Interview with Jesse Bartz from Lo-Pan: The Struck Match JJ Koczan June 9, 2011 Interviews Columbus, Ohio, rockin’ foursome Lo-Pan are going for it. They’re going for it like few in the heavy rock underground can afford to do, emotionally, physically, fiscally or just about any way you want to me...
Interview with Justin K. Broadrick: Desperately Seeking ‘Ascension’ JJ Koczan June 3, 2011 Interviews As the frontman and main songwriter behind U.K. industrialists Godflesh in the early-‘90s, Justin K. Broadrick became one of the most pivotal figures in underground extreme music. It was a surprise in the m...
Interview with Ben Ward from Orange Goblin: Thieving From A House On Fire JJ Koczan May 25, 2011 Interviews On the eve of U.K. doomers Orange Goblin’s first run of U.S. dates in the five years since they came around with Scissorfight to support 2004’s Thieving From The House Of God, I rang up frontman Ben Ward fo...
Interview with Axel Sjöberg from Graveyard: Blues In The Cemetary JJ Koczan May 11, 2011 Interviews 1 Swedish retro rock forerunners Graveyard released their second full-length, Hisingen Blues, in the U.S. on April 19. The album—the band’s first for Nuclear Blast—follows late on the heels of 2008’s self-tit...
Interview with Ben Hogg from Hour Of 13: The Time Is Now JJ Koczan May 4, 2011 Interviews The new guy in North Carolinian doom outfit Hour Of 13 is anything but. As the longtime frontman of Beaten Back To Pure and Birds Of Prey, Ben Hogg has been a one-man Southern metal massacre for well over a...
Deleted Scenes: The Oncoming Storm JJ Koczan April 20, 2011 Columns 1 As I sit in the dark and type this, it’s nigh on 5 a.m. Monday morning. To be fair though, it’s only 10:56 p.m. Eastern time, which after tomorrow is what will matter. That doesn’t help me get up in the morning...
Interview with Adam Norden from American Heritage: Exploring Our Sedentary Nature JJ Koczan April 13, 2011 Interviews After a six-year interval (the reasons for which are discussed below), Chicago/Georgia outfit American Heritage return with their second Translation Loss full-length, Sedentary. The album, which features a ...
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...
Grails: Dug In Deep JJ Koczan March 30, 2011 Columns After releasing their first two albums on Neurot, Portland, Oregon instrumental unit Grails began their association with Temporary Residence by appearing on the avant Black Sabbath tribute Everything Comes ...
Interview with Bryan Giles from Red Fang: The Beast And The Mountains JJ Koczan March 23, 2011 Interviews Rife with shenanigans and a willingness to enjoy themselves that most heavy metal completely eschews and mocks every chance it gets, Portland, Oregon’s Red Fang are a unique beast when it comes to all thing...
