For today’s Ask The Artist, we turn our gaze northward to Sweden and reconnect with one of the most quietly powerful names in progressive and melodic metal: WOLVERINE. A band that has always thrived in the space between melancholy and momentum, Wolverine have spent decades shaping songs that feel deeply […]
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Ask The Artist: Into The Doom-Mind And Paranoia With Kostas Salomidis (DISTORTED REFLECTION)
Tonight’s lantern leads us into the Greek catacombs of DISTORTED REFLECTION, the doom-metal channeling of guitarist/vocalist Kostas Salomidis, forged after his departure from SORROWS PATH. Formed in 2022, DISTORTED REFLECTION has followed a path most bands fear: total silence, no shows, no noise, no spectacle — just riffs, shadows, and […]
Ask The Artist: Borys Crossburn (BARBARIAN) — Best Advice In Life and Wisdom Forged In Hellfire
Today we’re kicking down the gates of Italy with Borys Crossburn, front-fiend of blackened thrash warriors BARBARIAN. These guys have been sharpening riffs for 16 years straight, turning heavy metal into something between a religious experience and a bar fight with a stack of old VENOM LPs. And now they’re […]
Ask The Artist: VALAR MORGHULIS on the 7 Deadly Sins (and Their Killer Halloween Single “Predatory Impulse”)
For this edition of Ask The Artist, we head down to North Carolina — the land of barbecue, backroads, and unholy riffs — to catch up with VALAR MORGHULIS, a death/thrash/groove metal hybrid that’s been quietly sharpening its blades for the past year. The band just dropped their brand-new Halloween […]
Ask The Artist: Alessio Erriu of NOVEMBRE on the songs that make him cry
For this edition of Ask The Artist, we turned to Alessio Erriu, guitarist for the legendary Italian masters of melancholy, NOVEMBRE — a band that has spent over three decades crafting some of the most evocative and soul-stirring metal ever to drift out of Rome’s shadowed corners. With the group’s […]
Ask The Artist: Jay Barnes (LUST OF DECAY) – And His 5 Picks for the Death Metal Hall of Fame
For this edition of Ask The Artist, we turned to Jay Barnes, the growling force behind the North Carolina death metal juggernaut LUST OF DECAY — a name whispered with reverence (and disgust) across the underground since the late ’90s. With the band’s long-awaited new album finally on the way, […]
Ask The Artist: Paul Zavaleta (DETERIOROT) With Top 3 Most Frightening Horror Movies of All Time
Halloween is around the corner, and what better way to set the mood than asking one of death metal’s underground legends about his favorite horror flicks? For this edition of Ask The Artist, we turn to Paul Zavaleta, guitarist, vocalist, and founder of DETERIOROT — one of the true cult […]
Sebastian Ramstedt (NECROPHOBIC, IN APHELION, ELDFÖDD) tells about the first metal band he heard. Stream new ELDFÖDD single “Possess, Bind and Devour” today!
In this edition of our Ask the Artist series, we sit down with one of the true legends of the Swedish death metal underground: Sebastian Ramstedt. Known for his work with NECROPHOBIC and IN APHELION, Ramstedt has been shaping the sound of extreme metal for decades. With his new band […]