SOILWORK - BjГ¶rn "Speed" Strid

01 October 2007

"Nowadays American metal bands sound more like what Swedish bands used to sound." Vocalist and band co-founder BjГ¶rn "Speed" Strid presents "Sworn to a Great Divide" - the seventh full-length "really fuckin' solid" studio album by Sweden's...

MINISTRY - Al Jourgensen

10 September 2007

"We decided to leave when we're on top as opposed to the bands that hang out too long." An honest (last?) conversation with industrial metal godfather Al Jourgensen about the new (last) Ministry album "The Last Sucker" , the upcoming (last) Ministry tour The See...

NUCLEAR BLAST ALLSTARS - Peter Wichers

23 August 2007

"People think there's some kind of crush between me and Soilwork, which is absolutely not true." While "Into the Light" was the first present to the 20th birthday of the mighty German label Nuclear Blast, September 21 shall see the birth of the second chapter of the...

NIGHTWISH - Anette Olzon

23 August 2007

"I think "Dark Passion Play" is the heaviest album Nightwish have ever done." Anette Olzon - the Swedish singer who took the hard task to replace the emblematic Tarja Turunen as lead vocalist in Finland's metal superstars Nightwish - introduced herself to all Tangra...

ARCH ENEMY - Michael Amott

22 August 2007

"Nowadays it seems like everybody's starting a MySpage page before they can tune their guitar in." Exactly a year after our previous conversation , we caught Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott on the phone for a chat about "Rise of the Tyrant" - the seventh...

SEPULTURA - Andreas Kisser

09 August 2007

"The whole Sepultura story was built on challenges." Less than a week before Sepultura 's first ever concert in Bulgaria, long-time guitarist Andreas Kisser revealed his expectations from the show, the situation within the band after the departure of Igor Cavalera, the old...

A.i. - Milen Kirov

03 August 2007

"Now, except for something bad, September 11 shall be remembered for something good, too." The LA-based electro rock trio A.i. shall release its second album, "Sex & Robots" , on September 11, 2007. This was the reason to talk to keyboard player Milen Kirov . The...

KING DIAMOND - Andy LaRocque

02 August 2007

"We're a horror-entertainment band. What we do is fiction." A conversation with the Swedish guitarist, keyboard player and songwriter Anders Allhage a.k.a. Andy LaRocque about King Diamond 's latest full-length studio album, "Give Me Your Soul... Please" ,...

RECOIL - Alan Wilder

19 July 2007

"I've always had this love for blues music and gospel and anything that really seems to come deep from the soul." London-born keyboard player, composer and former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder returns with "subHuman" - the sixth album by his current main project...

AMORPHIS - Tomi Joutsen

02 July 2007

"I feel relaxed, because we did a good job in the studio and I'm really satisfied with "Silent Waters"." Helsinki's metal leaders Amorphis are about to release their eagerly anticipated eighth full-length studio album, "Silent Waters" , on August 31,...