Interview by David Pearce
Metal Shock Finland’s Dave Pearce caught up with David and James from BULL RIFF STAMPEDE at Hammerfest 5, not long after they had played the second stage and here is what they had to say about their influences. They spoke also about their tour, the music business and how they would change it and what were their highlights of playing the second stage.
Interview by David Pearce
Metal Shock Finland’s Dave Pearce caught up with the Italian ARTHEMIS at Hammerfest 5. Here is what the band had to say about their influences, what they have been up to since the release of their album “We Fight” and what they have lined up for the future. The band members also revealed what was the first album they ever bought.
Interview by David Pearce
Metal Shock Finland’s Dave Pearce caught up with the IRON KNIGHTS at Hammerfest 5. Here is what the band had to say about their influences, upcoming tour with VICIOUS NATURE, about the music business and how they would change it.
The band originally formed as STUKA SQUADRON, touring the UK for several years and releasing an album ‘Tales Of The Ost’ which garnered excellent reviews with its telling of the adventures of a squadron of vampire STUKA pilots. In late 2012 after a much-needed personnel change the revitalised band were reborn as IRON KNIGHTS.
Interview by Tarja Virmakari
The new album from AVANTASIA “The Mystery of Time” comes out on March 29 via Nuclear Blast, and what could be a better way to soothe the expectations than an interview with the great mastermind behind the whole project: Sympathetic, creative and volcanic, TOBIAS SAMMET.
Recently Metal Shock Finland‘s Tarja Virmakari had a nice long chat with Tobias, talking about the birth of this rock opera, and about the storyline and its meaning. Tobias spoke also about the huge number of great guest appearances on the album, and about how he came to these choices. You can find out more about this, and many more details by listening to the chat below. Enjoy!
The Mystery Of Time features a plethora of guest stars including: Biff Byford (SAXON), Michael Kiske (UNISONIC, ex-HELLOWEEN), Joe Lynn Turner (ex-RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE), Eric Martin (MR. BIG), Ronnie Atkins (PRETTY MAIDS), Bruce Kulick (ex-KISS), Arjen Lucassen (AYREON), Russell Gilbrook (URIAH HEEP), Bob Catley (MAGNUM) and more.
The Mystery Of Time -Tracklist:
‘Spectres’
‘The Watchmakers’ Dream’
‘Black Orchid’
‘Where Clock Hands Freeze’
‘Sleepwalking’
‘Savior In The Clockwork’
‘Invoke The Machine’
‘What’s Left Of Me’
‘Dweller In A Dream’
‘The Great Mystery’
‘The Cross And You’ *
‘Death Is Just A Feeling’ *
* bonus tracks on limited edition hardcover book
Interview by Tarja Virmakari
LOST SOCIETY is Finland’s most promising contemporary newcomer combo, founded in early 2010 in Jyväskylä by thrash/speed metal enthusiast Samy Elbanna. The band’s debut album “Fast Loud Death” will come out tomorrow, 15th March, via Nuclear Blast. “Our debut album will be an old-school thrash oriented one that’ll surely leave a lasting impression”, announced front man Samy when talking about their signing with Nuclear Blast at the end of October 2012. A statement that now, in the light of the first record’s splendour, has to be classed as a modest understatement! Lost Society are Samy Elbanna (guitar&vocals), Arttu Lesonen (Guitar), Mirko Lehtinen (Bass), Ossi Paananen (Drums), and the ages of these young talented guys are just 17, 18, 19 and 19.
Just 4 days before the album release Metal Shock Finland‘s Tarja Virmakari had a chance to chat with Samy and he spoke about the band’s first 3 years together, their highlights so far, and one of the main topics of course was the aforementioned debut album. Please join the chat below.
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There are a lot of ways to know about what’s happening in the world, you can follow the news on TV, radios or you can read your daily newspaper but today the faster way to keep yourselves up to date is by connecting to the internet and following the news on websites which post fresh news. In fact, the internet and online magazines are ahead of the game today, and it seems TV and printed magazines are losing out to them.
Bravewords.com is one of the best websites which has posted the latest news about rock and metal music for the last 13 years. They seem to be awake all the time, as their website is always up to date with lots of fresh news. Metal Shock Finland‘s Chief Editor, Mohsen Fayyazi, has recently conducted an interview with Tim Henderson, CEO and Founder of BW&BK.
When asked about how he sees the future for online magazines, Tim said:
“Well, there’s a couple of ways to go – I have a website that you’re changing content all the time, or I have people that continue to pitch me that they want an online magazine.
All that kind of content doesn’t change, whether you’re laying it out on a piece of paper or you have an online magazine.
So in the next ten years, it’s going to have to be the cream of the crop. It’s the old school people, you can’t tell me that kids these days that are holding their iphones and their ipads, that they want to hold a magazine. There’s no way.
You look at the gimmicks they’re sometimes using, like “Decibel” have a flexi disc, “Classic Rock” bring in actual CD compilations or putting in T shirts, which is great for them. I just don’t know how long that will last.“
Also Tim stated the following during the interview:
“All I can say is there’s better things yet to come for Bravewords in 2013 and that’s all I will say.
Lots of surprises this year. Thirteen is one of my lucky numbers, so let’s hope that this year’s lucky!“
You can listen to the whole of the interview on the player below:
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