…ew notches – there are plenty of followers who will seek this out and be very satisfied. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ERo4ORIn8U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT_un-jW68Q Dispyria on Facebook…
…als around Europe with Michael Schenker and also with Elegant Weapons. Until the fall, when the third solo album with original songs is going to be released. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yCIB5O1kec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jFO_lQAfzs Ronnie Romero on Facebook…
…mber opening transports into a memorable bass/drum sequence with early 90’s-Metallica meets Slayer-like tribal propulsion, before the doom/death atmosphere takes control, Luis delivering lyrics of loneliness, reflection, and possible hope for the future that mirror what you hear in this aural twister. Scott Elliot at Chernobyl Studios handles the mixing and mastering in capable, professional form – plus the cover art contains the right mystery/mag…
…not announced yet. We are planning for tours; at the time the plans aren’t finished yet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHtSElUma6E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyNK37-a0ec Xandria on Facebook…
…res before the double kick parts and subsequent galloping/street level riffs bring things back to Jag Panzer meets Vicious Rumors textures. The production values and tones as well as the Jan Orkki Yrlund cover art for Earth Fragments keeps Blakearth in the conversation as a full-fledged professional act aiming to make a strong first impression – and hitting the mark. Let’s hope the next record is a full-length, as this is premiere stuff for those…
…al. To combine those two elements, the orchestral/classical music with fast-paced epic power metal, that was mind-blowing to me. My legs were shaking. That was a turning point for me. It took many years for me to start making that kind of music myself, but it was always in the back of my head. That had a big impact on me, I would say – so thank you Luca Turilli. Dead Rhetoric: How do you see the next year or so shaping up for Twilight Force to sup…
…Maybe at this point we need to do more live shows, hopefully next year that will happen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoehqffCpGE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr6CP1Yc-AI Dark Sarah on Facebook…
…ing another video for the song “Isochronism” probably somewhere by the end of February, beginning of March. Besides that, nothing is really fixed. The situation in Belgium right now, it’s not easy to organize gigs. We are also trying to organize some things abroad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W92Gh4G5h8o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KdGZF9cdMs Elusion on Facebook…
…uple of gigs confirmed in Finland, and we are talking to some more bars and clubs. Try to be a part of more metal events around Finland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RU0r-pxuVM Admire the Grim on Facebook…
…ligned with what people have come to know, love, and expect in these death metal mavens. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjGk15JcNLY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eN1XXF-qAb0 Atrocity on Facebook…
…rom Screamer. We want to keep it at an album every two to two and a half years. I think that’s reasonable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm8bK7sl-mY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Arbwc6ook7Y Screamer on Facebook…
…ee this basic idea in my head, and when it comes back it’s a fully formed, professional drum part with all these things that I never would have imagined would be possible. Dead Rhetoric: Timon Kokott designed the cover art for the new record. How did the process work between you and the artist to arrive at the final piece? And where do you see the importance in cover art to making a good impression before people press play on your material? Kerbov…
…ially considering the delays and postponements that took place due to COVID-19? Georg Neuhauser: (laughs). Yeah, to be honest, this gig has been planned since 2020. When this COVID thing blew up, we were not able to do our big headlining tour for The Last Knight album in April of 2020. We did some brainstorming due to that, and we always did one or two acoustic songs in our live shows in the past, and people loved it. We thought it was a good idea…
…ed last year to release a three-song self-titled EP. Downfall is the follow-up full-length, consisting of those three songs in re-recorded/remixed form, plus five newer songs and a Billy Idol cover to conclude the proceedings. Multiple vocalists participate on the melodic thrash material – Pete Healey possessing killer upper pipes on “Find a Way”, while Hyperia’s Marlee Ryley slays in maniacal form on the heads down basher “Apex Predator”. Loads o…
…melodies? Gioeli: Lyrically, with music, it should be this way. It’s a case-by-case basis. I’m driven by music – if you pass me a piece of music, it gives me an emotional feeling, and which then ties to lyrics. I let the music drive the lyrics. Songs like “Preying on Your Weakness”, the heavy parts made me feel a certain way, something was coming over me, something was attacking me. And so that’s art – I use that music to drive the lyrics. I don’t…
…album, something to build upon as plans are in play for some live shows – all one could ask for in a relevant genre that struggles to garner full respect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oegZn6Zt4fM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9pJxLsOmmY Enemy Eyes on Facebook…
…our way. Just working on everything for the moment, let’s see how it will go next year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvjSbhcwty0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-81kEM5glw Gomorra on Facebook…
…ourselves a head start for the next album. We will try not to release the two albums around the same time. (laughs). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOWa-TvTaGw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R82OFSYFp4A Mantric Momentum on Facebook…
…changing, I listen to those Chastain records now and I sound like a twelve-year-old girl. Mike Varney from Shrapnel who discovered me made a joke about my balls finally dropped. I am singing in a much lower key, I tried to sing in these keys in my 20’s, 30’s, and 40’s and couldn’t do it. I am really happy with the keys, I was never a Halford, I was never a screamer. Chastain was all standard tuning, we tune down. Dead Rhetoric: How does it feel t…
…here’s a lot that we can’t talk about yet, but if everything goes according to plan, we will be able to share some of that news sooner than you might think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emHAIqQ_l_w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0INVpyGPNs Edge of Haze on Facebook…
…t forty years. Dead Rhetoric: Discuss the work behind the European, limited-edition box set – as it includes numerous bonuses, a 72-page book, double colored vinyl, posters, and more? Do you enjoy creating something special for the diehards and collectors who take the time, effort and money to support the band in this manner? Angelripper: We have a single, an EP, we recorded “Witching Metal” in the same way as we had recorded it on the demo tape….
…et to have a ton of access to other bands and what they do, a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff for what they do. Back in the day, if you wanted to see a band like Children of Bodom in the studio, you had to wait for them to release some terrible 480i resolution video maybe tracking two minutes worth of riffs. Now you can document everything, and we are getting to an era where bands can have a little more control over where their imagery is presented…
…overall feel less stress and more joy about taking things forward on a case-by-case basis? Have the goals shifted as a result compared to the first go around for Defleshed? Jorde: Yes, we are pretty unstressed when it come the future of the band this time around. I mean we are still motivated, maybe more than ever, but we don’t have high hopes and a career-focus per se. We take things as they come, and we all have our areas of expertise so the job…
…, it was a struggle last time, I changed computers, it slowed down the process. We will start earlier than seven years to work on the next set of material. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4f95uUe_nI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muJABcuJIYI Dragonland on Facebook…
…o music, write music, and go on the road. Whether it’s Herman Frank, Victory, or Iron Allies, whichever outlet gives me the chance to do a concert, I’ll go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvdaDVRyaK4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8_hUTIsDJs Iron Allies on Facebook…
…t think it’s going to be a balancing act. I was asked, and it’s been a long-time coming. Geoff, Larry, and I had talked back in 2009 when Metal Church first broke up with me. We talked about it, and it didn’t happen – but now it has. Come on, “Don’t Wait for Me”, “Abandoned”, “Ship of Fools” – all those things I saw on Headbangers Ball, didn’t know who they were and when I did, I got the Vicious Rumors self-titled record then Welcome to the Ball,…
…tch, claw, and cement themselves from speakers to the stage in firm command of excellence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7y70CkJ47E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12pv-WFyRx4 Jaded Heart on Facebook…
…circular transitions or hooks as well as the inherent ‘join the band’ shout-a-long chorus. The guitar work contains tasty melodic twists against a bevy of mid-tempo to slightly faster rhythms that certainly deserve praise, adrenalized to combustion mode for “Blood Eagle Dawn” as a second half standout. The bass lines aren’t buried in the mix, equal to the groove task during the mid-tempo anthem driven “Mano a Mano” – where vocalist James Manley-Bi…
…Sometimes you have to pinch yourself – if you would have told that fifteen-year-old kid that one day you would be in Queensrÿche opening up for the Scorpions in arenas, becoming friends with the original guys, I would never have believed you. That is something that sticks out – touring with Judas Priest and getting to know them, it’s an honor. I’ve travelled Europe before I was in any band, just personal vacation stuff. But being able to go over…
…, lyrical content plus sample ideas, social / political discourse, his back-and-forth feelings as a drummer and guitarist, extreme metal thoughts, plus how he’s doing in terms of his mental health and advice seeking out help – and an update on what to expect for the next Gruesome album. Dead Rhetoric: Peace Through Tyranny is the debut album for Kill Division. Tell us how the seeds of this act were planted between vocalist Kyle Symons and yourself…
