Interviews

The Philly black/thrash group will unveil a debut LP soon through 20 Buck Spin, following up on a promising EP back in 2017. We spoke to the band about the upcoming record.

Porto, Portugal is home to Amplifest, an exciting cross-genre fest that brings acts like Amenra, Anna Von Hausswolf, Lingua Ignota, and more together in a city already swelling with its own exciting scene. We spoke to fest organizer André Mendes about this year’s edition.

Black metal’s spirit meets the bloody written word in this independent publisher’s two recent anthology releases, “In the Shadow of the Horns,” and “Into the Crypts of Rays.” Learn more about them here.

Kings of Mercia, featuring members of Fates Warning, Toto, Mercyful Fate, and more, lets Fates Warning guitarist Jim Matheos tap into his love of hard rock and early heavy metal. We spoke to Matheos about the band’s self-titled debut.

With new vocalist Brendan Radigan at the helm, the mighty traditional metal band (members of Eternal Champion, Magic Circle, etc.) delivers energetic, extremely well-crafted anthems on their latest album. Read an interview with songwriter/guitarist Arthur Rizk here.

The Danish band’s debut album “The Resurrection of Lilith” combines symphonic metal with melodic death metal, black metal, and cinematic flair. Read an interview with vocalist Sandie Gjørtz here.

Nine full-lengths and 35 years later, Autopsy remains one of the best death metal bands in existence, as gruesome and creative as ever. With that ninth full-length on the horizon, read an interview with original guitarist Eric Cutler.

We spoke to Revocation guitarist Dave Davidson about the technical death/thrash metal institution’s latest album, “Netherheaven.”

The Quebecois black metal band gives us a look at the history of Catholicism in rural Quebec on their new album “Destin Messianique.” Read an interview with the band and stream the album in full here.

Check out a new track from the West coast doom metal band’s upcoming album “Black Terrain” and read an interview with songwriter/vocalist Ascalaphus.