Interviews
Tour News / Blind River and King Creature ready to lead us on the road to normality
Blind River and King Creature have joined forces for a UK tour starting this May, which marks one of the first sets of gigs post Covid-19 lockdown and is a marker for everyones wish of a return to normality. The Guildford five piece Blind River released their excellent album ‘Made …
Alex Webster / Part Two: “Vince Locke defined how our band is presented visually”
Since the release of their 1990 debut album ‘Eaten Back To Life’, Cannibal Corpse have been at the forefront of Death Metal and have become the best selling Death Metal band of all time. On 16 April 16, the band will release their fifteenth studio album ‘Violence Unimagined’ via Metal …
Alex Webster / “We want the Cannibal Corpse songs to be memorable”
Since the release of their 1990 debut album ‘Eaten Back To Life’, Cannibal Corpse have been at the forefront of Death Metal and have become the best selling Death Metal band of all time. On 16 April 2021, the band will release their fifteenth studio album ‘Violence Unimagined’ via Metal …
Tagore Grey / The Treatment, Hard Work, Good Luck and Rock ‘N’ Roll
Not many people can say that they have had the experience of being backstage in an enormous American arena, watching popular U.K. motoring show ‘Top Gear’ with Gene Simmons of KISS sat next to you wearing his full stage gear. The Treatment – Waiting For Good Luck (Frontiers Music Srl) …
Interview / Tom Englund is Evergrey’s Phoenix from the Flames (Part One)
The day has been a fraught one for Tom Englund, Evergrey’s polymathic frontman. An excessive amount of snow has fallen in the region of Sweden that he resides in and this has caused huge problems with the internet connection. Not the best scenario when you have endless global interviews lined …
Interview / Michael Schenker Talks Scorpions, UFO and his infinite spring of creativity
The Rock world really would be a cold and sterile place without the magical fingertips of Michael Schenker. When you look at the calibre of guitarist that the German legend influenced and the music they subsequently produced, his genius should never be taken for granted. After two superb albums under …
Heavy Metal in 2020 / Interviews in Pictures – From getting pied by Iron Maiden to more cowbell
From getting pied by Iron Maiden, to what it is like to be in Iron Maiden (and more cowbell), here are some of the people who spoke with MetalTalk during the year that went tits up. Master axeman and fisherman Adrian Smith told Kahmel Farahani here (Part One) and here (Part Two) …
Interview / Eleine are here to empower your Dancing In Hell
Swedish symphonic Metallers Eleine are a rare good news story in the midst of COVID-19 music industry chaos, with their new album ‘Dancing In Hell’ riding high in their home country’s charts and getting rave reviews around the world. MetalTalk’s Ian Sutherland caught up with singer Madeleine Liljestam and guitarist/growler …
Cats In Space / Damien Edwards talks perspective and purrfect timing in exclusive interview
With the Cats In Space releasing their fourth studio album ‘Atlantis’ tomorrow (27 November 2020), MetalTalk took the opportunity to catch up with the new Cat on the scene Damien Edwards, as he prepares for the bands live stream album launch party at KK’s Steel Mill. The hard hitting AOR …
The Big Interview / Kill The Lights’ James Clark on ‘The Sinner’, battling mental health and hopes for 2021
‘The Sinner’ is the seismic debut album recently released by Kill The Lights, featuring Metalcore luminaries James Clark (Throw The Fight), Jordan Whelan (Still Remains), ‘Moose’ Thomas (Bullet For My Valentine) and Travis Montgomery (Threat Signal). The thirteen track monster is a screamer of a debut, with styles harking back to early millennium …
