…style that allows the group to explore a wide array of influences – in turn probably accelerating the audience they could appeal to. Worth the escape alone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxLtawtaGaY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3L0wIjwVKI Vlad in Tears on Facebook…
…guitar/keyboard duel that descends into “First in Line” right into the follow-up “California”, it’s quite apparent that these gentlemen can still deliver ultra-catchy musical components as well as upper register vocal melodies pulsating with positive energy aligned to the Ecliptica through Reckoning Night period of the group. Scandinavian cultural / atmospheric accents come to the forefront through “A Monster Only You Can’t See”, allowing Tony’s…
…wasn’t really until high school that I got into the heavy stuff. It was a slow-moving process for me – especially getting into more growling or screaming vocals. It took me a long time for that to be something that clicked – it wasn’t until I heard Arch Enemy, and I heard a girl do this, that I liked it. Dead Rhetoric: Did you take any singing lessons or participate in school chorus as well to work on your melodic voice? Shipperbottom: I was alway…
…wasting no extraneous energy in spots to impress others. Composing the follow-up to Let There Be Witchery over the course of one weekend, its apparent that the lethal dose of venomous metal remains at peak levels for these ten tracks – sure to entertain the legions who savor the gut-punching atmosphere that is the essence of this style. Simplicity is key to the Midnight style – riding that punk-infused ethos across blackened, speedy metallic line…
…heir faces on tracks like “Once Upon a Time… Nothing” and the immediate follow-up “Speedsucker Romance,” barely giving you time to get your bearings before holding your head high! “Centipede Bite” is a full-on attack of the senses, which is A-OK with this guy! Meanwhile “Soul Observatory” just rocks, and “Acid Bath” is a tune that makes you wanna break things to. The album ends with “The Venus Baroness I” and “The Venus Baroness II”. Both tracks w…
…ital and as creatively fruitful as they are in the 2020’s – let’s enjoy these recordings, as if it’s the final studio full-length, they will have finished out brilliantly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLPaGqGzdY0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BExNIGlVJTw Judas Priest official website Judas Priest on Facebook…
…remiering new material, and also throwing in certain surprises for the long-time followers? Faulkner: Yes, but it’s exciting, it’s great. That means a tour is coming up. You know what you are going to do. With the fifty-year anniversary tour, it was a retrospective of the entire career, a celebration. Now it’s a new record, we’ve got to hit that. We will hit some deep cuts with some obscure stuff, and we’ve got to do some of the classics, the stap…
…rd. Bottom line? Profane Prayer is not only an absolute beast of an album from Suicidal Angels, it is one of 2024’s best…period. Standout Tracks: All of them! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-nTIX8IU6Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ofxYJgSXAk Suicidal Angels on Facebook…
…his is not – rather a dynamic epic metal style that should plant wonderful seeds bound to full growth as the discography increases. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YEjE4oAOyA Sentry on Facebook…
…tency. If you favor melodic hooks with just enough heaviness and aggression behind them, you are bound to be pleasantly surprised by what Kill the Lights can do, if you’ve been below their radar so far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcdrsLWExTY&pp=ygUPa2lsbCB0aGUgbGlnaHRz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-xFlLRJh04&pp=ygUPa2lsbCB0aGUgbGlnaHRz Kill the Lights official website Kill the Lights on Facebook…
…stals. (laughs) Maestas: Between that and lots of records. I’ve got the Cha-Cha-Cha records. I’ve had this record for as long as I can remember. My aunt put her own return address on the label of the record. She passed away many years ago. I collect old 8 mm films. I have 8 mm film nights with my friends, we watch old horror movies and other people’s vacation videos from the 50s and 60s. Whatever else I find on there, sometimes I find these for $1…
…on’t necessarily have to be able to play all the instruments myself. I can come up and compose a more difficult bit than I can personally play – because I have (keyboardist) Henrik (Klingenberg) in the band, I can have more orchestration. At the same time, back in the day we used to work as a band more. As a songwriter, I would come together with parts, and we would work on it as a band. It was fun to let them have a smoke, work out other parts, a…
…is more difficult than composing progressive music. Anybody can do fifteen-minute-long songs, it’s easy to do this. It’s not easy to do a three-minute song which is not regimented. The world changed, and there seems to be no place anymore for big progressive new bands. Dead Rhetoric: How do you balance the music responsibilities you have with your career as well as maintaining the business side of things, plus the relationships, friends, and fami…
…dynamics for the subsequent powerful riffs. Sabaton-ish accents next to Helloween-ish charm takes “We All Are One” in that unifying anthem template, as vocalist Ferran Quiles reaches for the eagle high falsetto portion of his range especially in the concluding sequence of the song. The final track “In Valentia” contains more of a cultural folk-oriented feel turned metal, the background choir/gang-like voices preparing the listener for battle, drum…
…Dead Rhetoric: Do you believe it’s harder for people to engage in more face-to-face communication, versus the use technology to communicate? Melissourgos: I’m an old school person. I prefer talking to someone straight in their face. I will give you a small example. I didn’t used to have my own Facebook account until a year ago. I just use it for the promotional stuff of the band, and maybe talking with friends or people that are not living that cl…
…f problems with that. Costs are definitely a factor in this. We probably will do another short US run, if anything, later in the year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7rfHknVa54 Morta Skuld on Facebook…
…guitarist Jon Votta next to Ron Thal galvanizes these songs with a modern, low-tuned girth next to some spacious clean measures – check out the eerie “Echo Your Madness” or alternative / progressive aspects to “Rivals” for some of their best rhythms as well as supplementary lines that mesmerize as solid earworms, Vince Votta’s additional propulsive drums kicking things up a notch for the latter. Government warnings in narrative form is the startin…
…for the thousandth time. Screaming Steel hopefully helps get the band more touring / festival opportunities to build an even deeper, faithful following. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY8CdVlAK7c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jTPn7NCtPc Durbin on Facebook…
…tumn…maybe even two. We are trying to see if we can make it work. But we have a lot of shows coming up, the new album comes out in February, and a lot of music videos after that. There’s a lot going on! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7t9SspFWKA&pp=ygUNaW5mZWN0ZWQgcmFpbg%3D%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-JGQgnwpGE&pp=ygUNaW5mZWN0ZWQgcmFpbg%3D%3D Infected Rain on Facebook Infected Rain on Instagram…
…ook the landscape by storm via a duo of heralded demos in 2018, quickly followed by an EP Embraced by Darkness Mysts… and a debut full-length in Godslastering: Hymns of a Forlorn Peasantry. The latter solidified Hulder’s place in the black metal lexicon, reminding of early Darkthrone and Emperor, but without being a carbon copy. That’s what has endeared yours truly to Hulder most – a rare ability to take a classic, often mimicked sound, and create…
…ple. I can’t wait to go back and make the next album, I’m excited about the future and writing more and more material. Bringing Dust Bolt out to the world! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxCqdAM5SvU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ8e2bJAj0k Dust Bolt on Facebook…
…ns old or new to this genre. F.K.Ü. deliver that quick fix sure to destroy your fellow headbangers in pits small or large, circular to multiple breakouts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYcXOuF7m_A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP3AfJFEaeg (F.K.Ü. on Facebook)…
…elieve that for the majority of cleans we used the Gibson as well. For the low-tuned overdubs on “Lone Tree Domain” we used Danny’s Chapman baritone. Oh, and I also used my old ESP LTD MH-1000 for the whammy bar squeal at the end of my solo on “Last Refuge.” Amp-wise, it was mostly an EVH 5150 III with my Mesa 4×12 Rectifier cabinet, but we did use an Orange Dark Terror during the song “A Giant Bound to Fall.” Of course, Dan Swanö used a lot of pl…
…ent a couple of years ago, I’ve seen Slayer live with Dave, and it’s a mind-blowing experience. Some of my early favorites were Lars Ulrich, he inspired me to take up the drums after I heard Master of Puppets. He gets a lot of mean comments nowadays, but you can’t deny how many kids he has inspired to take on the drums. He has a unique and cool style for back in the day. I like rock drummers like Ian Paice, and death metal guys as well. Lombardo i…
…ng that starts “Split Tongue Sermon” launches into this thunderous fury of low-tuned deadly riffs, fueled by double kick passion or tremolo-oriented picking spots, the slower transition elevating the arrangement to brutality measures. Most of the songs sit comfortably in that four to five-minute sweet spot – leaving the epic twists or blitzkrieg, progressive-oriented musicianship for the almost seven-minute closer “Fleshrend”, the instrumental seq…
…to the space-oriented, astronaut filled illustration for the cover that should garner many curious individuals when seeing it on display at a record store. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ-7qqaC0OQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc9YSIfu-QY Dust & Bones on Facebook…
…e you normally buy your music, crack a beer, pour a shot or five, and go nuts! Standout Tracks: “Now and Forever”, “Wolves At the Door”, “Hearts of Steel” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sp9X4w19aM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWx_u0O7U_Q The Rods on Facebook…
…t of topics at the ready before the music is done, or do you work on a case-by-case basis as the musical ideas develop and churn out the words/melodies based on the emotions or atmosphere that comes about? Byford: Pretty much, not always, I wait for…. You know I am a musician myself, we spend a lot of time with the boys on the music, arranging, and fine tuning the parts. I have a list of ideas I have, and if the music suits the idea, then I’ll tak…
…mainframe thrash or death styles. The mini-drum solo break next to the four-on-the-floor foundational locomotive riffs for “Unnecessary Consuming” revels in its classic Motörhead-ish glory, while the alluring gallop next to some alternative chugging, low-tuned picking puts “A Waste of Human Being” into another potent highlight, Felipe’s fervent bark mirroring the jackhammer atmosphere to the max almost like Prong careening headfirst into Sepultura…
…n and break our heads putting this together. Whatever is natural, whatever comes out, comes out. Dead Rhetoric: Were there specific songs that were more of a challenge to come together than others – or possibly easier to develop? Leduc: The song “Mainframe” that was on the demo, which is one of my personal favorites, it felt incomplete when it was already recorded for the demo. The song comes in during the slow part – I had this idea of this littl…
