Inteviews

Bobby Ellsworth

Overkill

Despite all the audio difficulties I managed to sum up the really nice talk I had with OVERKILL's frontmant Bobby Blitz Ellsworth. I always get amazed when I talk to a successful artist who still has such a great passion for music.

Charly Steinhauer, Kai Pasemann

Paradox

Riot Squad was real blast from the longtime running Thrash band PARADOX. METAL TEMPLE could leave this chance go unexploited and hooked up with Charly Steinhauer and Kai Pasemann to discuss about this album and more...

Manthos Stergiou

Tardive Dyskinesia

Tardive dyskinesia is a variety of dyskinesia (involuntary, repetitive movements) manifesting as a side effect of long-term or high-dose use of dopamine antagonists, usually antipsychotics. This disease's definition is exactly the same definition someone could give to this band's music, if you only replace antipsychotics with weed!

Eric Brittingham

Cinderella

CINDERELLA was always one of those bands that made a great name for themselves back in the glorious 80s. Thanks to the release of their live CD Live At The Mohegan Sun I grabbed the opportunity to talk with Eric Brittingham, not only about this live release but also about music industry in general as it is nowadays. So, here I am, Friday night, ready to dial and talk to Eric. Here I go...

Charlie Aggression

Infernal Death

We all are aware of newer bands paying tribute to 'classic' Metal bands' songs the last years - some of them enjoying high status, especially if the originals are long gone - but I was quite surprised to see there e.g. INFERNAL DEATH honoring one certain album in its entirety. The American quartet carries the DEATH legacy performing the Chuck Schuldiner-fronted legendary DEATH's first groundbreaking album Scream Bloody Gore and - this is news! - is ready to re-record the 1987 classic album having the permission by Chuck's family. Drummer Charlie Aggression is here to answer a lot of questions regarding INFERNAL DEATH and - of course - DEATH and our beloved Chuck.

Marcus

Miseration

The latest MISERATION album was definitely a surprise for me. The Swedish quintet offers a Swedish Death Metal holocaust and guitarist Marcus was kind enough to tell us a few things about the band and its future plans...

Jeff Scott Soto

W.E.T.

As I said in my review for W.E.T.'s debut album, Jeff Scott Soto has always been my guilty pleasure! This man has put a spell on me with his majestic voice and his works with TALISMAN, Axel Rudi Pell, Yngwie Malmsteen and more. Now he strikes back with his new project and he is more than willing to answer a few questions about this new step and his future plans...

Chris Rand

Savage Blade

Canada is a country that has given us great bands in the past and it continuous nowadays. SAVAGE BLADE with their debut album We Are The Hammer gave a true old school Heavy Metal album, full of inspiration and energy. A few days after I sent the questions, Chris Rand answers with sincerity and ready to answer to all my questions. Oh, and Chris come to play live in Greece and I'll find any beer you want!

Infernus

Gorgoroth

Numerous incidents took place in the GORGOROTH camp the last years. The result of what happened was a totally different line up, a new album and a slightly different sound. Since I have been a fan of this band for years and the band's leader Infernus is a musician and person that fully deserves my respect, when I learned that he accepted to answer to my questions I felt honored! Here's what he had to say...

Bjorn Alexander Bremm

Gothminister

A few days before the band's coming in Athens during the 'Darkness, Bloodstains and Accidents Tour', I had a discussion with Bjorn Alexander Bremm, the Gothminister himself, about many interesting things as the music scene, music making process, attacks with knives and childhood images...

S.L.

The Devil's Blood

Chaos and Magick. Satan and Freedom. Blood and Lust. And all these under some killer riffs and mind â€ taking female vocals. S.L. talks about his band and their bombastic debut The Time Of No Time Evermore. Let the ceremony begins...

King Ov Hell

Ov Hell

The minute I found out about King Ov Hell's new project with Shagrath, Frost, Ice Dale and Teloch, I knew I had to find out more about this unholy alliance. King was kind enough to give a full interview where he explains what facts drove to the birth of this band, what we should expect from them in the near future, his views on people who have already started the badmouthing and more. What can I say, knowing who's in this band, I'm expecting to listen to something that's really out OV HELL.

Bruno Kraler

Brunorock

METAL TEMPLE sat down to talk to rising(?) force BRUNOROCK, who get their big break in 2009 by releasing War Maniacs, an excellent piece of melodic Hard Rock music. Mainman Bruno Kraler tells us how BRUNOROCK and this new album were born, his paths up until now and his beliefs and future plans.

Ed Warby

The 11th Hour

Having released twenty albums so far in his career with bands like (AYREON, GOREFEST, HAIL OF BULLETS), Ed Warby is giving us his new work. So it was a nice opportunity to talk about the debut of his Doom Metal band THE 11TH HOUR, Burden Of Grief and his other projects.

Billy Coumreau

Verdict Denied

VERDICT DENIED is a fine technical Thrash Metal band from Athens, Greece, which seemed to have trouble with the release of its debut album. Since I managed to get my hands on the promo CD, listened to it and wrote a review, I thought it would be a good idea to interview the band's mainman Billy Coumreau regarding the long wait until the album's release and the band's plans for the future. Here's what he had to say...

Trabakoulas & Necropethamenos

Anorimoi

ANORIMOI is one of the finest examples of what you can do if you really like what you're doing, be yourself while doing it and have lots of fun in the process. Their name means Immatures and they delivered parodies of things that might happen when you live in Greece sometimes even under the disguise of MANOWAR covers, which happen to be their heroes and wouldn't mind touring naked with them. Decades later (ok, one and a half to be precise), ANORIMOI is one of the biggest bands in Greece, have a contract with a major record label and their shows are some of the most enjoyable you can watch. Let's see what two of their born-to-be-centerfold members, Trampakoulas (Vocals, Souvlakia) and Necropethamenos (Guitars, Souvlakia) had to say about their epic metal journey with a scent of tzatziki.

Dave Starr, London Wilde

Wildestarr

WILDESTARR is the collaboration between the experience of Dave Starr (longtime VICIOUS RUMORS member, also in CHASTAIN) and the experimentation of vocalist London Wilde. I know, I know, in many cases such projects do not eventually work, but if you just listen to the duo's debut album, the impressive Arrival, you'll possibly reconsider manifests like the 'old' and the 'new' cannot make it etc. A rich discussion with both Dave and London follows; just relax and enjoy!

Markus Eck

MetalMessage

Well, METALMESSAGE is a really nice webzine that also releases some very interesting compilations. The latest release reached METAL TEMPLE and was well received. And so we contacted Markus to give us more details about his Metal-dedicated work.

Blackie Lawless

W.A.S.P.

I was totally surprised by the new W.A.S.P. album because: a) I was not expecting one and b) it is a damn good album. METAL TEMPLE grabbed the opportunity and had a nice and kind of long conversation with Blackie who -apart from a gifted musician- is an excellent colloquist. So, go ahead and see what we discussed about!

Andre Kvebek

Pantheon I

Listening to a great album, Worlds I Create, it was time for me to find out what is hiding in the mind of these crazy Norwegians who acclaim that their motivation for the album was to ...give every religious believer a kick in the groins, and every lover of extreme and melancholic Metal a huge boner.... I had the chance for a discussion with Andre Kvebek, the singer and guitarist of the band, who gave me thorough and...quite descriptive answers about the band, their philosophy and music tastes...

Matt Crooks and Lars Larsen

Fool's Game

Including skilled and inspired musicians like Matt Crooks, Lars Larsen, John Macaluso, Nick Van Dyk and Matt Johnsen, FOOL'S GAME debut is already a highlight of the year. American Heavy Metal style with some progressive colours and loving melodies inside. We contacted the first two of them for the following interview and they gave us a lot of info, not only about the band but also about poetry and the madness of religion. Check this band now!

Greg Smith

Over The Rainbow

OVER THE RAINBOW have already announced two live dates in Greece and METAL TEMPLE could not but contact the band to get some additional info from Greg Smith.

Tony, Ryan, Phil

Municipal Waste

MUNICIPAL WASTE played a great show here in Athens, Greece. Before the gig we had the chance to meet Tony, Ryan and Phil and have a pretty interesting (and a bit funny) interview.

Peter Andersson

Mean Streak

Some people believe that following modern trends shall be the key to success. Fair with me; music progresses and needs certain musicians' services to grow. On the other side, can you close your eyes to skilled classic Metal music the way e.g. Sweden's MEAN STREAK offer in their Metal Slave debut CD (we really hope for a vinyl edition, too)? Founder/songwriter Peter Andersson speaks nothing but the truth; home is where the heart is, anyway.

Arthur Migotto

Hazy Hamlet

HAZY HAMLET is a Brazilian Metal treat that made quite an impression to METAL TEMPLE with their debut Forging Metal. In order to give you some more data on this promising band that goes without a record deal we contacted Arthur Migotto -the voice of HAZY HAMLET- who was more than kind to answer to our questions!

Kai Leikola, Aapelo Kivimaki

Soulfallen

SOULFALLEN is one of those bands that you feel lucky to know them, although new to the Metal scene they have given us an album that boasts a professional ability that is unique. With the release of Grave New World we had a chance to speak with them and here is what they have to say.

Stewart Lawrence, Pat Doyle

Ignitor

The new album of the Texas based metallers IGNITOR has an epic theme, cool riffing and - for the first time - thunderous vocals by the one and only Jason McMaster. We took the opportunity and here is the basic composer Stewart Lawrence and drummer Pat Doyle talking us about greed, revenge, Texas Metal and other things. Oh, and beware of the spider queen!

Clive Edwards

Clive Edwards' history is far more valued than you may assume; being the skinsman for classic British Hard Rock bands like WHITE HORSES, U.F.O. but also Uli Jon Roth's ELECTRIC SUN project, it was good news to be informed (thanx to my friend John Sinnis) the established drummer was spotted on the radar (good motto, Clive!) with the reunited British rockers STAMPEDE. Catching the opportunity, here's what we had to ask and learn from a very gentle and conscious - I strongly believe - musician.

Onofrio, Gianpaolo

Ashent

ASHENT hails from Venice, Italy. Their style is best described as progressive Metal, but their many influences from various genres throughout Metal such as Thrash, Goth and technical Death Metal make ASHENT's music a rich tapestry of sounds. Their most recent album, Deconstructive, was released earlier this year. Onofrio and Gianpaolo took the time to answer some of our questions about their new album, influences and their music in general.

Robban Back

Prey

Sweden is on fire giving birth to new Metal bands and PREY is one of them. Their latest album Knights Of The Revolution did well in the METAL TEMPLE rating so we hooked up with Robban Back to find more about them.

Jean-Michel and Christian

Gojira

Paying a visit to the 'Rocking Athens Festival' I couldn't miss the chance to meet GOJIRA's Jean-Michel and Christian in person and have a small chat with them. What I faced was a friendly conversation with two friendly and smiling guys. I hope to see you back in Greece soon mates!

Scott Crouse

Earth Crisis

Scott Crouse, an inspiring musician and a man true to his word and the scene. After the release of EARTH CRISIS' last album I didn't miss the chance to have a small interview with him asking him about his feelings on the EC comeback and their plans for the future...

Tomas Olsson

Bloodbound

BLOODBOUND is a band that is only getting stronger with each release. Their new album Tabula Rasa marks the return of original vocalist Urban Breed. You can find our review for this album on this very site. Guitarist and writer Tomas Olsson took the time to answer a few of our questions regarding the album such as the concept behind the album and the meaning of the title Tabla Rasa.

Athera

Susperia

While Athera was recovering from the recent surgery he found some time to answer to METAL TEMPLE's questions about his health adventure and he future come back. So, while Athera has already returned on-stage with SUSPERIA read what he had to say...

Elias Loginides

Spitfire

Twenty three years is a hell of a time span. This period lent enchantment to SPITFIRE, who are now back with their second album Die Fighting. Elias Loginides was eager to discuss the reasons for this delayed comeback, the band's focal point and also to share his view about Metal nowadays.

Beast

Chaosstar

To be honest with you this is not a classic interview. This is more like an introduction to CHAOSSTAR by the band itself. The Lifetime album was a pleasant surprise to me and this 'conversation' is an excuse to learn more about them.

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Overkill

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Cinderella

Charlie Aggression

Infernal Death

Marcus

Miseration

Jeff Scott Soto

W.E.T.

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Savage Blade

Infernus

Gorgoroth

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Gothminister

S.L.

The Devil's Blood

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Ov Hell

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Brunorock

Ed Warby

The 11th Hour

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Verdict Denied

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Anorimoi

Dave Starr, London Wilde

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Markus Eck

MetalMessage

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W.A.S.P.

Andre Kvebek

Pantheon I

Matt Crooks and Lars Larsen

Fool's Game

Greg Smith

Over The Rainbow

Tony, Ryan, Phil

Municipal Waste

Peter Andersson

Mean Streak

Arthur Migotto

Hazy Hamlet

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Prey

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Bloodbound

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