Let’s face it—the south knows how to make metal pretty damn extreme. With seminal bands like Death, Morbid Angel and Deicide hailing from below the Mason-Dixon and carving a place for the dauntingly wicked, it’s no surprise that the current extreme scene sees newcomers and revivalists alike taking what the…
Rise Against: Interview with Tim McIlrath
Melodic hardcore champs Rise Against have been slaves to the road since the July 2006 release of The Sufferer And The Witness, and they aren’t quite done with it yet. Going from headlining Warped Tour last summer, to traveling all over North America supporting other bands, to departing on a…
3 Inches Of Blood: Interview with Shane Clark
It’s no easy task making a classic modern, or a modern classic for that matter, but Vancouver, British Columbia’s heavy metal stalwarts 3 Inches Of Blood are somehow doing just that on both accounts. Vocalists Cam Pipes and Jamie Hooper, guitarists Justin Hagberg and Shane Clark, bassist Nick Cates, and…
Interview with Nora: Save Yourself
Jersey-grown melodic hardcore mainstays Nora have logged a decade of hard work and heavy music while always juggling a full plate. Touring part-time, working full-time, the members of Nora have gotten their hands dirty in every aspect of the music industry, with frontman Carl Severson doubling as CEO of Ferret…
Interview with Thrice: Sonnets, Alchemy And The Lash
Southern California quartet Thrice have zigzagged all over the map of musical styles in their nine year career, starting out as a post-hardcore hybrid in 1998 and landing most recently in atmospheric rock with 2004’s Vheissu. Through their forthcoming concept albums—yes, albums—four EPs structured on the four basic elements, Earth,…
Interview with Lordi: The Arockalypse Is Upon Us
If the days of Arena Rock are over, then pyro enthusiasts Lordi are here to resurrect the past. Playing their monster mash with monster masks, Finland’s own costumed crusaders Lordi— vocalist Mr. Lordi, guitarist Amen, bassist Ox, drummer Kita and keyboardist Awa—took Europe by storm by winning the 2006 Eurovision…
Big Business: Interview with Coady Willis
I won’t even attempt to throw Big Business in a category because chances are, you won’t understand the words I would have to make up to do so. Incorporating sounds from a plethora of influences all over the broad spectrum of music (from rock to metal to psychedelic to indie,…
