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Interviews Archive
Joff Bailey Of Savage Messiah Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on February 4, 2012 | No Comments
Team TINAS’ newest recruit Greg Latham recently got the chance to put a few questions to Savage Messiah axeman Joff Bailey. They talked about the new Savage Messiah album “Plague Of Conscience” and it’s limited time free download, influences, their songwriting approach, dream festival line-ups, [...]
Rob Barrett Of Cannibal Corpse Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on January 24, 2012 | No Comments
Cannibal Corpse are one of the most brutal and controversial bands in all of modern music, hailing from New York in the late 80′s the band has slashed its way through the musical landscape for nearly 25 years now. Over the course of their career [...]
Dragged Into Sunlight Talk To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on January 17, 2012 | No Comments
Ever shrouded in mystery, ThisIsNotAScene had a surprisingly civilised chat with an elusive member of Dragged into Sunlight before their set at Damnation Festival; chatting about the creation of the aurally destroying album, the reasons for the secrecy and upsetting old women in America’s bible [...]
Anton Kalaj Of Immanifest Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on January 9, 2012 | 1 Comment
When I first heard the opening notes of Immanifest I was immediately hooked. Symphonic extreme metal is a personal favorite of mine, I guess the sheer power waves and pounding metal that results appeals to some part of me. After many listens, a little research [...]
LeeSun Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on December 30, 2011 | No Comments
Following on from his review of “Prime,” John Toolan took some time out to put a few questions to LeeSun. They talked about her influences, spirituality, song-writing, personal music recommendations and much, much more…
As I said in my review, the mix of the album allows [...]
George And Kerry Of Deafheaven Talk To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on December 28, 2011 | No Comments
Bay Area darlings Deafheaven were one 2011′s more pleasant surprises. A poetic union of post-rock, shoegaze and black metal captured the attention of the entire metal community, and a successful tour with Russian Circles stole the hearts of their fans. Debut album “Roads to Judah,” [...]
Daniel Erlandsson Of Arch Enemy Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No Comments
Near the end of the North American Khaos Tour that took place during September and October of 2011, I had the chance to chat with Arch Enemy‘s talented drummer Daniel Erlandsson. They are still in the midst of a rigorous touring schedule to support their [...]
Pest From Gorgoroth talks to ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on November 27, 2011 | No Comments
ThisIsNotAScene finally caught up with Gorgoroth for a quick chat, Ro and Pest talked about the band’s line-up, album titles in Latin, custom-made arm guards and more.
Tormentor and Tomas Asklund do not tour with the band. Who do you have covering for them in the [...]
Valkyrja Talk To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on November 26, 2011 | No Comments
As the shadows of evening drew over the bustle of Manchester city centre, ThisIsNotAScene ventured off the beaten track to Moho Live, the willing host of the Under the Sign of Hell tour, to seek out Sweden’s purveyors of aural violence – Valkyrja. Vocalist A [...]
Jesse From Chthonic Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on November 21, 2011 | No Comments
ThisIsNotAScene caught up with guitarist Jesse from the iconic Taiwanese melodic black metallers Chthonic, before their atmospheric set at Damnation Festival, to talk about new recording techniques, creating a masterpiece and how many male metal fans are guilty of “judging women by their tits”.
You’ve had [...]
Matt Medeiros Of Funebrarum Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on November 20, 2011 | No Comments
New Jersey’s hard hitting Funebrarum has been serving old school death metal done right since 1999. Featuring veterans of legendary acts such as Evoken, Disma, and Assück (just to name a few), failure was never an option for this DM war machine. A solid debut [...]
ThisIsNotAScene Talks To Shining (NOR)
Posted on November 14, 2011 | No Comments
Amidst a sea of triangle sandwiches and pop bottles ThisIsNotAScene chatted with three enigmatic fifths of the Norwegian masters of Jazz-Extreme metal fusion Shining. Refreshed and wired after a body burstingly energetic performance and maybe a lot of fizzy drink; vocalist/guitarist/saxophonist Jørgen Munkeby, keyboardist Bernt [...]
Mathias Nygård Of Turisas Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on November 13, 2011 | No Comments
ThisIsNotAScene found Mathias “Warlord” Nygård of celebrated painted horde Turisas comfortably ensconced in a press room arm chair, where he waxed lyrical about doing it the Turisas way, ill fitting Viking helmets, Hollywood classics; fantastic UK crowds the importance of not being an armchair hero.
From [...]
James O’Ceallaigh Of Altar Of Plagues Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on November 7, 2011 | No Comments
ThisIsNotAScene finally caught up with James O’Ceallaigh of Altar of Plagues after their blistering set at Damnation Festival 2011. Having subsequently been lost in the venue for a few hours the guitarist/keyboardist was ready to collapse into an arm chair and talk about ignoring reviews, [...]
Paul Mahon Of The Answer Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on November 3, 2011 | No Comments
We were fortunate to catch up with Paul Mahon prior to The Answer delivering a belter of a show to Nottingham. We talked about the band name, Googling themselves, the X-Factor, touring with AC/DC, writing and recording material and much, much more!
Andrè Suergiu of Gold Kids Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on October 5, 2011 | No Comments
ThisIsNotAScene‘s Mat Davies put a few questions to Gold Kids‘ vocalist Andrè Suergiu , after hearing and penning a rather favourable review of their “Ode To Youth” EP. They talked about the response to the EP, how Gold Kids got together, dream festival line-ups and much, [...]
Masaki Murashita and Travis Thune of Hemoptysis Talk To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on September 22, 2011 | No Comments
ThisIsNotAScene got the chance to talk with vocalist and guitarist Masaki Murashita and drummer Travis Thune from Hemoptysis. They talked origins of the band name, state of thrash and much more.
First off thanks for taking some time to give the fans some insight into [...]
Billy Grey of Fozzy Talks to ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on August 26, 2011 | No Comments
During the height of festival season, we found ourselves chilling backstage at Knebworth, catching up with Fozzy’s flamboyant six stringer Billy Grey, discussing his Big 4, Dangerous New Machine and who could be next on the cards for a Fozzy collaboration.
Hey Billy mate, how’s [...]
Hugo Andrade of Switchtense Talks To ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on August 7, 2011 | No Comments
Myron Schmidt, after hearing Portuguese metallers Switchtense‘s self-tilted sophomore album, couldn’t wait to ask the band a few questions. Talking with the band’s lead vocalist Hugo Andrade they talked about the writing of the album, touring, future shows and the future aspirations of Switchtense…
Was the [...]
Shane Phillips of Revoker talks to ThisIsNotAScene
Posted on August 2, 2011 | No Comments
One band we were eager to speak with at Sonisphere was Roadrunner Records‘ uprising new boys Revoker. So Shane Phillips took some time away from thumbing the low notes to tell us of Revoker’s origins, Roadrunner’s power …and that he doesn’t like football.
Right here we [...]