Home Features

Category: Features

Post
SITTING DOWN WITH THE OUTLAW GENTLEMAN – MICHAEL POULSEN OF VOLBEAT

SITTING DOWN WITH THE OUTLAW GENTLEMAN – MICHAEL POULSEN OF VOLBEAT

Since their inception in 2005, Volbeat have remained a rare breed of heavy rock music. Their crazy combination of rock ‘n’ roll, country, rockabilly, punk, and metal, they’ve carved themselves a unique niche in a genre that can be very vanilla and watered down at times. Combining jackhammer guitar riffs, feel-good rockabilly rhythms, and the...

Post
Suicidal Tendencies release long-awaited new album ’13’

Suicidal Tendencies release long-awaited new album ’13’

After 13 long years of studio silence, thrash-punk godfathers Suicidal Tendencies released their long-awaited new LP today. Appropriately titled 13, the album is the band’s first new collection of songs since 2000’s Free Your Soul and Save Your Mind. Last summer, I sat down with frontman Mike Muir backstage at Metallica’s  Orion Music + More Festival in Atlantic City, NJ to...

Post
Making the Descension with Travis Stever of Coheed and Cambria

Making the Descension with Travis Stever of Coheed and Cambria

Progressive rock giants Coheed and Cambria are certainly one of the most unique and intriguing bands to come out in years. Drawing comparisons to artists like Rush, the band has certainly pushed the creative boundaries of the genre. The band is currently on a world tour in support of their latest release, a massive double album, The Afterman. The second part, The Afterman:...

Post
Roaming on the Road with Deftones – A Conversation with Abe Cunningham and Sergio Vega

Roaming on the Road with Deftones – A Conversation with Abe Cunningham and Sergio Vega

Deftones are one of the more unique and distinct acts in modern heavy music. One of the originators of the nu metal era, Deftones are not only still going strong, but are arguably at their strongest in the wake of their latest album, Koi No Yokan, released in November 2012 via Reprise Records. The band has been...