOZANO Recalls Creation of Upcoming Album “Metanoia” And Its Effect on the Band: “It Was Like Therapy”
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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WILDERUN’s Guitarist/Composer WAYNE INGRAM Discuss Musical Influences and Creative Process Behind Recent “Epigone” Album: ‘I Think My Real Strength is Creating the Orchestral Parts’
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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VOIVOD’s Guitarist DAN “CHEWY” MONGRAIN Shares His Thoughts on Upcoming “Synchro Anarchy” Album: “There Are Glimpses Of Hope, But This Is a Dark and Deep Record”
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Feb 01, 2022 |
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ANNIHILATOR’s Mastermind JEFF WATERS Breaks Down Re-release of 2007 Collaborative “Metal II” Album: “Almost Everything About The Album Has Been Reworked Except For My Own Parts”
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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TERRY ILOUS Discusses Debut “Land Of Gypsies” Album: “We Didn’t Want Something Overproduced, The 70’s Bands Were Our Blueprint for the Album”
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Jan 28, 2022 |
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IAN ANDERSON of JETHRO TULL Chimes In on New Album “The Zealot Gene” and Different Eras of the Band: “All Members Past and Present of The Band Feel Good About Each Other”
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Guitarist ERIC GALES Reflects on Upcoming “Crown” Studio Album: “Being on Stage and Swapping Energy with a Crowd is One of the Best Feelings I Could Ever Have”
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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STEVE VAI Talks Upcoming Album “Inviolate” and Creative Process Behind It: “My Only Responsibility to Myself Is to Be As Brutally Creative As I Possibly Can”
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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JOE SATRIANI Discusses Upcoming Art Gallery and New Studio Album “The Elephants of Mars”: “Expressing Myself in My Paintings, Fits with the Idea of Being a Musician Very Well”
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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TOM ENGLUND and VIKRAM SHANKAR Talk SILENT SKIES’ Upcoming Album “Nectar”: “The Music is Reflections of Us”
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Jan 18, 2022 |
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MATT BARLOW Talks New ASHES OF ARES Album And Compositional Chemistry with FREDDIE VIDALES: “We Try to Keep the Writing Process Raw and Organic”
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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TED NUGENT Talks Upcoming Album “Detroit Muscle” and His Creative Process: ‘I Don’t Write Songs, I Ejaculate Them’
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Dec 14, 2021 |
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BLACK VEIL BRIDES’ Guitarist JINXX Talks Creation of Recent Album “The Phantom Tomorrow”: ‘We Are a Team, We Are a Band!’
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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PAUL GILBERT’s Reflects On Upcoming Christmas Album ‘TWAS: “Writing Christmas Songs in July Gave Me a Rebellious Spirit”
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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FRANK BELLO of ANTHRAX Talks Biography “Fathers, Brothers, and Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, and Anthrax”: The Road to Success Was Not Paved with Gold!
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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HAKEN’s Front-man ROSS JENNINGS Talks Debut Solo Album: ‘“I Wanted This Record to Have Its Own Identity; Deliberately Avoiding Using Members of my Current Bands”
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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THE POLICE Guitarist ANDY SUMMERS Talks Recent Studio Album “Harmonics of the Night”: ‘The Point Of Writing Music Is To Touch People In Some Way”
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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JOHANNA and NICKE from LUCIFER Reflect on Band’s New Effort “IV”: ‘Although It’s Not A Concept Album, It’s Supposed To Be A Trip, Best Experienced As A Whole’
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER reflects on Recent Album ‘Game Over’ and U.D.O.’s Current Lineup: “Having a Young Band Around Me Brings New and Modern Ideas”
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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DREAM THEATER’s Guitarist JOHN PETRUCCI Offers Insight on Band’s Upcoming “A View From The Top Of The World “Album: ‘There Were No Preconceived Ideas when Recording; It Was All Off The Cuff’
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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Acclaimed Rock Vocalist JEFF SCOTT SOTO Talks Recently Released “The Duets Collection – Vol I” Album: ‘I Felt the Need to Have a Creative Outlet, to Entertain People and Help Them Forget The Hardship of the Pandemic’
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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Renowned Guitarist GUS G Talks Just Released Solo Album “Quantum Leap”: “I Flirted with Some New Ideas When Composing this Album, Despite it is Still Much a Guitar Record”
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Interview with ROB REED and PETER JONES + Cyan – For King and Country (Album Review)
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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PEAVY WAGNER Discusses Heaviness of RAGE New Album “Resurrection Day”: “I Don’t Know Why Took Us So Long To Add a Second Guitar Player”
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Legendary Drummer CARMINE APPICE Discusses Last VANILLA FUDGE Song Recorded with Late Bassist TIM BOGERT: “We Wanted to Get Him On At Least One Track Before He Was Gone. It Sounds Old School and Classic”
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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NEAL MORSE of NMB Discusses “Innocence & Danger” Album: “Music Is the Language Of Emotion, So We Want To Tap Into That As Much As We Can”
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Aug 28, 2021 |
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LEPROUS Singer EINAR SOLBERG Talks Creative Process Behind “Aphelion” Album: “For Us It’s Not About Trying to Please The Old-School Fans, We Want to Make The Music That We Feel We Should”
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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BIG BIG TRAIN’s Members NICK D’VIRGILIO and DAVID LONGDON Talk Upcoming “Common Ground” Album: “We Were Able to Do Something A Little Bit Different, It’s Fresh and That’s What We Needed.”
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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Comedian and Actor GARRET JAMIESON Talks Recent “Heavy Metal Hitchhiker” YouTube Series: “I embodied SpongeBob While Performing as the Series Main Character”
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Talks Creative Process of Upcoming Album “Parabellum”: ‘I Don’t Follow Trends, I’m Very Clear About My Vision of Where I Want to Go”
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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Legendary Canadian Artist BEN MINK Discusses His Lengthy Musical Career, Reflects on Working with RUSH, HEART, FM and Many More
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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STEVE WHITEMAN Of KIX On New Solo Album, “You’re Welcome:” “I Wanted To Do It As A Bucket List Item!”
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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KK DOWNING Talks Upcoming KK’s PRIEST “Sermons of the Sinner” Debut Album: “My Heavy Metal Days Are Far From Over”
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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DENNIS DEYOUNG Reflects On Recently Release “26 East Vol. II” Final Album: “This is The Last One, I Just Don’t Want to Do It Anymore”
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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JEM GODFREY and JOHN MITCHELL Talk Recent FROST* Album “Day and Age”: ‘We Were a Little Bit Nervous That Perhaps We’d Gone Off Too Far in A Strange Direction. But Now We’re Feeling Very Vindicated and Relieved’
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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INTERLOPER’s Guitarist/Frontman ANDREW VIRRUETA Talks Band’s Debut Album: “We Discovered the Level of Organic Sound Development We’re Capable Of”
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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SUBTERRANEAN MASQUERADE Singer DAVIDAVI DOLEV Talks Just Released “Mountain Fever” Album: “There Was Always Another Idea Waiting Around the Corner While Working on This Record”
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May 27, 2021 |
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BLACK SABBATH and ROB ZOMBIE Drummer TOMMY CLUFETOS reflects on the debut of TOMMY’S ROCK TRIP: “I took this album as a challenge to myself”
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May 24, 2021 |
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TRACII GUNS on New SUNBOMB Album, “Evil and Divine,” with MICHAEL SWEET: “It Was A 100% Success”
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May 11, 2021 |
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JEFF PILSON Reflects on The Sophomore THE END MACHINE Album: “Having to Work Remotely Helped Us Keep the Material More Direct”
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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JANE GETTER Talks Recent Studio Album “Anomalia”: “I Chose this Album’s Name Because of the Eclecticness of The Music On It”
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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AMORPHIS’ Guitarist ESA HOLOPAINEN Reflects On His Upcoming Solo Project SILVER LAKE: “I Wanted to Have a Proper Project Name and For it to Be Someway Connected with Nature”
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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TOM FRAYNE of THE STRANGER Talks Just Released “Kaleidoscope” Album: ““I Love If Someone Is Getting Something Out Of Our Music, That Is The Point Of Songwriting””
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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Guitarist RUFUS MILLER Reflects On Keeping Himself Busy During Lockdown: “I Used the Pandemic to Reconnect with My Musical Roots”
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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MEGADETH’S Basist DAVE ELLEFSON and DREW FORTIER Reflect on Their Collaboration on Books, Movies and Music: “We Really Found a Collective Voice Together”
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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RONNIE ROMERO Reflects on His Involvement in SUNSTORM’s “Afterlife” Album: “As Musicians We Always Try To Prove Ourselves, and I Took This Record As a Challenge”
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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GEOFF TATE Talks SWEET OBLIVION Sophomore Record: “The Whole Album Concept Deals with the Relentless March of Time”
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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HUMAN FORTRESS Singer GUS MONSANTO Reflects On Recent Compilation Album: “A Good Singer Is Like an Artist ,You’ve Got To Be A Good Storyteller”
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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RICHIE KOTZEN Talks Upcoming SMITH/KOTZEN Debut Album: “It’s A Big Deal for Me To Have My Name Alongside ADRIAN SMITH’s Name on an Album Cover”
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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MAGNUS KARLSSON of HEART HEALER Discusses “The Metal Opera” Debut Album: “I Wanted to Work More with Female Singers, and This Was a Great Opportunity To Do It.”
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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JOHN YOUNG of LIFESIGNS on New Album “Altitude”: “We’ve Always Been In Charge of Our Own Destiny”
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN Talks Recent Album “The Darkest Skies are the Brightest” and Inspiration Behind it: “You Have to Go Through Darkness In Order to Get To The Light”
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Extensive Interviews with GEOFF DOWNES and CHRIS BRAIDE of DBA: “This Album in Particular Very Much Bears Mine and CHRIS’ Souls”
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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STEVE LUKATHER Talks New Album “I Found the Sun Again”, Friendship with EDDIE VAN HALEN and More: “Musically Speaking This is a 70’s Album, But With a 2021 Fidelity””
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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Former IRON MAIDEN, LIONHEART Guitarist DENNIS STRATTON Talks Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nomination: ‘I’m Honored to be Nominated and I Ask the Fans to Vote!’
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Feb 23, 2021 |
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BLAZE BAYLEY Talks New Album “War Within Me” and Time in IRON MAIDEN: “Being in MAIDEN Was A Crazy and Wonderful Time, It Gave Me Incredible Confidence in My Songwriting And I Got No Complaints or Hard Feelings Whatsoever”
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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SYMPHONY X Drummer JASON RULLO Dives Deep About His 3 RULES Band: “This Is a Real Band for Us, Not Just a Project”
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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MR. BIG’s Front-man ERIC MARTIN Discusses Plans for New Live Releases: “They Are Coming Out, with Some of the Last PAT TORPEY Shows”
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Feb 09, 2021 |
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STEVEN WILSON Reflects Upon Just Released Album “The Future Bites” and More: ‘My Heroes and Inspirations Were Always the Kind Of People That Were Constantly Surprising Their Fans’
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Feb 03, 2021 |
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QUEENSRYCHE’s Frontman TODD LATORRE Talks Debut Solo Album “Rejoice In The Suffering” Creative Process: ‘I Want What’s Best For The Music and the Songs’
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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MICHAEL SCHENKER Talks Upcoming MSG Album and Career: “I Declined OZZY OSBOURNE, DEEP PURPLE and Many Other Bands for The Only Reason To Be Myself”
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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JOEL HOEKSTRA Reflects on Upcoming JOEL HOEKSTRA’S 13 Album: “It’s a More Focused Album This Time Around”
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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ACCEPT’s WOLF HOFFMANN Reflects on The Importance Of Releasing New Material: “We Never Want To Be A Nostalgia Band And Live Off Of Our Past”
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Jan 12, 2021 |
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VOIVOD’s Singer SNAKE Talks Recent Live Album and Memories of Opening for RUSH: “We Returned Backstage to Find a Bottle of Champagne and a Sweet Note Signed by NEIL, ALEX and GEDDY”
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Armageddon in Retrospect: SONIC PERSPECTIVES Looks Back at 2020
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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SILENT SKIES / REDEMPTION Keyboardist VIKRAM SHANKAR Talks Recent Album: “The Best Thing A Songwriter Can Do Is Honor The Song’s Soul”
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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IRON MAIDEN’s Guitarist ADRIAN SMITH Discusses Recent Book and Life Lessons: “I Don’t Think I Was Grateful for My First Tenure In The Band, And I’m Glad I Got a Chance For a Second Wind”
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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KREATOR’s Bassist FRÉDÉRIC LECLERCQ Talks His New Project AMAHIRU: “I Like to Work with People I Connect with On A Human Level”
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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KING CRIMSON Guitarist JAKKO JAKSZYK Talks “Secrets and Lies” Album and More: “FRIPP Would Say: ‘I Love This! This Is an Ideal Track for Your Solo Album”
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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RUSH and DREAM THEATER Engineer RICHARD CHYCKI on The Surround Remixes Of RUSH’s Back Catalogue: “The Intention Was NOT To Reinvent The Wheel”
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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Singer NEIL STARR of PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARD SONS Reflects On The Band’s Writing Process: “We Don’t Feel Restricted to Writing a Certain Style of Music. There’s A Lot of Variation on This Album.”
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Nov 10, 2020 |
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MATTHEW PARMENTER of DISCIPLINE. Talks About Band’s Progressive Rock Epic Album ‘Unfolded Like Staircase’: “We Did Feel We Were Doing Something Unique”
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Iconic Singer JEFF SCOTT SOTO Dives Deep Reflecting On His New Solo Album: “This Is The Best Record In My Solo Career In Which I Wasn’t Hands On, And It Came Out So Great Because I Got This Connection And Chemistry With ALESSANDRO DEL VECCHIO Like If We Were Separated At Birth”
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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FATES WARNING Singer RAY ALDER Talks New Album: “The Demos Were So Exact That We All Knew Exactly What We Needed to Do”
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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German Proggers RUBBER TEA Talk About Their Excellent Debut Album “Infusion”
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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DEVIN TOWNSEND on Upcoming “Empath” Live Album and Quarantine Releases: “What I Bring to the Table is Music, That’s What I Can Do”
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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JOHN BUSH Reflects on ARMORED SAINT’s New Album and Work Ethic: “We Work at A Slow Pace; For Us It’s Always About Quality And Not Quantity”
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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TALKING PERSPECTIVES: PROGSTOCK 2020 Goes Virtual – Hear What’s in Store from Festival’s Mastermind THOMAS PALMIERI
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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IHSAHN Speaks To Style Contrast Between EPs “Telemark” and “Pharos”: “I Felt I Could Go Further In Each Musical Direction Than I Would Have In A Full-Length Album”
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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ARJEN LUCASSEN Talks Concept Behind AYREON’s New Album “Transitus” and Picking Illustrator FELIX VEGA: “Every Panel is a Little Painting”
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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AMARANTHE’s Frontwoman ELIZE RYD Talks New Album: “I Don’t Get Why Some Metal Fans Won’t Accept Our Music Because They Can’t Deal with Us Sounding Different”
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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DREAM THEATER’s guitarist JOHN PETRUCCI talks working with MIKE PORTNOY on his recent solo Album: “We knew it was going to happen, it was really a great thing and there was a lot of positivity behind that decision”
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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STEVE MORSE Talks DEEP PURPLE Recent Album and Band’s Longevity / Willingness to Carry On: “The British Guys in the Band Seem to Have a Life Span of 300 Years!”
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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SNOWY SHAW Reflects on “The Book of Heavy Metal” Autobiography: “In Order To Get It Right, I Needed To Relive The Whole Thing: Dark Periods, Joyous Moments – It Was A Cathartic Experience”
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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SIMON COLLINS Talks New Album “Becoming Human” and Inspiration Behind it: “I’m Writing Songs About Who I’m Striving to Be, Not Just Writing Songs About Who I Am”
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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ROBIN STAPS of THE OCEAN discusses new album “Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic”: ‘Everybody Has to Find Relevance In Music, Art, Lyrics, Find Relevance To Their Own Lives.’
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Legendary Guitarist GREG HOWE Reflects About His Career and Inspiration: “The Compositions Mean a Lot More to Me Than the Solos When I Write an Album”
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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FINNTROLL Vocalist VRETH On Upcoming Album “Vredesvavd”: “FINNTROLL Has Always Been About Doing Exactly What We Want… To Go Beyond What Is Accepted By The Genre”
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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KATAKLYSM Vocalist MAURIZIO IACONO Talks Creation of “Unconquered” Upcoming Album: ‘It’s More About Challenging Ourselves Now and Doing Better and Better”
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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HEATHEN Guitarist KRAGEN LUM Talks Writing For Upcoming “Empire of the Blind”Album: “That Bay Area Thrash Sound is Part of My DNA at This Point”
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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OCEANS OF SLUMBER Front-woman CAMMIE GILBERT: “I’d Rather Leave a World to No One Than Let These Oppressors Win and Leave a World That’s Corroding.”
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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DEREK SHERINIAN Reflects on His New Solo Album “The Phoenix” and The Philosophy Behind it: “We Kept Things Very Vintage Throughout the Recording Process”
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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ANDY TILLISON of THE TANGENT Discusses “Auto Reconnaissance” Upcoming Album: “I Am Really Writing Musical Questions and Hoping They Will Reach People Who Might Begin to Have Some of the Answers.”
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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ONSLAUGHT Guitarist NIGE ROCKETT Speaks About Upcoming “Generation Antichrist” Album: “It’s Got A Modern, Very Brutal Production – It’s 1986 Onslaught Meets 2020”
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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THE FALLAWAYS Vocalist JASON KOSTER Reflects About Their Second EP: “It Shows the Work We’re Putting In Is Going Somewhere and It’s Worth It”
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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DESTRUCTION Main-man SCHMIER Reflects on Live Album and Band 4-Piece Line-up: “There’s Much More Power In Our Sound Now, And We Have a More Dynamic Stage Presence”
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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ARDEK of CARACH ANGREN Chats About New Album “Franckensteina Strataemontanus”: “Hopefully This Will Appeal to More People Outside Our Normal Fanbase”
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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BPMD / METAL ALLEGIANCE Bassist Mark Menghi Talks Debut Album: “It Was Done In the Studio. That’s Why It Has That Live Feel To It, We Were Together”
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Jul 12, 2020 |
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RANDY MCSTINE and MARCO MINNEMANN Talk New Duo Project: “This Feels Like a True Collaboration, It’s Great to Have a Partner In Crime, to Send Ideas Out and Then It’s Like Waiting For Christmas that Something Comes Back”
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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WITHIN TEMPTATION Singer SHARON DEN ADEL Reflects On Band’s Latest Single and Musical Direction: “Part of Our Fan-base Was Surprised with It, But It Was Logical for Us That We Needed to Change and Evolve”
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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MARK MORTON of LAMB OF GOD Discusses Self-Titled Album: “We Feel Like We Are Still Making Relevant and Inspired Music”
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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SEVENDUST’s Guitarist CLINT LOWERY Discusses Surprise New EP and Future Solo Career: “I Would Love to Produce Records, to Collaborate with Other Musicians – That’s Where I See Myself Going.”
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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MAGNUS KARLSSON Reflects About Upcoming Solo Project Album “We Are the Night”: “I Chose Singers That I Truly Love to Sing On This Record”
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Jun 10, 2020 |
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GRAVE DIGGER Guitarist ALEX RITT Talks New Album “Fields Of Blood” and Band 40th Anniversary: “It Makes More Sense for Us to Release New Material Than to Warm Up the Old Stuff”
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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NICK D’VIRGILIO Talks Upcoming Solo Album “Invisible” and Future Plans: “You’re Going to See and Hear a Lot More of My Own Music in The Next 5 to 10 Years”
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May 22, 2020 |
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MIKE ORLANDO Reflects On the Collaboration with AILYN in New Band HER CHARIOT AWAITS: “It Was Great to Work with a Singer with a Different Background in Symphonic Metal
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May 21, 2020 |
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WE CAME FROM SPACE’s Members BILL HUBAUER and DAVE BUZARD Reflect on Band’s History and Recent Release: “This Is Something We’ve Wanted to Do For Years”
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May 14, 2020 |
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Ex-WHITESNAKE Guitarist ADRIAN VANDENBERG Talks “2020” Album: “I Wanted The Music to Sound Crisp, Fresh and In-Your-Face”
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May 13, 2020 |
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JIM GREY of CALIGULA’S HORSE Discusses New Album “Rise Radiant”: “It Feels Like the Album We’ve Been Trying to Make for Nine Years”
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May 12, 2020 |
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Beasts On Lockdown: An Interview with All Members of PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS
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May 11, 2020 |
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HAKEN Frontman ROSS JENNINGS Talks New Album “Virus” In Detail: “It’s Fun For Us to Create a Experience that Goes Beyond Just Listening to the Music”
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May 08, 2020 |
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RITUAL DICTATES Singer JUSTIN HAGBERG Reflects On the Diversity of Their Debut Album: “There Shouldn’t Be Any Rules About What We Add to Our Music”
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May 06, 2020 |
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KRISTIAN NIEMANN Discusses New Album and SORCERER’s Future: “We Still Feel We Have More Musical Avenues to Explore”
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May 05, 2020 |
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GREEN CARNATION Front-man KJETIL NORDHUS Talks Upcoming Comeback Album: “We Knew Exactly The Record We Wanted to Make”
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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STEWART COPELAND Chimes in On Why THE POLICE Didn’t Record an Album After the 2007 Reunion: “Writing New Material Would Take Us Back to What We Don’t Have in Common”
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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NIGHTWELL’s Drummer TERRANCE PETTIT Offers Insight On Debut Album: “The Whole Record Is a Journey in Reverse, from Now Into Birth”
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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THE WHITE BUFFALO’s Driving Force JAKE SMITH Discuss New Album: “On Some Songs, It’s Almost Like I’m Talking Exactly About What’s Happening with Humanity Right Now”
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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TRIVIUM Bassist PAOLO GREGOLETTO Talks New Album: “We Found A Style That Works For Us, and We’re Trying to Make That Better”
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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HOLLYWOOD MONSTERS’ Bassist RONNIE ROBSON Shares Details About “Thriving On Chaos” Album: “We Didn’t Aim For a Perfect Song Take, We Wanted to Keep The Raw Energy Of The Band In the Album”
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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INTO THE OPEN’S Vocalist JAN WILLEM KETELAERS Talks About the Debut Album “Destination Eternity:” “We Wanted to Explore the Next Life”
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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FIREWIND Leader GUS G On Upcoming Self-titled Album: “This Record Is a Collection of All the Styles and Sounds That Have Defined FIREWIND Until Now”
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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CIRITH UNGOL’s Bassist JAVIS LEATHERBY Reflects On Band’s Comeback Album: “It’s Dark and Doomy, and Now It’s the Perfect Time For An Album Like This”
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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VADER’s Front-man PIOTR WIWCZAREK Talks Writing “Solitude In Madness” Album: “All the Songs I Created for This Record Are a Little Piece of My Life”
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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Former Music Executive MICHAEL ALAGO Talks Signing METALLICA, Working with NINA SIMONE and Much More: “I Knew METALLICA Were Going to Be Huge Since The Very Beginning”
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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TREVOR STRNAD of THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER Talks Upcoming Album and Band’s Evolution: “The Real Focus in the Last Years Has Been Making Better, More Lasting Music.”
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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TESTAMENT’s Guitarist ERIC PETERSON Discuss New Album And Band’s Current Dynamics: “I Believe We Have Gotten Better with Age”
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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MIKE LEPOND Talks New Band DEADRISEN and Debut Album: “We Wanted the Band to Sound Live, with a Modern Production and to Go Anywhere We Wanted Stylistically”
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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CLUTCH Frontman NEIL FALLON Reflects On Their “Weathermaker Vault Series”: ‘Revisiting Those Old Songs Was Like Reading an Old Diary”
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Mar 31, 2020 |
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WOLFHEART Leader TUOMAS SAUKKONEN Talks Upcoming Album: “I Have A Very Personal Connection With This Record, Which I Don’t Have With The Previous Ones”
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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Prog-Rock Veteran FRANK WYATT On His New Album “Zeitgeist”: “As The Title Says, I Wanted to Present Something That Represents the Feelings and Emotions of Today”
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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HYBORIAN Members Talk New Album “Volume II” and Songwriting Process: “When We Write, We Try To Go Beyond Our Ability To Play It – That Pushes Us To Become Better Musicians”
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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Heavy Metal Founding Father ROSS THE BOSS Reflects On New Album and His Playing Style: “You Won’t See Any Kind of Ego-trip Guitar Playing from Me. I’ve Been a Team Player All My Life”
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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World Renowned Drummer VIRGIL DONATI Reflects on the Writing of New Effort “Ruination”: “Writing from Your Soul and Your Heart is Something You Can’t Manufacture – You Either Have It or You Don’t”
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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THE NIGHT WATCH Guitarist NATHANAEL LAROCHETTE On Latest Album: “It Feels Like We Found Our Voice”
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Feb 25, 2020 |
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PENDRAGON’s Guitarist NICK BARRETT Reflects On New Album: “I’m Still In a Bit of a State of Shock About It. It’s Kind Of Nothing Like I’ve Ever Done Before.”
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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JORN LANDE on Cover Album HEAVY ROCK RADIO II: “It’s Great to Bring These Songs Into the New Millennium”
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Feb 20, 2020 |
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THE DARK ELEMENT Front-woman ANETTE OLZON Reflects on ALLEN/OLZON Upcoming Album: “It Can Be Difficult To Make a Male and a Female Voice Work Together, But With RUSSELL ALLEN It Was Easy”
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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RAIDING THE ROCK VAULT / MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST Singer ROBIN MCAULEY Reflects on New Band BLACK SWAN: ‘It Feels like We’ve Been Playing Together for a Long Time'”
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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FLAMING ROW’S MARTIN SCHNELLA And MELANIE MAU On Their New Concept Album “The Pure Shine”: “We Wanted To Do Something Special In A Prog-Rock Format”
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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PSYCHOTIC WALTZ’s Front-man DEVON GRAVES Talks New Album: “I Wouldn’t Have Done The PSYCHOTIC WALTZ Reunion If The Guy Who I Had the Hardest Feelings For Wasn’t Involved”
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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SINGLE REVIEW and INTERVIEW: Watch and hear PROJECT AEGIS’ New Single Featuring LEAH, NEAL MORSE, and Members of THEOCRACY and LOST HORIZON
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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ADRIENNE COWAN and JACK KOSTO of SEVEN SPIRES On Upcoming Album and Tours: “We Like Pushing Ourselves to Our Limits”
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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ANNIHILATOR Leader JEFF WATERS Talks New Album and RUSH Influence: “They Are Our National Heroes, Part of the Fabric of Canada and Its Culture”
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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QUEENSRYCHE Guitarist MICHAEL WILTON Talks Current Tour And Band’s Philosophy: “There’s No Denying Our Past, But We Want to Keep Evolving QUEENSRYCHE”
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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SEPULTURA’s Front-man DERRICK GREEN Talks “Quadra” Album: “There’s True Power When We Are All Together In the Studio As A Unit”
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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MIKE PORTNOY Talks New SONS OF APOLLO Album: “MMXX Is Us Taking the Band Into The Present and The Future”
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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RAGE Mastermind PEAVEY WAGNER Talks New Album Sound: “The Idea Was to Bring All RAGE Styles Together in A Homogeneous Way”
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Jan 03, 2020 |
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World Renowned Graphic Designer / Art Director HUGH SYME Talks Working with RUSH, DREAM THEATER and Many Other Bands
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Dec 27, 2019 |
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TALKING PERSPECTIVES: A 90 Minutes Chat About Our Favorite Progressive Rock Albums of 2019 (Episode No. 32)
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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MARCUS JIDELL Discusses New AVATARIUM album: “We Wanted a Heavy, and Big Fat Production, a Little Bit Darker Than Our Previous One”
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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BOBBY INGRAM of MOLLY HATCHET Reflects On Band’s New Live Album: There’s A Unity You Can Hear On This Record: Between The Fans and The Band, And Musically”
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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Renowned Producer SASCHA PAETH Talks Recent “Signs of Wings” Album: “Heavy Metal Music Should be Raw and In-Your-Face, Not Overproduced like Most Music Today”
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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PINEAPPLE THIEF Mastermind BRUCE SOORD Reflects On the Band’s Evolution: “Early PINEAPPLE THIEF Was Really Just Me, and Now It’s Turned Into a Truly Collaborative Outfit.”
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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PRONG Mastermind TOMMY VICTOR Reflects on Upcoming EP Release: “The Record Business is Strange Right Now. Maybe Releasing EPs Is a Good Formula Moving Forward”
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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VOYAGER’s Guitarist SCOTT KAY Reflects On “Colours In The Sun” Album: “Having a Consistent Lineup Has Really Helped Us Build Momentum”
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Dissecting PROGPOWER USA XXI Lineup for Day 2 (Episode No. 31)
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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TALKING PERSPECTIVES: A Recap of PROGSTOCK Festival 2019 (Episode No. 30)
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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DAVE KERZNER and NICK D’VIRGILIO Remember KEVIN GILBERT and GIRAFFE on the Anniversary of Their Performance of THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY: “This Show Changed Our Lives and Careers.”
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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IRON KINGDOM Members Talk New Album and Their Love for Heavy Metal: “This Is The Music We Always Wanted to Play, That’s Why We Sound Real”
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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Concert Review / Interview with RON BUMBLEFOOT THAL: “I Had to Learn a New Way to Sing for the Recent Tour with ASIA”
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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ECLIPSE Singer ERIK MARTENSSON Reflects on New Album and the Formula for Writing Catchy Songs: “Writing Complex Songs Is Easy, the Most Difficult Thing Is to Write a Simple Song with Hooks”
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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BLIND GUARDIAN Leader HANSI KÜRSCH Talks “Legacy Of The Dark Lands” Album: “I Feel Relieved And Proud It, And It Was a Natural Step for BLIND GUARDIAN to Record an Album Like That”
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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Canadian Singer LEAH On The Metal Lifestyle: “It’s Bigger Than The Music. The Music Is Just Part Of The Culture.”
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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FRANKIE BANALI Reflects On QUIET RIOT’s New Album and the Support for His Fight Against Cancer: “I Had No Idea That the Response Worldwide Would Be So Positive and Touching”
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Dissecting Opeth’s “In Cauda Venenum” / Satan And Rainbows Podcast / Summer Concerts Retrospective (Episode No. 29)
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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LEPROUS Front-man EINAR SOLBERG Talks “Pitfalls” Album Direction: “We Still Have a Lot Of Guitars On It, We’re Just Using Them In a Different Way”
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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World Class Keyboardist DEREK SHERINIAN Reflects On His 30 Years Career: “It’s Pretty Wild to Think I’m Still Making Relevant Music After 3 Decades, and I Hope for 30 More Years”
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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DAVE LARUE Talks New FLYING COLORS Album: “I Think This Is the Best Album We’ve Done and I’m Happy to See the Band Continues to Grow”
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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From TRANSATLANTIC to THE FLOWER KINGS: A Day In the Life of ROINE STOLT
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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Legendary Megaforce Records Founder JON ZAZULA Reflects On His Upcoming Book and The Birth Of Thrash Metal: “CLIFF BURTON Used To Read Bedtimes Stories to My Daughter for Her to Sleep”
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN On Touring With AMORPHIS and DELAIN: “I Really Enjoy The Personal and Intimate Gigs, And They’re A Great Buildup To The Heavier Shows”
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Oct 05, 2019 |
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VINNIE MOORE Reflects On New Album: “I Don’t Want to Be Pigeonholed As One Type of Player Stylistically, I Get Bored Of Doing The Same Type Of Music Over and Over Again”
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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TALKING PERSPECTIVES: PROGPOWER USA XX Retrospective – Days III and IV (Episode No. 28)
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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TALKING PERSPECTIVES: PROGPOWER USA XX Retrospective – Days I and II (Episode No. 27)
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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BRIAN TICHY Elaborates On His New Band SILVERTHORNE: “We Have Powerful Guitars, Kickass Vocals and a Raw, Organic Production, Just Like the Biggest Bands in Rock N’ Roll”
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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ELVENKING Members AYDAN and DAMNA Reflect About New Album: “It Will Take Us Probably Two More Records to Conclude the Story of ‘Reader Of The Runes'””
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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THE DARKNESS’ Bassist FRANKIE POULLAIN Expands On New Concept Album: “We Are Throwing the Gauntlet to Other Bands, And Questioning What Rock N’ Roll Is In 2019”
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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INSOMNIUM’s Drummer MARKUS HIRVONEN On Latin America’s Love For Metal: “If You Go Further South, It Just Gets More Intense and I Don’t Know If I’m Ready for That”
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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DOUG ALDRICH Talks Upcoming THE DEAD DAISIES Plans: “GLENN HUGHES Involvement Will be a Mix Between BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION, THE DEAD DAISIES and His Solo Records”
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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PIETER VAN HOORN, Drummer for KNIGHT AREA: “This Album Is Also a Warning: We Must Protect Our Freedom, and That Takes Work”
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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EIRIKUR HAUKSSON, Singer/Lyricist for MAGIC PIE: “You Make Some Decisions in Your Life, and You Think You’re So Right. Then You Realize It Wasn’t Paradise”
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Sep 14, 2019 |
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DEMONS AND WIZARDS Singer HANSI KÜRSCH: “The Main Reason To Make Music, Other Than Expressing Oneself, Is To Make People Happy. And We’ve Made Very Many People Happy On This Tour”
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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GRIM REAPER Front-man STEVE GRIMMETT Talks New Album: “We Wanted to Keep The New Album Sounding Old-School Heavy Metal”
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Sep 12, 2019 |
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SACRED REICH’s Front-man PHIL RIND Talks New Album: “We Wanted Fast And Heavy Songs And A Nice Mix with New Stuff, and The Songs Came Out In a Natural Way”
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Aug 29, 2019 |
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Legendary Axeman MICHAEL SCHENKER: “When Writing I Like to Keep Music Snappy and Energetic, I’m The Architect and The Blueprint”
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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BORKNAGAR Boss ØYSTEIN BRUN: “I Hope I Find My Sound, But I Also Hope I Don’t, Because Then My Journey Will Be Over”
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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SONDRE SKOLLEVOLL, Sheriff of The MORON POLICE: “It Was Time To Grow Up To Make Some Changes, If We Were to Get the Band In front Of People”
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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Concert Review / Interview with JON ANDERSON: “Doing YES Songs a Little Bit Differently Than The Norm Is Part of My Adventure of Life!”
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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TALKING PERSPECTIVES: A Conversation with PROGPOWER USA Mastermind GLENN HARVESTON (Episode No. 26)
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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Renowned Keyboardist ANDREW COLYER Discusses the New AWAKEN Album, Touring with 3.2 Featuring ROBERT BERRY and Why You Shouldn’t Miss PROGSTOCK 2019
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Aug 21, 2019 |
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DEAD BY WEDNESDAY Members CHRISTIAN “OPUS” LAWRENCE and DAVE SHARPE Talk Band’s Evolution: “Every Band Goes Through Different Changes and Morphs In Their Sound, That Is The Roller-Coaster Of Rock N’ Roll”
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Aug 20, 2019 |
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THE 69 EYES Singer JYRKI 69: “I Think the World Is Ready Now for Our New Album”
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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FREEDOM CALL’s Singer CHRIS BAY: “We Are Doing Music to Make People Happy. I’m a Musician, Not a Metal Machine. I Am Honest to Myself”
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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KXM and KORN’s Drummer RAY LUZIER: “The Most Bizarre Day of My Life Was When JIMMY PAGE And JEFF BECK Watched Us Rehearse With The DEF LEPPARD Guys”
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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BUCKCHERRY And JOYOUS WOLF at The Phoenix Theatre, Toronto (August 06th, 2019)
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Aug 10, 2019 |
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BARONESS Drummer SEBASTIAN THOMSON Weighs In On Claims of Excessive Distortion in New Album: “We Didn’t Want ‘Gold and Grey’ to Sound Like A Slick Metal-Sounding Record”
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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JOHN 5 Talks ‘Invasion’ Solo Album: “Everything On This Album Is Who I Really Am”
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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HAKEN’s Guitarist RICHARD HENSHALL Reflects On His Solo Album: “The Cocoon Is About Those Watershed Moments That Make You Perceive Things In An Entirely Different Way”
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Aug 05, 2019 |
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DESTRUCTION Leader Marcel “Schmier” Schirmer: “DESTRUCTION Is My Band, My Life and My Destination”
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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MEGADETH’s Bassist DAVE ELLEFSON Talks Band Future: “We Have Plans Well Into 2020, We Just Need to Clear The Deck For 2019”
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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NANOWAR OF STEEL Bassist: “We No Longer Want to Just Write Silly Songs. We Put Out Some Serious Good Music and It’s Hard For People to Take Us Seriously”
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Jul 26, 2019 |
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OCEANS OF SLUMBER On the Diversity of Their Lineup: “There’s A Big Difference In the Acceptance You Get With a Black Frontwoman Versus a Non-Black Frontwoman.”
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Jul 25, 2019 |
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HAMMERFALL Singer JOACIM CANS: “Our Motto For the New Album Was ‘Good is NOT Enough. It Has To Be Great!”
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Jul 25, 2019 |
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DANKO JONES Talks New Album and Band Increasing Popularity: “We’d Rather Play Outside of Canada and Be Able to Tour the World”
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Jul 23, 2019 |
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DAMN YOUR EYES’ Guitarist ARTIE ALEXANDER: “We Don’t Write About Dragons Or Fantasy, But About Stuff People Can Identify with As Happening In Their Lives”
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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VOLA Singer ASGER MYGIND Reflects On the Band’s Creative Process: ” What We Will Create Next Will Always Be a Reaction to What We Have Just Done “
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Jul 16, 2019 |
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Legendary Drummer SIMON PHILLIPS Discusses His Lengthy Musical Career: “I Didn’t Become JUDAS PRIEST’s Drummer Because I Was Already Committed to JACK BRUCE Band”
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Jul 11, 2019 |
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YES Bassist BILLY SHERWOOD: I Was Always Being Told in My Earlier Bands, “Can’t the Bass Just Stay on the G Chord?” And I’d Say, “No CHRIS SQUIRE Wouldn’t Do That!”
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Jul 09, 2019 |
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BRYAN BELLER and MARCO MINNEMANN Talk THE ARISTOCRATS New Album: “We’re Always Thinking about What Each Other Can Do with the Songs When We Bring Them to the Table”
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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NOCTURNUS AD’s Leader MIKE BROWNING Reflects About New Album: “I Write Music Based on the Drums Rhythms and the Lyrics Instead of the Melody”
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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GEOFF TATE Talks Recent Project SWEET OBLIVION: “I’m Genuinely Surprised and Very Pleased About the Fans and Press Reaction to this Record”
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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THE GIFT Leader MIKE MORTON Talks New Album: “We Wanted to Go In A Different Direction, Make the Music a Little More Raw—And We Did it.”
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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D-A-D Frontman Jesper Binzer Talks New Album: “We Experimented a Lot in the Past, But on This Record We Wanted to Sound Instantly Recognizable as D-A-D”
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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STRYPER’s Leader MICHAEL SWEET Talks Tour and Upcoming Solo Album: “The Record Will be Called TEN and it’s a Metal Album, with a Different Guitar Player on Each Song”
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Jun 18, 2019 |
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TALKING PERSPECTIVES: A Tribute to ANDRE MATOS (Episode No. 25)
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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Legendary YES Drummer ALAN WHITE: “YES is All About Looking Over The Horizon, Not At It”
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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JIMMY WALDO Remembers ALCATRAZZ Early Days: “Our Record Company Wanted Us to be FOREIGNER or SURVIVOR, and We Were a Hard Rock Band”
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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Former FATES WARNING Singer JOHN ARCH Talks Lyrical Themes And Musical Influences: “Most of My Friends Have Met BRUCE DICKINSON. I Hate Them All”
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Jun 09, 2019 |
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TALKING PERSPECTIVES: “Favorite 2019 Albums Thus Far / Upcoming Summer Concerts / Most Exciting Anticipated 2019 Albums (Episode No. 24)
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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Drummer CARL CANEDY Talks THE RODS New Album: “It’s Balls-to-the-Wall Heavy Metal, Song After Song. No Ballads and Nothing Your Mom Will Be Humming”
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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JOLLY Drummer LOUIS ABRAMSON On New Album ‘Family’: “We’ve Been Dying to Give it to Our Fans For So Long”
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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LUCA TURILLI Talks Upcoming TURILLI/LIONE RHAPSODY Album: “We Wanted to Modernize Our Approach to Symphonic Metal”
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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Report From the Road: RIVERSIDE’s Mariusz Duda Talks Experiencing Wasteland in North America
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May 30, 2019 |
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Thank You Scientist – Terraformer (Album Review)
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May 29, 2019 |
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NEAL MORSE Talks Prog-Rock Opera “Jesus Christ: The Exorcist”: “I Never Wanted to Make a Double Album, Like Ever! But You Got to Follow The Music Where It Wants to Go”
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May 28, 2019 |
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Solo Artist EVAN CARSON Talks Theme of Debut Album: “To Win that Sort of War, You Have to Become Almost as Violent and Self-justified as the People You’re Fighting Against…”
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May 27, 2019 |
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Behind The Scenes of Building a New Band: John Boegehold Introduces You to PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS
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May 24, 2019 |
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DIAMOND HEAD’s Guitarist Brian Tatler: “Our New Album ‘The Coffin Train’ is Very Guitar Orientated and It’s Sonically a Better Sounding Album Than Its Predecessor”
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May 23, 2019 |
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JEFF SCOTT SOTO Talks New Album: “With SOTO I Decided to Establish My Heavier Side, This Band is a Collective Effort and Much Different From My Solo Output”
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May 21, 2019 |
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OVERKILL’s Bobby “Blitz” Ellsworth: “We Have Always Felt Proud of Ourselves About Sounding as OVERKILL at the End of the Day, But Each Song in the New Record has its Individual Personality”
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May 20, 2019 |
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JOHN ARCH Reveals the Secrets Behind his Ageless Voice: “I Don’t Smoke, I Rarely Drink, I Don’t Do Drugs, and I Mountain Bike”
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May 14, 2019 |
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POSSESSED’s Leader JEFF BECERRA Talks New Album ‘Revelations of Oblivion’: “Death Metal is About Doing Whatever the F*ck You Want and Having Artistic Freedom”
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May 08, 2019 |
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ULI JON ROTH Recalls His Exit From SCORPIONS: “Nothing Would Have Made Me Stay When I Decided to Leave”
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May 08, 2019 |
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BIG BIG TRAIN’s Greg Spawton Talks New Album: “In Europe, GRAND TOUR goes back to the 17th century as a concept of getting out into the world and finding yourself and discovering things about history, so we liked that concept for the album.”
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May 07, 2019 |
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LORD DYING’s ERIK OLSON Reflects on New Album Creative Process: “We Wanted to Challenge Ourselves and Think Outside the Box”
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May 03, 2019 |
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STEEL PROPHET’s Mastermind STEVE KACHINSKY On New Singer R.D. LIAPAKIS: “He’s A Great Singer and I Don’t Think Our Fans Can Be Dissatisfied with His Performance”
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May 01, 2019 |
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UNITED PROGRESSIVE FRATERNITY’s Mark Trueack: “If You Can Get the Message Across Quickly, and Complex Music to Support It, That’s the Best of Both Worlds”
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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WHITESNAKE’s JOEL HOEKSTRA: “The Choruses of Many Songs On The New Album Beg to be Sung by the Crowd”
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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IAN HILL of JUDAS PRIEST on the Follow Up to Firepower: “We Have a Lot of Unused Material that Was Very Solid and Could End up on Our Next Album”
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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TALKING PERSPECTIVES: “Unknown Band Deserving A Bigger Audience / LANCE KING – ReProgram / DEVIN TOWNSEND – Empath” (Episode No. 23)
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Apr 17, 2019 |
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STEVE HACKETT Reflects on His Recent Album: “I Wanted to Include Friends From All Over the World and Celebrate What’s Best on All Corners of the Earth”
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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ARENA / LONELY ROBOT’s Mastermind John Mitchell: “I Like Making Music, I Think It’s What I’m Good At”
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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JANE GETTER And ADAM HOLZMAN Talk Upcoming Album: “My Upcoming Record Will Be a Natural Progression From “ON”, with a Better Balance Between Instrumental Passages And Sung Tunes”
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Apr 13, 2019 |
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IRON SAVIOR’s Piet Sielck: “Patrick Is a 100% Power Metal Drummer and That’s What We Need in IRON SAVIOR”
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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THANK YOU SCIENTIST’s Tom Monda and Ben Karas: “We Weren’t Specifically Looking for a Nude Senior Citizen BUT…”
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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EXUMER’s Mem Von Stein: “It Doesn’t Matter How Much of a Extreme Metal Fan You Are, You Will Always Like DIO or Early AC/DC”
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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QUEENSRŸCHE and FATES WARNING @ The Aztec Theater – San Antonio, TX (March 22nd, 2019)
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Apr 02, 2019 |
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L.A. GUNS’s Phil Lewis Talks New Album ‘The Devil You Know’: “I Wanted Get Away from the Typical Musical Vocabulary and Make an Angry, Pissed-Off Record”
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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RPWL’s Yogi Lang Talks New Album: “This Album Was a Liberation; We Look at It as an “Intermission” Between Our Other Concept Albums”
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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DOUG ALDRICH Talks New BURNING RAIN Album, DEAD DAISIES, Working with DIO and WHITESNAKE
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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NICK BEGGS Talks THE MUTE GODS Album: “In Concert I’d Love to Have Giant Tardigrades Come Down Over the Stage, It Would Rival Roger Waters!”
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Bands That Constantly Revamp Their Identity / Queensrÿche – The Verdict / Randy McStine’s Career Highlights (Episode No. 22)
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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Metal Queen DORO PESCH Talks New EP and MOTÖRHEAD’s Cover: “I Love The Aggressiveness of “Ace Of Spades”, But I Also Love The Soulful Side of Lemmy”
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Mar 06, 2019 |
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MIKE PORTNOY Talks THE NEAL MORSE BAND Musical Approach: “This Is a Band that Doesn’t Follow Any Commercial Trends, We Make Music that We Feel is Going to Move People and Their Emotions”
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Mar 01, 2019 |
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HAKEN Keyboardist DIEGO TEJEIDA: “I’d Love to Put Together a Band with ERIC GILLETTE on Guitars and BAARD KOLSTAD on Drums”
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Genre Mixing in Metal and Prog-Rock / Most Anticipated Albums of 2019 / Dream Theater New Album (Episode No. 21)
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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CHRIS CAFFERY Talks New Band SPIRITS OF FIRE: “Working with Roy Z was Entertaining, Creative and Very Metal”
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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ROTTING CHRIST’s Main-man SAKIS TOLIS Talks New Album: “Metal Has No Borders”
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Feb 20, 2019 |
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FLOTSAM AND JETSAM’s Drummer KEN MARY: “Metal is Where the Envelope is Being Pushed Drumming-Wise More Than in Any Other Genre”
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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TÝR Frontman HERI JOENSEN on Nazi Fans: “If You Know How to Read, You Know We Do Not Support to the Right Extremists”
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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TALKING PERSPECTIVES: Career Retrospective with JOHN MACALUSO (Episode No. 20)
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Feb 01, 2019 |
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Interview with Songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist RANDY MCSTINE: “If You Want to Keep People’s Attention, This Idea of Making Music Clickbait is Really Painful”
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Jan 30, 2019 |
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CASEY MCPHERSON Talks New Album: “It’s a Dream of Mine to Record My Own Prog-Rock Album, Because I Want to See What My Version is of The Scene”
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Jan 24, 2019 |