Intervju (Engelska)
"We're trying to get to the ultimate goal, to be a big band and have everybody rocking for ANVIL!"
- Överordnad kategori: Artiklar
- Skriven av Jens Lundell
- Skapad 2011-07-29 19:02
Canadian metal Gods ANVIL are touring Europe and I am speaking to front man Lips when the connection breaks down and the call is cut off. When I next ring up the band, drummer Robb Reiner picks up the phone. This is what the two band members had to say about thrash, jazz and pornorock.
Lips has answered the first two questions and Robb the rest.
How much did you know about ANVILs influence on other bands before you saw “Anvil! The Story Of Anvil”, the documentary released in 2008?
– Ah, well, bands like METALLICA, SLAYER and ANTHRAX have been friends for many years and we've known for many years that they love our band. And if those bands were influenced I'm sure there was a whole bunch of people who were.
This Is Dramacore – interview with EVESTUS
- Överordnad kategori: Artiklar
- Skriven av Kristian Kotilainen
- Skapad 2011-04-11 17:03
Estonian artist EVESTUS is a man on a mission. He is an entertainer and an artist 24/7; a very busy man and a well needed injection of fresh blood into the sinking ship that is the music of today. CRITICAL MASS' Kristian Kotilainen got in touch with him at the end of last year to talk about his latest release “This Is Dramacore” and his thoughts on modern music. It’s taken a few months but here are the answers we've all been waiting for, his words of wisdom relevant as ever.
You've been making music for about seven years now. How did it start, who is EVESTUS?
– Yeah, well, actually I've been involved with music since I was about 14 years old and I started as a drummer but eventually I became a frontman for this metal band SOLWAIG in 2001. Simply because I wanted to be closer to the audience and express myself more “vocally” if you can say that. EVESTUS got started in 2003 when I felt like I had to do something else but the message was unclear. It is now, almost ten years [and three albums] later, when it's all starting to come together. So now, looking back, “Destiny in Life” [the debut album from 2004] was titled like that because then I realised that I have a destiny that I must fulfill, EVESTUS says.
Interview with Nige Rockett of ONSLAUGHT
- Överordnad kategori: Artiklar
- Skriven av Jens Lundell
- Skapad 2011-04-06 01:18
British thrashers ONSLAUGHT recently hit the road to support their new album “Sounds of Violence”. A couple of hours before the band walked up on stage in Gothenburg, Critical Mass took the opportunity to discuss the band’s history with guitarist and founding member Nige Rockett.
In the beginning you were very influenced by punk bands such as THE EXPLOITED and DISCHARGE. What made you to start making thrash metal?
– When we started the band we were very young kids and basically couldn’t play. We were into that kind of music and it was the only thing that we could play with our limited ability at the time. We were practicing hard and improved quickly, and then when the thrash started we were moving into a more metallic edge of punk style music. It was a natural way of progression for us, we moved along as our ability grew.
FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE – Beethoven on speed!
- Överordnad kategori: Artiklar
- Skriven av Fredrik Andersson
- Skapad 2011-03-14 15:43
Being one of the representatives of high quality death metal from the boot shaped country and delivering sheer brutality with an extra “classical” touch this four piece truly knows how it should be done.
Last years release “Mafia” is not just a relentless work of furious death metal. It’s also a statement aimed directly towards something that has been tied to Italy for many years.
I got hold of frontman and guitar player Tommaso Riccardi who gladly took some time from his busy schedule before heading out on 2011’s Bonecrusher Fest.
The cover art together with the title “Mafia” are very interesting indeed. Could you explain the thoughts behind it all?
– The concept behind “Mafia” is very simple. To scream and stand up against those bastards who enslave a big part of our country. For those who don't live in Italy it's probably hard to understand how serious the situation really is. How much it's compromising this country for so many reasons. The cover art represent the octopus, a perfect image to describe it all, metaphorically speaking. What this organization is able to do, and it's not just about organized criminality. It's a mentality that spreads all over, slowly becoming part of every institution and network, using the most powerful weapon to do whatever they want. I am talking about fear. Fear is the key of everything. There’s nothing like fear to make people act in a way that seems to be the best for oneself in the present day, but it of course bring an entire society towards decay and destruction in the long period. Frightened people will not talk. Frightened people will not react. Frightened people will do whatever to "save" themselves and overcome their difficult situations. And what they’re being offered to do this is through an easy way, with one price: to be silent. So these crazy things can go on with its own ruler, based on violence, murder, injustice and pain.
CHILDREN OF BODOM: Not all is sex, drugs and rock'n'roll
- Överordnad kategori: Artiklar
- Skriven av Bella Qvist
- Skapad 2011-03-09 16:33
It is a particularly cold day in February when Janne Wirman of CHILDREN OF BODOM calls Bella Qvist of CriticalMass.se to talk about the band’s seventh studio album "Relentless Reckless Forever". It soon turns into a conversation about saunas, sexuality and snow.
I’m staring out of a frosty window when the sound of Dr Dre fills the air. Killing the noise by picking up my phone I soon find myself engrossed in conversation with CHILDREN OF BODOM keyboardist Janne. During the half an hour that we speak he tells me about the importance of sauna bathing during the making of the new album as well as his hatred for Facebook, his disappointment in Britney Spears and why his band would beat IN FLAMES in Finnkampen. All of this before responding to gay rumours and sending his fans a special message.
Janne is in work mode when he rings up, cheerful and professional. This is not the first phone interview he is doing this week.
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