Interviews

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...

Interview / Michael Schenker Talks Scorpions, UFO and his infinite spring of creativity

Michael Schenker interview with Kahmel Farahani about the new album and his illustrious career. Scorpions, UFO and his infinite spring of creativity. Part One.

Donald Trump / “We’ve talked of doing” A White House, Pyongyang and Moscow Metal tour

Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin may be powerful men in the political world. The trio are now one of the planet's hottest instrumental Metal bands

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...

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...

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...

Richard Black / With Shark Island and Contraband “My dreams were huge”

Interview: Richard Black - Shark Island: The Forgotten Band of the Sunset Strip. The '80s rise, success, and struggles of a band that should have been big.

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...

Interview / Donald ‘Buck Dharma’ Roeser – The Fire Still Burns Brightly

Blue Öyster Cult are, without doubt, one of the very biggest American hard rock bands of all time. With a stellar career that first started almost fifty years ago at a Long...

INTERVIEW / Coney Hatch on getting ‘Pied’ by Maiden and how time heals all wounds

Canadian Rockers Coney Hatch are back and ready to play their first internet gig this Saturday (3 October 2020) at the legendary El Mocambo in Toronto.Releasing three albums in the 80's, the band...

Interview With Deimos: A Metal Band Surviving Within A Taliban Insurgency

Sometimes, we here in the west take making and playing music for granted, Indeed, the bands I have covered from Pakistan all have the advantage of living in the main cities, where...

Adrian Smith / Interview Part One – Martin Birch, joining Maiden, first carp and more

Discover how Iron Maiden's Adrian Smith found solace in fishing during his time with the band in his new autobiography, Monsters of River and Rock.

Massive Wagons Interview / “A Top Ten album is worth it’s weight in Gold”

'House Of Noise', the fifth album from Lancaster’s anthemic Rock five-piece Massive Wagons, was released 12 July 2020 and immediately smashed in the midweek charts at number seven, with MetalTalk's Dave Bonney...

Pete Way / Audio Interview On UFO, Michael Schenker And Much More…

With the recent news that the legendary Pete Way has passed away, MetalTalk looks back at a 2015 interview where Pete spoke about his many years with UFO, his solo album, the mysterious...

Interview / Thomas Jensen speaks with MetalTalk about Wacken World Wide

Last weekends Wacken World Wide was a global success with over 11 million people watching the event. Metal icons such as Sabaton, Heaven Shall Burn, Kreator, Blind Guardian, In Extremo, Hämatom and...
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