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Tag: Modern Metal

Interview: Him of Sermon

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Sermon released their second album, Of Golden Verse, this spring via Prosthetic Records. Metal Magnitude’s Chelsea spoke with Sermon frontman, known only as “Him”, about following up on Sermon’s debut album Birth of the Marvelous, introducing the band to the world, working with James Stewart (Vader/Decapitated) and Scott Atkins (Grindstone Studios – Cradle of Filth/Vader/Benediction), genre exploration, and songwriting methods. For more on Sermon, visit: https://www.sermonsound.com and https://sermonsound.bandcamp.com/album/of-golden-verse Subscribe to Metal Magnitude’s YouTube channel for more Classic and Modern Hard Rock and Metal interviews and content!

Interview: Vinnie Moore

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Vinnie Moore recently released his latest solo album, Double Exposure, via his own label, Mind’s Eye Music. This is the first of his solo work to feature guest vocalists, including former members of MSG, Riot, and more. I spoke with Vinnie about the making of the album, producing his own music through his own label, how he became known as a guitar authority, working with Alice Cooper, the latest on UFO, and more.  Joined on the phone here today by Vinnie Moore, excited to talk to you about your new album Double Exposure, so thank you for joining me today. […]

Interview: Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil

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Lacuna Coil released Comalies XX, a 20th Anniversary modern update of the iconic 2002 album Comalies, Fall of 2022 via Century Media Records. Shortly after the release, I spoke with frontwoman Cristina Scabbia about reimagining the record with a new perspective, Cristina’s interest in pop culture and Lacuna Coil’s Batman comic collab, the Lacuna Coil holiday track “Naughty Christmas”, and more. 

Interview: Michael Wilton of Queensrÿche

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Queensrÿche recently released their new album, Digital Noise Alliance, and I spoke with guitarist Michael Wilton about the making of the album, their tour with Judas Priest, and more.  I’d like to start off by asking you what inspired this album and felt like the right time to release it? Just like most bands, we were waiting for it to be safe to travel with the immunization and shut-downs and all that. We had just gotten off our last tour when the government shut everything down, so we were just like every other musician wondering what was going to happen. […]

Interview: Spyke Jagerkrieg & Lance Vegas of Scaphis

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Scaphis is a Death Metal band out of Melbourne, Australia who recently released their second album, “Dissected & Fermented”. I spoke with vocalist Spyke Jagerkrieg (who joined us by audio) and drummer Lance Vegas about the new record, their formation and experiences as a band, and more. Check it out via the Metal Magnitude Official YouTube Channel below: Follow Scaphis via:https://www.facebook.com/scaphis/https://www.instagram.com/scaphis_official/https://scaphis.bandcamp.com/releases/https://spoti.fi/3jrPb96https://bit.ly/ScaphisYT

Interview: Jessica Parry

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Dianthus recently released their sophomore album Realms via Deko Entertainment, and I spoke with one half of the twin sister duo, drummer Jessica Parry, about the making of Realms, her background and influences as a musician, producers the band has worked with, and their venture into the comic world. Check it out below.  First of all, congratulations on the release of Realms – I want to start off by digging into the overall ideas of what’s on Realms, and the big picture of how the whole concept came about. So, of course, the album artwork for Realms, it kind of […]

Interview: Lauren Hart

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Once Human just unleashed their new album, Scar Weaver, to the world via earMUSIC, and I had the chance to speak with frontwoman Lauren Hart about the making of the album and videos, how she started her journey of metal vocals, her involvement in animal rescues, and more. Check it out below.  Congratulations on the release of Scar Weaver, it’s an absolutely incredible album – just to start off, how are you feeling now that it’s out? Excited, relieved, exhausted, where are you guys right now? Oh, I’m excited and relieved. We’ve held onto this album for quite a while […]

Interview: Geoff Tate

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Geoff Tate recently kicked off the 2022 Empire 30th Anniversary Tour in the US, where he’s performing the classic Queensryche albums Empire and Rage For Order in their entirety live with his current band. For this week’s Q&A, we’re bringing one back from the archives of 2021, when I spoke with Geoff about his Sweet Oblivion project, his lifestyle and recording during the pandemic, the Insania Wine brand, and more. Check it out below.  It’s been a while since you and I have chatted for an interview, I think the Metal Hall of Fame in 2020 was probably the last […]

Lockdown Livestream – A Masterlist of Metal & Hard Rock Virtual Content

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**Update January 2022** Metal Magnitude started this list during the 2020 lockdown to keep track of livestreams across the rock and metal world, updating with upcoming shows while keeping an archive of past ones that are still available to stream. While the world is still not back to “normal” quite yet, there are now more concerts and tours taking place in person (finally!) than ever before, but some artists are still taking the livestream route from time to time. For now, this list will stay up on the site, so keep an eye out for updates, and if you know […]

Interview: Al Jourgensen

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Ministry just unleashed a new album with Moral Hygiene, the fifteenth of the band’s discography. I recently had a chance to talk with Al Jourgensen about what fueled the ideas of the new record, forming a new lineup and recording during the pandemic, and more. I have so much to say and ask you about Moral Hygiene, but I’ve got to start somewhere, so I want to start with “Alert Level”, obviously an awesome track that hits hard right off the bat, and of course you’ve got the lyric video for it out already. Can you talk about what went […]

Interview: Marc Okubo

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Veil of Maya dropped their latest single “Viscera” earlier this year, and the band is on the way to releasing a new album. I had the chance to speak with guitarist Marc Okubo about the new Veil of Maya tracks and upcoming record, his lockdown experience, his work with other bands including Dance Gavin Dance, the partnership with Kiesel Guitars, and more. Check it out below.  First of all, how have things been for you handling everything that’s been going on for the past year? Well, I’m up and down. I’m in Los Angeles right now writing and recording a […]

Concert Review: Burning Witches Livestream

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On May 28th, 2021, the Swiss/Dutch Heavy Metal band Burning Witches staged an official album release show for the world via livestream in celebration of their latest record, The Witch of the North, out now on Nuclear Blast. Burning Witches, with their current lineup consisting of Laura Guldemond (Vocals), Romana Kalkuhl (Guitar), Jeanine Grob (Bass), Lala Frischknecht (Drums), and Larissa Ernst (Guitar), showcased live performances of songs off the brand-new The Witch of the North, while also revisiting previous albums, Dance With The Devil (2020), Hexenhammer (2018), and the self-titled 2017 debut, Burning Witches. The eerie yet ancient entrance music […]

Interview: Jef Rhodes

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Jef Rhodes is the mastermind behind Them Damn Kings, whose debut album Rise Up is set for an early 2021 release. Though it may be a debut album, this is far from Jef’s debut in the music industry, with plenty of road years and experiences under his belt, including long runs as a Front of House Engineer and Backline Tech for bands such as Lacuna Coil, Cradle of Filth, Opeth, Mayhem, and more. I had the chance to talk with Jef about the new album from Them Damn Kings, how Jef got his start in the industry, memorable road antics […]

Interview: Cameron Byrd of Veio

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Portland, Oregon Rockers Veio just released their new album Vitruvian via Silent Majority Group last month. I spoke with Veio frontman Cameron Byrd shortly before the release, about Vitruvian, the Veio Legion, working with Sylvia Massy, their time at the Happens convention, and more. So let’s dig right in, you’ve got the new album, Vitruvian, coming out this month – so I want to ask, how did you first approach following up on the Infinite Light, Desperate Shadows record? So, we followed up Infinite Light, Desperate Shadows kind of with an approach that we wanted to write songs that were […]

Interview: Paul Martin of Devilskin

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New Zealand Hard Rockers Devilskin released their new album Red via Devilskin Ltd. this spring, and I recently had the chance to talk with bassist/songwriter Paul Martin about the record, and his background as a musician and radio personality. Just want to make sure, first of all, Paul, that you and your family are safe and healthy during these crazy times. Yes, pretty crazy times, we’re all well, thank you. New Zealand’s been one of the luckiest countries over this whole COVID crisis, so far it’s pretty low. It’s been crazy, been locked up and just the way things are […]