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Interview withPaavo Lotjonen (cello) of Apocalyptica
Reinventing Classical Metal: An interview with Paavo of APOCALYPTICA about their new album, ‘7th Symphony’. APOCALYPTICA has been a unique band from the start ever since they began covering METALLICA songs from their debut album. Since then they’ve slowly stepped away from covers and found new ways to create ‘heavy metal’ sounds with their cellos while adding other elements such as guest vocals and drums. Now, it’s 2010 and the band’s latest album, ‘7th Symphony’, is their most progressive and eclectic to date. While it follows in the footsteps of their last album, ‘Worlds Collide’, the sound is a bit more diverse, cleaner, and of course with a whole new line-up of vocalists to add even more dynamics to the music. After flying in from a show in Germany at 2 in the morning, I was woken around midnight from a phone call from Paavo, one of the main cellists from the band, and we had a deep discussion about the latest album and the process behind its creation…
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Interview withRonan Campbell of Zero Point Zero
The Derry-based outfit just recently has released their newest assault called ‘Death Rock Suicide’. A new release from an interesting band, you’ve just discovered always a good reason for an interview and if they’re going to support COMBICHRIST at a gig, there must be something about this band, so we pelted vocalist Ronan Campbell with a few questions and this is what he had to say…
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Interview withDemetrio and Mike of Arcadia
ARCADIA is a unique band out of Italy that has been kicking ass and evolving ever since the early 2000. Promptly performing a special brand of Metalcore / hardcore called “Bastardcore”, the band has gained a cult following and released up to four albums. Their latest album ‘Roy Philip Nohl’ is their finest masterpiece yet and really culminates the pinnacle of what ARCADIA is all about. Guitarist Demetrio and vocalist Mike were so happy with Reflections of Darkness’s review that they wanted to do an interview to get the fans a better education on the band. Here’s what they had to say...
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Interview with Jeff Fabbs (drums) of In This Moment
IN THIS MOMENT has become one of the hottest Metalcore bands since their debut, ‘Beautiful Tragedy’, set out in 2005. Featuring an outspoken front woman, the idea of “females and metal” was once again turned on its head as Maria Brink set a new standard for singers and growlstesses alike. Behind her vicious attitude is a line up of very talented musicians, one of them being the one-and-only Jeff Fabb who was kind enough to share some information on their latest album set for release in July. Compared to everything else, ‘A Star-crossed Wasteland’ redefines everything that IN THIS MOMENT has done so far…
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Interview withDmitry I. (vocals, music) of Suicidal Romance
This spring Estonian three-piece electronic formation SUICIDAL ROMANCE produced the new album entitled ‘Shattered Heart Reflections’ which seems to be a fair advance for the band. Of course, in the light of this event, I’ve got chance to interview mastermind Dmitry I. and below you will find the result of our discussion of musical and near-musical issues.
