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Jon Oliva Interview: Poet & Madman

Jon Oliva is a true master in the pantheon of American heavy metal. Being a founding member of the legendary Savatage, the larger-than-life Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and the hard-driving Jon Oliva’s Pain (among other projects...
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Airbourne’s Ryan O’Keefe Interview – Walkin’ the Dog

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 t...
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Michael Kiske Interview: Of Gods and Metal

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 performan...
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Immolation (Ross Dolan) Interview

  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 int...
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Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth) Interview

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...
by J
 
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Intronaut Interview

L.A. Prog merchants Intronaut have just released their latest album, Habitual Levitations. They’ve also recently completely a tour with Meshuggah and are about to embark on a headlining jaunt through North American. So all-in...
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Stratovarius Interview @ PPM 2013

Just like it happened with Gamma Ray, Stratovarius is a band that I discovered through their live material. Their 1998 album Visions of Europe1 is, in my opinion, one of the best live recordings out there. Nowadays, and even th...
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Orphaned Land Interview @ PPM 2013

I have been involved in the Palestine-Israeli conflict for years. Being neither Jewish nor Arab, when I spoke in favor of the Palestinian side of the conflict I was many times dismissed as an anti-semite. On the other hand, whe...
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Sascha Paeth (Avantasia) Interview @ PPM 2013

I’m a huge fan of Avantasia. Back in 2002 I had just found out about EdGuy, so I started to devour everything I could find that was somehow related to them. This quickly lead me to Avantasia and The Metal Opera I. I was f...
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Gamma Ray Interview @ PPM 2013

Unlike most people, my first exposure to German power metal was through Gamma Ray and not through Helloween. Their 2003 album “Skeletons in the Closet”, just like Stratovarius‘ “Visions of Europe”Â...
by J
 
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Helloween Interview @ PPM 2013

Having released their newest album “Straight out of Hell” earlier this year, Helloween is in the middle of a massive world tour promoting this release and, for a short period, doing the second part of Hellish Rock, ...
by J
 
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Barrett Amiss II (Sevared Records) Interview

Ever since death metal was first created in the 1980s it has been a sound that has been met with visceral backlash from a lot of the general public.  The horrific imagery, violent lyrics, and cacophonous sound that very few co...
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