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Interview Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats): Meaningful Guitar Content
Guthrie Govan is one of the most creative and unconventional guitar virtuosos in the world of music. While on tour with the band of film music composer Hans Zimmer, he took the time to share his thoughts about compositions, improvisation, modeling, the importance of musical theory, and of course, the…
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Album of the Week 28-2026: Lynch. – Climax
When lynch. released its previous album ‘Reborn‘, it completely blew me away. At the time, I blamed it on every band member contributing to the songwriting, until then typically the job of singer Hazuki and – to a lesser extent – guitarist Yusuke. ‘Climax’ actually sort of proves that point.…
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Tools for Discovery: Citron Albums Ranked
Although Citron is generally known as one of the most influential heavy metal bands in Czechoslovakia, the truth is that they explored several flavors of rock and metal through the years. The Ostrava-based band arguably had its biggest successes as a heavy metal band whose sound finds itself somewhere between…
Latest Interviews
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Interview Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats): Meaningful Guitar Content
Guthrie Govan is one of the most creative and unconventional guitar virtuosos in the world of music. While on tour with the band of film music composer Hans Zimmer, he took the time to share his thoughts about compositions, improvisation, modeling, the importance of musical theory, and of course, the…
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Interview Ricardo Amorim (Moonspell): “All You Need Is a Good Song”
‘Far From God’ has Moonspell diving head-first into the gothic rock side of their sound. This is especially apparent in the guitar work of Ricardo Amorim. He talks about how the Portuguese band arranges their songs, his relatively newfound love for Telecasters and how his touring experience has changed his…
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Interview Piotr Jakubowicz (Slave Keeper): “A Band Is More Than Five Individual Musicians”
Ever since the release of their 2022 debut ‘Ślad’, Slave Keeper has been one of the most promising hard rock and heavy metal bands in Poland. Having just wrapped up the touring cycle for their strong sophomore album ‘Podwójna Gra’ (2025), the quintet hopes to continue the upward trajectory. Guitarist…
Latest Reviews
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Album of the Week 28-2026: Lynch. – Climax
When lynch. released its previous album ‘Reborn‘, it completely blew me away. At the time, I blamed it on every band member contributing to the songwriting, until then typically the job of singer Hazuki and – to a lesser extent – guitarist Yusuke. ‘Climax’ actually sort of proves that point.…
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Album of the Week 27-2026: Deep Purple – Splat!
Superlatives are typically thrown around when veteran bands release new albums. In fact, Deep Purple did it themselves, calling ‘Splat!’ their heaviest album in a long time. Whether that is actually true is in the ear of the beholder, but since ‘Splat!’ is one of their harder-rocking and most focused…
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Album of the Week 26-2026: Moonspell – Far From God
For each of their albums, Moonspell strikes a different balance between their gothic rock side and their more metallic leanings. Personally, I prefer Moonspell as a gothic rock band with metal influences rather than the other way around, and that is exactly the way they sound on ‘Far From God’.…
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