Tag: Nuclear Blast

Interview: Korpiklaani talk “Niemi” with Heavy New York!

Having gone Flying V’s and Fire and Ice with their new EP “Niemi“, Jarkko Aaltonen from Finnish Folk Metallers Korpiklaani took some time to chat with Heavy New York a out the record, joining the already established act in 2005 and their notorious Jagermeister drinking antics. They named a song after it. None else calls

NEWS: Devil Sold His Soul to The Narcissist?

The premier of “The Narcissist” from Devil Sold His Soul is the rub your eyes in disbelief moment to follow the fact that the band have been signed by Nuclear Blast. The song is going to feature on “Loss“, a new album set to release via the label on 9th April 2021 having been produced

Bootleg: Misery Index in Maryland!

Back in 2005, Baltimore Maryland Death Metallers Misery Index were finishing off the touring cycle for their 2003 debut album “Retaliate” with guitarist Mark Kloeppel freshly in the fold replacing Bruce Greig. Here’s a full set from them at House of Rock in White Marsh Maryland on 28th May 2005 courtesy of Rick Shirk and

Riff Police! Pull Over! #141: Savatage Vs Sabaton!

Lawyers all over the globe have their ears trained and their pencils sharpened for our weekly lethal dose of possible plaigarism that we do for s**** and giggles because we can. Don’t go writing in folks, it’s just for fun. You know, what we used to get from going to gigs, crowd surfing and… Facing

Playthrough: “The Heretic Anthem” from Sepultura!

Your eyes do not deceive you! As part of an advert for the Drum App “Moises“, which allows you to extract the drum sound from any song, Sepultura drummer Eloy Casagrande has recorded a playthrough video for “The Heretic Anthem” by Slipknot. The video itself has no audio editing, no samples and no triggers and

Playthrough: “Isolation” from Sepultura!

Finally the wait is over for 2003’s “Roorback” by Sepultura to surface for air on Spotify. An album that features the brilliance that is “Mind War“, it literally was a roar back from a beast to defy the critics who claimed the Brazilian Thrash Gods were washed up. Seventeen years on and the band unleashed

Bootleg: Hatebreed in Syracuse New York!

The side stage audio may not be the best but here’s a very young looking Hatebreed at Hungry Charlie’s in Syracuse New York on 22nd June 1997, when the recording equipment to do this well wasn’t exactly palm of your hand. It has been freshly brought into the digital realm for your viewing pleasure with

Playthrough: “Sworn Oath” from Sepultura!

Dedicated drum cam footage of Sepultura sticksman Eloy Casagrande performing “Sworn Oath” in Dublin Ireland on 15th March 2018, from his personal archive has surfaced. The song appears in original form on the bands fourteenth studio album “Machine Messiah” which has reached its fourth anniversary milestone. Sadly as yet there is no UK date on

Riff Police! Pull Over! #137: Rammstein Vs Kataklysm!

In 2021 French Canadian Death Metal act Kataklysm will celebrate 30 years together with vocalist Maurizio Iacono and guitarist Jean-François Dagenais as the only original members of the quartet, although to be fair, bassist Stephane Barbe has been standing to their left on stage since 1998. Produced by Dagenais “In the Arms of Devastation” is

Playthrough: “Slaves Of Pain” by Sepultura!

Following the welcome news earlier that this week that Nuclear Blast will be releasing a full album of some of the collaborations of the Sepultura “Quadra” series at some point in the not to distant future, drummer Eloy Casagrande has returned to “Slaves Of Pain” for a playthough of his own. The audio was recorded