“We are workaholics!” Peter “Peavy” Wagner – the 43-year-old founder, vocalist, bass player and only original member of the German heavy metal masters Rage – presents the trio’s brand-new full-length studio album “Carved in Stone”, due out on February 22, 2008 via Nuclear Blast. It’s the first effort recorded by Peavy and guitarist Victor Smolski […]

“I might be an old guy, but I’ve still got a young metal heart!” A detailed conversation about Judas Priest‘s “Nostradamus”, Fight, 2wo, Metal God Entertainment, the music industry, the past, the present and the future with the Metal God himself – Rob Halford! Vassil Varbanov: Hey, God, how are you? Rob Halford: I’m doing […]

“There’s always been some metal in all of our records, as we’re big metal fans.” Sworn Enemy – the metalcore masters from New York City – are back with a bew killer album, “Maniacal“, which just came out in Europe via Century Media. We caught guitarist Jamin Hunt on the band’s Persistence Tour with Hatebreed, […]

“I’m in love with myself, you know – I’m a heavy metal frontman!” After the massive success of the debut pair of albums “The Metal Opera” (2001) and “The Metal Opera Part II” (2002), Edguy frontman Tobias Sammet returns with a brand-new release by his side-project Avantasia. Entitled “The Scarecrow” and scheduled for release on […]

“I don’t have any regrets on my decision to leave Helloween, and I’m really happy with Gamma Ray.” November 19, 2007 shall witness the European release of the ninth full-length studio album by Germany’s heavy metal masters Gamma Ray, “Land of the Free II”. A day earlier Kai Hansen and his current band, together with […]

“I’m definitely not a guitar hero!” Just a few days before invading Bulgaria for the first time ever to play at the 20 Years Nuclear Blast Festival on November 3 in Sofia, Amorphis‘ founder, leader and guitar player Esa Holopainen warned us what to expect from the live performance of Finland’s metal leaders… Vassil Varbanov: […]

“We thought about doing a night strip show for the ladies in Bulgaria!” Guitarist and band founder Martin Wickler a.k.a. Sathonys presents the new line-up of the German melodic black metal sextet Agathodaimon, the upcoming studio album “Phoenix”, and the participation at the 20 Years Nuclear Blast Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria on November 3, 2007… […]

“It’s not a unique experience to be a rock fan anymore.” An honest conversation with Dave Wyndorf about Monster Magnet‘s new studio album “4-Way Diablo”, the present-day Internet society, and how unique it was like to be a rock fan years ago… Vassil Varbanov: Hey, Dave, how are you, man? Dave Wyndorf: I’m good, man, […]

“You’d better get a lot of ambulances, because it’s gonna get really messy once we get on the stage!” Less than a month before devastating Bulgaria’s capital Sofia together with Amorphis, Edguy, Agathodaimon, The Revenge Project and Overdawn at the 20 Years Nuclear Blast Festival on November 3, bass player Frank Healy revealed what we […]

“We don’t need guitar players anymore!” Some three weeks before the release of Helloween‘s new studio album “Gambling with the Devil”, we got the chance to talk to the 42-year-old bass player and founding member of Germany’s heavy metal masters,В Herr Markus Grosskopf, and find out more about the current situation in the camp of “the […]