Candlemass vocalist Johan Langquist is the man in the hot seat as Belgian Jasper quizzes the Swede on “Sweet Evil Sun“, the Epic Doom Metallers new Napalm Records offering. The conversation also goes into the 40th Anniversary of the bands existence and their legacy, the inspiration of Iommi and Black Sabbath and how they choose
After their debut EP “The Pecking Order” landed on Planet Metal last week via Devils Clause Records, Norwich Post-Grunge Masters Hedra have continued their quest to join the likes of Shirley Bassey, Adele and Billie Eilish with a James Bond theme song. They know that vocalist Jim Marten has the pipes for it so they’ve
Last month saw the release of a record some four years in gestation, inspired by Norse mythology and epic fantasy from Vikvanir, the project of Sydney Australian based multi instrumentalist and composer Zachary Carlsson. A Black Metal record adorned by cover artwork from the late wonderful Mariusz Lewandowski and with orchestration from Elise Carpio, “On
Russian Death Metal enthusiasts Renunciation, a collection of musicians with many works under their belts have been making noises and receiving critical acclaim since 2019 with debut EP “The Terminal Archetype”. Their return with “Autelmorte” has been several years in the making but in order to surpass greatness one must first travel the seven seas
If you thought that after his recent run of appearances for KnotFest meant Daniel Dekay would be giving up his day job with Banger TV then guess again. In this new interview he spoke to Speed Metal legend Dave Carlo about his band Razor and their new album “Cycle of Contempt“. Expect a few wood
American Metalcore Kings Killswitch Engage have let drummer Justin Foley out from the basement to launch a new project in Lybica. In this new interview with KnotFest he talks about the bands now three year old album “Atonement” and how he’s got a lot of love for former vocalist Howard Jones now in Light The
If you thought that our Rabidfest 2022 coverage was over a week after the event, well have we got something for you! An exclusive interview with Brandon Singleton, the flame spitting mouthpiece of Symphonic Deathcore titans To Obey A Tyrant about their Rabidfest experience! The band took their new album “Omnimalevolent” to the event as
Mastermind and guitarist Geoff Waye (Artach, Category VI), talks about his new Melodic Thrash project Triskelyon with Heavy New York in this new interview. One that sees him joined by numerous guest vocalists including Pete Healey and Marlee Ryley (Hyperia) along with drum programming by Raul Marques (Burning Torment) with “Downfall” a debut album that
For some reason Upon A Burning Body always makes us think of Robert Rodriguez’s “From Dusk Till Dawn“… Celebrating a decade of their seminal crossover Deathcore album “Red.White.Green” as well as new album “Fury”, guitarist Ruben Alvarez drops in to chat with Heavy New York with the chat as far reaching as the bands appearance
A cannibalistic troupe of questionable French origins, Gorotica hail from the backwoods of Sydney and specialise in Deathgrind without being afraid to stray from the left hand path should a riff take them. They unveiled a thirty nine minute, twenty two track debut album titled “Morbid Menagerie” last month which not only caught our attention
