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, …
I used to work for several online and print music magazines and I even had my own online magazine together with a few friends at some point. Chaos Masters Magazine was a lot of blood, sweat and tears, but I think we had a lot of fun and the musicians, …
I was already a fan from the early years of EDGUY. In the time as Tobias Sammet and his merry man still had hidden tracks as “Das Reh” and as they have been the opener to Wacken in cowfur trowsers. As Sammet started the project AVANTASIA over ten years ago, …
Well I have heard so much about the legendary Michael Waikath.
I heard from friends out of the business and from Helloween fan forum a lot of opinions about him. Most of them haven’t been to nice. Not nice at all.
So my feelings towards this interview have been mixed.
But as Arnold and I arrived for the interview and as it was my turn, the picture I gained in the past about this man melted away.
by Nicky N. Meyer Back in the early 2000s, a Swedish band with a theatrical name and an old-school heart quietly slipped onto the metal radar: VII Gates. Their debut Fire, Walk with Me turned more than a few heads with its unapologetic homage to classic heavy metal – and …
Interview with VII Gates After the CD Review I was burning to do an interview with the Swedish Band VII Gates about their new Disc “Fire Walk With Me”. After a couple of times trying to find a suiting date with JJ Rockford, we decided to do an e-Mailer. Here …
I was very inexperienced in leading interviews but Jeff was amazingly patient and helpful and made this 30 minuet interview super pleasant, informative and with a bit of joking he put me at ease the whole time. Daemon Devil Guitar-player and Gentleman extraordinary!
After a Odyssey of train delays, strange talks which should help me, but confused me more, even more strange help of a ticket controller and a very nice stranger, who helped me out I arrived at Zeche Carl 10 minutes before the support should start. Like often – am I …
Interview with Masha, Ringfest Köln — Nicky N. Meyer & Claudia Erhardt ✦ Intro byline We stumbled across Exilia by chance—thanks to Claudia ending up on Enorm Music’s promo list. Sometimes the universe knows what it’s doing. After catching a firecracker of a set at Ringfest Cologne (part of Gun …
