All Secrets Now Revealed, In Paragraphs: An Interview with Opeth's Fredrik Åkesson Reflecting on when Fredrik Åkesson joined Opeth in 2007 after the departure of founding member Peter Lindgren, band frontman and general mastermind Mikael Åkerfeldt said:
MACHINE HEAD Announces 2025 North American Tour With IN FLAMES, LACUNA COIL And UNEARTH MACHINE HEAD have announced a massive North American tour alongside Swedish metal icons IN FLAMES, Italian alt-metallers LACUNA COIL and American metalcore maestros UNEARTH. The
Iron Will: An Interview with Stu Block (Into Eternity, ex-Iced Earth) and Frank Hetzel (Beltfed Weapon) Frank Hetzel has been a giant in the Seattle metal community for many years – so much so that it’s been said that any metal
Hamilton's ComicCon: Meeting A Legendary Rock Musician, Movie and TV Celebrities And So Much More Hamilton Comic Con was held this weekend and I had the opportunity to go there and see what it was all about. The place was
Practice What You Preach: An Interview with Alex Skolnick (Testament, Savatage, Metal Allegiance) The term “renaissance man” is generally used to describe someone who excels in a number of different areas across a number of different disciplines. No
And So Dear Friends, You Just Have to Carry On: An Interview with Karl Agell (Legions of Doom, ex-Corrosion of Conformity) When then-hardcore band Corrosion of Conformity was looking for a new lead singer in 1989, they placed an ad in the classified section of The
I'm Judge and I'm Jury and I'm Executioner, Too: Who Deserves the Most Blame for Metallica's St. Anger? I regret to inform you all that I had a very unfortunate experience about a week ago. I listened to Metallica’s 2003 release, St.
If You Like What You Hear, Then Go Tell Somebody: An Interview with dUg Pinnick (King's X) Doug (dUg) Pinnick has been at this for a while. In fact, his first interactions with music predate even his own memory. When Steve and
The Sonic Ride: Astroqueen's Johan Borgede on the Band's Hiatus, Reunion, and Future Astroqueen released their full-length debut, Into Submission, in 2001. It is a cult classic in the world of stoner rock and metal. To date, they
No Words: The Versatile Role of the Instrumental on the Classic Metal Album Sometimes, all you need is the music. Literally, just the music. No vocals. I’ve always been a huge fan of a fully instrumental track.
A Light in the Black: Seven Songs That Explain the History and Legacy of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow If you grew up in the late 1980s and early 1990s like I did, you think you know all you need to know about classic
