CRYSTAL VIPER released their eight album The Cult last week, and as the last one, 2019’s Tales of Fire and Ice was a bold move into symphonic… Read more “MARTA GABRIEL of CRYSTAL VIPER on new album THE CULT, songwriting tips, Poland’s Catholic Regime, and singing as high as King Diamond….”
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VOID ( The Unsearchable ) on their new dystopian album THE HOLLOW MAN, sampling Marlon Brando, the broken social contract between man and God, and how six heads are better than one…
VOID features guitarist Matt Jarman, who played with Dødheimsgard at their London show in December 2020, that OMM reviewed here. Now, if you’re going to be a… Read more “VOID ( The Unsearchable ) on their new dystopian album THE HOLLOW MAN, sampling Marlon Brando, the broken social contract between man and God, and how six heads are better than one…”
ALKERDEEL on new release SLONK, Trappist ales, classic Volvos, taking care of your vinyl, and the dark Belgian psyche…
Alkerdeel have just released ‘Slonk’; dark, earthy black metal with mid-paced doomy passages and faster sections that just don’t want to stop – it might remind you… Read more “ALKERDEEL on new release SLONK, Trappist ales, classic Volvos, taking care of your vinyl, and the dark Belgian psyche…”
HuNGRY WöLF of Russia talk new black-thrash-crust release ‘Forgotten Frozen Lands’ and a longing for Scandinavia…
Wartooth got on the phone to me about this band a couple of days ago, urging me to check them out, and after listening to their new… Read more “HuNGRY WöLF of Russia talk new black-thrash-crust release ‘Forgotten Frozen Lands’ and a longing for Scandinavia…”
Jim Brooks of UK’82 punk band THE EJECTED on the old days, the Young Tribes of England, his new book ‘WHEN I’M DEAD AND GONE’, and what his parents really think of his band….
‘Big Jim’ Brooks formed the Ejected in 1980, and the band released three great EPs, and two albums, the first of which, A Touch Of Class, I… Read more “Jim Brooks of UK’82 punk band THE EJECTED on the old days, the Young Tribes of England, his new book ‘WHEN I’M DEAD AND GONE’, and what his parents really think of his band….”
Tucker Thomasson of THRONE OF IRON on new album ‘Adventure One’, beating depression by lifting weights, rolling die and Bringing Heavy Metal to the (D’n’D) World.
Grimslath heads to Phandelver, Indiana with his D20s and prestidigitation cantrips to try and make some sense of the curiously popular D’n’D metal genre with the admirably… Read more “Tucker Thomasson of THRONE OF IRON on new album ‘Adventure One’, beating depression by lifting weights, rolling die and Bringing Heavy Metal to the (D’n’D) World.”
RICK FISHER of MANILLA ROAD on recording those early albums, huge tom-toms, life outside music, RIDDLEMASTER and the Mark Shelton Tribute show, Bluegrass, Outlaw-Country, and why the hippies were right after all….
Rick Fisher is the Manilla Road drummer on the first three albums – Invasion, Metal and Crystal Logic ( as well as the later-released Dreams of Eschaton… Read more “RICK FISHER of MANILLA ROAD on recording those early albums, huge tom-toms, life outside music, RIDDLEMASTER and the Mark Shelton Tribute show, Bluegrass, Outlaw-Country, and why the hippies were right after all….”
Jürgen Bartsch of BETHLEHEM on the re-release of 1998’s classic S.U.i.Z.i.D, new songwriting secrets, healthy living…and his favourite CHARGED G.B.H song.
Are you feeling depressed during lockdown 2021? Missing human interaction at all? Wait….no? Maybe you are even starting to enjoy it? And perhaps even hoping it lasts… Read more “Jürgen Bartsch of BETHLEHEM on the re-release of 1998’s classic S.U.i.Z.i.D, new songwriting secrets, healthy living…and his favourite CHARGED G.B.H song.”
Jason Roach of ICE HOWL on new album Cadence of the Cursed, home recording setups, and which side he’s on in SKYRIM.
Grimslath fast-travels to Indiana for a socially distanced and sober chat with Jason of open-world-game NWOTHM metal act ICE HOWL. So, ready your weapons and enchantments, Nords….it’s… Read more “Jason Roach of ICE HOWL on new album Cadence of the Cursed, home recording setups, and which side he’s on in SKYRIM.”
GEORGE FLETCHER and STIG MILLER talk post-AMEBIX band ZYGOTE
Continuing our exploration of the 1980s English West Country punk scene we are honoured to have both Stig Miller and George Fletcher here for a chat about… Read more “GEORGE FLETCHER and STIG MILLER talk post-AMEBIX band ZYGOTE”
