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BLACK SABBATH
'SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH' by GARRY SHARPE-YOUNG 6 April 2007
CHAPTER TWO: KILLING YOURSELF TO LIVE (Part 1) (Edit) (Text is the intellectual copyright of Garry Sharpe-Young and is not to be reproduced without written permission. If you wish to refer to facts within this text for your own purposes then have the decency to quote your source.) BUY THE BOOK: Amazon... READ MORE
BLACK SABBATH
SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH by GARRY SHARPE-YOUNG 6 April 2007
CHAPTER TWO: KILLING YOURSELF TO LIVE (Part 2) (Edit) (Text is the intellectual copyright of Garry Sharpe-Young and is not to be reproduced without written permission. If you wish to refer to facts within this text for your own purposes then have the decency to quote your source.) BUY THE BOOK: Amazon... READ MORE
BLACK SABBATH
SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH by GARRY SHARPE-YOUNG 6 April 2007
CHAPTER THREE: THE RELUCTANT WIZARD (Edit) (Text is the intellectual copyright of Garry Sharpe-Young and is not to be reproduced without written permission. If you wish to refer to facts within this text for your own purposes then have the decency to quote your source.) BUY THE BOOK: Amazon Randall William Rhoads, the youngest sibling to brother Doug and sister Kathy, was born on December 6, 1956 at St... READ MORE
BLACK SABBATH
SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH by GARRY SHARPE-YOUNG 6 April 2007
CHAPTER FOUR: IT'S A BAND! (Text is the intellectual copyright of Garry Sharpe-Young and is not to be reproduced without written permission. All interview content is exclusive. If you wish to refer to facts within this text for your own purposes then have the decency to quote your source.) BUY THE BOOK: Amazon... READ MORE
SHIHAD
HOME AGAIN - SHIHAD FRONTMAN JON TOOGOOD SPEAKS ABOUT THE FORTHCOMING ALBUM AS THE KIWI ROCKERS RETURN HOME FOR A SUMMER TOUR. 30 December 2006
**New Zealand/Australian based rockers SHIHAD have remained a force to be reckoned with in their genre since the early 90s and that's not counting the time they spent producing quality 80s Thrash Metal. Spectacularly re-adopting their name in September 2004 after a brief stint as PACIFIER, the band then went on to release a kick ass Rock offering ‘Love Is The New Hate’ in 2005 -a return to the classic SHIHAD sound... READ MORE
SOILWORK
FATE IN MOTION - VOCALIST BJÖRN 'SPEED' STRID MARCHES FORTH INTO A SOPHOMORE DECADE FRONTING SOILWORK
INTERVIEW: ANTHONY MORGAN
15 October 2006
INTERVIEW: ANTHONY MORGAN
Metalcore has been the fashionable toast of Metal in recent years, fusing clean, forthright vocals with the growling, intense delivery of Thrash Metal. Did it originate there though? A Death Metal group hailing from Helsingborg, Sweden, could successfully contest this claim – they're called SOILWORK. A cult group in many aspects of the word, it'd be fair to say this talented act have yet to receive the credit they deserve... READ MORE
POISONBLACK
LUST STAINED DESPAIR - VOCALIST VILLE LAIHIALA SHARES BRUTAL CONFESSIONS IN THE WAKE OF POISONBLACK'S SOPHOMORE ALBUM
INTERVIEW: ANTHONY MORGAN
8 October 2006
October 1st 2005. Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland. Were you there? If you haven't the foggiest what I'm referring to, this was the swansong live performance of Muhos based Gothic Metal band SENTENCED, bringing down the velvet tinted curtain after over 15 years. Tickets sold within the hour, and who knows what Metal historians will write in a decade's time? Don't let all this nostalgic talk lull you into a false sense of retrospect though, for all isn't lost... READ MORE
WEDNESDAY 13
MORGUE THAN WORDS – HORROR METAL VOCALIST WEDNESDAY 13 DISCUSSES SOPHOMORE SOLO ALBUM ‘FANG BANG’
INTERVIEW: ANTHONY MORGAN
6 October 2006
WEDNESDAY 13, the 21st century Horror Metal poster boy wishing to inherit the mantle of the ‘King Of Shock Rock’ ALICE COOPER, paid his dues within FRANKENSTEIN DRAG QUEENS FROM PLANET 13, combining gory B-movie horror lyrics with the brash, Psycho-esque cross-dressing of the delectable Norman Bates. The not too dissimilar MURDERDOLLS projects, a collaboration with SLIPKNOT drummer Joey Jordison that surfaced in the public domain within early 2002, exposed the artist’s lifetime work to a wider audience... READ MORE
LAMB OF GOD
PEDAL TO THE METAL - LAMB OF GOD DRUMMER CHRIS ADLER DISCUSSES THE RECORDING OF THE BAND'S LATEST ALBUM, 'SACRAMENT'
INTERVIEW: DAVID BORGIOLI-JONES
7 September 2006
Richmond, Virginia Metalcore outfit LAMB OF GOD have come a long way since starting out under the title of BURN THE PRIEST back in the early 90s. ‘Sacrament’ marks the fifth studio album from the band and it’s been well received by Heavy Metal fans in the US who propelled the release to a Number 8 chart position... READ MORE
TERRORIZER
REFORMED GRINDCORE MERCHANTS TERRORIZER STALK THE 21ST CENTURY ARMED WITH NEW ALBUM 'DARKER DAYS AHEAD'. GUITARIST JESSE PINTADO TELLS ALL...
INTERVIEW: ANTHONY MORGAN
29 August 2006
Grindcore, an intense hybrid of Thrash Metal combined with Hardcore Punk, dates its cultural origins within the late 80's, offering chiefly distorted, downtuned guitar riffery, ably complimented with frantic blastbeats influenced by the heavier aspects of Punk. If you browsed through the G section within your handy Metal encyclopaedia, all those familiar with the genre would most commonly expect to see a photograph of the Birmingham-based NAPALM DEATH whom arguably helped in significantly popularising the genre within the underground scene... READ MORE
VICE SQUAD
STILL CAUGHT IN THE GRIPS OF PUNK, VICE SQUAD FRONTWOMAN BEKI BONDAGE IS BEING KEPT BUSY AT PRESENT WITH THE RELEASE OF A NEW ALBUM ENTITLED ‘DEFIANT’ AND A FORTHCOMING USA TOUR…
INTERVIEW: DAVID BORGIOLI-JONES
25 August 2006
VICE SQUAD, fronted by the photogenic, leather clad animal rights activist BEKI BONDAGE, was one of the bands to spearhead Punk's second wave in the UK. Bondage was just fifteen when she found herself unwittingly designated the nations no. 1 'Punk Pin Up'. Her looks certainly lent VICE SQUAD valuable exposure on the cover of numerous magazines including 'Melody Maker' and 'Sounds'... READ MORE
AVENGED SEVENFOLD
CALLING IN FROM BAT COUNTRY: AVENGED SEVENFOLD DRUMMER THE REV SPEAKS ABOUT ‘CITY OF EVIL’ AND PUB BRAWL SCARS IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ROCKDETECTOR.
INTERVIEW: DAVID BORGIOLI-JONES
14 August 2006
Unafraid to preach their love of Heavy Metal, AVENGED SEVENFOLD’s rapid success has placed the band at the spearhead of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal movement. The band’s third and most recent album ‘City Of Evil’ was released in June 2005 and sold an impressive 29,000 units in it’s first week of sale debuting at Number 39 on the Billboard charts and peaking at Number 30... READ MORE
THUNDER
SONIC BOOM! GUITARIST LUKE MORLEY FROM THE UK HARD ROCK OUTFIT THUNDER TAKES ON ROCKDETECTOR'S FEARSOME 40 QUESTIONS.
INTERVIEW: DAVID BORGIOLI-JONES
4 August 2006
A down to earth, rootsy yet class imbued UK Hard Rock act, THUNDER fostered a genuine groundswell of major fan support to land a series of hit UK albums and singles over the years. The first being the band's 1990 debut 'Backstreet Symphony', which became one of the biggest UK Rock successes... READ MORE
UNEARTH
UNEARTH PUT THEMSELVES IN THE EYES OF FIRE FOR THE ROCKDETECTOR FEARSOME FORTY. MID OZZFEST MIKE JUSTIAN TAKES A BREAK FROM BAKING…
INTERVIEW: DAVID BORGIOLI-JONES
4 August 2006
Regarded as part of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal, US Metalcore outfit UNEARTH was formed during 1998 and made their first impressions on the scene with an EP entitled 'The Fall Of Man' the following year. A debut album 'The Stings Of Conscience' was released through Eulogy Records in 2001... READ MORE
BOLT THROWER
IT'S BEEN A YEAR SINCE BOLT THROWER RELEASED THEIR ALBUM 'THOSE ONCE LOYAL'. BASSIST JO BENCH TAKES THE TIME TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE BAND...
INTERVIEW: DAVID BORGIOLI-JONES
4 August 2006
Founded in Birmingham during September 1986, BOLT THROWER gained notoriety on their local Metal scene with a unique, war obsessed heaviness. In their 20 years of existence this band has remained strong despite some tough times with line up changes and record label frustrations. In May 2005 the band entered Sable Rose Studios, collaborating once again with Andy Faulkner as producer, to craft a new album for Metal Blade Records... READ MORE
PENNYWISE
SHORT FUSE, DESTRUCTION IMMINENT! PENNYWISE FRONTMAN JIM LINDBERG IMPARTS SOME PENNYWISDOM AS THE BAND REVISITS THE LAND DOWN UNDER…
INTERVIEW: DAVID BORGIOLI-JONES
3 August 2006
Californian 90s Punk revivalists PENNYWISE built up their audience both the traditional way, through the hard graft of constant touring, and by making the most of mediums such as games, skate and surf videos. Although dealt a major blow by the untimely death of bassist Jason Thirsk in 1996, the band managed to stay on track releasing quality Punk rock albums including ‘Full Circle’, ‘Straight Ahead’ and more recently, 2005’s ‘The Fuse’... READ MORE
ARMORED SAINT
ARMORED AND DANGEROUS - ARMORED SAINT'S JOEY VERA TAKES TIME OUT TO ANSWER THE ROCKDETECTOR FEARSOME 40 WHILST SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET IN THE AIR.
INTERVIEW: DAVID BORGIOLI-JONES
2 August 2006
INTERVIEW: DAVID BORGIOLI-JONES
Along with being a longstanding lynchpin of the mighty ARMORED SAINT, Rock / Metal veteran JOEY VERA has high profile associations with bands including FATES WARNING, ANTHRAX, ENGINE, SEVEN WITCHES and more. Vera, a founding member of ARMORED SAINT, stuck with the band until it's eventual break up in 1992 when singer Josh Bush left to join ANTHRAX... READ MORE
ENGEL
THERE’S STILL PLENTY OF LIFE IN DEATH. SWEDISH MELODIC DEATH METAL VETERAN NICLAS ENGELIN TALKS ABOUT HIS NEW BAND ENGEL AND HIS COUNTRY’S MUSIC SCENE.
INTERVIEW: DAVID BORGIOLI-JONES
1 August 2006
INTERVIEW: DAVID BORGIOLI-JONES
Another name that pops up time and time again is guitarist Niclas Engelin. This somewhat shadowy figure has played in some of Sweden's finest Metal outfits including GARDENIAN, IN FLAMES, and PASSENGER. Now he's back with ENGEL, a Metal supergroup of sorts because in a continuation of Swedish band intermingling the band features Marcus Sunesson, a former ... READ MORE
AFI
CALIFORNIAN PUNK ROCKERS AFI (A FIRE INSIDE) HAVE HIT THE BIGTIME WITH THEIR NEW ALBUM DECEMBERUNDERGROUND. ROCKDETECTOR EXCLUSIVELY INTERVIEWS THE BAND’S ELATED GUITARIST JADE PUGET
INTERVIEW: DAVID BORGIOLI-JONES
1 August 2006
INTERVIEW: DAVID BORGIOLI-JONES
AFI sprang up out of the Californian college Hardcore Punk band scene back in 1991 and debuted the following year with a 7" single 'Dork' presented as a split release with fellow Ukiah High School students LOOSE CHANGE. Ironically at the time of 'Dork'’s release LOOSE CHANGE’s line-up included guitarist Jade Puget who joined AFI in 1998 in time for the 'Black Sails In The Sunset' album... READ MORE
ÍON
ANATHEMA, IONS AND ANTIMATTER - BASSIST DUNCAN PATTERSON IS DEEPLY IMMERSED IN A NEW MUSICAL PROJECT AND THERE'S A NEW ALBUM ON THE WAY…
INTERVIEW: DAVID BORGIOLI-JONES
29 July 2006
After playing bass with Dark / Gothic Metal bands ANATHEMA and ANTIMATTER for 14 years, Duncan Patterson recently started afresh with a new project called ÍON, meaning "pure" in Gaelic. Although primarily a solo project, a host of traditional and classical musicians perform as guests on the project's debut album, which Patterson is currently in the process of putting the final touches on... READ MORE