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Interviews
Hamferð
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The Omnium Gatherum / Hamferð / Heidra package was indeed the most packed I've seen a venue in my city be for a long while and it was beyond my expectations too. But it was clear from the start that this was a big event and I had to get on it. I had already interviewed Omnium Gatherum fairly recently (my first interview actually) so the obvious choice was Hamferð, a band that a lot of my friends really hyped when I missed their performance in 2016, that I really liked when I did see them in 2017, and whose latest album I really liked. So we scheduled our interview for 6PM. Read more ›› |
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Borknagar
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I've always been very fond of Borknagar, especially after seeing them in 2016 at Rockstadt Extreme Fest and having "Winter Thrice" among my most listened to songs of that year. I of course jumped at the opportunity of reviewing their upcoming album, and even more I got the opportunity to talk to founding member, Øystein Garnes Brun, so I wanted to know a little bit more about how they've been in the meantime. True North Radu: Have you done many interviews today? Brun: Some. I think it's the fourth, or something like that. Read more ›› |
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Der Weg Einer Freiheit
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This wasn't the first time I saw either Der Weg Einer Freiheit or Downfall Of Gaia, and funnily enough I saw both of them in the same year, 2015, albeit at different festivals. But both bands were so great that I had to see them again, not that I needed much convincing to see an affordable gig in my home city. Having already interviewed Downfall Of Gaia, interviewing Der Weg Einer Freiheit too was a given. I even took some pics at the concert. RP: We're here with... NK: Der Weg Einer Freiheit, this is Nikita. Read more ›› |
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Funereal Presence
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Funereal Presence released one of my favorite black metal albums of this year, which in turn lead me to discover Negative Plane as well. I was obviously curious to discover more, a bit intimidated by the usual cloak of kvltiness that such underground bands usually have. I eventually managed to make Bestial Devotion answer some questions for us and give us some music reccs too. Achatius RP: All of your albums released under the Funereal Presence name have consisted of exactly four songs. Is there a reason for that? Read more ›› |
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Sonata Arctica
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I'll be the first to admit that I'm not the biggest power metal fan and I haven't listened to Sonata Arctica in about four years, but they always held a special place in my heart for being one of my favorite bands at one time, one that I could share with friends who weren't that much into metal. So when the opportunity arose to talk with Tony Kakko, singer and songwriter of the band, I was a bit reluctant due to how long it was since I last gave the band any attention, but I took it nonetheless to satisfy what little is left of the young me, and also to flex on Euro power metal haters. Read more ›› |
Interviews
Wormwood
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Wormwood's melodic, atmospheric and folkish black metal has made the band one of Sweden's most exciting recent exports. Following the success of their debut Ghostlands - Wounds From A Bleeding Earth a couple of years ago, they have now unleashed strike two, entitled Nattarvet (review here). The band's guitarist, Tobias Rydsheim, was available for an e-mail interview, so I took the opportunity of asking him some questions about the new album as well as a few other things. Read more ›› |