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Back in the early 2000s, before social media made everyone a reviewer and AI could transcribe your audio for you (hi Jarvis), I was breathing and dreaming in rock and metal, writing for platforms like Powermetal.de, German Rock Magazine, Ice-Vajal.com, and a few others. Most of it was unpaid, chaotic, occasionally awkward, but always worth it.
What follows is a list of most of the bands I interviewed during that time, some published under Nadja Meyer, others under my aliases Purrfectfire or Liquid Fire. Some interviews I’ve restored and reuploaded to the blog. Others are buried in old hard drives or, worse, lost to formatting crashes and forum shutdowns.
If you were there, worked with me, or somehow still have clippings, recordings, PDFs, or even vague memories, I’d love to hear from you.
Restored or Available Interviews
These are either already up on the blog or in the process of being re-edited:
- Annihilator – 2004, Cologne, in person with Jeff Waters
- Angel Dust – 2002, Powermetal.de, in person with Dirk Thurisch
- Chris Caffery – 2004, in person with Chris Caffery
- Cirrha Niva – 2002, Powermetal.de, in person with Arnold Kloek
- Corvus Corax – 2001, German Rock, in person with Castus Rabensang
- Dare – 2001, in person with Darren Wharton
- Debase – 2002, Hamburg, in person with Micko Twedberg
- Eläkeläiset – 2002, backstage interview whole band
- Exilia – 2002, Markthalle Hamburg, in person Masha Mysmane
- Holy Moses – 2002, in person with Sabina Classen
- Helloween – 2002, Hamburg, in person with Michael Waikat and Andi Deris
- Iron Saviour – 2002, email interview with Piet Sielck
- Mezarkabul (Pentagram) – 2002, via email
- Rebellion – 2002, Oberhausen, in person with Uwe Lulis or Michael Seifert
- Sentenced – 2002, Hamburg, in person with Ville
- Stratovarius – 2002, Hamburg, in person with Timo Kotipelto
- Silent Force – 2002, email, Ice-Vajal / Chaos Metal Magazine with Alex Beyrodt
- Toxic Virgin – 2002, German Rock, backstage interview whole band
- Kotipelto – 2002, for Powermetal.de, in person with Timo Kotipelto
- VII Gates – 2004, with Chriss Blackburn
Lost or Pending Restoration
These interviews happened, were submitted, and many were published – but I don’t currently have the full transcripts or articles. If you do, please get in touch!
- Antithesis – 2002, via email, Powermetal.de
- At Vance – 2001, phone interview, Ice-Vajal / Chaos Metal Magazine
- Blaze – 2002, Powermetal.de, in person with Blaze Bayley
- Borknagar – 2002, Powermetal.de, email with Øystein G. Brun
- Carnal Forge – 2002, Powermetal.de, email
- Doro – 2001 or 2002, Powermetal.de, in person with Doro
- Giant – 2002, Ice-Vajal, email interview
- Hair of the Dog – 2002, Ice-Vajal / Chaos Metal Magazine, email
- Masterplan – April 2004, phone interview, in person with Jørn Lande
- My Insanity – 2002, German Rock Magazine
- Nostradameus – 2002, via email
- Pretty Maids – 2001, Ice-Vajal / Chaos Metal Magazine, phone interview
- Perzonal War – 2004, in person with the whole band
- Ring of Fire – 2002, via email, in person with Mark Boals
- Solefald – 2002, Powermetal.de, in person with Cornelius Jakhelln
- Sonata Arctica – 2002, backstage in Hamburg, in person with
- Tanzwut – 2001, German Rock Magazine, in person with Teufel
- Ten – 2002, Ice-Vajal, email or phone
- Therion – 2001, Powermetal.de, in person with
- Tiamat – January 2001, Hamburg, in person with Johan Edlund
- Virgin Steele – 2002, Powermetal.de, backstage
💬 Help Me Rebuild the Archive?
If you worked with Powermetal.de, German Rock, Ice-Vajal, or were a band, label, or press contact I spoke with back in the day, drop me a line! I’d love to rebuild the full archive here, credit everyone properly, and maybe laugh at our fashion choices together.