I recently spoke to Kobra, lead singer of Kobra and the Lotus shortly before they supported Buckcherry at the Roadmender in Northampton. Festivalphoto: Your new album was released in August. Can you tell us a bit about the album. Kobra: The album is a very high energy album full of very driving riffs and fast…
Four crazy rockers from Jönköping exploded in the studio as the cold winter reached Sweden-, mixing nostalgic feelings with heavy rock, spicing it with a touch of sleaze to wake us up! Their “best of“ album shows the public, once again, what rock ‘n roll is all about. “Shakedown Suzies is still an unsigned band…
I briefly spoke to Merlin and Chrigel from Eluveitie shortly before they played the HMV Forum in London as part of their tour with Sabaton, and asked them about their albums and touring.. Festivalphoto: Your new album, Helvetios was released in February. How has it been going down with the fans? Chrigel: It’s going down…
I recently spoke to Doro Pesch to talk about her new album, her forthcoming tour and her plans to celebrate her 30th year of metal in 2013. Festivalphoto: You have two guests on the album – Gus G and Lemmy. How do you decide who to invite to guest on your albums? Doro: I’ve loved…
I spoke to Seeb from Orden Ogan to talk about their new album and touring plans….. Festivalphoto: OK for anyone who hasnt listened to Orden Ogan before, can you tell us a bit about the band? Seeb: We’re melodic power metal sort of band with orchestrations. We’ve got our new record ”To the end” coming…
Blodarv från danska ön Bornholm är black metal. Black metal sprungen ur ideologi, övertygelse och säregen begåvning. Dessutom stinker det ordentligt på deras spelningar! På Bornholm bor det drygt 40 000 människor och jag tar mig dit på knappt en-och en halv timme med färjan från Ystad. Hugin, som bildade Blodarv är född och bosatt…
Mike Tramp as a living legend tells his opinion and memories during five minutes at Rockmässan Malmö… *Which was that moment when you decide to become a musician? ‘It was a kind of big surprise, because I have never planned that. Eventhough I’ve played a little bit of sort of guitar in my class, and…
Raubtier är mitt inne i en hektisk turnéperiod. Men för bandets frontman Per Hulkoff är det inga problem att hitta motivationen. – Det är ganska enkelt om man jämför med det andra alternativet. Att jobba som skogshuggare eller tar värvning igen är inget som lockar norrlänningen. Det verkar han inte behöva heller, sedan Raubtier släppte…
Hardcorebandet Seventribe från Västerås spelar i Göteborg i morgon lördag tillsammans med bland andra Zombiekrig. Bandets trummis Mikael Greeberg är peppad på spelningen. Seventribe är ett liveband ut i fingerspetsarna. – Det är det vi gör bäst, vi går in och kör över allt annat. Det är det vi lägger vårt krut på, säger Mikael…
I spoke with Doris Yeh, bass player with Taiwanese metal band Chthonic shortly after they played the main stage at this years Bloodstock festival. Festivalphoto: You’ve just played the main stage here at Bloodstock, how did you enjoy it? Doris: More than happy to be here, to play Bloodstock is always one of our goals,…
Richard Lion, en av Skånes tongivande metalprofiler har legat lågt en tid men meddelar att från och med nu kan alla som gillar black metal-influerad käng/punk/crust börja spetsa öronen. Till sitt nya projekt ”Wolfsblood” har han sedan några månader hittat en fast sättning och börjat repa inför inspelning. Richard Lion har ett förflutet i bland…
I spoke to Orianthi at Bloodstock in between her solo acoustic set and her performing with Alice Cooper. Festivalphoto: You played on the Jaegermeister acoustic stage here at Bloodstock earlier this afternoon. How did you enjoy that? Orianthi: It was fun. I was really happy that people showed up. I really like playing with a…