Rising Up to Stand Once More: An Interview with Tomi Joutsen (Amorphis) When founding members Tomi Koivusaari, Esa Holopainen, and Jan Rechberger named Amorphis in 1990, they must have had a view to the future of the
A Band of Brothers, Down for Life: An Interview with Antti and Janne Wirman (Children of Bodom, Warmen) When Children of Bodom played their final show at Helsinki Ice Hall on December 15, 2019, it quite possibly could have been the last time
The Spirits That I Called: An Interview with Tom Angelripper (Sodom) So the story goes, Tom “Angelripper” Such started Sodom as a last ditch effort to escape a life of working in the coal mines in
Episode 14: Alexander Kuoppala (Children of Bodom) Though he may not have known it at the time, Alexander Kuoppala’s eight-year tenure in Children of Bodom would prepare him for his future
Episode 13: Mario Lalli (Across the River, Yawning Man, Fatso Jetson) Though he’s ambivalent about the Godfather of Desert Rock moniker that's been bestowed on him, you would be hard pressed to find
Brothers In Arms: An Interview with Alexander Kuoppala (Children of Bodom) Though he may not have known it at the time, Alexander Kuoppala’s eight-year tenure in Children of Bodom would prepare him for his future
Once Upon a Time in the Desert: An Interview with Mario Lalli (Across the River, Yawning Man, Fatso Jetson) When asked about Mario Lalli while being interviewed for a documentary about the desert rock scene he grew up in, Josh Homme of Kyuss and
I'm Walking Towards Dead End, and I'm Walking All Alone: The Tragic Genius of Alexi Laiho “It sounds like Zakk Wylde, but better.” – Zakk Wylde This is the way that Zakk Wylde, Ozzy Osbourne’s axeman for decades and widely regarded
Episode 12: Colin Edwin (ex-Porcupine Tree, O.R.k.) Now a decade into their existence, O.R.k. are about to release their fifth studio album, Firehose of Falsehoods, on March 21st through Kscope
Say Hello to My Other Side: An Interview with Colin Edwin (ex-Porcupine Tree, O.R.k.) Porcupine Tree band leader Steven Wilson started his 2022 autobiography, Limited Edition of One, with a story about the band’s last show before the
What Will They Say, When I've Gone Away?: An Elegy for Reel Big Fish If you’re a more refined ska fan, like me, and know the intimate details of their discography, you may remember an obscure song on
Episode 11: Davide "Damna" Moras (Elvenking) Prior of the release of Elvenking's third and final installment of their Reader of the Runes triology, Luna, I was able to speak
