Live Review: Liv Kristine + Valkyre

Fresh off an extensive European tour with Leaves’ Eyes, Liv Kristine continues to give us fans the full extent of her creative output by putting on a select few shows throughout the continent, showcasing her diverse solo career. Not only do we see the best of Kristine’s back catalogue, but a rare appearance by ex-Theatre of Tragedy frontman Raymond Rohonyi makes the show a special one…

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Gojira Tease New Album This Spring

Holing up in their newly made Silver Cord studios Gojira set about working on their brand new album last year. Deciding that the material they had so far wasn’t up to the kind of calibre that the band wanted to deliver they essentially scrapped many of the songs forcing the band to essentially go back to square one. 

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An Interview With: Charlotte Wessels (Phantasma)

2015 was a busy year for Delain’s frontwoman Charlotte Wessels. More than ever her main band is determined to conquer the world of symphonic metal, and saw a huge stride forward in accomplishing that goal through grandiose shows around the world. In Delain’s infrequent downtime Charlotte somehow managed to conceive of a new ambitious project along with a couple other prolific musicians, and that project is Phantasma, and we look at the curiosities that surround the story-driven concept…

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An Interview With : Brett Rasmussen (Ignite) 

Legends among the Hardcore scene Ignite mark their return this week with the release of their highly anticipated follow up to 2005’s Our Darkest Days. With it now being just over ten years since the band released new material we caught up with bassist and all round lovely bloke Brett Rasmussen to speak about all things Ignite. Describing to us what it was like re-entering the recording studio after such a lengthy absence, what the band’s bright future might hold and how transposing songs, originally written in Hungarian can be quite the challenge…

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