Opinion

Tonight at the forum was the last night of the UK leg of UFO’s tour.  The British rock legends have Greek band 4Bitten supporting them on the whole of the European tour.  While I’ve seen UFO several times before and always enjoyed them, 4Bitten were a new band for me, …

Swedish rock band Sister have been supporting Wednesday 13 on his current UK tour.  I spoke to the band just after they finished sound checking before their gig at Rock City in Nottingham.  Listen to what they had to say about touring and their planned second album, using the player …

I spoke to Chris, guitarist with In this moment in the band’s dressing room at Nottingham’s Rock City to talk about their latest album, tours, their live show and more.  Listen to what he had to say using the player below.

I spoke to Halestorm drummer, Arejay Hale at Rock City in Nottingham a couple of hours before their sold-out headline show.  Listen to what he had to say about their live shows, touring, their forthcoming second covers EP and more.

Before storming the stage at Glasgow’s O2 ABC I caught up with Devildriver’s guitarist Jeff Kendrick, who took time out to discuss recording the new album, touring and amongst other things how the band has evolved and survived over the last 10 + years.            

I had the pleasure of catching up with Cannibal Corpse’s drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz before their crushing set at the o2 ABC in Glasgow. We discussed their latest album Torture, Dead Human Collection: 25 Years of Death Metal, touring, how they have survived 25 years in the business, why they have …

I had the pleasure of catching up with Ryan Knight, guitarist from The Black Dahlia Murder before their brutal set at the o2 ABC in Glasgow. We discussed last years appearance at Wacken and Bloodstock, touring, Metal Blade Records, their new album, what their plans are and so on.   …

Being a Saturday the venue had a club night planned for after the gig, so, tonight’s gig started early – doors at 6.30 and the first band on stage just 15 minutes later. First up tonight were Skarlett Riot, a young band who had been due to play the after …

I was lucky enough to get to speak to Wednesday 13 a couple of hours before he went on stage at Nottingham’s Rock City.  Click the player below to listen to what he had to say about his music, plans to make a movie, and much more..  

With the eleventh edition looming and bands being announced as we speak, we decided to grab festival co-founder Val, to ask her about the festivals origins and how it has now developed into quite a unique event in the Metal calender.                .   First of all, many thanks …

I spoke to Fofi, lead singer of Greek band 4Bitten shortly before they played the HMV Forum in London as part of their European tour supporting rock legends UFO.  Listen to what she had to say about their live dates, the Greek music scene and more..

Canadian thrashers Mortillery recently released their second album – Origin of Extinction on Napalm records.  We took the opportunity to ask them a few questions…   OK first of all, for the benefit of anyone who isn’t familiar with Mortillery, can you tell us a little bit about the band? …

Dublin’s Olympia Theatre has welcomed many a famous performer on her stage during her reign as the Queen of the Irish Music Scene. For two nights, this Dame is being courted by one of Rock’s crown princes.  Each night, her balconies are bursting. Her ground floor is a seething mass …

Tucked away on a cobbled side street on the edge of the oldest part of Belfast, Oh Yeah is a former whiskey bonding warehouse converted into a bespoke music centre – its ground floor a museum by day and a venue by night, its upper floors filled with recording studios, …

I recently  emailed Efthimis Karaimas,founder member of Nightfall to discuss the band and their latest studio album Cassiopeia.     Can you introduce Nightfall to the readers, please? Hello Dennis and thanks for your time mate. Nightfall is an artistic vehicle running for about 22 years now, or 8,000 days …

 I recently had the opportunity to email interview Nick,Cody and Kosta from the thrash metal band Hatriot fronted by Steve Souza,ex vocalist from Testament and Exodus. For a debut album Hatriot sound very tight. Are you pleased with how the album turned out? Thank you very much.  We are very …

Life is full of disappointments, and it must be said that this evening was one of the more disappointing in my life as a rock critic. Derry four piece Mourning Of The Heretic made a decent fist of their opening slot, with their brand of gothic death metal mixed with …

Drowning Pool bassist Stevie Benton took time out from the road touring the States to answer some questions about the release of their up coming new album RESILIENCE and also their up coming UK tour with Fozzy. PM – Your new album Resilience is set to come out in just over a month (April …

When Danish folk-metallers Huldre released their debut album, ‘Intet Menneskebarn’, at the tail end of 2012, they immediately drew comparisons with the likes of Eluvetie, Korpiklaani and Leaves’ Eyes, among others – especially for their emphasis on the ‘folk’ rather than the metal side of their sound, through the use …

Considering all the disappointing news in metal over the past week or so; from Lombardo getting thrown out on his arse (it’s nothing to do with the money, Kerry King overheard him saying ‘I guess Jesus is an ok dude’ – straw that broke the camel’s back) and Adam Duce …