Interviews

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A Love Letter to Planet Earth: An Interview with Floor Jansen & Tuomas Holopainen

"There are no certain facts in art, like there are in science. That's the beautify of it."

Accursed Creators: An Interview with Carach Angren

"You could say that I had a visit from a ghost"

A Ghost Invited: An Interview With Gaahl

"Political correctness is insanity"

Fuck Everybody: An Intimate Interview with Michael Starr

"We’ve found a way to express ourselves in a way that is not necessarily acceptable… but we just don’t give a fuck."

Learning about War: An Interview with Pär Sundström of Sabaton

"If you’d ask me five years ago if I thought that it’s important to educate people in history, I probably would have said yes, but that it wasn’t my job to do it. Nowadays I feel that I can actually do this.”

The Queen of Metal: An Interview with Doro

"I know that “love” isn’t really a word that comes to mind with metal, but it’s true. That’s what I call metal"

A Ghost in the Moon: An Interview With Tobias Sammet of Avantasia

Few bands create as much buzz as Avantasia. Unlike many of the so-called "super groups" out there, it never felt like a cash grab....

Desert Flowers: An Interview with Troy Donockley

Metal Blast: The first, and perhaps most obvious question, is simply "Why?". Considering how busy you and Tuomas are with Nightwish, why did the...

Cold as Hell: An Interview with Frost from Satyricon

Considered by many as one of the most influential black metal bands in history, with a career that spans almost three decades, Satyricon truly need no...

A Soundtrack to Your Life: An Evening with Five Finger Death Punch

“So, any updates from your contacts in the Russian government?”   That’s how, after quickly saying hello, I decided to start what would end up being...

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Why Offensive Speech is Important

In an attempt to protect disenfranchised  communities, many are calling for suppressing certain types of speech. As the argument goes, "offensive" or "racist" speech...

Making the Festival of the Century

"A crowning achievement"

Is Classical Music Exclusionary?

"In a nutshell, albeit camouflaged in woke language, what their argument boils down to is that, in the end, straight white men are just better"