Catherine Fearns
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Geneva, GE, Switzerland
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SYLAK OPEN AIR 2019: Europe’s Perfect Solution for Your Eclectic Metal Festival Craving [Festival Preview]
Europe is pretty spoiled for extreme music festivals these days, but don’t let SYLAK Open Air slip under your radar. This small, friendly and eclectic gathering… → Read More
In Conversation with ANACHRONISM: Vocalist LISA VOISARD Discusses the Band’s History and Recent Album ‘Orogeny’
We spoke at length with Lisa Voisard, lead vocalist of the technical death metal band Anachronism, about the group, their beginnings, and absolutely stunning album, Orogeny,… → Read More
Children of Bodom
Due March 8th via Nuclear Blast, Hexed, the eagerly-anticipated tenth studio album from Children of Bodom, rings out with the inherent playfulness and reckless energy of… → Read More
In Conversation with MÖRGLBL: Guitarist CHRISTOPHE GODIN on His Jazz Metal Band’s New Album, the Gear He Uses, and Life in Academia
Catherine Fearns chats with Christophe Godin, frontman of French progressive jazz-rock-metallers MÖRGLBL, about a range of issues, including their new album The Story Of Scott Rötti,… → Read More
In Conversation with: IN FLAMES Lead Vocalist Anders Fridén Feels ‘I, The Mask’ is the Essence of In Flames [w/ Audio]
Sweden’s In Flames are a heavy metal institution, their winning combination of gorgeous melodies and potent aggression keeping them at the very top of the pyramid for over 25 years. On the eve of their thirteenth (!) album release, we caught up with vocalist Anders Fridén. I, The Mask, the band’s new album, will be out on March 1st via Nuclear Blast Records (worldwide ex. North America) and 11-7… → Read More
COLOSSUS FALL - “Earthbeat” [Album Review]
On their second full-length, Earthbeat, due via Tenacity Music, Switzerland’s Colossus Fall successfully manage to combine progressive metal’s discordant experimentalism and sludge’s filthy riffs with the… → Read More
CardiaC - “Mañana No Serà Otro Día Igual” [Album Review]
It’s not an easy task to create uplifting hardcore music, but CardiaC undoubtedly achieve just that. Their latest offering, Mañana No Serà Otro Día Igual, via… → Read More
Eluveitie - “Slania (10 Years)” [Anniversary Edition] [Album Review]
To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Eluveitie’s Slania is being re-released via Nuclear Blast; it’s a welcome opportunity to appreciate a band that are an important part… → Read More
Cortez - “No More Conqueror” [Album Review]
Geneva trio Cortez combine noise with precision to create an absolute monster of a metal album. No More Conqueror is an unrelenting explosion of controlled anger,… → Read More
Promethee - “Convalescence” [Album Review]
With their third full-length release, Promethee have pulled out all the stops. Convalescence (Lifeforce Records) is another great example of Swiss ingenuity and deserves to garner… → Read More
In Conversation with ASBEST: “One Should Like the Person, Not the Pronoun”
Hailing from Basel, Switzerland, we spoke with members of noise rock band Asbest about their new album Driven, transgenderism, gender equality and more. → Read More
In Conversation with SLAY DUGGEE: “Kids Can handle Pure Metal and They Love It”
Heavy metal and kids. The perceived incongruity has spawned a thousand cute memes and YouTube videos; there are whole websites dedicated to selling metal-themed baby clothes and bibs, CDs with lullaby versions of Metallica tracks. In Finland (where else?) there’s a dinosaur-themed metal band called Hevisaurus that has released seven albums, specially made for children, and even has its own… → Read More
“The Rogue To Nowhere” by Jason Christopher [Book Review]
Jason Christopher may not be the most famous bass player in rock, but his successful career as a hired gun is a roll-call of big names, including Prong, Stone Sour, Ministry and Sebastian Bach. He was also one of the founding members of New Dead Radio and punk rock super group Black President, and supplies acoustic guitar, backing vocals and bass for Corey Taylor. Jason now turns his life… → Read More
“The Rogue To Nowhere” by Jason Christopher [Book Review]
Jason Christopher may not be the most famous bass player in rock, but his successful career as a hired gun is a roll-call of big names, including Prong, Stone Sour, Ministry and Sebastian Bach. He was also one of the founding members of New Dead Radio and punk rock super group Black President, and supplies acoustic guitar, backing vocals and bass for Corey Taylor. Jason now turns his life… → Read More
Allfather - “And All Will Be Desolation” [Album Review]
While their name references the Norse god Odin, and their new album title is a quotation from the Book of Isaiah, this is a band very much focused on the issues of today. The second full-length release by Allfather, who hail from Kent in the UK, is a rallying cry and a targeted piece of aggression. Allfather are described in their promo as “sludge-laden and hardcore-infused death metal”, and… → Read More
Coldbound - “The Gale” [Album Review]
At times beautiful and profound, Coldbound’s The Gale undoubtedly achieves what it sets out to do, providing a journey into mental health that is soundtracked by… → Read More
Tremonti - “A Dying Machine” [Album Review]
When a concept album works, it really works, and Tremonti’s brave artistic vision has resulted in a hard rock showcase of the highest quality. The book… → Read More
Kess’khtak - “Unwritten Rules Prevail” [Album Review]
Kess’khtak have undoubtedly developed their own unique sound of beastly deathgrind, but they form part of a proud Geneva extreme metal tradition which stretches back more… → Read More
Thrashist Regime - “Carnival Of Monsters” [Album Review]
Thrashist Regime have packed their second album Carnival Of Monsters with songs about the A-Team, X-COM, zombies, ants invading Antarctica… and a breathtaking array of riffs… → Read More
In Conversation with ZATOKREV: Frontman Frederyk Rotter on Metal as an Inner Journey
Zatokrev frontman Frederyk Rotter discusses his band’s gnarly live show, all things noise, the re-release of their self-titled album, and the music scene in Basel, Switzerland. → Read More