Posted on February 6, 2013 |
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Interview by Tom Saunders. Tom Saunders was pretty impressed with Switchblade’s [2012] album. Drummer Tim Bertilsson was more than happy to share his insights on the record. He also discussed playing on the prestigious Roadburn Festival, the band’s influences and the rise in prominence of...
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Posted on February 4, 2013 |
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Interview by Kyle Harcott. Belgian black metal/sludge outfit Gorath have called it a day after the release of their most ambitious album yet, entitled “The Chronicles of Khiliasmos”. A rather curious decision it may seem, however, Gorath’s front man Filip Dupont heartily disagrees. What follows...
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Posted on February 3, 2013 |
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Some time ago Swedish atmospheric post metal formation Khoma released an album full of re-recorded songs, entitled “All Erodes”. ThisIsNotAScene caught up with vocalist Jan Jämte who was more than willing to share his insights on this remarkable album. He spoke candidly about the selection and...
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Posted on February 1, 2013 |
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Interview by Tom Saunders. The latest album by Spanish post-rock outfit Toundra, entitled “III”, really managed to tickle our fancy. Toundra’s Esteban sat down with us to give his two cents on the band’s latest album, musical influences, the current state of the music industry...
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Posted on January 31, 2013 |
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Within the rock and metal community Duncan Patterson is mostly known for being ex bassist, songwriter and singer for Anathema. He left the band after the ill-fated ‘Alternative 4’ recording sessions. In the years that followed, he recorded albums with many bands, including Antimatter and...
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Posted on January 30, 2013 |
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Interview by Dan Swinhoe. For a long time, I thought Wales was devoid of good music, Skindred and Tom Jones aside, the only metal bands from the valleys you heard about were the likes of Bullet for My Valentine, Funeral for a Friend and Lostprophets. A...
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Posted on January 26, 2013 |
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Being a long time fan of Voïvod and on the occasion of their release of “Target Earth” I jumped at the chance to chat with founding member Michel “Away” Langevin about all things Voïvod. Thanks for taking the time to talk to ThisIsNotAScene. I wanted...
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Posted on January 25, 2013 |
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Gilbert Potts recently reviewed the new release “A Forgotten Land” from Encircling Sea and we asked him to talk to Rob Allen from the band about the apparent connection their music has with the natural world. He came back having found out just how down-to-earth...
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Posted on January 24, 2013 |
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Devin Townsend is like a mad scientist, a man so dedicated to the art of making and producing music, that he can literally take nothing and turn it into something. Throughout his 20 plus year career, he has worked with Steve Vai, recorded multiple solo...
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Posted on January 22, 2013 |
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ThisIsNotAScene‘s Steve Fallows caught up with Tod A of Firewater for a quick chat. They talked about “International Orange,” Firewater‘s seventh album, changes in the band over the last 10 years, touring, Tod‘s travels over the last decade and much, much more… “International Orange” is the...
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Posted on January 16, 2013 |
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Gilbert Potts was impressed with the new album from Sydney’s We Lost The Sea so we sent him to talk to Nathaniel D’Ugo to find out more about the band, inspiration behind their latest album, “The Quietest Place on Earth,” playing live and much, much...
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Posted on January 12, 2013 |
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Vancouver death metal band Auroch recently released their debut album “From Forgotten Worlds” on Hellthrasher Productions. The band’s unique style of Lovecraftian death metal has been turning a lot of heads in the underground, and for good reason. Put simply they are one of the...
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Posted on January 11, 2013 |
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There is an old adage that you should never meet your heroes because they will only let you down: they won’t be as cool, as compelling or as heroic as you hope. In the case of Jason Newsted, erstwhile bass player in the biggest heavy metal...
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Posted on January 6, 2013 |
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Interview by Dan Swinhoe. I have a confession to make. My first Black Sabbath album wasn’t “Paranoid”, or “Vol.4″, nor even “Heaven & Hell” or “The Mob Rules”. It wasn’t even “Born Again”. It was a contract-fulfilling compilation album called” The Sabbath Stones”. It featured no...
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Posted on December 22, 2012 |
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Gojira are one of the most unique, heavy and interesting bands currently operating in the metal world, they have toured the world and are now starting to conquer it. This year has seen the band release their most accomplished album yet, in the form of...
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Posted on December 19, 2012 |
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Who is Corey Taylor? Well, that depends on who you ask, as he is many things to many different people. He is the voice of both Slipknot and Stone Sour, a best selling author, and he also owns a film production company with fellow Slipknot...
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Posted on December 8, 2012 |
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ThisIsNotAScene‘s Gilbert Potts was hugely impressed with the latest release from Atlantis, an experimental and progressive instrumental rock/metal project from Holland. He spoke with Gilson Heitinga to find out more about the man behind the music. When did you first realise you were able to create music?...
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Posted on December 5, 2012 |
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Per Fredrik Asly, also known as PelleK, is a Norwegian born power metal singer with an absolutely fantastic voice. He is lead singer of the band Damnation Angels and recently released his debut solo album “Bag of Tricks”. After hearing him sing, I was intrigued...
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Posted on December 2, 2012 |
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After finding perfection in All Hail The Yeti‘s self titled release, I got the chance to catch up with front man Connor Garritty to chat about the all things Yeti. The most amazing song on the album is ‘Axe Murder Hollow’. The first 90 seconds of the song...
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Posted on December 1, 2012 |
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One of ThisIsNotAScene‘s grind specialists, Berns, got the chance to not only review Pig Destroyer‘s latest album, “Book Burner“, but also poses a few thoughts and questions to Blake Harrison. Hello and welcome to this interview on behalf of myself and ThisIsNotAScene, I have to ask,...
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