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March 9th, 2021 Features

Profaned – Summoning Ancient Dreams

…faned. Are you content on releasing material on a DIY basis, or are you hopeful to seek out a record label to move things up another level for the band? Clifford: We are actually talking to a label right now, nothing is set. They are giving a bunch of pointers if we want to be a part of their label, think about these things. We are in the ballpark but they want to hear something more after the EP for a final decision, and I think that’s fine. I ha…

March 4th, 2021 Features

Sorizon – Arise with Thanatos

…in the way that people consume and learn more about music, as things have definitely moved into more of a social media/streaming platform based measure, although you still have those diehards that prefer owning physical media and getting a tangible experience with this style? McIntosh: It’s a weird time for music. Danny and I are close in age, we remember going to Tower Records and record stores, picking up CD’s and having it, seeing it. It means…

February 28th, 2021 Features

The Crown – Hammering to Destroy

…on Skype and he was happy to bring Dead Rhetoric up to speed on the latest effort. You’ll learn more about the COVID-related delays that actually worked to the benefit of the final product, their production / sound philosophy, memories surrounding favorite and underrated albums in the catalog, thoughts on his son’s development in his own band, and what to expect from the band in these challenging times to promote this album. Dead Rhetoric: Your ba…

February 2nd, 2021 Features

Warzaw – Freewheel Burning

…ype feel to all of the elements that come together. Was it a collaborative effort between the band and artist to reach the final picture? Alvarez: Most definitely. It was kind of actually my idea. Then I talked to the artist. He had that style from before, so when I found him on Facebook I thought it was going to be a perfect match. Dead Rhetoric: What did you want to get across with the lyrics – did you hope to match the upbeat, fun nature of the…

January 17th, 2021 Features

Nervosa – Swirling in Chaos

…y. They all understand in Bloodhunter the situation, we talked about this before I joined Nervosa. We’ll play live shows when Nervosa has some days off, and hopefully I don’t know when this will happen this year but let’s cross fingers and let’s see. Dead Rhetoric: Until things open up touring-wise due to the pandemic, how have you been spending this time to stay sharp mentally, emotionally, and physically? Diva: I’m very lucky because nobody in m…

January 14th, 2021 Features

Iron Mask – The Masters Return

…ouble kick monsters, and the occasional left field folk-ish or ballad/epic effort that prove the band’s strong musical capabilities in a catchy, entertaining song to song format. We reached out to Dushan via Skype to provide details on the newest singer Mike Slembrouck, his thoughts on Master of Masters, thoughts on the band’s expanding following, plus special plans for his love of superheroes and what he will be working on for the next couple of…

December 29th, 2020 Features

Wreck-Defy – Substance & Integrity

…rsed in Slayer. I was more into the stuff that kept the melodies at the forefront. Dead Rhetoric: Wreck-Defy began in 2016. Can you tell us about the original development and how things evolved in getting specific notable names like Glen Drover and Shawn Drover for the debut album Fragments of Anger? Hanchuck: Those had been written… it’s kind of known now on an underground level, the first record, a lot of those songs were written twenty years pr…

December 27th, 2020 Features

Gama Bomb – Stirring the Savage Seas

…ally comes down to “Sea Savage” we talked about the lighthouse thing as a reference point. McGuigan: We knew it was going to be nautical-themed. It’s weird, things that people would have a brief discussion about we argued about for months. How black and white should it be, what century it should be set in. Byrne: Is it a modern representation of a black and white period, or period footage? There are a lot of moving parts to think about – especiall…

December 20th, 2020 Features

Iron Savior – Energy Overhang

…the Trump administration on purpose pushed this rift that was there long before Trump. What Trump did is push this rift through society for his own benefits. That is what I really dislike the most about him. I am relieved that we can now come back to a more normal situation in the states and all over the world, and also in relationship with Germany. Dead Rhetoric: What are the pinnacle moments you believe you had as an engineer and producer with…

November 30th, 2020 Features

Accuser – Smooth Contamination

…ause people are usually going on holidays. Now the pandemic has come back before it gets better. We have to be careful again. Dead Rhetoric: What is your best concert memory from a fan perspective? Schütz: The best concert memory ever for me was when I saw Testament and Megadeth in Essen. I’ve always been a big Dave Mustaine fan, it was great to see that live. As well as Testament on the same bill, Megadeth had the So Far, So Good, So What? album,…

November 6th, 2020 Features

DGM – All About the Songs

…andby, and I am happy with it. I need six months of relaxing when I finish an album, and I will start thinking about writing new stuff during the second half of next year. Maybe doing more playthroughs and solos that I would really like to do that we haven’t done as much before. I want to release albums only when I have good songs. If I write a lot of good songs, you could have a new DGM album sooner rather than later. Hopefully it won’t take anot…

October 25th, 2020 Features

Leaves’ Eyes – Vikings for Life

…again so that’s awesome. I was trying to find ways to keep active at home before. With the band, we are doing interviews and promo stuff. Luckily with Skype and all of that, it’s still possible. But when it comes to live shows and all of that, it’s a bit tricky. We can’t plan anything. As you know, tours have to be planned really far ahead. It’s very, very tricky and no one really knows. Dead Rhetoric: Leaves’ Eyes has a lot of really big producti…

October 21st, 2020 Features

Saul – Rising Up

…accomplishing with Rise as Equals as your full-length debut? Bedsaul: We definitely left everything on the table with this one – that’s how we feel about it. There’s no filler songs. It’s a 14 track album, and we wrote every single song like it was going to be the next single or the next big song. We didn’t hold back. We put everything we had into each one of them. I think we are really proud of that and really diving in and insuring that each so…

October 20th, 2020 Features

Humavoid – Trapped Inside Aluminum Rain

…context of the band? Nico: I have a history of being in bands and touring before being in this band, before going to the music school I was self-taught. I didn’t know what I was doing, but I knew what I wanted. It’s more like a guesswork type of thing. When I went to music school, it gave me the words and names for the things I’m trying to achieve. I did things backwards, which I like because of the style and preferences of heavy music. I gravitat…

September 9th, 2020 Features

Winter’s End – Align with the Sea

…nic metal music for about ten years now. I’ve been doing metal music even before that, since my middle school days. It’s been four years since the last EP, but hopefully we will be able to release more material at a more frequent cadence with the very steady, strong lineup of great musicians. I’m really excited the way we are currently poised. I’m just hoping this coronavirus goes away sooner rather than later so we can go out and play shows and d…

August 26th, 2020 Features

Vanishing Point – Driven with Compassion

…longer gap between releases again? At this point in your career, do you prefer looking at the quality of a release versus a consistent and quicker album/tour cycle? Chris Porcianko: Definitely the quality of the release is first and foremost. I don’t believe in honestly providing to the public contract fodder. We could release an album every two to two and a half years, but would there be quality would be another thing. The reason why this album…

August 18th, 2020 Features

Unleash the Archers – Enter the Abyss

…e lyrics. There were three or four (songs) where I had the lyrics written before we left, but most of the tracks they didn’t hear until that moment when we sat down to listen to the record together at the end of the studio sessions. For sure there were times when Andy was like, ‘oh- what are going to write for this? Oh – I really love this song!’ I just had to be like… don’t worry about it, I have ideas… quit your fussing. He sort of came to me at…

July 26th, 2020 Features

Onslaught – Feel the Force

…majority of the songwriting was down to myself. We had discussion between Jeff (Williams) and myself before writing, deciding in what direction we want to take this. We wanted to be more raw, early Discharge and Motörhead feelings into these songs. We had a good look at The Force album in depth as opposed to a listener, and I was more influenced by that album. Less intricacy on the arrangements, and it allows for more of a raw power on this one th…

June 28th, 2020 Features

Paradise Lost – Solidity and Grace

…they may be highly respected, they don’t necessarily get the band, and therefore the video is not going to work. It’s not necessarily about the cost, it’s more about what the guy is doing. Our director now can do a lot with very little (money). We give him an idea and he sort of runs with it – and he definitely did that with “Fall from Grace”. Lyrically it’s about the cracks showing and seeing that perhaps you aren’t what you once were, it’s about…

June 13th, 2020 Features

Marrowfields – Low, Slow, and Brooding

…ds also have other bands that they work on such as Dreaded Silence, The Fateful Hour, Vacant Eyes, and Norseth, how are things balanced out as far as priorities? Green: At the moment I’m pretty damn devoted to Marrowfields. The Fateful Hour is doing well, but Kenny our drummer just had a son. And that comes first. He’s got to spend that time bonding with his family. We’ve been recording our third record. For Marrowfields I’m writing, getting thing…

June 3rd, 2020 Features

Warning Sign – Redemption of the Crown

…uitar parts or instrumental parts that would be too complicated. We wanted efficient songwriting, and I think that all of this ended up mixing together for a more mature record. It sounds more like a band effort in the end. Dead Rhetoric: Where did you want to come across with the lyrics on this record? Beaulieu: I wanted to stray away a bit from the territory I explored before. Obviously social commentary, politics, war, and religion are some thi…

May 17th, 2020 Features

Sorcerer – Lamenting Spirits

…e and work with them on that. The rest of the days I sit with my computer, Skype and What’s App. It is what it is right now. I prefer teaching person to person in the same room, but it still works. I hope that things can go back to normal sooner rather than later. Dead Rhetoric: What’s on the horizon for Sorcerer over the rest of 2020 into 2021 – as it probably puts you in a unique position to pick and choose what types of touring/festival opportu…

May 14th, 2020 Features

Firewind – Resonate with Consistency

…002 to now – and if so, what areas do you pay more attention to than ever before? Gus G: I’m not the guy I was when I was 20 or 21 years old. I’ve grown as a person, as a musician, and as a guitar player. I have more experience. If I listen to that first album, I still can hear a lot of core elements that sum up my sound. I could see back then that was a bit more raw version of me. It doesn’t mean that I don’t enjoy those records – I still enjoy t…

April 16th, 2020 Features

Wolfheart – Fire and Chaos

…or us. It’s something that I never got to experience with any of my bands before, touring North America. I didn’t know what to expect, but what I noticed is that Spinefarm didn’t do a super good job with the previous releases. We didn’t know where we stood as a band, because it was a completely new thing for us to come to North America. It went really well, and it was nice to see some of the same fans from the first tour on the second tour, but we…

April 7th, 2020 Features

Ad Infinitum – The Story Begins…

…to keep the attention of the people and spread your music, so I’m very grateful for that I have had that opportunity before. Dead Rhetoric: What do you feel it takes to get your name out there within the metal community? Bonny: You have to have the whole package. You have to have good music, good image, good communication, and good promotion to get your music out there and talk to people. You have to be aware of what your fanbase wants. You have t…

April 4th, 2020 Features

Stallion – All in for Metal

…the group – including everything from a moving ballad to solid headbanging efforts that assuredly will keep the faithful satisfied, and hopefully gain some new converts to the mix. Guitarist Äxxl took the time to talk to us through Skype regarding their latest album release. We delve into the second guitarist shift, thoughts on their record label High Roller Records, plus insights on developing your own style as a younger band and what the Coronav…

March 19th, 2020 Features

Heaven Shall Burn – No Truth Without Sacrifice

…Do you feel that taking a bit of a break allowed you to come back really refreshed when it came to songwriting time? Maik Weichert: Totally refreshed – we are all like 40 years old, I don’t think you reach that state again where you are totally refreshed. But of course, it we had a lot of power and it was a creativity explosion when we started songwriting. It was clear pretty soon that it would be a double album just with the sheer amount of mate…

March 5th, 2020 Features

Burning Witches – Metal Adrenaline

…e right direction. But of course going to that next step up takes a lot of effort. Especially there are a lot of big bands and really great bands out there, it’s not easy to get there. We are happy that we are at this stage on our metal journey because we didn’t expect that we were going to end up this way. And signing to the biggest metal label on Earth with Nuclear Blast, we didn’t ever think about that in our wildest dreams. We are so fortunate…

March 1st, 2020 Features

Stitched Up Heart – Out of the Darkness

…social media or Spotify. There’s t-shirts, paintings, handwritten lyrics, Skype hangouts – it’s definitely helped to grow this family that supports and helps each other. Again, it helps the people that really, truly care – I feel like I can go to them with any concerns or what I’m feeling any day and just tell them and it will be totally fine. They aren’t going to judge me like the rest of the social media world would. They really, really care. A…

February 22nd, 2020 Features

Hyperia – Striving for Growth

…o get the connection. Dead Rhetoric: Marlee, as a vocalist your abilities definitely shape Hyperia in a particular way that may different from other melodic thrash bands. How would you define your abilities and what you hope to get across vocally and lyrically to make an impact on the listener? Marlee: To be honest, it’s really hard being a vocalist. People are very picky about what the sound is, especially in heavy metal. But at the same time, fo…