Ask The Artist

Today’s Ask The Artist descent leads us into the cold, grim territory of GRAUFAR, a blackened death metal force from Austria sharpening their blades for the release of their second full-length album Via Necropolis, arriving March 20. Blending black metal frost with death metal muscle, the band has been forging […]

Today’s Ask The Artist spotlight lands in New Jersey, where hard rock/metal outfit WHO ON EARTH are raising hell once again. The band has been steadily building momentum through relentless touring and riff-driven releases, and now they’re back with a new single, “Vigilance,” a fiery preview of their next full-length […]

Today’s entry in our Ask The Artist series drags us into the cerebral and hostile territory of SISYPHEAN, a ferocious metal entity from Vilnius, Lithuania that thrives on tension, atmosphere and psychological corrosion. Blending black metal bleakness with death metal weight, the band has been steadily refining their unsettling sonic […]

From the fog-soaked depths of Transylvania, Romania, PUTRED crawl back with new filth. The slow-decaying death metal cult has unveiled “Devorat de Întuneric”, a brand-new track taken from their upcoming third album Blestemul Din Adânc, due out this March. Before we descend into the darkness, we asked one simple question […]

Today in our Ask The Artist series we head to Poland, spotlighting TITANIUM — melodic, speedy power metal with symphonic fire, led by guitarist, founder and backing vocalist Karol Mania (also known for his guitar work in PATHFINDER). With a long-awaited new chapter finally taking shape, Karol steps in to […]

Welcome back to Ask the Artist, where we let bands talk about what shaped them. Today we turn to FRONTAL ASSAULT, self-described Weirdo Thrash maniacs from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, active since 2016 and proudly operating somewhere between razor-sharp death/thrash aggression and total unhinged fun. With the band just unleashing a […]

Welcome back to Ask the Artist, where we ask metal musicians the important questions — not about gear, not about charts, but about the strange little things that live behind the riffs. Today we turn to AMONGRUINS, melodic death metal blasters from Athens, Greece, who are currently gearing up for […]

Welcome back to Ask the Artist, where we let musicians step away from the promo grind and talk about the things that actually shape how they write, think, and feel music. Today we turn to ABSTRACTED, the progressive extreme metal visionaries from São Paulo, Brazil, active since 2013 and known […]

New year, new rituals, new poison. So we’re back with Ask the Artist, where we stop asking musicians about their gear and start asking the important questions instead. Today’s guests are British symphonic black metal conjurers SIDIOUS, who are about to unleash their latest single “Cosmossuary” — a vicious, ceremonial […]

Let’s return to Ask the Artist, where we throw one good question at musicians and see what kind of truth crawls out. Today’s guest is Marc Anthony, drummer for Raleigh, NC melodic metal outfit Infinity Dream and traditional heavy metal band Widow — but this time, we’re stepping into a […]