Bad Woman Blues' is an insightful documentary on powerhouse singer Beth Hart, made by filmmaker Oliver Schwabe. You can now watch it via YouTube below! The film was made for the German TV show Rockpalast and broadcast in November, but it is now available to watch via YouTube. 'Bad Woman Blues' follows the incredible story of singer-songwriter Beth Hart. It..
Interview with Chris Black (High Spirits)
High Spirits is a band which you simply must hear, regardless of what type of metal is your favorite sub-genre. This band is the musical vison of multi-instrumentalist Chris Black, who has created some fantastic pieces of melodic heavy metal since 2009. There’s always light and shade in High Spirits’ albums, but the pure joy..
Interview with Anders Engberg (Sorcerer)
Sorcerer is one of the bands carrying the torch of epic doom metal that was lit by their fellow countrymen Candlemass four decades ago. With a fourth full length released last Friday, they are now reaping the high praises of both media and fans, so let’s check what the lead singer Anders has to say..
We Are Sovereign – The Interview
In what seem to be ever stranger and darker times, We Are Sovereign are a band with a simple mission: To reach out to people, asking them to believe in themselves as human beings, to find your resilience, stay focussed to whatever your dream might be, not to quit but to support each and every..
Ms AMY BIRKS Interview: ‘Living and Alive’, and doing well…
I’m sure when things ease up a bit, I’d love to do another solo album, but it’s Beatrix Players for now because I’m enjoying it, it’s lovely. The announcement of the reunification of the Beatrix Players, after five years in hiatus, was greeted with some considerable delight by those who’d thought their debut album, Magnification,..
‘DECADES: Van Der Graaf Generator In The 1970s’ Book – Exclusive Sample Chapter
Some months ago the book Decades: Van Der Graaf Generator In The 1970s was published by Velvet Thunder writer Steve Pilkington via Sonicbond Publishing, telling the eventful take of the band's first decade in existence. We present here an exclusive sample chapter of the book for anyone to get a feel for what it contains...
Tom McGuinness Interview (Manfred Mann – HITS From THE SIXTIES)
Way back in the very early 1960s, a teenaged Eric Clapton was crafting his guitar style in various London bands. For a while he was teamed with another guitarist named Tom McGuinness, who would go on to success with 1960s pop-rockers Manfred Mann, then later with McGuinness Flint, the Blues Band and the latter-day Manfreds...
GEOFF DOWNES INTERVIEW – Celestial Times Ahead For DBA…
Geoff Downes has been a presence on the scene since, along with Trevor Horn, since The Buggles released Video Killed the Radio Star in 1979. Soon after this and a couple of Buggles albums later, he joined Prog overlords Yes in time to record their 1980 Drama album, leaving the band in 1981 but rejoining..
Bernie Marsden – Obituary
When Bernie Marsden passed away in August at the age of 72, one thing very quickly became clear: no one had a bad word to say about him. It’s not that he was the flashest, slickest guitarist on the planet, or even that he had the best blues licks or emotional communication, or that he..
Interview with Morgan Håkansson (Marduk)
Marduk is without a doubt among the hardest working bands in extreme music and especially in the black metal genre. Their persistency and perseverance have never wavered though their 33 years of existence and there is a reason for that. Marduk are about to release their fifteenth album next month and we took the opportunity..