Interviews

Interview with ATOM SMASH: “We didn’t write the record in a HIT song mind set. We wanted it to be colorful and Raw.”

Posted by k0sty4 on April 23, 2012
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ATOM SMASH, a Rock Band in its true form is a fading thing. The genre has seen better years and there’s no denying it. Bodies pile up in dance clubs while rockers glam up their wardrobe for a piece of the dwindling record sales. Producers package ear candy so parents will do the purchasing, while kids do the ripping. The new Atom Smash is in every sense Rock ‘n’ Roll; “Beautiful Alien” is what they’re calling it. Some days ago MSFinland‘s Kostya had a chance to interview band’s vocalist Serg Sanchez about their new album, the music industry and the plans for the future…

1. Hello Serg Sanchez, welcome to Metal Shock Finland! Hola!
The group formed in 2006 by you and Paul Trust. How did you guys meet each other and where from you came the idea to form a band?

I was in a metal group that he was interested in producing. He convinced me to persue my own project with him. I had a lot respect for his sounds.

3. What music influenced the most on your style?

Soundgarden, Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains

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Interview with THE CHIMPZ: “Follow your passion, follow your dreams and never lose focus. Never let anybody take that away from you.”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 22, 2012
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The explosive music of THE CHIMPZ is a product of their every day struggles in the streets of LA. Crossing over from punk rock, hip hop, and heavy metal. Their songs always deliver a great hook and the live show is pure entertainment. Some days ago I had a pleasure to interview band’s lead vocalist Artimus Prime…

Hi Artimus, I’m Tarja. Welcome to MSFinland!

Hi Tarja, I’m doing great. Thank you for having me on MSFinland.

Please tell us when and how The Chimpz was born and introduce us the band members…

The Chimpz originally started as an incredibly fun project in a garage in L.A. around 2005. Since then we realized that we could push bounderies and take what we’ve always had to different and higher levels. The sky and beyond is the limit. The Chimpz have gone threw a few changes and now consist of  Sean (Capmaster fresh) on drums, Sonic on bass, Scary Cary on lead guitar, Chuck P (Mc vocals) and me Artimus on lead vocals and rythym guitar.

…mix punk, metal, and hip hop music to raving audiences… an interesting cross-over, indeed! But tell me what bands have influenced you the most, so that today your genre is this quite colorful mix?

My influences are a variety of bands and artists, but I strongly believe that what makes The Chimpz are the mixture of influences that everybody else in the band has, including me put together ranging from Faith no more, Rage against the machine, NWA, 2pac, Pantera,Metallica, nofx, Van Halen, Korn and the list goes on. It’s the the variety of influences mixed with our chemistry that makes our genre such a colorful mix.

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Interview with SHTURM: “Karmaruna is the symbol of destiny, this is the print which every human leaves in this world, in other words karmaruna is the life itself.”

Posted by k0sty4 on April 21, 2012
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Recently MSFinland‘s Kostya had a chance to interview SHTURM‘s singer Adar. Shturm is a Russian black/death/heavy metal band, formed in 2003. Shturm are: Adar – vocals&guitars, Omut – vocals&guitars, Petreno – drums, Kane – bass.

1. Hello Adar, welcome to Metal Shock Finland!

Yes, hello, Kostya, I`m glad to talk with you!

2. To start, tell us what did you eat today for breakfast? 🙂

A nice question! I need to remember: there was a fried egg, two toasts with cheese and grapefruit juice 🙂 A traditional morning coffee is not for me :D.

3. Now lets talk about you as a musician. What bands most effected on your style??

There are enough bands who influenced forming my own style – Iron Maiden, Metallica, Sepultura, then I got hooked on the bands like Dimmu Borgir, Marduk, Satyricon, Immortal, and that`s all, certainly, influenced the music I wrote those times.  Then I got interested with the bands like Nile and Behemoth and this inspired me for writing the music of the resembling style. Now there are no bands to influence my own style and the sound of Shturm. Certainly, it`s hard to avoid inspirations, but you can`t see the influence of one single band in our album “Karmaruna”. Some riffs and arrangements may remind the music of the band I mentioned earlier, but, in general, we are going through experiments, and I think that we won`t have any reasons for passing a straight line in future.

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Interview With Marco Mendoza: Audio Clip Available

Posted by Stargazer on April 19, 2012
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Blackdiamond of Metal Shock Finland has recently conducted an interview with bassist Marco Mendoza (THIN LIZZY) prior  to starting his UK tour. Some of this conversation can be read below.

When asked about what the fans can expect from Marco’s tour starting today, he said – ‘Gonna play it by ear, we have 2 and a half hours worth of music so I’m gonna pick and choose. I think I’ll focus more on my original stuff cos that’s one of the reasons I’m out here.
There’s a couple of things I’ll play that I totally love from Ted Nugent that I know the fans will love.’

Discussing future plans, Marco had this to say – ‘I’d like to do a power trio project, I think that’s in the works right now, without saying too much. That would be my next collaboration. We’ve been talking about this for a while and all my instincts tell me it’s going to happen, so that’s the next thing to look out for.‘

You can listen to the whole of the interview on the soundcloud player below:

DARK END – INTERVIEW WITH ‘Animæ’ 2012

Posted by Dylan Raine on April 19, 2012
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The Symphonic Black Metal band ‘Dark End’ has just released their much awaited Grand Guignol – Book I on the world. Combined with their haunting melodies, rich orchestras and dark elements I took the first opportunity to ask the band about their Music, Philosophies, and History behind everything that they are today.

1. Welcome to Metal Shock Finland, I’m Dylan, could you please introduce yourselves and the positions you take in the band.

Ave Dylan, to you and to all the Sons of the Northern Shades out there, here’s Animæ and I am the lead singer of DarkEnd.

2. Can you explain the principles for creating this album? What was going through your minds when you first started writing it?

Well, as for the previous concept album “Assassine”, the first stone settled in the creation of “Grand Guignol” was directly connected to my strong philosophical and theatrical researches, used as a basis to set up the whole structure and the general atmosphere of the opera. So, to find the principles from which the album takes it moves, we have to search among the vast halls of Esoterism, Astronomy, Psychology and Magic, finding their infinite grains of knowledge and those ruins of centuries lost that build up our Theatre Of Horrors. Basically, my target was to explore through a rich narrative and metaphorical plot the common roots of occultism, mysticism, self-martyrdom and obscure ancestral ceremonies, and then to create a solid musical structure able to deeply transmit every single emotion involved in this complex spiritual process. What we wanted to reach was a profound absorption of our fans, moving them not only to listen but moving them… to feel.

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Interview with FURYON: “We like to mix things up a bit and have a few surprises with what we do.”

Posted by tarjavirmakari on April 18, 2012
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Think you know who FURYON is? Think again! Since their inception FURYON have been a  band  who like  nothing  more  than  to  challenge  expectations.  Raised  on a  diet  of  heavy metal,  prog,  and  classic  rock,  FURYON  mix all  these  components  for a  truly  unique  and contemporary   sound.   Delivering   huge   rock   radio   friendly   songs,   with   technically challenging, yet  infectiously  catchy musicianship. Dedicated to one  sole  purpose, making hard hitting songs that will stand the test of time. Some days ago I had a chance to interview Furyon‘s vocalist, Matt Mitchell, here’s what he told me…

– Hi Matt, welcome to MSFinland, I’m Tarja. The Easter’s just passed, was it for you relax or work?

It was work really … well gigs. Are gigs work? Sometimes I guess. It was good.

– Your band name Furyon seems to be a combi of “Fury” and “on”, so you’re always angry and furious? lol … or what is the origins of this name choice?

Not so angry really. Furyon is a warrior name, we thought it was good. To represent strength and honour.

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