Posts Tagged ‘interview’
The man needs no introductions. We all know Ripper – he was the guy who got to live the metal dream, the tribute-performer who suddenly found himself front of stage in the very band he’d idolized, the man with the voice of steel, one of the friendliest dudes in metal. Well, Ripper Owens has been [...]
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A few weeks ago, I reviewed Black Waltz, the forth full-length release from Swedish death metal band Avatar – and thier first album to have a US release. Well, I managed to score an interview with Johannes Eckerström, vocalist behind Avatar, about songwriting, playing with In Flames, and getting a hard-on for Pink Floyd. “Black [...]
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Uber-talented music critic Natalie Zed has started a new column on the Canada Arts Connect website, titled “Girls Don’t Like Metal” after the infamous Metalsucks post by Sergeant D “Public Service Announcement: Girls Do Not Like Metal”. Natalie’s biweekly column examines gender issues, feminism, and sexuality within heavy metal music. Each post will come in the [...]
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Super Happy Story Time Land doesn’t sounds more like a Japanese seizure-inducing children’s video game than a <> grindcore band. But if you were on one of those torture game shows, and you guess the video-game, you’d have a bucket full of scorpions crawling over your testicles right now. Their stage shows incorporate storyboards and [...]
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Swedish guitarist Kristofer Dahl didn’t always dream of playing music professionally – before he started Guitar Master Class, he studied mathematics, environmental care, political science, and even dabbled in sport fishing. After learning his chops from Therion guitarist Kristian Niemann, he’s spent the last 15 years working as a professional musician and instructor. He’s the [...]
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Autographed Inquisition LP Up For Grabs – Get Your NZ Show Tickets NOW
Review: One Inch Giant – Malva
Steff Metal interviews Tim “Ripper” Owens
Steve Hughes: Heavy Metal Comedy
Steff Metal reviews Zebulon Pike “Space Is the Corpse of Time”
