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January 9th, 2020 Features

Konvent – The Crushing Weight of Doom

…ing to the music and their own meaning of the songs. Rikke Emilie List: Hopefully it’s music where there’s nothing forced on the listener. We don’t like to go into too much detail with the lyrics, because we value the listener being able to create their own stories and images in their heads. Hopefully they will hear the record and they will go, “Oh, I need to see these girls live” [laughs]! Sara Helena Nørregaard: And buy a t-shirt [laughs]! Dead…

January 2nd, 2020 Features

Human Fortress – Another Power Reign

…eatrical terrain a la Kamelot for “Lucifer’s Waltz” or a Dio/Rainbow style effort with “Surrender”. We reached out to vocalist Gus Monsanto through Skype – and after a few misfires, technology ended up working out to have this discussion. You’ll learn more about the latest producer working with the band, how they are able to work together considering the cross-continental positioning of Gus compared to his bandmates, and healthy discussion on some…

December 29th, 2019 Features

Meshiaak – Misery with a Twist

…rmonies and music – I wrote hundreds of songs as a kid, and I wrote music before I knew how to play the guitar. That hasn’t changed at all. I love creating something that wasn’t there before. Now there is a song- if its good or not, it’s up to someone else to judge that. That hasn’t changed in me at all. I’ve taken a few things a lot more serious – the songwriting, and how to produce music to make sense to impact the listener. The production side…

December 8th, 2019 Features

Moonspell – Legacy of Sin

…tations in check. I’m not going to be a millionaire like Metallica, but hopefully I won’t have to play live until I’m 70. People have different definitions of success, and for me, it’s to keep Moonspell interesting and fresh. Also to release a kick ass album in 2020 with a lot of different ideas – picking up from where we left, but also trying to reach new places. That’s our plan. We have our ambitions and hope to make an impact with fans. It’s be…

November 24th, 2019 Features

Skyblood – An Alter Ego Voice

…album with him, hang with him. I was such a big fan of what Cozy had done before, especially with Rainbow. That was a big moment for me – and then when it comes to tours. We did a lot of really good shows with Therion, that was fun. With Candlemass, some really good shows. Copenhell a couple of years ago, was great. My favorite albums may be some smaller ones, a project that we had with some of the guys in Entombed and Candlemass as well as Fredri…

November 19th, 2019 Features

Eclipse – Shifting the Paradigm

…ic venue in Belgium called Biebob, where a lot of great bands have played before and we have played here a couple of times before as well. Dead Rhetoric: Paradigm is the latest Eclipse album. What did you want to accomplish with this set of material that maybe differs a little bit from previous Eclipse records? Mårtensson: For every record we always try to find out what Eclipse can sound like. When you start out as a kid, you always start by imita…

November 4th, 2019 Features

Turbokill – Churning Firepower

…and was breaking up last year? Dietrich: I was surprised by the fans, but before I was surprised because I know from the bass player (Dirk Frei) he contacted me six months before that they were splitting up. They asked me after three years being away to sing some songs on this show – many former members would be there on the stage. This was a great gesture, I will do this. We met after three years, there was no trouble and this was a really good b…

October 9th, 2019 Features

Ray Alder – Floating in Water

…landscape. We reached out to Ray while he’s home in Spain, and after a brief blip in Skype connection we got down to learning the players assembled for the record, what he wanted to accomplish in the songwriting, beyond a lot of talk regarding Fates Warning and his thoughts on the ever-changing music consumption model. Dead Rhetoric: What the Water Wants is the first solo album of your career. Tell us why now seems like the best time to create th…

September 22nd, 2019 Features

Sascha Paeth’s Masters of Ceremony – Another Added Dimension

…’s very excited to discuss how the ideas and musicians came to be for this effort – as well as tackle his musical career, some specific memories regarding projects/albums that are special to him, and thoughts on how he views his varied roles through the years he’s had as a producer. Dead Rhetoric: This project finally came to life after four to five years of discussion with the label president at Frontiers Records. Tell us how you finally got the…

September 15th, 2019 Features

Elvenking – All Hail the Runes

…se latest three albums and have a very energetic show that we haven’t had before. The small connections with the fans, people can sing even more, singalong choruses. We have a lot of songs, but we have the right way to shape the setlists. Dead Rhetoric: How do you and Marco balance out the activities with Elvenking and Hell in the Club – your heavy metal/hard rock act that has recorded and released four albums to date? Damna: So far we’ve been loo…

September 5th, 2019 Features

Imperium Dekadenz – Black Forest Metal

…that. We have a friend who is a professional photographer, so we had some Skype sessions about what to do with it. We wanted to show a person, for me who is kind of a goddess, who slowly disappears. We were somewhat inspired by the show American Gods. To me, the cover is about a goddess who will be forgotten. With less people worshiping her, she begins to be forgotten and disappears. That’s my take on it – to be forgotten. Dead Rhetoric: What are…

August 4th, 2019 Features

The Offering – Welcome Home

…d professionals, their determination to become road warriors, and genuine reflection on the trials and tribulations they’ve taken on and overcome even at this point in their careers. Dead Rhetoric: It’s been two years since the self-titled EP release for The Offering – but it’s not as if you’ve been idle in that time period before the full-length Home hits the streets. Can you discuss the lineup changes and touring experiences you’ve had in the in…

July 18th, 2019 Features

Turilli/Lione Rhapsody – Stepping Forward

…servative. When we stopped in 2010 with Rhapsody, compared to the decades before, we were the only ones doing that kind of style. There was an overwhelming effect – symphonic metal is very healthy, whereas power metal right now is kind of underground. Dead Rhetoric: What do you want to accomplish in this next segment of your musical career? Are there more bucket list goals left to accomplish either personally or professionally? Turilli: I would li…

June 30th, 2019 Features

Constantine – Humility in the Aftermath

…ign of course. We tried to depict on the cover, if you take a look at the left side on the cover, you can see that the left side is fluid and not so specific, but then the style and artwork becomes more symmetric and clearer. It matches the title Aftermath, it depicts something that’s like my progress as a musician. The left side depicts let’s say my past, which was not so sure or certain – you look at the right side, it’s more stable. Dead Rhetor…

June 16th, 2019 Features

Smoulder – Epic Empowerment

…e do you see the major differences in recordings and performances for this effort compared to the debut demo? Sarah: To clarify, we actually recorded the album before we got signed. We were going to put it out no matter who picked us up or who didn’t pick us up. We didn’t like the production of the demo – I think everyone who was involved in the demo did a good job. We wanted the album to sound much bigger and more robust and epic. All of this had…

May 21st, 2019 Features

Axenstar – Honor Thy Time

…her hand, we don’t know all the songs actually. Since I’m the only member left from the beginning, if we were to play any of the older songs, the other guys have to learn them first. That makes it a bit easier I guess. Hampus only knows the songs that we choose to play live. Dead Rhetoric: You’ve discussed in the past a love for Lost Horizon, witnessing the band live back before they disbanded. What was it like hearing the studio material in a liv…

May 16th, 2019 Features

Paragon – Defenders for Controlled Demolition

…sy to record the songs this time. The last album (Hell Beyond Hell), just before we wanted to go into the studio (guitarist) Wolfgang Tewes left the band – so we needed another guitar player to play some leads. We didn’t take every song that he made – we asked Martin Christian who had founded the band to take over at the last minute. We couldn’t rehearse the material as well as we wanted, so we had a tougher time in the studio. This time we finish…

April 21st, 2019 Features

Grand Magus – Strike of the Wolf

…o that mood anyway. It’s always worked, no matter how pissed off I may be before a show (laughs). Dead Rhetoric: Do you have a preference in terms of a club show versus the festival audiences, or do you get equal enjoyment out of both? JB: I enjoy both equally. It’s very different, and they both have their definite charm. I couldn’t say one or the other. I’m a bit of a control freak, but not in the sense that I need to control stuff. I like at the…

April 18th, 2019 Features

Exumer – Unleash the Hostility

…in the mask, that guy goes through these emotions and feelings. “Hostile Defiance” is about oppositional defiance disorder, which occurs mostly with younger people in adolescence when they can’t handle their emotions and they have violent outbursts. “Rapture” is about depression, I’m talking to the person that is experiencing these symptoms. Dead Rhetoric: Tell us a little bit about the cover art with Romanian artist Costin Chioreanu (Arch Enemy,…

April 7th, 2019 Features

Eternity’s End – Hotter Than Fire

…uations, possible live gigs/festival appearances, and so forth? Are you hopeful to get some Eternity’s End live shows going, even if they are in shorter, one-off bursts? Münzner: Yes, this is definitely our big goal. It’s going to be challenging a bit, especially logistically. We want to make this statement that this is a real band and not an online project. Once we’ve played a few gigs, then people will realize we are real band. We want to make s…

March 26th, 2019 Features

Ex Libris – Bringing History to Life

…that [laughs]! He’s like, “You can think that, but let’s try it my way.” Before I can say no, he has already hit the record button and I can only sing. But don’t tell him I said that [laughs]! Dead Rhetoric: What have you found to be refreshing in just fully diving into each chapter on its own? van Giersbergen: What I love is that we are doing this process part-by-part. For every chapter, we are writing, rehearsing, pre-production, and then recor…

March 7th, 2019 Features

Walls of Blood – Descension to Ascension

…other cool encounters in the sports or entertainment world regarding your efforts? Drover: Not that really come to mind. The thing you are referring to with Guy Lafleur that I put on my Facebook page- that was a cool day. He came to the show… unfortunately I didn’t get to meet him. We played Toronto, had a couple of days off, and then we played Montreal. Being that I’m from the area, I stayed in the area while everyone else went on to Montreal. I…

March 3rd, 2019 Features

Týr – Grounded in Honesty

…Joensen: Getting the first international record deal with Napalm Records definitely felt like a big move, and everything that followed after that. Our first experience touring with a tour bus, for an example- I really feel that we had done something extraordinary that no other band from the Faroes had ever done. Since then – doing a headliner tour in the US for the first time in many years last year was a very good feeling, we have some more head…

January 7th, 2019 Features

Torian – Thunderous Storms

…straight-ahead songs – everything was so relaxed instead of what happened before. The recording sessions were relaxed, the work with Seeb the producer was so much more relaxed than before. You can hear it on the sound of this album – it’s only straight- ahead power metal. Not too complicated, and that’s what I wanted to do. In comparison to before, it was really cool this time. Dead Rhetoric: Being the main songwriter, is the process easy or diffi…

December 9th, 2018 Features

Kalidia – Contenders to the Throne

…a Rosellini’s potent vocals. We were able to grab Rosellini for a round of Skype one morning just after the album had been released. We collected her thoughts on the new album, the band’s evolution, her other projects, and her recent degree in veterinary medicine. Dead Rhetoric: How has the response been to The Frozen Throne so far, as it just recently was released? Nicoletta Rosellini: It has been a great response. We got a lot of nice comments o…

November 11th, 2018 Features

Artillery – Fear the Rage

…it always been important for the band to spend an equal amount of care and effort into delivering interesting and relevant topics for the listeners to match the effort put into the music portion for the group? Stützer: Yes. Artillery has always had an interest in delivering potent topics from the lyrical side. We want to talk about pollution, the changes within the world, we always try to have an interesting thing in the lyrics. Of course the musi…

November 2nd, 2018 Features

Gama Bomb – Speed and Nostalgia

…irst in three years. What did you hope to achieve and get across with this effort compared to the previous Untouchable Glory effort? Philly Byrne: That’s a good question. What did we hope to achieve and get across. In terms of achievement, we are sixteen years in, this is the sixth album we were making. We hope to continue hacking through this path that we are sort of making. I think that in itself is a great thing to aspire to when you are in a b…

October 7th, 2018 Features

Amaranthe – Just Be Yourself

…them with the core of the band itself. In short, something just as genre-defying and masterfully written as anything else they’ve accomplished. Sitting down for a Skype chat with vocalist Elize Ryd, whom this scribe has had the honor and pleasure of chatting with on multiple occasions, the opportunity arose to go a bit deeper than the norm. Some talk of Helix ensues, but there’s also some honest talk about the stresses of finding a new vocalist,…

September 13th, 2018 Features

U.D.O. – Made of Steel

…lieve touring for two years on the Accept classics might have had a direct effect on many of the hooks and melodies for songs such as “Make Your Move”, “In the Heat of the Night”, and “A Bite of Evil” as examples? Dirkschneider: Yes, let’s say there will definitely be some influences from Accept in there when you are composing. If you are doing nearly 300 shows playing only Accept songs, and then you come up with some ideas, there will be a little…

September 3rd, 2018 Features

Brainstorm – Haunting at Midnight

…ou have the makings of a power metal effort for the ages. Reaching out via Skype, vocalist Andy B. Franck appears quite excited to discuss this latest effort. We tackle everything from how Seeb was the perfect choice for producer to the quest for the perfect take, special memories surrounding changes in sound during the Memorial Roots and On the Spur of the Moment records, and a bit of talk over how festival organizers struggle to let some of the…