…at never grow old, firing up the legions who can’t get enough of those songs that elevate bodies to scream at the glory of this style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcPXAFVZ5N8 Stormhunter on Facebook…
…n as a non-metal entity, the quality of songwriting, performances, and chemistry between the five-piece is worthy of more exploration (and more records). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY2OVRMOS0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRoJKiYs6YM Holler on Facebook…
…uses and leads into unrestricted musical territory, which shouldn’t surprise anyone who has followed Sylvaine, and this EP is full of examples on why she remains such an enigmatic figure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oKsDurzt88&pp=ygUIc3lsdmFpbmU%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UJvn6T13cs&pp=ygUIc3lsdmFpbmU%3D Sylvaine on Facebook Sylvaine on Instagram…
…downs with memorable riffing that’s both heavy and melodically retainable, all without sacrificing the all-important aggression, is sure to grab some listeners looking to blow off a little steam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz56BcscyU0&pp=ygURYnJhdCBzb2NpYWwgZ3JhY2U%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5YqrJfPvB8&pp=ygURYnJhdCBzb2NpYWwgZ3JhY2U%3D Brat on Facebook Brat on Instagram…
…beckoning for more. The Search Won’t Fall… keeps the steady ascension in place, ready to assault stages far and wide to convert more metalheads in the process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKOwHggGnrg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p62kXs9hBeQ Critical Defiance on Facebook…
…vania, things of that nature. We don’t have anything on the books, and we want to be on the West Coast for September/October. That’s about it for right now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deQwH7NN03A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rdV2udd3kk Leather Lung on Facebook…
…e cannot say yet, but I guess we will announce them soon. It’s really cool! It’s a very busy year for us. We are also already thinking about new stuff, and I think it’s already starting to roll. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmwTOz1-jSM&pp=ygULaWxsdW1pc2hhZGU%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS5Q_i71p8Q&pp=ygULaWxsdW1pc2hhZGU%3D Illumishade on Instagram Illumishade on Facebook…
…te the two sometimes. I’m also the manager of the band, I deal with the day-to-day things. I’m the guy who’ll talk to the booking agent, the record label people, the PR people, the tax accountants, the travel agents. So many people are involved. We had a manager for ten years, and then in 2016 I took the initiative and handled it all myself. It was a great decision; I don’t regret it as I’m a hands-on guy for a lot of things. I’m a very DIY guy, I…
…sure to catch your ear. The best part, is that they avoid the usual power/symphonic metal ‘more is more’ philosophy and keep things short, sweet, and full of energy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfPDijUzgqM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLlu54XVvVc Alterium on Facebook Alterium on Instagram…
…be their strongest record to date. This is a modern progressive metal recording that exudes confidence, hopefully garnering the best appeal from all parts of the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvkEJHv1Agk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as3zBqQRLGI Turbulence official website Turbulence on Facebook…
…some touring action going across North America to let the melodic death/gothic hordes savor the outstanding performances, songwriting, and talent on display. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMy70EjbnvQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCqk_d63DHE Before the Dawn on Facebook…
…hopefully touring. We’ve got some things lined up for the new year, more writing. We are already starting to be like, when can we write again? We have the itch again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl5SfC-oTMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRmAZiLedvA Lutharo official website Lutharo on Facebook…
…record, where the songs are short, sharp, and concise. All those sorts of things, should we, could we? Does everyone want to do it? It’s an exciting thing to think about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMlvMsGRouM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_l-trEOtbk Judas Priest official website Judas Priest on Facebook…
…quite important in the company came over and said, ‘that was your last song.’. (laughs). In terms of good shows, we played a cool show with Raven about eighteen months ago in San Francisco, that was at Eli’s Mile High Club. We are going to try to do an album release gig there. We are happy to be going back there. Dead Rhetoric: Working in other bands like Spirit Adrift, Pounder, and Slough Feg among others, what sorts of learning lessons and tools…
…arts in mid-September. The rest of the year is reserved for other activities. 2025 will also be about more extensive touring, and that information will be coming about soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxwKBpdin0Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ0Qh_lVivc Sonata Arctica official website Sonata Arctica on Facebook…
…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…
…final vocals. One of them came back, it was “Tear Them Down”, and the riff.. it wasn’t something talked about or discussed. I’ve had instances like that working with producers, sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn’t. Where you have to go back because he was playing the riff in D and it’s supposed to start in G and drops to D and gets that lift where the payoff is from. I’m not super anal about this stuff – but I wrote it a certain way. That…
…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…
…Here we are now, and hopefully we can take these songs into every city in the US and beyond and hopefully make another record while we are doing it. Either way we are coming to play these live for sure! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CGOId2-EDw&pp=ygURZGFya2VzdCBob3VyIGJhbmQ%3D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUWfCfKxQv4&pp=ygURZGFya2VzdCBob3VyIGJhbmQ%3D Darkest Hour on Facebook Darkest Hour on Instagram…
…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…
…h provide the pinpoint amount of clarity in what has been historically a lo-fi endeavor. Personally, black metal that sounds too thin is an easy pass, and thankfully Hulder doesn’t fall into that trap. Every sound is robust, while not losing that frosted over tonality that’s vital to black metal of this ilk. Hulder has crafted what is to date her most complete work, further expanding the project’s sound without losing or marginalizing any critical…
…ig to gig. Suddenly, reality happened as we lost the first bass player Bene. M. back in 2020, and we did a European tour in 2020 with another bass player. Right after that tour, the pandemic hit. Suddenly these young kids going from just caring about the band, and being on the road, we were now stuck at home with a break. That was a game changer for us. I wouldn’t say it was all bad. It came at the right time for us honestly to reflect on what we…
…ced by sick main hooks and solid songwriting that should easily embed itself into the underground hordes no matter where you come from. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzg7l7iN_dc Petrification on Facebook…
…rd. It’s not that they are our friends, but they have really created an out-of-this-world record indeed. I’m also quite fond of Dutch musician Jurre Timmer’s acoustic folk solo project Thurnin. His first record Menhir grabbed my attention back when it was released in 2021, and his follow up Utiseta from last year is equally brilliant. Really soothing, evocative folk. And just to round up some of the things I’ve been listening to lately: Hexvessel,…
…f the genre – but similar to the case of Udo and Sven Dirkschneider for U.D.O., it’s happening again with this Swedish thrash outfit Rifforia. Vocalist Nils Patrik Johansson has been known over the years for his work in Astral Doors, Lion’s Share, Civil War, Wuthering Heights and his solo records – while his son Fredrik has been playing drums through bands like Tuck From Hell and Brother Tuck. Rifforia is the latest outfit, Axeorcism the debut rec…
…sive madness. In the end, it’s a wonderful sound that hopefully means the next effort will be a couple of years down the road instead of making us wait ten. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni-1QOLniKU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jx_5i3lG7s Night Fever on Facebook…
…a rock vibes as it reaches a chorus that seems born ready to be a live sing-a-long favorite. “Alive” feels the most modern, dipping into more front-and-center electronic elements than the other tracks, embracing more hooks and (mostly) steering away from the more abrasive elements of the act. Two ballad-esque numbers are placed strategically at the middle and end for a rightly earned breather, with “Odyssey” (which will be featured in an upcoming…
…vibes, we have some black metal vibes. We know that we push boundaries – we want to play some of this stuff live to figure out what we are as a band live. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1mk1ecnXpA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5g07fPKkrs Advocacy on Facebook…
…rations and influences in that regard? Leduc: I’ve always been a fan of sci-fi. I’m wearing a Ghost in a Shell t-shirt right now (laughs). I’m still studying at the university, social sciences, so I’ve always been into both our thinking through and theorizing our collective knowledge when it comes to technology. That was always something I think about in an academic capacity, and now I brought music into it. With this new project I’m working on, w…
…t guitar rhythms for “Down”, where the initial hoarse bellows of vocalist E.M. should send chills down spines as his clearer Cronos meets John Tardy nuances cut through the musical proceedings like a knife. As guitarists M.F. and M.J. circulate in that mid 80’s to late 80’s period of Bay Area meets European axe players that wanted to crush the listeners in this swirling buzzsaw manner, precise while throwing down the right number of earworms befor…
