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Markus Jullich and Matthias Hechler

Crematory

Well, CREMATORY were not on tour but they did book one live date upon Greek soil. Markus Jullich and Matthias Hechler were more than friendly to have a nice talk with Metal Temple in a traditional tavern drinking ouzo!

Stefano Venuto

Last Warning

Those who are -instead- looking for emotions and good melodies mixed with some genuine Heavy Metal will play it safe with Throughout Time - that said by LAST WARNING's bassist, Stefano Venuto. The Italian sextet's new album is a very good mix of strong melodies and impressive instrumentation, both stepping on a metallic layer. Friends of QUEENSRYCHE, CRIMSON GLORY and FATES WARNING should grab the chance and 'dig' more into this band, I think.

Anneke Van Giersbergen

Agua De Annique

Anneke visited Greece for a couple of shows that -as it turned- were very successful. Metal Temple did not lose the chance to have another most pleasant discussion with the always sweet and friendly singer.

Ferdy Doernberg

Rough Silk

Who has missed the velvet wildness of ROUGH SILK all these years? Good, enough hands in the air...ROUGH SILK, the sounds-like-no-other German Heavy/Power/Melodic Metal band is soon to deliver the goods again with A New Beginning; a fitting title, indeed. Mainman and only original member Ferdy Doernberg surely is a vivid and no borders thinking person. Really can't wait for new tunes by this blessed act.

Rick Bouwman

Martyr

MARTYR: one of Holland's prides in the 80s. Great news was it to see premier Metal label Rusty Cage Records releasing a brilliant digipack CD early in 2009, featuring the Fear brand new EP plus a re-make of the Dutch band's For The Universe classic. We hooked up with Rick Bouwman (guitars) to find out more regarding this pleasant comeback.

Ski

Faith Factor

Ski, the voice behind FAITH FACTOR, is the same guy who fronted DEADLY BLESSING in the 80s; their Ascend From The Cauldron album may still hunt enough old-school metalheads. FAITH FACTOR's debut album, Against A Darkened Sky, is an interesting piece of American Power/Prog Metal music and we grabbed the chance to 'steal' a few words from Ski regarding him and his new band.

Daniel Person and JR

Hellish War

Daniel Person (drums) and JR (bass) from Brazilian Heavy/Power Metal warriors HELLISH WAR surely have a point when speaking 'bout the glorious 80s Metal bands, again thinking of it. It's classic Metal, after all! So is the notable second album by HELLISH WAR, named Heroes Of Tomorrow, seven(!) whole years after their 2001 debut. Of course many things happened in between and both Daniel and JR are here to explain.

Thanasis Lightbridge

Dol Theeta

With the release of their debut album The Universe Expands I took advantage of the occasion and contacted DOL THEETA, precisely Thanasis Lightbridge, the mastermind behind DOL AMMAD and DOL THEETA. I found him in his studio in Thessaloniki, GR and the conversation went like this...

Lizzy Borden

While the news that Ira Black quit LIZZY BORDEN METAL TEMPLE is very proud to present the really nice and definitely interesting talk that took place with friendly Lizzy the night before the band's maiden show in Greece. Thanks to Yiannis Z for his help.

Riku

Solitaire

SOLITAIRE just unleashed another piece of molten Metal music to bang your head to; that simple. In a new label, with guitarist Riku taking care of the lead vocals too, we are informed 'bout what happened the last couple of years in the Finnish band's ranks and why Predatress does carry on the SOLITAIRE tradition of Heavy/Speed/Thrash Metal music with an in-your-face attitude. Riku is - again - a real gentleman.

Olaf Thorsen

Vision Divine

Olaf Thorsen, a musician always bringing good news with his music, first with LABYRINTH and the last decade through brilliant Power/Heavy/Prog metallers VISION DIVINE. The Italian band's newest album, 9 Degrees West Of The Moon, is marked by three crucial facts: the return of the majestic voice of Fabio Leone (RHAPSODY OF FIRE, ATHENA, LABYRINTH), a new label deal with Frontiers Records(!) and - most of all - again some excellent music destined to be loved by the band's/genre's fans and - we hope - many more.

Bruce Turgon

Places Of Power

PLACES OF POWER is a collaboration between Bruce Turgon (FOREIGNER, SHADOW KING, Lou Gramm, PRISM, WARRIOR) and Philip Bardowell (UNRULY CHILD, MAGDALEN) that will make many melodic Rock/AOR fans happy worldwide. Both with solo efforts in the recent past, Bruce and Philip decided to join forces and the result is Places Of Power, a remarkable piece of melodic music that shall not let you down by any means. A good start for 2009, indeed!

Shane Embury

Napalm Death

British legends NAPALM DEATH are returning with their 14th full-length album Time Waits For No Slave to prove once again that Grindcore never dies. Shane Embury talks to Metal Temple about the band's past and present, giving the chance to the fans to learn a few things further about their personal convictions.

heRck

Arkenstone

The Greek Metal scene uploaded their gunnery with a new lethal weapon, its name ARKENSTONE, ready to melt your filthy brains! Seriously guys, if you want Metal with some serious balls then ARKENSTONE is your choice! Being still under the influence of their debut work Dead Human Resource, we found some time to share a couple of words with the leaders of the Cretan Metal scene.
Let's see what heRck (Guitars, Vocals), had to testify...

Neal Grusky

Takara

With a new album after 6+ years, it's nothing less than grand news for the melodic Hard Rock world to have a brand new TAKARA CD around. Invitation To Forever shall not - by any means - let down old loyal fans plus a new generation can as well get trapped to the band's dynamic/melodic sound. Mainman Neal Grusky sends us his thoughts regarding this new release, plus he swears TAKARA is here to stay from now on.

Sharlee D' Angelo

Arch Enemy

Just a couple of hours before ARCH ENEMY hit the stage on Swiss ground, I had the chance to talk with Sharlee D'Angelo for a bit of everything and fish out some news...

Torsten Herbert

Dragonsfire

DRAGONSFIRE indeed plays a good blend of cool Heavy Metal songs with much power and speed, as vocalist/bassist Torsten Thassilo Herbert expresses below. With their Visions Of Fire debut full-length CD already on the loose, you should consider grabbing the chance to listen to some notable Heavy Metal music the German way, won't ya?

Guinea Pig

One more talented Greek band comes to add its brick to the ever growing Greek Metal scene. After a more than good demo CD, I thought an interview would be a pretty good way for Metal Temple's readers to get to know GUINEA PIG.

Eric Ragno

China Blue

Our appointment with Eric Ragno was set in a blink of an eye. What more should we need? A fine CHINA BLUE debut CD, some intriguing collaborations with none other than Tony Mills and Josh Ramos and - most of all - a superior blend of AOR/Melodic Rock music aiming high.

Martin Walkyier

The Clan Destined

While the riots in Athens, Greece were raging I had the pleasure and honor to have a nice chat with my friend (this is how I see him) Martin Walkyier about the new THE CLANDESTINED album and all the most interesting stuff he is into. So, read on and then visit the band's webpage (www.TheClanDestined.com) and myspace page (www.myspace.com/MartinWalkyier).

Giovanni "Gio" Berserk

The Modern Age Slavery

Death Metal was never a simple thing. It's musical specialness was always something that kept it back of the stage and it's bands carrying the underground label more than any other metal bands. But what happens when a new band appears and shows the ability to marry the traditional pure brutal sounds with an alloy of a few great modern elements? THE MODERN AGE SLAVERY and Giovanni are here to explain us how they became an honest yet stylish proof that Death Metal never expires.

Robert Rodrigo

Airless

AIRLESS is a band from Spain which counts eight years of existence. In their country it seems that they enjoy publicity and hopefully the new album will help them go further. Fight is the title of their third album and was the motive to contact them and have a chat. By going through this conversation, one can assume that Fight could also be the title of this interview.

Steve Hochheiser

Detente

The Thrash Metal scene left a huge legacy. Modern extreme metal bands still pay homage with their music to the pioneers who cleared new paths in music in the early 80s. It was not an easy thing to do in the US. Glam/Hair metal ruled the airwaves and not even the popular european heavy metal bands couldn't easily survive, especially in LA. But the early thrash bands had the nerve, the balls (huge balls the size of a mountain) and the passion to stand their ground and deliver the most extreme, angry, dark music the world had ever seen. DETENTE was one of those bands. Even if they managed to release only one album, they were one of the very few that sponsored a female vocalist. With lyrics drawn from politics and aggression against the status quo, much like punk did in the UK, DETENTE set some standards that are still being followed after more than two decades. Recently they came back together and re-released their debut Recognize No Authority and a compilation of their old demos titled History 1. We contacted their bassist, compose and founding member, Steve Hochheiser to have a talk about their past, their present and their future.

Tomas Lindberg

When you have the chance to sit next to Tomas Lindberg, one of the most important people in the Swedish Death Metal scene and the Metal scene in general, you just can't miss it! I was kind of shaking and I was feeling kind of awkward at first, but he was so friendly and talkative that he made me feel like I was talking to a friend. What we said can be read below...

Mick Box

Uriah Heep

When you are about to meet a living Rock legend, you can be a little bit nervous because you do not know what to expect. But when you actually meet someone like Mick Box you feel like talking to an old friend; he is by far the friendliest rock star. Mick formed URIAH HEEP 40 years ago and committed his life to this band. It is a big honor for METAL TEMPLE to talk with Mr. Box after a troubled sound check for an unplugged session in Athens.

Michel Isberg

Machinery

Stockholm based MACHINERY just recorded a promo video for Cold, the opening track of latest release The Passing. In order to get some information about the video and to catch up what's been going on around MACHINERY lately, METAL TEMPLE scheduled a meeting with the band that went from a not very serious rehearsal to a nice conversation with vocalist Michel Isberg.

Albert Bell

Nomad Son

As this year approaches to its twilight I see the all releases I can easily say that NOMAD SON's debut is surely the best one in the Doom SABBATH -esque genre. Except this, the following interesting and much informative -I believe- interview shows that behind the band are people 100 per cent devoted to their art. And that is all that matters. Let's see what Albert the bassist also of FORSAKEN said to us.

Paul Masvidal

Cynic

I guess anyone would feel honored if he had the chance to have the one and only Paul Masvidal from CYNIC to answer his questions; even if this contact was made via mail. Not only he told us all the details behind the band's new album Traced In Air, but we also talked about the incident that took place when Masvidal and Reinert were obligated to tour as a part of DEATH...

Thomas Josefsson

Evocation

Lately I have noticed that we have many nice old school Death Metal albums coming out, and most of them come from the Swedish market. The fact is that after titans like ENTOMBED, DISMEMBER and GRAVE, I didn't expect EVOCATION to come out of the blue and present a Death Metal masterpiece like Dead Calm Chaos. The band's vocalist Thomas was kind enough to answer some questions and explain the reason why EVOCATION were lost all these years.

Daniel Woyke

Stormrider

If you search our reviews section then you will find the STORMRIDER album review and you will see that I liked it. Indeed this old school 80s sound is doomed not to fail; ever! So, in the context of this release I contacted Daniel Woyke the bass player of this German Metal pact to find more about them and their very good Fate Of The Hunter album.

Iain Ashley Hersey

Had raised my interest towards Iain Ashley Hersey's repute as soon as I listened to his second solo album, The Holy Grail, a couple of years ago. Would not miss the chance to talk to this notable 70s-like Hard Rock guitarist just after the release of his latest Nomad CD was out this October. A kind person to talk to, Iain Ashley Hersey can be the vintage guitarist you're looking for if keen on the supremacy of Hard Rock the classic way.

Jason Netherton

Misery Index

When it comes to bands like MISERY INDEX you know that what you'll get will be a lethal dose of explosive Grindcore with some ass kicking beatdown Hardcore stuff and some pure brutality. After the release of the band's latest album Traitors, I contacted Jason Netherton, the band's frontman for an interview. And here is what he had to say...

Martin Christian

Paragon

PARAGON have been around for more than ten years and I really hope, now that they've switched into a big label, their honest pure Heavy Metal blend will reach a wider metallic audience. Martin Christian (guitars) shared his aspects for the German Metal quintet's future plans (and I now edit this text to the repetitive sound of their impressive BACKSTREET BOYS cover).

Richie Wicks

Shadowkeep

We had to wait six whole years for a new SHADOWKEEP album. Finally, one of the finest British Heavy Metal acts in the last decade releases a brand new album and - to our ears - you should expect tons of smiles to the hearing of The Hourglass Effect. Newcomer (or not so?) singer Richie Wicks puts us in the picture.

Nils Eriksson

Guillotine

GUILLOTINE are not as 'rookies' as you may suppose. Featuring two members of Swedish Power Metal warriors NOCTURNAL RITES, they started out as an 80s Thrash Metal tribute' project with 1997's Under The Guillotine (you could judge this from the album's title alone, haha!). Spewing out of nowhere, eleven years later comes the sophomore effort entitled Blood Money, in a kinda more 'fresh' approach but always fulfilling the desired Thrash Metal standards! Nils Eriksson (bass) is willing to help out by answering enough 'timeline' questions plus he provides us with detailed info on today GUILLOTINE's aim.

Jimi Jamison

Look 'into' the artist as he's tugging your heartstrings singing, and you will find a neat heart willing to cleanse your soul. Jimi Jamison (SURVIVOR, COBRA, TARGET) is one of those singers you can't resist to his voice, if 'into' melodic Rock. Due to the release of his latest Crossroads Moment solo CD, we had the chance for a brief interview with one legendary - by any means - Rock singer.

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