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ALEX SKOLNICK Reflects On New ALEX SKOLNICK TRIO Album: “Everything Is Becoming So Dependent On Technology, But Our Music Is An Expression Of Being Human”
CHRIS CAFFERY Reflects On 20 Years Of Solo Career, SAVATAGE’s Return, And The Balance Between Legacy & Future
RIK EMMETT On Collaborating With ALEX LIFESON & JAMES LABRIE: “That Was Probably One Of The Greatest Days In The Studio In My Life”
JOEY VERA Talks ARMORED SAINT’s Recent Tour, Upcoming New Single, And Discusses Likelihood Of FATES WARNING Touring
SEBASTIAN BACH Talks New Album “Child Within The Man”: ‘It’s Mindblowing To Have My Songs Played On FM Radio In 2024’
Rhythmic Revelations: A Backstage Encounter with BARONESS’ Bassist NICK JOST and Drummer SEBASTIAN THOMSON
JOEY TEMPEST of EUROPE Reflects On New Single “Hold Your Head Up”: ‘We Always Like to Take Fans On an Adventure’
BLACK SABBATH’s GEEZER BUTLER Talks Upcoming Book “Into the Void”: ‘There Have Been Terrible Fall-Outs; You Forget Them and Come Back Together’
Music Industry Veteran & Longtime DREAM THEATER Tour Manager RIKK FEULNER Talks New Book, Life on The Road and Upcoming DREAM THEATER Summer Tour: “DREAM THEATER Don’t Get to Play Any Festival in the US, So They Created Their Own”
DEAN BACK of THEORY OF A DEADMAN Discusses Upcoming “Dinosaur “Album: “It Will Take You on A Roller Coaster Ride Between The Rockers and Ballads”
JOHN-ANGUS MACDONALD of THE TREWS: “I Want to Write Songs That Mean Something to People”
SAXON’s Drummer NIGEL GLOCKLER Reflects on SIX BY SIX Debut Album: “It Was Great Fun to Make This Record, and the Vibe in the Band is Very Positive”
LONELY ROBOT’s JOHN MITCHELL Dissects New Album “A Model Life”, Talks Future and More: ‘I Really Wanted this LONELY ROBOT Record to Be as it Turned Out, It is Certainly My Favorite’
MARK ZONDER and RAY ALDER Talk Chemistry During Creation of A-Z Debut Album: “This Album Was an Open Palette, Yet We Stuck with the Mentality of Focusing on the Hooks and the Songs”
JOHN NORUM Talks Upcoming Solo Album “Gone to Stay:” ‘I’m Mainly a Blues Player into Pentatonic Scales but Going 100 Miles an Hour’
DEREK SHERINIAN Talks Writing Process Of His Recent Album with SIMON PHILLIPS: “‘Vortex’ Has The Same Mindset And The Same Creative Energy Of ‘The Phoenix’”
World Renowned Guitarist ERIC JOHNSON Comments on His Technique: “Your Tone Is Mostly on Your Fingers, And Not So Much on The Gear You Use”
Legendary Drummer VINNY APPICE Reflects on The Early Days of DIO And “Holy Diver” Reissue: “The Band Was On Fire Back Then, And We Played Really Fast!”
MARK BOALS On Partnership with LABYRINTH’s OLAF THORSEN on SHINING BLACK Project: “I Had No Idea We Would Click So Well”
Keyboard Wizard JORDAN RUDESS Describes What “An Evening with JORDAN RUDESS” Shows Feels Like: “It’s A Whirlwind to Go Out on A Solo Tour While on A Break from The DREAM THEATER Shows”
TESLA Guitarist FRANK HANNON Talks Upcoming Tour and Band’s Strategy for New Music: “We Will Write and Produce Our Next Albums Ourselves”
STRATOVARIUS Singer TIMO KOTIPELTO on Upcoming “Survive” Studio Album: “The Biggest Difference Is That We Composed This Album Together, In the Same Room”
TODD “DAMMIT” KERNS of SLASH Featuring MYLES KENNEDY & THE CONSPIRATORS Talks “Live At Studios 60” Exclusive Vinyl Release: ‘It’s A Unique Way to Celebrate the Release of 4’
MICHAEL MONROE Talks Upcoming “I Live Too Fast to Die Young” Album: ‘This Is the Type of Record That You Will Want to Listen to Over and Over’
EVERGREY’s TOM ENGLUND Speaks About Upcoming Thirteenth Studio Album “A Heartless Portrait”: “We Have the Same Eagerness, the Same Energy, the Same Urge to Make Great Music”
SKID ROW’S RACHEL BOLAN Talks Bringing Onboard New Singer ERIK GRÖNWALL: “It’s Unbelievable How Everything Worked Out and Fell into Place So Perfectly”
JOHN5 Reflects on His Touring Routine, and Shares Excitement Towards Upcoming North American Sinner Tour 2022: “As Long As I Have A Guitar In My Hands, I’m Happy!”
DREAM THEATER’s JAMES LABRIE Talks New Solo Album, GRAMMY’s Award and Rekindled Friendship with MIKE PORTNOY: “We Chatted, Had A Long Good Discussion, Gave Each Other a Hug and Took a Picture Together”
DESTRUCTION Front-man “SCHMIER” Talks Their New “Diabolical” Album: “We Wanted to Go Back To A More Organic Approach In The Studio”
Drummer JONATHAN MOVER Discusses His Love of Progressive Rock and Why He Decided to Put Together PROGJECT: “The Ultimate Prog Rock Experience”
PHIL X and KURT DEIMER Talk About KURT’S recently released solo EP, Their Experiences in the Film and Music Industry over the Years and Forging a New and Unique Sound within the Long-Running and Established Hard Rock Paradigm: “We Like To Present It Just The Way It Comes Out And Make It Catchy For Our Fan Base.”
ENVY OF NONE’s ANDY CURRAN Reflects on The Band’s Debut Record: “There’s A Broad Spectrum of Styles on The Album and We’re Really Proud of It”
SEAN PECK Discusses the New DEATH DEALER EP, Keeping Busy by Writing Two LPs Worth of Material during the Covid Lockdowns and Staying Relevant During the Decline and Resurgence of Metal in the 90s: “When I Make Records, I’m Always Worried About It Being As Good As The Last One.”
SYMPHONY X Guitarist MICHAEL ROMEO On The Writing Process Of New Album “War Of The Worlds Part II”: “I Gave Each Musician My Basic Ideas, And Asked Them To Make Them Their Own”
STEVE ROTHERY on MARILLION’s New Album “An Hour Before It’s Dark”: ‘The Lyrics at Times Can Be Dark, But There’s an Incredible Joy in the Music’
ANDY TIMMONS Reflects About Upcoming Studio “Electric Truth” Album: ‘All My Collective Experiences Have Been Leading Up to This Record’
HAKEN’S Vocalist ROSS JENNINGS Discusses “Troika” Debut Album: “A Lot Of The Music And Lyrics I’ve Written In The Past Have Come From An Intellectual Place, And I Just Had The Urge To Write From An Emotional Place.”
SEAN KILLIAN Talks VIO-LENCE Reunion, the Long Road Travelled since the Bay Area Thrash Sound First Rose to Prominence and The Blunt Honesty of their Upcoming EP: “I’m Not Gonna Compromise, I’m Not Gonna Hold Anything Back, And If Anyone’s Offended I Don’t Care.”
ALDO NOVA Shares Insights About His Return with Two New Albums on April: “I’m a Storyteller at Heart”
ARJEN LUCASSEN Discusses “Revel in Time” Album by STAR ONE: “I Am Totally Spoiled. I Work with The Best Singers in The World, So I Am Not Easily Impressed”
NICK D’VIRGILIO Tells How He, NEAL MORSE and ROSS JENNINGS Arranged Beautiful Music on “Troika” Album: We Trusted Our Voices Will Blend Well Together, and Months Went By Before We Listened to the Three Of Us Together in a Track”
PERSEFONE’s Guitarist CARLOS LOZANO Recalls Creation of Upcoming Album “Metanoia” And Its Effect on the Band: “It Was Like Therapy”
WILDERUN’s Guitarist/Composer WAYNE INGRAM Discuss Musical Influences and Creative Process Behind Recent “Epigone” Album: ‘I Think My Real Strength is Creating the Orchestral Parts’
VOIVOD’s Guitarist DAN “CHEWY” MONGRAIN Shares His Thoughts on Upcoming “Synchro Anarchy” Album: “There Are Glimpses Of Hope, But This Is a Dark and Deep Record”
ANNIHILATOR’s Mastermind JEFF WATERS Breaks Down Re-release of 2007 Collaborative “Metal II” Album: “Almost Everything About The Album Has Been Reworked Except For My Own Parts”
TERRY ILOUS Discusses Debut “Land Of Gypsies” Album: “We Didn’t Want Something Overproduced, The 70’s Bands Were Our Blueprint for the Album”
IAN ANDERSON of JETHRO TULL Chimes In on New Album “The Zealot Gene” and Different Eras of the Band: “All Members Past and Present of The Band Feel Good About Each Other”
Guitarist ERIC GALES Reflects on Upcoming “Crown” Studio Album: “Being on Stage and Swapping Energy with a Crowd is One of the Best Feelings I Could Ever Have”
STEVE VAI Talks Upcoming Album “Inviolate” and Creative Process Behind It: “My Only Responsibility to Myself Is to Be As Brutally Creative As I Possibly Can”
JOE SATRIANI Discusses Upcoming Art Gallery and New Studio Album “The Elephants of Mars”: “Expressing Myself in My Paintings, Fits with the Idea of Being a Musician Very Well”
TOM ENGLUND and VIKRAM SHANKAR Talk SILENT SKIES’ Upcoming Album “Nectar”: “The Music is Reflections of Us”
MATT BARLOW Talks New ASHES OF ARES Album And Compositional Chemistry with FREDDIE VIDALES: “We Try to Keep the Writing Process Raw and Organic”
TED NUGENT Talks Upcoming Album “Detroit Muscle” and His Creative Process: ‘I Don’t Write Songs, I Ejaculate Them’
BLACK VEIL BRIDES’ Guitarist JINXX Talks Creation of Recent Album “The Phantom Tomorrow”: ‘We Are a Team, We Are a Band!’
PAUL GILBERT’s Reflects On Upcoming Christmas Album ‘TWAS: “Writing Christmas Songs in July Gave Me a Rebellious Spirit”
FRANK BELLO of ANTHRAX Talks Biography “Fathers, Brothers, and Sons: Surviving Anguish, Abandonment, and Anthrax”: The Road to Success Was Not Paved with Gold!
HAKEN’s Front-man ROSS JENNINGS Talks Debut Solo Album: ‘“I Wanted This Record to Have Its Own Identity; Deliberately Avoiding Using Members of my Current Bands”
THE POLICE Guitarist ANDY SUMMERS Talks Recent Studio Album “Harmonics of the Night”: ‘The Point Of Writing Music Is To Touch People In Some Way”
JOHANNA and NICKE from LUCIFER Reflect on Band’s New Effort “IV”: ‘Although It’s Not A Concept Album, It’s Supposed To Be A Trip, Best Experienced As A Whole’
UDO DIRKSCHNEIDER reflects on Recent Album ‘Game Over’ and U.D.O.’s Current Lineup: “Having a Young Band Around Me Brings New and Modern Ideas”
DREAM THEATER’s Guitarist JOHN PETRUCCI Offers Insight on Band’s Upcoming “A View From The Top Of The World “Album: ‘There Were No Preconceived Ideas when Recording; It Was All Off The Cuff’
Acclaimed Rock Vocalist JEFF SCOTT SOTO Talks Recently Released “The Duets Collection – Vol I” Album: ‘I Felt the Need to Have a Creative Outlet, to Entertain People and Help Them Forget The Hardship of the Pandemic’
Renowned Guitarist GUS G Talks Just Released Solo Album “Quantum Leap”: “I Flirted with Some New Ideas When Composing this Album, Despite it is Still Much a Guitar Record”
Interview with ROB REED and PETER JONES + Cyan – For King and Country (Album Review)
PEAVY WAGNER Discusses Heaviness of RAGE New Album “Resurrection Day”: “I Don’t Know Why Took Us So Long To Add a Second Guitar Player”
Legendary Drummer CARMINE APPICE Discusses Last VANILLA FUDGE Song Recorded with Late Bassist TIM BOGERT: “We Wanted to Get Him On At Least One Track Before He Was Gone. It Sounds Old School and Classic”
NEAL MORSE of NMB Discusses “Innocence & Danger” Album: “Music Is the Language Of Emotion, So We Want To Tap Into That As Much As We Can”
LEPROUS Singer EINAR SOLBERG Talks Creative Process Behind “Aphelion” Album: “For Us It’s Not About Trying to Please The Old-School Fans, We Want to Make The Music That We Feel We Should”
BIG BIG TRAIN’s Members NICK D’VIRGILIO and DAVID LONGDON Talk Upcoming “Common Ground” Album: “We Were Able to Do Something A Little Bit Different, It’s Fresh and That’s What We Needed.”
Comedian and Actor GARRET JAMIESON Talks Recent “Heavy Metal Hitchhiker” YouTube Series: “I embodied SpongeBob While Performing as the Series Main Character”
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Talks Creative Process of Upcoming Album “Parabellum”: ‘I Don’t Follow Trends, I’m Very Clear About My Vision of Where I Want to Go”
Legendary Canadian Artist BEN MINK Discusses His Lengthy Musical Career, Reflects on Working with RUSH, HEART, FM and Many More
KK DOWNING Talks Upcoming KK’s PRIEST “Sermons of the Sinner” Debut Album: “My Heavy Metal Days Are Far From Over”
DENNIS DEYOUNG Reflects On Recently Release “26 East Vol. II” Final Album: “This is The Last One, I Just Don’t Want to Do It Anymore”
JEM GODFREY and JOHN MITCHELL Talk Recent FROST* Album “Day and Age”: ‘We Were a Little Bit Nervous That Perhaps We’d Gone Off Too Far in A Strange Direction. But Now We’re Feeling Very Vindicated and Relieved’
INTERLOPER’s Guitarist/Frontman ANDREW VIRRUETA Talks Band’s Debut Album: “We Discovered the Level of Organic Sound Development We’re Capable Of”
SUBTERRANEAN MASQUERADE Singer DAVIDAVI DOLEV Talks Just Released “Mountain Fever” Album: “There Was Always Another Idea Waiting Around the Corner While Working on This Record”
BLACK SABBATH and ROB ZOMBIE Drummer TOMMY CLUFETOS reflects on the debut of TOMMY’S ROCK TRIP: “I took this album as a challenge to myself”
JEFF PILSON Reflects on The Sophomore THE END MACHINE Album: “Having to Work Remotely Helped Us Keep the Material More Direct”
JANE GETTER Talks Recent Studio Album “Anomalia”: “I Chose this Album’s Name Because of the Eclecticness of The Music On It”
AMORPHIS’ Guitarist ESA HOLOPAINEN Reflects On His Upcoming Solo Project SILVER LAKE: “I Wanted to Have a Proper Project Name and For it to Be Someway Connected with Nature”
TOM FRAYNE of THE STRANGER Talks Just Released “Kaleidoscope” Album: ““I Love If Someone Is Getting Something Out Of Our Music, That Is The Point Of Songwriting””
Guitarist RUFUS MILLER Reflects On Keeping Himself Busy During Lockdown: “I Used the Pandemic to Reconnect with My Musical Roots”
MEGADETH’S Basist DAVE ELLEFSON and DREW FORTIER Reflect on Their Collaboration on Books, Movies and Music: “We Really Found a Collective Voice Together”
RONNIE ROMERO Reflects on His Involvement in SUNSTORM’s “Afterlife” Album: “As Musicians We Always Try To Prove Ourselves, and I Took This Record As a Challenge”
GEOFF TATE Talks SWEET OBLIVION Sophomore Record: “The Whole Album Concept Deals with the Relentless March of Time”
HUMAN FORTRESS Singer GUS MONSANTO Reflects On Recent Compilation Album: “A Good Singer Is Like an Artist ,You’ve Got To Be A Good Storyteller”
RICHIE KOTZEN Talks Upcoming SMITH/KOTZEN Debut Album: “It’s A Big Deal for Me To Have My Name Alongside ADRIAN SMITH’s Name on an Album Cover”
MAGNUS KARLSSON of HEART HEALER Discusses “The Metal Opera” Debut Album: “I Wanted to Work More with Female Singers, and This Was a Great Opportunity To Do It.”
JOHN YOUNG of LIFESIGNS on New Album “Altitude”: “We’ve Always Been In Charge of Our Own Destiny”
ANNEKE VAN GIERSBERGEN Talks Recent Album “The Darkest Skies are the Brightest” and Inspiration Behind it: “You Have to Go Through Darkness In Order to Get To The Light”
Extensive Interviews with GEOFF DOWNES and CHRIS BRAIDE of DBA: “This Album in Particular Very Much Bears Mine and CHRIS’ Souls”
STEVE LUKATHER Talks New Album “I Found the Sun Again”, Friendship with EDDIE VAN HALEN and More: “Musically Speaking This is a 70’s Album, But With a 2021 Fidelity””
Former IRON MAIDEN, LIONHEART Guitarist DENNIS STRATTON Talks Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nomination: ‘I’m Honored to be Nominated and I Ask the Fans to Vote!’
BLAZE BAYLEY Talks New Album “War Within Me” and Time in IRON MAIDEN: “Being in MAIDEN Was A Crazy and Wonderful Time, It Gave Me Incredible Confidence in My Songwriting And I Got No Complaints or Hard Feelings Whatsoever”
SYMPHONY X Drummer JASON RULLO Dives Deep About His 3 RULES Band: “This Is a Real Band for Us, Not Just a Project”
MR. BIG’s Front-man ERIC MARTIN Discusses Plans for New Live Releases: “They Are Coming Out, with Some of the Last PAT TORPEY Shows”
STEVEN WILSON Reflects Upon Just Released Album “The Future Bites” and More: ‘My Heroes and Inspirations Were Always the Kind Of People That Were Constantly Surprising Their Fans’
QUEENSRYCHE’s Frontman TODD LATORRE Talks Debut Solo Album “Rejoice In The Suffering” Creative Process: ‘I Want What’s Best For The Music and the Songs’
MICHAEL SCHENKER Talks Upcoming MSG Album and Career: “I Declined OZZY OSBOURNE, DEEP PURPLE and Many Other Bands for The Only Reason To Be Myself”