Interview with Judas Priest: Goodbye But Not Farewell Bryan Reesman November 16, 2011 Interviews The idea of a farewell tour is bittersweet, especially when you’re a band like Judas Priest that has been in existence for over 40 years. So when the legendary British metal brigade announced that this curr...
Interview with Danny Nick from Suplecs: Bad Luck’s House Band Lives To Tell The Tale JJ Koczan April 6, 2011 Interviews In this age of corporatized disease-beating, it seems like such a cliché, but to call New Orleans trio Suplecs anything other than “survivors” feels like cheapening what they’ve been through over the course...
Interview with Eicca Toppinen from Apocalyptica: Judgment Day Is Coming Giorgio Mustica March 16, 2011 Interviews 11 Before Apocalyptica emerged on the scene in the early ‘90s, perhaps no one realized that playing the cello could be so badass. But the world has since caught on, as the heavy metal band has sold over four m...
Interview With Scott “Wino” Weinrich: The Prophet Of Doom JJ Koczan February 9, 2011 Interviews 3 In March, legendary singer and guitarist Scott “Wino” Weinrich will officially release the vinyl edition of his first-ever acoustic album, Adrift, via Volcom Entertainment (the CD is out on Exile On Mainstr...
Interview with A Life Once Lost: Back To The Underground Andrew Magnotta December 15, 2010 Interviews It’s been a while since the world at large has heard from A Life Once Lost. There was a time when the Philadelphia and South Jersey-based heavy metal collective made their living turning smiles into grimaces wi...
Interview with KIRK WINDSTEIN from CROWBAR: Severance Payoff JJ Koczan December 1, 2010 Interviews 1 New Orleans outfit Crowbar are unparalleled legends of sludge, and an entire generation of metal, whether it be Killswitch Engage or Chimaira or Hatebreed, have taken influence from their mammoth riffs and ...
Interview with Tosin Abasi from Animals As Leaders: Caged Beast Andrew Magnotta November 24, 2010 Interviews 3 Instrumentalism has long been a haven for progressive and experimental musics. By casting off the confines of vocally-driven styles, guitar virtuosos like Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson hav...
Fall Concert Guide 2010: SlegaDeth, X Japan, Campell/Lanegan, Black Crowes, MMJ, CMJ, High On Fire, Interpol, Dimmu/Enslaved and Ozzy/Halford The Aquarian Weekly September 29, 2010 Columns, Goings-On Slayer/Megadeth/Anthrax Oct. 8 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum What’s more fun than yelling “SLAAAYYYYEEEERRRRR?” Nothing. Not even yelling, “FREEE BIIRRDDD.” And surely, one of the best parts about...
