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Death takes its chances when entering the rock n’ roll zone, allowing metallers Jukka Pihlajaniemi (JP) (vocals) and Jani Rapo (JR) (guitar) caught up with me recently via email to discuss the band’s lyrical meanings, how the band came to be, and everything else thrown in between. Just the fact that the band is the [...]

Drummer machine Paul Mazurkiewicz of death metallers Cannibal Corpse caught up with me while out at the band’s Hollywood stop on the current tour. To talk to me about the upcoming holiday season along with the good and the bad effects of the interviewing process and what the fans can expect from an overall Cannibal [...]

Dirge Within’s guitarist Shaun Glass caught up with me while out on the road on the band’s most recent stop out on the current tour this one being a fusion of Trivium’s bill and Hatebreed’s. Shaun spoke to me about the current touring route, which band he spends the most time, down to the pranks [...]

Grabbing their name from a lyric inspired by modern rockers Radiohead, the Culver City based act Backdrifter, from sunny California, formed in late 2008 and since then has not looked back. Steve Watkins and Nate Waxler formally of “The Hypothetical Band” had begun to search for what they knew would conclude their brand new formation [...]

When comes to the “break-down” of an album lyrically you get thrown a series of emotions, in this case we deal with “life, death, solitude, hope, faith and mental health” according to guitarist Pekko Mantzin of metal rock alternative The Jade straight out of Finland.
This mighty foursome have brought together some re-composed tunes  that have [...]

Founding member Scott Gross of metal rock act From Autumn To Ashes didn’t expect himself to be standing upon this very Earth. Scott explains “It was September 13th 2007 and I was on I-95 in New Jersey. The rental car I had broke down and I pulled over to the shoulder of the road. I [...]

When you get thrown an act with a name like Strike Anywhere what should you expect to come pouring out of their musical fingertips? Well something sounding exactly like Rise Against, Strung Out, No Trigger, and Smoke or Fire that’s what. It’s been 3 years since “Dead FM,” and now it’s the time for a [...]

Brent Schindler of Gwen Stacy caught up with me via email to talk about the band’s latest release, A Dialogue along with the band’s upcoming plans and everything else in between.
1. Introduce yourself, tell me what you do in Gwen Stacy and how long has the band been together?
Brent: My name is Brent. I am [...]

Since their birth in 2004, the band known as Gwen Stacy, has formatted themselves to being a hardcore Christian punk band with solid grounds to creating their music masterpieces. Spreading everything out year after year pretty much, for instance “….I Believe in Humility,” (2005) one year later a collection of Demos was unleashed in 06 [...]

American metalcore has been tossed around for a while now since its formation. So out of the wide range of bands that fall into this genre, what band has proven themselves worthy enough of being known as this genre? One band that pops into my head is a small town act straight out of Orange [...]