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FIFTH ANGEL (Ken Mary) Interview

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In the mid 80’s, a slew of legendary metal bands came to fruition from the Seattle music scene, including Metal Church, the phenomenal Queensrÿche, and the melodic power metal beast that is Fifth Angel. The musicianship was revered too, with original Fifth Angel guitarist James Byrd appearing in international guitar magazines, and with co-founding drummer Ken Mary cropping up, not just in drum magazines, but on tour with the incommensurate Alice Cooper for the Constrictor and Raise Your Fist and Yell tour cycles.

THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA (Björn ‘Speed’ Strid) Interview

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The Night Flight Orchestra [TNFO]‘Aeromantic II’Nuclear Blastwww.facebook.com/thenightflightorchestraofficial Swedish band The Night Flight Orchestra aka TNFO started as a side project for friends in established metal bands such as Arch Enemy and Soilwork, primarily as a creative outlet. Their growing international profile was temporarily disrupted by the pandemic, halting their tour cycle for fifth album ‘Aeromantic’.

VADER (Piotr Wiwczarek) Tour Interview, 2023

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Tour Interview: Piotr Wiwczarek from Vader Latest Release: Solitude in Madness Label: Nuclear Blast Website: www.vader.pl Polish death metal band Vader are well known in the metal scene, and continue to produce seriously ferocious music. Their most recent album, Solitude in Madness is a punishing album of powering death metal. Australian metal audiences soon hear

SKID ROW – The Gang’s All Here – Album Review

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Skid Row – The Gang’s All Here Website: www.skidrow.com Label:    Edel Music Score: 4 ½ out of 5. Skid Row are rejuvenated, and a good chunk of that credit goes to infusing new vocalist, Erik Grönwall, into the fold. The former H.E.A.T vocalist may well have a striking sonic resemblance to original, volatile vocalist Sebastian

STRYPER Live Review, 2023

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Supports: Crosson, Panik Liberty Hall, Moore Park, SydneyFriday, 3rd of March 2023 American evangelical rock band Stryper has long since considered itself a ministry but we’re not here to discuss the prosperity gospel and the thoughts of denominational theologians. Stryper are well known for their bold approach of using their music as a vehicle to

D-A-D : DISNEYLAND AFTER DARK (Jacob Binzer) Tour Interview

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Most recent release: A Prayer for the Loud Label: Mermaid. Site: www.d-a-d.dk Tour: https://metropolistouring.com/d-a-d-2022/ Danish rock band Disneyland After Dark aka D-A-D, and prior punctuation variants, are the quintessential no-nonsense band. If not for the pandemic, their 35th Anniversary World Tour would have landed on our shores in late 2020. However, the postponements are finally

SOILWORK (Rasmus Ehrnborn) Interview

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Övergivenheten Nuclear Blast www.soilwork.org Soilwork’s musical legacy continues with their most recent album, titled Övergivenheten, translating somewhat poignantly to The Abandonment. Recorded at Nordic Sound Lab in Skara, Sweden, and again co-produced by Thomas ‘Plec’ Johansson and the band, it is a musical expression that delves into dark territory, yet with a sense of hope.

SOILWORK Live Review, 2022

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Manning Bar, Sydney UniversityThursday, 3rd November, 2022 Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork’s latest album Övergivenheten has a lyrical depth and variety of musical approaches that few bands of their ilk will ever muster. Co-written by greatly missed late guitarist, and medical practitioner, David Andersson, the album content is suitably dark yet refreshingly honest, and

THE ANIMALS (John Steel) Tour Interview

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www.animalsandfriends.info Sixties British legends The Animals are currently in the country after a postponed tour due to the pandemic. They are bringing us their Greatest Hits Australian Tour and in doing so, promise to offer up a concert full of hit songs, plus the odd unexpected track from deep within their catalogue. The history of