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Interviews   

Symphony X: all prog and no headlock

Monday, July 11th, 2011 at 7:14 pm by Metal'O Phil

Without being a concept album, Symphony X’s new album, Iconoclast, deals with the interaction between man and machine – or rather, with the fight between man and machine. “Nothing original here”, is probably what you’d tell Michael Romeo if you could, you big-mouthed metalheads. And the guitarist would answer very simply: “It’s probably really tough to find anything that hasn’t been done. But we’ll do it our own way. We just tried to find something that would allow us to push the music somewhere where we haven’t really been before.” There’s no hidden message or particular intention behind the music; there’s only spontaneity, a desire to make cool music with cool lyrics.

Music seems to be the band’s only real concern. In other words, these guys don’t care about what might be at stake when it comes to releasing a single or double album, and won’t communicate on anything that doesn’t pertain to their work. And this music is something Michael and his pals cannot write while on tour or when they go back to their families to recharge their batteries, which is why they’d rather take their time to compose an album.

Interview with Michael Romeo.

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Gossip   

Hi, my name is Ben Robson and I like Nevermore

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 at 1:47 pm by Metal'O Phil

Remember Ben Robson ? You know, this Internet guy with an exquisite dress sense, who came out of nowhere and got famous in a competition organised by Metal Sucks. The aim of this competition was to write vocals for a Nevermore song and to film yourself singing them. The winner would win the right to play his version with the band, on stage. What a present ! Since then, Ben had his present, and even more ! Here is a short footage that follows him during this memorable day with the band. As promised, he did not forget his famous sweat-shirt and dance for his moment of glory, on stage.

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Ben was kind enough to share his impressions in a small report.

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Festival Report   

Live from the Hellfest: Saturday, June 19th

Monday, September 6th, 2010 at 3:07 pm by Radio Metal

[imgr_w=180]#images#/posts/2010/06/hellfestdirect2.gif[/imgr_w]From Tuesday, June 17th to Monday, June 21st, Radio Metal will dedicate the air – and the website’s main page – to the Hellfest Open Air currently taking place in Clisson. Newsflashes, exclusive content, guiding thread on the site and goodies – follow the Hellfest on Radio Metal! And don’t forget that the complete live report for the three days will be online a few days only after the end of the festival.

It’s already the second day of the largest metal festival in France. With Alice Cooper, Carcass, Fields Of Nephilim and Jello Biafra as the main acts today, we shouldn’t get to bored!

[b][u]EDIT: Last updated 20th June at 3 am – complete report of Saturday’s ebents, with exclusive anecdotes, pictures and interviews (Kalisia, Tamtrum…)![/u][/b] [url=#article#]Click here to follow the Hellfest![/url]



Interviews   

A luck that Warrel deign to talk to us…

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 at 5:28 pm by Spaceman

[imgr_h=295]#images#/posts/2010/06/nevermore1.jpg[/imgr_h] Warrel Dane is an incredible character. First of all, he’s a fantastic singer for Nevermore, clearly one of the most important band in metal nowadays. Humanly, Warrel seems phlegmatic, his personality composed and thoughtful. In the end, the man’s niceness puts you at ease very quickly.

When we interviewed him, Warrel was obviously knackered, a fact for which he apologized at the end of the conversation. And before I started firing questions, when I asked him if he was OK, he gave me a nervous, hesitating, “I’m OK”, before laughing of his tiredness. And yet he managed to answer our questions with a truly infectious good mood.

This interview was a good opportunity to talk about The Obsidian Conspiracy, Nevermore’s first album in five years, but also about various subjects, among which the contest our American friends of Metal Sucks organized and which was won by [url=#article=1046#]Ben Robson[/url] and his now cult video.

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Interviews   

Nevermore Sucks

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 at 2:59 pm by Radio Metal

[imgr_h=223]#images#/posts/2010/06/benrobson.jpg[/imgr_h]The blog [urlb= http://www.metalsucks.net/]Metal Sucks[/urlb] is a big reference for us. Their liberty of tone knows no bound,their analyses are deep and smart, and their sense of humor is caustic. To be honest, we completely identify ourselves in their alternative approach. Metal Sucks is as disturbing as it is unifying. And to top it all, these guys regularly come up with genius ideas to keep their readers spellbound. One of their last strokes of genius was a contest involving the band Nevermore.

A few months ago, the instrumental version of the eponymous song from The Obsidian Conspiracy, Nevermore’s new album, leaked on YouTube. So the Metal Sucks guys thought: “What about a contest ?” They contacted the band with their idea: the readers would be invited to submit their own version of the song, with their own lyrics and vocal lines. The contestants would have to send a video with the instrumental track and their vocal recording. The winner would then be invited to perform their version of the song on stage with the band.

The contest was a success, and the winner was announced on May 7th. His name his [urlb=http://www.myspace.com/robotzombiearmy]Ben Robson,[/urlb] and his incredibly entertaining body language has been acclaimed by the readers. Don’t get deceived by his deliciously redneck looks (the Pittsburgh Penguins sweatshirt is a blast), ‘cause Ben is a master. Not only is his vocal performance impressive, but his vocal lines are also particularly inspired.
Here’s his video:

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We wanted to know more about the Ben phenomenon and contacted him for a few questions.

You can read the transcription of our phone interview [url=#article#]here.[/url]



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