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Interview Matt Hanchuck (Wreck-Defy): Everything to Make the Song Better
Wreck-Defy is one of the most prolific bands in the modern metal landscape. ‘Dissecting the Leech’ is the sixth album the band around Canadian guitarist Matt Hanchuck has released since 2017, and their second in less than eleven months. And it might only just be the beginning. “The follow up…
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Album of the Week 11-2026: Exodus – Goliath
Out of all bands that reunited around the Thrash of the Titans charity concert, Exodus is arguably the one that got the most enduring career and the most consistent set of releases out of it. However, Exodus’ twenty-first century sound is so clearly defined that they were at risk of…
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Interview Mars Triumph (Triumpher): “There Is a Triumpher Universe Behind Our Music”
With three excellent albums under their belts in less than three years, Triumpher is not just one of the most promising, but also one of the most prolific bands of the European metal scene. Singer and main songwriter Mars Triumph shares his insights into their new album ‘Piercing the Heart…
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Interview Steve Morse: “I Can Still Play Every Note, I Just Need to Hit Them Differently”
‘Triangulation’ is the first album featuring Steve Morse after his departure from Deep Purple in 2022. On the album, Morse puts his most melodic side front and center. The 71-year-old guitarist shares some insights into the writing and recording of ‘Triangulation’, his new Engl signature amplifier, stainless steel frets and…
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Interview Tailgunner: Nailing the Excitement
While 2023’s ‘Guns for Hire’ was a very promising debut album, it wasn’t until Tailgunner toured with that material that it really came to life. That excitement and experience was brought into the recordings of ‘Midnight Blitz’ with spectacular results. Bassist Thomas ‘Bones’ Hewson and guitarist Rhea Thompson, who debuts…
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Interview Bart Hennephof (Textures): An Unexpected Return with Fresh Ideas
A decade after originally splitting up, the influential Dutch progressive metal band Textures is back with their new album ‘Genotype’. The album sounds familiar, but at the same time notably more modern than its 2016 predecessor ‘Phenotype’. Founding guitarist and producer Bart Hennephof shares his insights into Textures’ split and…
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Album of the Week 08-2026: Lovebites – Outstanding Power
And with the fifth full-length album in Lovebites’ alphabetical discography, we are already in the second half of the alphabet, in the year that the band celebrates its tenth anniversary, no less. In those years, the Japanese quintet released a lot of excellent European-styled power metal, though I don’t think…
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Album of the Week 07-2026: Black Swan – Paralyzed
My dislike for supergroups is fairly well-documented on this site, but I have made an exception for Black Swan since I first heard them. There are two important reasons for that. First off, guitarist Reb Beach and bassist Jeff Pilson tend to take songwriting and production very seriously, regardless of…
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EP of the Week 06.5-2026: Superblood – Enter a New Phase
Just when I thought Eizo Sakamoto had disappeared completely from the rock and metal scene after most of his post-Anthem projects failed to make much of a lasting impression, he was suddenly announced as Superblood’s new frontman with the fantastic new single ‘Enter a New Phase’ a few months ago.…
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