BURNING WITCHES (Lala Frischknecht) Interview, 2020

Swiss and Dutch metal band Burning Witches started out weathering the usual barbs of gimmickry that gets levelled at all-girl bands. However, they’ve persevered and whilst their imagery is undoubtedly calculated, the songs and ability are present in both recorded form and in their growing live performance reputation. Some line-up changes generated inevitable delays but now with a solid crew intact, their third album titled Dance with the Devil, is receiving more positive attention.

Neal Morse Tour Interview, 2020

Progressive Rock musician Neal Morse is truly prolific. His discography is not only vast and varied but he has worked with some incredible musicians in a variety of styles to produce and create an array of projects. This includes groups such as Transatlantic which still continues to this day, when schedules permit. Having left his

Michael Sweet: Solo Acoustic Tour Interview, 2019

American metal band Stryper, have endured both setbacks and barbs from image obsessed critics over the years to succeed where others of their era have faltered. Their perseverance in a music industry climate that seemingly makes it difficult for veteran artists to retain an active career, let alone those with a lyrical focus on evangelising

FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE – (Francesco Paoli) Interview

Combining traditional classical musical forms such as orchestral styles, symphonic offshoots, and chamber music plus choral arrangements with the uncompromising ferocity of death metal may sound implausible. However, for Italian band Fleshgod Apocalypse, who seemingly identify loosely as symphonic death metal, that challenge has been met, explored and pushed into the realms of musical extremities with a fair degree of success.

THERION (Christofer Johnsson) Tour Interview, 2019

Swedish symphonic metal band Therion is the lifework of guitarist Christofer Johnsson and with thirty years in the business, he has embarked on the most ambitious project of his career. Beloved Antichrist is a sprawling rock opera based on Russian philosopher and poet Vladímir Soloviov’s story A Short Tale of the Antichrist. Johnsson’s three act masterpiece contains 30 different characters and is a truly epic undertaking such that many a rock opera will pale by comparison as far as sheer complexity is concerned.