If you like your doom to be neoclassical, dark, romantic, yet with vocals like rumbling thunder, then Tregor Russo is your man. Releasing three ornate, multi-textured albums… Read more “Tregor Russo of DIONISYAN on new album ‘The Last Millenium’, the Ars Antiqua, Sicilian villages, Italian Traditionalism, and what’s wrong with the modern world.”
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TOBIAS of GRENDEL’S SŸSTER on Jungian archetypes, New World culinary schisms, placing ‘Myrtle Wreath’ EP in the heavy metal canon, and why it’s never too late to be what you are, or to do what you love.
Grendel’s Sÿster released Myrtle Wreath only a couple of years back – yes, just before everything started to go wrong – here at OMM we heard it… Read more “TOBIAS of GRENDEL’S SŸSTER on Jungian archetypes, New World culinary schisms, placing ‘Myrtle Wreath’ EP in the heavy metal canon, and why it’s never too late to be what you are, or to do what you love.”
MATT HOWDEN of SIEBEN talks loop pedals, the power of nature, and the power of the live stream…
Autumn, or the Fall, is here, and for those particularly connected with nature then you’ll no doubt be relishing the melancholia that the darker seasons foist upon… Read more “MATT HOWDEN of SIEBEN talks loop pedals, the power of nature, and the power of the live stream…”
Kjetil Mannheim talks his time in 80s Black Metal band MAYHEM, avant-garde composing, new ORDER release ‘The Gospel’, and how everything turns out alright in the end…
Kjetil ‘Mannheim’ was the original drummer of MAYHEM during the phase that culminated in the legendary Deathcrush EP of 1987. Now, that release was a real beast… Read more “Kjetil Mannheim talks his time in 80s Black Metal band MAYHEM, avant-garde composing, new ORDER release ‘The Gospel’, and how everything turns out alright in the end…”
Lars Emil Måløy of DODHEIMSGARD and IF NOTHING IS talks new music, boutique bass pedals, attention to detail, and tourbus ground rules.
Lars Emil Måløy is a talented composer living in Norway and is involved as bass player in the avant-garde-for-want-of-a-better-word-for-it extreme music scene that evolved from the more… Read more “Lars Emil Måløy of DODHEIMSGARD and IF NOTHING IS talks new music, boutique bass pedals, attention to detail, and tourbus ground rules.”
Erin Bennett of EBB and KROW on space-rock festivals, the best guitars for the job, ending up in Scotland, having a strange accent, and collaborating with HAWKWIND’s Dave Brock at Hawkfest 2021.
Every now and then you hear a cover version that really adds something to the original and today that band is Erin Bennett’s EBB, and the recipient… Read more “Erin Bennett of EBB and KROW on space-rock festivals, the best guitars for the job, ending up in Scotland, having a strange accent, and collaborating with HAWKWIND’s Dave Brock at Hawkfest 2021.”
Rat of THE APOSTLES, UNBORN and hardline vegan sXe band STATEMENT on the old days, new projects, going from one extreme to another, and bidding farewell to England.
It is our pleasure to chat with Patrick ‘Rat’ Poole, known primarily for STATEMENT and UNBORN, two underground vegan thrash/punk acts that would chime with the US… Read more “Rat of THE APOSTLES, UNBORN and hardline vegan sXe band STATEMENT on the old days, new projects, going from one extreme to another, and bidding farewell to England.”
Vladimir of CLAYMOREAN talks new release EULOGY FOR THE GODS, Manilla Road, the post-cold war, marital bliss, and ‘fighting like lions’ for the new generation of Serbian heavy metal…
Serbian act CLAYMOREAN have been about for a few years, but have recently matured into quite a formidable heavy metal band with their upcoming release Eulogy for… Read more “Vladimir of CLAYMOREAN talks new release EULOGY FOR THE GODS, Manilla Road, the post-cold war, marital bliss, and ‘fighting like lions’ for the new generation of Serbian heavy metal…”
Kaos of CHAOS UK, THE WAZZUKS and FEAR OF THE KNOWN on; punk rock, hot sauce, the WURZELS, drugs, Br*x*t, Bristol now and then, his upcoming book, and Clive, his cat.
Chaos UK were / are a rather noisy punk band from Bristol who, alongside Disorder and perhaps Amebix, were proponents of the now world-famous ‘crust punk’ scene,… Read more “Kaos of CHAOS UK, THE WAZZUKS and FEAR OF THE KNOWN on; punk rock, hot sauce, the WURZELS, drugs, Br*x*t, Bristol now and then, his upcoming book, and Clive, his cat.”
Jim Barraza of CIRITH UNGOL talks skydiving, heroes, hauling concrete, fist-fighting fans and the person who persuaded him to learn guitar….
Jim Barraza has played guitar for cult epic heavy metal outfit CIRITH UNGOL since the late ’80s, and as lives go, that’s probably achievement enough for most… Read more “Jim Barraza of CIRITH UNGOL talks skydiving, heroes, hauling concrete, fist-fighting fans and the person who persuaded him to learn guitar….”
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