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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.”
Interviews
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"
Festivals
Get Ready for Wacken 2019!
UPDATE: All the tickets are sold out!
Greetings fellow metalheads, it’s that time of the year again! Wacken Open Air Festival is nearly upon us.
(Read...
Interviews
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....
Festivals
Wacken Open Air 2018 Review
Unlike previous years, which were largely shaped by different amounts of rain (from intermittent to "OH MY GOD, PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!"), 2018 promised...
Festivals
Creating a Metal Paradise: An Interview with Thomas Jensen, Co-Founder of Wacken Open Air
We can choose the kind of world where we want to live, and work towards it.
For metal fans, meeting Thomas Jensen is a bit like meeting Walt...
Festivals
Get Ready for Wacken 2017!
Greetings fellow metalheads, it’s that time of the year again! Wacken Open Air Festival is nearly upon us.
(Read our review of the 2016 edition...
Festivals
Get Ready for Wacken 2016
Greetings fellow metalheads, it’s that time of the year again! Wacken Open Air Festival is nearly upon us.
As we all know, every single edition...
Interviews
Breeding Pestilence: An Interview with Nergal
Although we had interviewed him before, this was my first time meeting Nergal, the singer of Behemoth, so I was pretty excited. With him...
From the Editor
My No-No Square: Metal and Abuse
During a recent interview I conducted with Oscar Dronjak, guitar player of Hammerfall, we touched upon the topic of the position of women in...
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The Dark Side of Business: An Interview with Scott Ian Lewis of Carnifex
Scott Ian Lewis on the dangerous state of live music, comics, and Necromanteum
“The songs you love, but not played well” – An Interview with Devin Townsend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RPb_jsnY2I
Get Ready for Wacken 2023
Get ready to unleash your metal power because Wacken Open Air is back with a bang for its 2023 edition! Mark your calendars for...