Photojournalist Stephanie Roose of the Hidden Agenda conducted an interview with Paavo Lötjönen of the Finnish rock cello quartet APOCALYPTICA on prior to the band’s March 8, 2011 concert at the Machine Shop in Flint, Michigan. You can now watch the chat below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
On January 29, 2011, Search & Destroy conducted an interview with Finnish “battle metal” warriors TURISAS in Mexico City, Mexico. You can now watch the chat below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
MUSTASCH was the featured musical guest on the February 22, 2011 edition of the “Nyhetsmorgon” program on Sweden’s TV4. The band played two songs, “Angel’s Share” and “I’m Frustrated”, and took part in an interview. You can now watch video footage of their appearance below.
MUSTASCH is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the release of “The New Sound Of The True Best”, a new compilation album featuring re-recorded versions of some of the band’s best songs along with a new song, “Angels Share”.
MUSTASCH‘s self-titled album, was made available outside Scandinavia in January 2010 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD was released on September 30, 2009 in Finland and Sweden and October 5, 2009 in Denmark and Norway via Regain Records. The follow-up to 2007’s “Latest Version of the Truth” was recorded at Bohus Sound Studios in Sweden with producer Tobias Lindell.
MUSTASCH was honored with the “Best Hard Rock” award at last year’s edition of the Swedish “Grammis” gala, which was held on January 15, 2010 at Münchenbryggeriet in Stockholm.
“Angel’s Share” performance:
“I’m Frustrated” performance:
Interview:
Finnish TV channel YLE TV1 recently conducted an interview with NIGHTWISH mainman/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen and Stobe Harju, the director’s of the band’s upcoming movie, “Imaginarium”. You can now watch the report below. (Note: The report is in Finnish, but it contains English subtitles.) Source: Blabbermouth.net
South American guitarist Xavier Moyano (born December 2, 1981) is an Argentine musician, producer, audio/video recording engineer, and teacher. He began his career as a session guitarist in San Miguel de Tucumán in 1999 and by 2003 was the guitarist for rock/pop band AVe Cesar until 2008, after which he became a solo rock instrumentalist. Moyano has taken his show to more than fifty cities in five countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and Peru), and gives guitar clinics at conservatories, academies, institutes, and schools of music throughout South America.
August 2011 we’ll see Xavier playing also in Europe. Who’s this man who speaks with his guitar… Last week I asked him this among other things..
Hi Xavier, you’re well-known in the South American Rock and Metal scenes, but can you represent yourself to our readers who don’t know you yet?
Hi there Metal Shock readers! I’m Xavier Moyano, from Tucuman, Argentina. Greetings! I hope you like what you’re going to read about my work and my art in this interview.
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With their Nuclear Blast debut “The Cold”, Flotsam and Jetsam have gone back to their roots of playing old school Thrash Metal. They have come back stronger than ever and with this their first new album since 2005, they are sure to please their loyal fan base as well as recruiting new fans. “The Cold“ was the last album with Mark Simpson on guitar. He left the band in friendship and was replaced by the former guitarist Michael Gilbert. Listen for yourself, make sure it is loud, and celebrate Metal The Uniter, Not The Divider!!!
Some days ago I had a telephone chat with Flotsam’s drummer, Craig Nielsen. The time was limited, but in less than 30 minutes we were able to cover the most important topics.
Hi Craig, I’m Tarja. welcome to Metal Shock! How are you doing today?
Thanks Tarja, I’m doing pretty good today. The sun’s shining here in Las Vegas, and it’s not so cold today. So it’s not bad at all.
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