Festivalphoto interviewed Elize and Olof from Amaranthe at this years Bloodstock festival. Festivalphoto: First of all, well done on a great set on the Jaegermeister acoustic stage earlier. Olof: Thanks for being there and watching the show. Festivalphoto: OK, first of all, for the benefit of anyone who hasn’t heard of Amaranthe yet, can you…
Festivalphoto interviewed Byfrost shortly before their UK debut at the Bloodstock festival. Festivalphoto: OK first of all for anyone not familiar with Byfrost, can you tell me a bit about the band? Byfrost: OK we’re a three piece metal band from Bergen, Norway. We play the kind of music that makes your head spin and…
Lechery are a Swedish band dating back to 2004. Before joining Lechery, Martin Bengtsson, the bands lead guitarist and vocalist was a member of Arch Enemy and also played with Christopher Amotts side project Armageddon. ”In Fire” is the bands second album – the first, ”Violator” was released in 2008 so ”In Fire” has taken…
Festivalphoto spoke to Exodus bassist Jack Gibsonshortly after they played the main stage at Bloodstock 2011. Festivalphoto: Firstly congratulations on a great set tonight. How did you think it went? Jack: I think it was good and bad you know, as always with a live performance we had some technical difficulties, but in true Exodus…
Festivalphoto spoke with Snowy Shaw, vocalist with Therion shortly after their performance on the main stage at the UK’s Bloodstock festival. Festivalphoto: First of all congratulations on a great show tonight – my favourite performance so far this weekend. Snowy: Ok thanks, that’s wonderful to hear. Festivalphoto: You started as a death metal band and…
Festivalphoto recently managed to interview Chandler Mogel, the Singer with Greek band Outloud following the release of their new album, ”Love Catastrophe” Festivalphoto: Hi Chandler… You’ve just released your new album, “Love Catastrophe” through AOR Heaven… Can you tell us a bit about the songs on the album? Chandler: “Yes, sure!! The album came out…
Orpheus are a heavy metal band from Trondheim in Norway. This album is their debut album, and was released in parts of Europe in 2009 but is now finally receiving a long overdue UK release thanks to Femme Metal records. The album kicks off with ”Fuck me over”, a slice of classic metal with vocalist…
”Melody and Malice” is the fourth (and final) compilation album released by the UK’s Femme Metal Records. As with previous releases the album is aimed at making money for charity – the charity being helped here is the NSPCC (National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children), so its a great cuase, but the…
Hand (or as they prefer to spell it, hAND) bill themselves as a ”3-piece Progressive Alternative/Gothic Metal band”. I’d describe them as a 3 piece prog band. There’s definitely little here to describe as metal. I have to admit I’ve seen hAND play live a few times and I’ve never been impressed – as a…
The second high voltage festival took place on 23rd and 24th July 2011. The line-up was superb – some really top bands on the bill including Judas Priest, Slash, Thin Lizzy, Queensryche, Dream Theatre, Jethro Tull and many more. The location for the festival was once again Victoria Park in London – a large park…
A few years ago, Thin Lizzy weren’t at the top of their game. The new lineup however, with Ricky Warwick as their frontman is back on form and today they make things look easy as they put in an excellent performance packed with classic hits including ”Jailbreak”, ”Whiskey in the jar”, ”The Boys are back…
Thunder were probably one of the most eagerly anticipated bands on the Sunday at High Voltage, and the size of crowd they drew supported that. This was a rare chance to see them live since the band ”quit” two years ago. The intro tape started (ACDC’s Thunderstruck) and the excitement built rapidly till they came…