Interviews How Wayfarer Are Exploring the Bloody Truth of the Wild West October 8, 2020 10:43am ‘Folk metal’ is a loaded term that usually means incorporating antique wooden instruments into heavy metal in order to sound like a circle of skipping Vikings. But the genre’s origins are all about exploring a […]
Interviews How Sumac Are Trying To Unite People With Deafening Heaviness October 1, 2020 1:06pm When given the option, Sumac will choose the path of most resistance. The avant-garde metal trio — comprising guitarist/vocalist Aaron Turner, bassist Brian Cook and drummer Nick Yacyshyn — create heavy music that’s not bound […]
Interviews Laid to Roast: Lamb of God’s Willie Adler On His Passion for All Things Coffee September 30, 2020 11:04am It’s no surprise that Willie Adler needs his coffee. As the guitarist for Lamb of God, Willie spends most of his time traveling around the globe, appearing in front of millions of screaming fans while […]
Interviews DevilDriver’s Dez Fafara: “Now Is The Time When People Need Music The Most” September 29, 2020 2:52pm “You don’t go into a movie and try to script off an ending,” says DevilDriver frontman Dez Fafara. “Sometimes you have to let the movie play itself out…and this one is a very disturbing movie. […]
Interviews Lamb of God’s Willie Adler On Livestream Performances: “Nobody Here’s a F*cking Idiot, We Can All Behave Well and Not Put Anybody In Danger” September 17, 2020 12:35pm Tomorrow night, Lamb of God will stream the first of two epic live performances, each celebrating one of their albums. Tomorrow, fans will get to hear this year’s self-titled release, as well as a handful […]
Interviews Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia: How The Band’s COVID-19 Experience Led to Their Livestream Event September 9, 2020 10:15am More than anything, Cristina Scabbia is incredibly aware. While many musicians seem content to live in the contained world of their practice spaces and tour buses — and given how long and storied her band’s […]
Interviews WATCH NOW: Killswitch Engage’s Adam D. Talks ‘As Daylight Dies’ In Our Exclusive Interview August 18, 2020 5:01pm With next year marking the 15th anniversary of Massachusetts metal crew Killswitch Engage releasing As Daylight Dies, the album which vaulted them into the homes and hearts of millions of fans, the band figured they ought […]
Interviews Every Avatar Album Ranked Worst to Best by Frontman Johannes Eckerström August 14, 2020 11:00am It might be easy to hear Avatar’s latest album, this year’s Hunter Gatherer, and think of them as a new or breakout band. The record’s a huge step forward for the Swedish quintet, showcasing a […]
Interviews Jaye Jayle Created One of This Year’s Darkest Albums On His Phone August 6, 2020 11:00am One finds life’s weird, alienated moments in Jaye Jayle’s new album Prisyn — the lonely walk along the perilously-thin shoulder of a country road, the glide through the dark rooms of the house when you […]
Interviews Zak Stevens: 5 Albums That Changed My Life July 30, 2020 4:23pm Vocalist Zak Stevens has sung with everyone from Savatage to Trans-Siberian Orchestra to Circle II Circle. His most recent undertaking is Fallen, the recently released debut album from his new project Archon Angel, which also […]