With the imminent release of the band’s 12th studio album “Under the Red Cloud”, we managed to have a conversation with the band’s musical leader Esa Holopainen. In this interview we talk about the new album and why Esa calls Amorphis the ‘single mothers’ metal band. Listen to this 15 minute interview please click on the player below this text.
Just before unleashing their latest effort “Berlin” on August 21st, we have an interview with the album’s producer and drummer extraordinaire Christoph "Tiger" Bartelt. In this interview we discuss about the inspiration behind “Berlin” and the band’s future plans to promote this exciting album. In order to listen to this 15+ minute interview, please click on the player below this text.
Interview with Xandria - Dianne van Giersbergen (2015)
Riding the coat tails from "Sacrificium", Xandria returns with a short but impressive EP. Weeks before the release of "Fire & Ashes", we managed to strike a conversation with the lovely Dianne van Giersbergen to discuss the album and her time with the band.. In order to listen to this 20+ minute interview, please click on the player below this text.
A few weeks before the release of "The Arrival", we managed to strike a conversation with The Vintage Caravan's charismatic Óskar Logi Ágústsson. In our conversation we discussed in detail the band's upcoming release, what is it like to lick bunnies among other things. In order to listen to this 20+ minute interview, please click on the player below this text.
In the eve of the release date of the band’s 13th full-length release: “In Times”, we managed to have a very interesting conversation with the band’s very own Ivar Bjørnson. In this interview we discuss in detail the band’s musical evolution and the motivation behind their increasingly amazing releases. In order to listen to this 20+ minute interview, please click on the player below this text.
In the eve of the release of "Dormant Heart", we managed to have a conversation with the band's frontman Josh Middleton. After interrogating the band, here are the best questions we came up with:
Infernal Masquerade: "Dormant Heart" the band's latest release was recorded back in March 2014, almost 8 months before its release. Any particular reason why this album took a while to come out?
After their killer set on their 2014 North American tour with King Diamond, we managed to sneak a conversation with one of Jess and the Ancient One's masterminds Thomas Fiend. In this interview we discuss the band's tour, the preparations for their upcoming album and we dabble into talking about the occult. In order to listen to this 20 minute interview, please click on the player below this text.
Listen to pirate ship captain Christopher Bowes talk about Alestorm’s latest release “Sunset on the Golden Age”. In our chat we discuss the band’s latest musical effort as well as their future touring plans amongst other pirate-related things. In order to listen to this 25+ minute interview, please click on the player below this text.
As the music scene gets filled with releases these days, it is quite refreshing to see bands like Tombs doing their own thing and generating a lot of buzz for it. Featuring a very unique musical style, the band delivers "Savage Gold", a behemoth of a release that deserves everybody's attention. In this interview we talk with mastermind Mike Hill about all the juicy details behind this release. In order to listen to this 25+ minute interview, please click on the player below this text.
Zeal & Ardor - Baroness - Deafheaven
March 8th, 2019 - Houston, Texas
Ensiferum - Septicflesh - Arsis
January 28th, 2019 - Atlanta, Georgia
November 2nd & 3rd, 2018 - Brooklyn, NY
Eye of Solitude - Marche Funebre - Catapult the Dead
March 13th, 2018 - Oakland, California
Enslaved - Wolves in the Throne Room - Myrkur - Khemis
March 9th, 2018 - San Francisco, California
November 6th, 2017 - Atlanta, Georgia
October 29th, 2017 - Rotterdam, Netherlands
October 28th, 2017 - Rotterdam, Netherlands
Brujeria + Powerflo + Pinnata Protest
October 23rd, 2017 - San Francisco, CA
Orphaned Land + Pain + Voodoo KungFu
September 20th, 2017 - Oakland, California
August 16-19th, 2017 - Dinkelsbühl, Germany
August 10th, 2017 - Jaroměř, Czech Republic
August 11th, 2017 - Jaroměř, Czech Republic
August 12th, 2017 - Jaroměř, Czech Republic
July 28-29th, 2017 - Germany
Feb 2-6, 2017 - USA
Feb 2-6, 2017 - USA
Feb 2-6, 2017 - USA
Feb 2-6, 2017 - USA
Children of Bodom + Abbath + Exmortus + Oni
12/05/2016 - The Regency, CA
Sonata Arctica + Leaves' Eyes + Omnium Gatherum
12/02/2016 - Slim's - San Francisco, CA
Epica + Arkona + Fleshgod Apocalypse + The Agonist
11/18/2016 - Social Hall - San Francisco, CA
Fallujah + Between The Buried And Me + Devin Townsend Project
10/05/2016 - Regency Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
