Interviews
This year is the tenth anniversary of Airbourne, the Australian hard rock machine that, since their Roadrunner debut dropped in 2007, have been making a run at the throne of their countrymen in AC/DC. They’ve done this with their hooky-as-hell, no-holds-barred riffery and party-hearty attitude, not to mention their hard work and tunes from the [...]
When I went to conduct an interview with Michael Kiske, the legendary singer of Helloween, Avantasia, Unisonic and an array of other bands, I was not prepared for what I actually encountered. Having just witnessed his performance with Avantasia, as they blew the minds of those attending that Amsterdam concert, I was still in awe [...]
Interviews
Ross Dolan, the singer and bass player of the legendary death metal band Immolation met us and shed some light on the band’s newest release “Kingdom of Conspiracy” and, a special treat, an inside look into the history of this band. Metal Blast: So, Immolation’s been called one of the pioneers of modern death [...]
Festivals
Despite being the oldest and biggest ”dark scene’‘ festival in the world, Wave Gothic Treffen continuously surprises us with the amount and quality of its many attractions and artists, from a wide variety of backgrounds (Gothic, EBM, Industrial, Noise, Darkwave, Neofolk, Medieval Music, Gothic metal, etc.) Just like it has been done for the last [...]
Interviews
With such an extensive discography, you’d think that Iced Earth would be slowing down or that, at least, Jon Schaffer, the driving force behind the band, would rest on his laurels for a while. And yet, nothing of the sort is happening. Every year Iced Earth keeps performing in fronts of hundreds of thousands of [...]