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Max Cavalera

Cavalera Conspiracy

As excited as we're sure he must have been, one of our writers, Mike Coyle, was able to have a chat, albeit brief, with the legendary Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, ex-SEPULTURA), regarding his favourite metal, the creative process of the new CAVALERA CONSPIRACY album, his love of circle pits, and a hint at a UK tour in 2014 with his namesake band and KILLER BE KILLED.

Mike Campese

Solo Project

Metal Temple's Cami Kyttle recently had a chance to talk to Mike Campese, a guitar virtuoso and all-around music performer, best known for performing with the ephemeral Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Also holding an extensive and well-received solo career discography, Campese spoke with us about his life and his newest solo album entitled "Chameleon."

Daniel Gildenlöw

Pain of Salvation

One of our writers, Lauryn, was lucky enough to speak to Progressive Metal extraordinaires Pain of Salvation, a Swedish quintet known for delivering meaty concept albums. A talkative fellow, Daniel went into great detail about the new acoustic album, and the nature of the world's major music scenes, and the implications of digital music distribution and its saturation of the industry.

Gerrit, Britta, Dennis

Cripper

Temple writer Megan had some lengthy words with hard-to-categorise Thrash band, Cripper. A female-fronted band from Germany, they've been going strong since 2007, and were lucky enough to perform at the last 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise. Megan had the opportunity to talk to multiple band members, going in-depth about the new album and lightly touching on the prospect of world domination.

Willem Verbuyst

Vanderbuyst

The mighty Dutch Heavy Metal trio Vanderbuyst continue to shine in their own special way – unleashing a series of albums that bring to mind the fruitful times of Thin Lizzy, UFO, and the thriving NWOBHM scene. They are about to release their fourth studio album "At the Crack Of Dawn" – so I fired off questions to guitarist Willem Verbuyst and I think he accurately described a lot of the latest viewpoints and events going on in this band's world. Read on and learn.

Axel Wiesenauer

Rock N' Growl

Usually in Metal Temple, like most magazines, we interview musicians, rather than people of the business behind the music, however, these people, which some of them are shadows, have quite an opinion about the music, its culture and in a way its policy. Steinmetal talked to Axel Wiesenauer, owner and CEO of Rock N' Growl Promotion & Management regarding his past, the business and more.

Casey Orr

Rigor Mortis

Casey Orr, a madman from GWAR who lived through the reign of Oderous. Played with MINISTRY and practically invented Thrash Metal as we know it with RIGOR MORTIS. With the release of "Slaves To The Grave" the final Rigor Mortis album, this legend of a man has found time to talk with us at Metal Temple about the end of an era.

Dan Swanö

Nightingale

NIGHTINGALE is a Heavy Metal band that was brought to life back in the early 90's by multi instrumentalist Dan Swanö. With a new album released, they took the time to speak with the Temple's own Daniel Fox about a few interesting things, from his work with MACERATION, how the new album is Metal free, up to his plans in the future. Enjoy dear readers!!

Tommy Knos

9000 John Doe

Hailing from Aalborg, Denmark, 9000 JOHN DOE are ready to spread their brand of redneck metal on the world. With the release of their new record, "Redneck is the New Black", fans of Heavy Metal should gain some relief from the trends that have blanketed the music industry in the past several years. Sounding like PANTERA meets THE BEASTIE BOYS, this band brought their swagger and energy from their live show into the studio to record what has to be, one of the best releases I've heard this year. Metal Temple's own, Jeff Legg, recently had the opportunity to ask Tommy Knøs a few questions about the band and the new record. Enjoy.

Barry Christie

Vile Regression

VILE REGRESSION is a Progressive Metal Band right from the Emerald Isle, yup the land of potatoes, leprechauns, and beer by the pint, good ol' Ireland. Our own Calen Nesten had the opportunity to speak with Barry Christie, the Guitarist, about there new release, "Empires", touring, strange experiences, and yes, even a Leprechaun! So I say, blow a kiss to the Blarney stone, and enjoy what Mr. Christie had to say.

Christopher Bowes, Elliot Vernon

Alestorm

During my stay at the this year's Sonisphere festival, I had the pleasure of sitting down and talking with ALESTORM's very own Christopher Bowes and Elliot Vernon about Pirate Metal, Alcohol, the new album, and even doing nude snow angels for fans, (haha). Enjoy this read ye scurvy dogs!!

Big Daddy Ritch, John, Timmy & Cord

Texas Hippie Coalition

Mayhem Fest 2014 was a riot! Among the line up was the awesome TEXAS HIPPIE COALITION. Eric Klunk had the opportunity to sit down with the entire band and have a great discussion about the Mayhem tour, an on going bicycle steeling battle with MUSHROOMHEAD, the Ride for Dime in Texas, and plenty of other intersting stuff. Enjoy!!

Tom Phillips

While Heaven Wept

Criminally overlooked; that is US Progressive/Symphonic/Doom Metal veterans WHILE HEAVEN WEPT in a nutshell. From chunky, heavy Doom roots in the 90's, through to the exquisite, expansive and huge-sounding Epic Metal in the new release, "Suspended At Aphelion", the journey has been, at the very least, an interesting one. Daniel Fox sat down for a lengthy interview with founding member, guitarist and arguable band mastermind, Tom Phillips, about the band's history, the very human themes in the new album, and everything in between.

John Hoyles

Spiders

SPIDERS is a rock band from England, currently embarked on a tour across Europe. Rob Douglas, has had the chance to interview John Hoyles from the band, about several interesting items including; their inpiration, the music making process, and even what he had for breakfast that morning. Enjoy!!!

Jimmy Ludqvist

Entrails

ENTRAILS is an old school Death MEtal band hailing from from the great Death Metal capitol of the world: Sweden! Our Danny Sanderson got to talk to Jimmy Ludqvist, original foundeing member, about the history of the band including the split of the band in 98, getting back together, and the aspirations for the future.

Jo Amore

Nightmare

Jo Amore, lead vocalist of the French Heavy Metal band NIGHTMARE, has elected to take the stage alongside the Israeli SWITCHBLADE, backed up by the DESERT, in Israel for a DIO tribute show, this coming Saturday 29.11.2014. Our Own Blacknasa had the opportunity to speak with Jo Amore about the upcoming show, as well as their new album.

Skarlett

Skarlett Riot

SKARLETT RIOT are a female fronted rock band who recently released their debut album, "Tear Me Down". Mike Coyle has shone through again nabbing up the opportunity to speak with Skarlett, the front-woman.
They discuss the music, the tour, as well as some one going into labor at one of their shows! So enjoy this interesting piece of rock and roll gold!

John Tardy

Obituary

OBITUARY is a rather well known name in the Metal community, they will be releasing their latest album "Inked In Blood". Metal Temple's Mike Coyle was lucky enough to get the chance to speak with John Tardy about a number of things including some band background, preparing for shows, and hanging out with AMON AMARTH!!!

Dave Wyndorf

Monster Magnet

Psychedelic Rock outfit MONSTER MAGNET have decided to go the Frankenstein route when they decided to re-imagine their latest album "The Last Patrol" and call it "Milking The Stars". Here's what happened when I spoke to frontman Dave Wyndorf about this latest release and how the digital age has affected the music industry today.

Jimi Maltais

Crimson Shadows

With their new homes at Napalm Records and the release of a new album, Jimi Maltais from CRIMSON SHADOWS found time to talk to us about "Kings Among Men" and their unfortunate events with not being allowed to cross the US border, as well as Canadian stereotypes you could have gotten with their Indiegogo campaign!

Orion

Vesania

A new album in 7 years; that's a big deal for VESANIA, whose new album "Deus Ex Machina" stands as the new peak of the band's studio career; their biggest and most adventurous piece to date. Daniel Fox sat down with guitarist, vocalist and co-founder Orion to talk about the inner workings of the band, the evolution of their music, the theatrics and how he approaches writing.

Liv Kristine, Anneke van Giersbergen, Kari Rueslatten

Sirens

Liv Kristine, Anneke van Giersbergen and Kari Rueslåtten, the three pioneering front women in Metal music, are about to embark on a European tour in an unprecedented live act, befittingly named "The Sirens". The music of their original bands defined a whole generation and is still highly influencial, mainly due to their mesmerising feminine vocals that changed the rules of the game, back when Metal was vastly dominated by tough guys.

I was very lucky to be granted the great opportunity to talk to the these charming ladies all at once and amiably discuss the origins of this idea and much more.

Snowy Shaw

Snowy Shaw, formerly of MERCYFUL FATE, is now working on his solo project. Metal Temple's Daniel Fox had the chance to speak with him about his upcoming DVD/CD Boxset release, as well as beer, Filatio, and watching how fickle people can truly be. Enjoy!!

Toschie

Audrey Horne

AUDREY HORNE is a hard rock band from Bergen, Norway. AS they so eloquently put it, thy thefted the identity of a character from the cult series Twin Peaks. At least we know they have a sense of humor, which is never a bad thing. Our owned beloved Charlotte Wittingham has been granted the opportunity to speak with the band about identity theft of a fictional character, their influences, their favorite Muppets, and plenty of other interesting things.

Tony Sunnhag

Gormathon

GORMATHON is a swedish Death Metal band comprised of some former members of OVERLOAD. Metal Temple's Aaron Price had the chance to speak with Tony Sunnhag, founding member and Vocalist / Bassist. Here's what he had to say.

Liv Kristine

Liv Kristine is a singer / songwriter who has performed various subgenres of our glorious Metal. Metal Temple frontman from the UK writer Michael Coyle had the pleasure of speaking with her.

Konstantinos

Rock The Wall

ROCK THE WALL is a PR company based in Athens Greece, that allows artists of all genres,from all over the world promote their music for free. In today's world as the struggle gets harder, it is nice to see a company that is willing to offer this kind of service for free to the artists without bias. Our very own Steinmetal, has taken the opportunity to speak with Konstantinos about the services they provide, and even illegal downloading in the world today. Kudos to them, and readers enjoy what they had to say. Feel free to spread the word to all the artists in your life.

Bill

Gang

GANG is a Thrash / Hardcore project from Fismes. These guys have been rocking hard for quite a few years now, and our own Danny Sanderson had the pleasure of speaking with Bill about their new album "Inject the Venom" as well as their first trip to the UK.

Thane Farace

Ghost Of War

GHOST OF WAR is a Heavy Metal band that is local to my neck of the woods, hailing from the highly historic town of Gettysburg Pennsylvania. These guys are just down right bad ass, and it is my pleasure to introduce you all to Thane Farace, founding member and guitarist. Being as this is our first real discussion with him, I spared no questions. Everything from the early days up to the new release. Enjoy dear readers, and if you haven't heard their music yet, get your asses out there and check it out. YOU WON"T BE SORRY!!

Toomas Vanem

Toomas Vanem is a solo artist who recently released "I", his latest album. Metal Temple's Cedric, or YngwieViking as most of you know him, had the chance to speak with Toomas about several interesting things. So, readers, enjoy what he had to say.

Damian Herring

Horrendous

Horrendous, what a perfect name for a Death Metal band. These mighty Death Metallers hail from the East Coast of the US. Lior had the chance to speak with them all the way from Israel about their latest release entitled, "Ecdysis".

Dave

Abinchova

Abinchova is a Folk Metal Band hailing from Lucerne, Switzerland. They have recently released their 2nd album entitled "Wegweiser". Metal Temple's own Zakk Belkin has had the chance to speak with Dave (Guitarist), about the band, and even got the scoop on the new album, since the lyrics are not in English. So, dear Metal Temple patrons, read and enjoy what Dave has to say.

Alex Loring

Empress AD

Recently I have had the pleasure to listen to the new EMPRESS AD record "Still Life Moving Fast", and I have to say I was pleasantly surprised with the newest addition to the Progressive genre. I perfect blend of harmony and aggression, this new band have provided an album that is very easy to listen to the entirety of in one sitting. Luckily we now have a chance to gain a deeper insight into the band as Alex Lorning answer some of my questions.

Danny "Count" Koker

Count's77

Count's 77 has released their latest album on 29 April of this year. As anyone knows, releasing an album and constantly touring to promote the album is a lot of work,and takes up a lot of time. Our writer Dave Campbell managed to get in and talk to Danny "Count" Koker, about the new album, and even more!

Olavi Tikka

The Milestones

The Milestones are a Finnish band, who will soon release their 4th album; Higher Mountain - Closer Sun. Metal Temple's own Lior, has had the opportunity to speak with Olavi Tikka, about the new release as well as other interesting things going on for the band.

Josh, Ben, Janna

Bloodshot Dawn

Bristol's BLOODSHOT DAWN have, over the course of the last few years, come from playing pub shows, to winning Metal to the Masses. Now, after they have just opened the main stage at Bloodstock, the stand as one of the most respected and well known acts in the UK underground. Danny Sanderson talks to Ben Ellis, Josh McMorran and their new drummer Janne Joluma about the new album, how they funded it, and the ups and downs of promoting and touring your own band and music.

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