Interviews

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Inquisition (Dagon) Interview

"...We're the luckiest guys in black metal, really. And our loyalty is to keep giving you the true Inquisition sound, and keep you guys happy."

Exhumed (Matt Harvey & Wes Caley) Interview

"If we didn’t get into metal then we wouldn’t be sitting here and doing this.  It’s just something that’s part of you and never goes away."

Behemoth (Nergal) Interview

"I am happy to be alive and I am happy to be on the road again, kicking ass, and I can’t wait to get on the stage tonight, tomorrow, and the next night to meet all these people and face the Behemoth legion"

Emilie Autumn Interview

"When you come to this show, it’s a place of complete acceptance."

Deafheaven Interview

"We're still a really young band, and I think that we have a lot of room to grow - and grow we will."

Illustrators: Ingo Römling Interview

"I say "f*** yeah" and write an e-mail"

Anaal Nathrakh Interview

"We are our own sternest critics."

Legion of the Damned Interview

"Twan was a person who really wanted to stand in the spotlight, but he never really got to experience the full Legion of the Damned"

Cerebral Bore Interview

"We only wanted to be better...All we care about is being brutal, catchy, groovy, and having good songs. Everything else is just a bonus."

Putrid Pile Interview

"I sing about these topics because I don’t have shit to say. I don’t care about anything, I don’t care about lyrics… I care about vocal patterns, but that’s about it, my heart is in the music."

Must-read

Satan, Twerking, and The Fight for the Soul of America

Lil Nas X' latest song is the new theater in the pointless Culture Wars for the so-called "soul of America". And while it is fun to mock those fundamentalists who rally against its supposed "Satanism", we should also remember that their offense is real, and that they are acting in accordance to their beliefs. The issue is that we shouldn't care.

The Low Bar for Extremism: How I Ended Up On Twitter Block Lists

What do Richard Dawkins, the FBI, Donald Trump and us have in common?

12 Years and 74 Lashes for Your Songs

"Metal is an escape. It encourages you to think for yourself, to say “no”, and to resist when others say “no” to you. That voice of resistance kind of awakened the beast in me."