Author: Chad Bowar

Manegarm Interview

The Swedish Viking/folk/black metal trio Manegarm are back with Fornaldarsagor, their ninth album. Frontman Erik Grawsio fills us in on the …

Meet The Band: Tripsitter

This week’s featured Meet The Band artist is the Austrian group Tripsitter. Their debut album is The Other Side Of …

Meet The Band: Suldusk

This week we’re spotlighting the Australian dark folk/doom/atmospheric black project Suldusk in Meet The Band. Their full-length debut is Lunar …

Inter Arma Interview

The latest album from Richmond, Virginia’s Inter Arma is Sulphur English. Frontman Mike Paparo gives us the lowdown on the …

Meet The Band: Pharlee

This week’s featured Meet The Band artist is the San Diego hard/blues rock group Pharlee. They just released their self-titled debut. …

Sworn Enemy Interview

After a nearly five year gap between albums, veteran crushers Sworn Enemy return with Gamechanger, which was produced by Machine …

Meet The Band: Vircolac

The Irish death metal band Vircolac are in the Meet The Band spotlight this week. They just released their full-length …

Backyard Babies Interview

Swedish hard rock veterans Backyard Babies are releasing their latest album Sliver & Gold. We caught up with guitarist Dregen, …

Meet The Band: Sanhedrin

This week’s featured Meet The Band artist is the New York group Sanhedrin, who just released their second full-length The …

Avantasia Interview

Tobias Sammet’s all-star collective Avantasia recently released their latest album Moonglow, whose guest musicians include Geoff Tate (ex-Queensryche), Hansi Kursch …

Ewigkeit Interview

Ewigkeit is the long-running experimental solo project of James Fogarty (In The Woods…, Jaldaboath, Old Forest), aka Mr. Fog. Fogarty …

Malevolent Creation Interview

There has been a lot of upheaval in Malevolent Creation since their last album, 2015’s Dead Man’s Path. Vocalist Bret …

Meet The Band: Oculum Dei

This week’s featured Meet The Band artist is the North Carolina black metal group Oculum Dei. Their debut album is …

Candlemass Interview

Swedish doom legends Candlemass are back with a new album, The Door To Doom, their first full-length in nearly seven …

Meet The Band: Levinia

This week’s featured Meet The Band artist is the southern California symphonic metal band Levinia, who recently released the EP …

Avantasia – Moonglow Review

For nearly two decades now, Edguy’s Tobias Sammet has been curating the all-star symphonic power metal project Avantasia. Every few …

Meet The Band: Within The Fury

This week’s featured Meet The Band artist is the Canadian group Within The Fury. Vocalist Dennis Noonan, guitarist Alex Ferdinandi, …

Downfall Of Gaia Interview

The German atmospheric sludge/post black/crust band Downfall Of Gaia return with Ethic OF Radical Finitude, their fifth full-length. Vocalist/guitarist Dominik …

Beast In Black Interview

From Hell With Love is the second album from the Finnish heavy/power metal band Beast In Black, formed by guitarist …

Within Temptation Interview

Within Temptation‘s latest album is Resist. At one point, it wasn’t clear if the band would continue, but they found …

Meet The Band: Master’s Call

This week’s featured Meet The Band artist is the British black/death metal group Master’s Call, who recently released their debut …