French Kiss For Wasp
| Monday, March 15th, 2010 at 11:12am by Lost | Live Report |
Believe it or not, Wasp withholds a 25 year career with a sulphurous start and a heap of provocations. Picture the album cover for Animal (Fuck Like A Beast) and think of the outrage it provoked back in the day before the more recent Marilyn Manson. This was to be the beginning for shock rock. Yet what is left of all that in 2009? Can good old Blackie manage to heat things up in frozen Paris on this 15th of December? Not so much it turns out.Read on to find out more
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Mike « Pipi-caca » Patton On Tour ?
| Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 10:51am by Doc' | News From The Front |
Now that’s an interesting question. Faith No More will be at Sonisphere of Madrid on the 9th and 10th of July and we will of course be there too to see the San Franciscan band because seeing them on stage is always an out of this world experience. And needless to say, that we will also be there for the unique performance of their singer Mike Patton. If you are a faithful Radio Metal listener/reader, you will know that many members of the RM team are fans of the front man. He is an exceptional singer in Faith No More, crazed loon in Mr Bungle and king of experimental music in Fantomas; in other words, Mike Patton has proved his musical talents in many branches. However, today we find ourselves pondering on one question: Why is Mike Patton into so much pipi-caca stuff ?
Bad memories from childhood ? An uncurable taste for provocation ? An exhibitionist side ? Many questions to which there are probably many answers.
EVILE LONDON
| Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 10:34am by Radio Metal | Live Report |
It’s the start of the Infected Nations tour to continue promoting their new album with the same name and it is mainly a fresh new start for Evile. After the sudden death of their beloved bassist Mike Alexander, from now on it is Joel Graham who will be replacing him in the English band.The aim of the tour will be to pick up things where they had left them and to introduce Joel to their fans. It is also a unique moment for the band, who are still appearing fragile, to finally turn the page.
To enter Evile's lair it is here...
Do Not Read This Article !
| Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 at 08:49am by Metal'O Phil | News From The Front |
It’s always wise to be wary of pre-listening exclusive events. The excitement of hearing something new and the intrinsic rarity of having access to an object that is not yet available, can often create falsify your emotions and make you idealise the moment more than necessary. This is especially the case with an album as dense as Avantasia’s new album. For this latest release, Tobias Sammet didn’t want to have any regrets and he gave it his all. As he admitted in the interview taking place afterwards, this album represents the greatest accomplishment of his life, despite appearing somewhat sad and happy at the fact of turning a new page, yet slightly worried about not knowing what to do next. Wicked Symphony/Angel Of Babylon is like a festival, compiling all musical aspects of the saga for the past 10 years. If you don’t want to ruin the surprise, do not click on this link (Spoiler inside).
GOING FOR DOOM
| Monday, March 8th, 2010 at 4:42pm by Spaceman | Interview |
I was born in 1968 in Coventry, England. I first worked as an editor for the punk magazine “Committed Suicide”. Now I have my own record label, Rise Above Records, centered on doom, stoner and psychedelic music. But more than anything, I'm famous as a singer. On stage, I'm known for swallowing my microphone of hanging myself with the cable. I started my career as the frontman of Napalm Death, with whom I recorded the legendary Scum in 1987. In 1989, I founded Cathedral, a doom/stoner band that quickly became one of the biggest references of the genre. I'm about to release the band's ninth album, The Guessing Game. Who am I?That's right! Lee Dorrian is a good answer!
You just won the universal illustrated encyclopedia of doom in 115 volumes, as well as the right to read a very enlightening interview of the master himself.
Who said doing Doom and support Greepeace is inconsistent ?
Nevermind The Imperfections
| Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 11:56am by Radio Metal | Live Report |
This month the Gathering were on the winter trail to promote their latest album, The West Pole, and mainly to introduce the voice and face of their new female singer, Silje Wergeland. Throughout this French tour, the band were supported by the bands fellow Dutch comrades Autumn and the Osm oz frenchies. As a starter for their show in Lyon that very same night, The Gathering unplugged themselves for a half hour acoustic set in the music shop Gilbert Joseph at the Carré de Soie Vaulx-en-Velin. Those present at the intimate session were Silje Wergeland (vocals), Marjolein Kooijman (guitar) and Frank Boeijen (keyboard), who followed up with a traditional signing session.
Read the report on this day.
Mars Attacks!
| Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 at 9:55pm by Radio Metal | Radio Metal |
No more trailers or quick gateways for the gypsies and low lifes from Captain Spaulding’s Bizarre Freaky Circus ! Yep, you've guessed it, for the special Ass To Mouth, show, our dear family of deformed and mentally ill have been severely captured.As a result, the show on Saturday 6th of March will be aired from Fleury-Mérogis! Needless to say, the motley crue are furious and so this month's show will be appropriately dedicated to the planet MARS! The event will be feisty as hell and enough to make your blood, sweat and tears boil for over three hours.
So be there this Saturday 6th of March at 8pm sharp for some good old fury and ball breaking straight from the chambers!
Here is the order of performances during Captain Spaulding’s Bizarre Freaky Circus:
Part 1
Intro by Captain Spaulding
Cephalic carnage: The Fire Eater, alone against all
Director’s Cut: The Voyeur amidst the dogs of war and reels
Violenza Domestica: Interview of the beautiful Whourkr and Kamera Obscura
Carnal Forge: The hydrocephal Herr Doktor and his thing in the experimental department
Part 2
Into The Void: The Necromancer brooding his magmatic hatred
Grand Guignol: The Crippled Pin-Up and her burlesque parodies
Funeralopolis: The Gravedigger hysterical in his H.G Wells and Gustave Le Rouge grave
Torture Garden: The Cacchante presents some sound teratology from her sex prison
Outro by Captain Spaulding
Happy Birthday Crusty !
| Friday, February 26th, 2010 at 2:0pm by Crusty | Radio Metal |
With their third album Mad Grandiose Bloodfriends, the Norwegian metalheads of Ancient will throw you headfirst in a very accomplished black metal story, told through a concept album. A little gift for those of you who enjoy vampirical atmospheres and for the host, who will celebrate his birthday this very same day. Don't miss it!See you on Friday on theRock Is Dead show !
God Is An Astronaut : Live In London
| Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 12:33am by Radio Metal | Live Report |
Amongst the plethora of rock and metal musical styles there is one that had only emerged in the last 20 to 30 years and has only gained some notoriety in maybe the last 15 years. This style uses the common rock instruments, aided by lots of effects (reminiscent of the shoe-gaze era) and overall a big emphasis on the instrumental side, while the vocals, if present, are only punctuating the atmosphere. Musically, they are something in between the aggressive riffing of genres like thrash metal and the extreme melodic technicality of progressive styles, with the effects changing the soundscape from band to band. But as people prefer to use short words when they refer to something, this whole movement was encompassed in the term post-rock.
Last week, the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London decided to offer us a night with three bands that are active in this domain, with the very popular God is an Astronaut headlining.
God Is An Astronaut : Interview With Torsten Kinsella
| Thursday, February 25th, 2010 at 12:32am by Radio Metal | Interview |
God is an Astronaut is not only innovating in terms of sound, but is also one of the bands that decided not release their albums via their own label, managing themselves and thus being completely independent. Last week in London Radio Metal had the opportunity to discuss with Torsten Kinsella, guitarist and mastermind of the band about the consequences of this decision and also the concepts behind the rich sound of God is an Astronaut.As a side-note, Torsten is really fond of speaking about his art as you can see about his quite large answers, especially on the second question where he simply went on and on actually anticipating our questions about their music and the future album. To keep the authenticity we decided to leave that big part of text as it is, showcasing a very good example of an artist discourse.
DELAIN’S PARISIAN ENDING
| Tuesday, February 23th, 2010 at 12:34am by Saff | On Tour With |
No guys, we’re not talking about their definitive end; we are talking about the end of their tour as headlining act throughout a bunch of European countries. It has to be said that Delain’s relationship with France is something really special. For their last concert, Charlotte, Ronald and the others unloaded their suitcases (and instruments) once again for a sold out concert in Paris at the Elysée Montmartre.
« How the hell did they manage that ?! », you ask yourself ? Read on and see.
Rage : Interview With Peavy
| Monday, February 22th, 2010 at 3:35pm by Spaceman | Interview |
After a grey-ish Carved In Stone, Rage managed to release one of their best (the best?) albums in their career. Combining a genius mixture of brilliance, melodic catchiness and poignantly inspired riffs, Strings To A Web is already being considered as one of the major albums of 2010. The band will also be touring through Grillen de Colmar on the 14th of March.We jumped on opportunity to find out more from the leader of the band, Peavy Wagner. Furthermore, Peavy is a proper veteran of the German heavy metal scene. A scene which he joined during the start to mid 80s, as the front man of Anvenger and then Rage, but also Mekong Delta, a cult techno thrash band in which he played under the pseudonym Jake Jenkins. It has to be said that we had high expectations from this interview, however, despite the fact that Peavy was very friendly, his answers remained direct and very brief during our time on the phone.
Chains To Heaven
| Friday, February 19th, 2010 at 2:32pm by Dimebag | Live Report |
How can you hold back the tears? How can you not feel real emotions when you go to an Alice In Chains concert? Alice In Chains live: we had dreamed of the moment, and to be honest, we had given up hope. However, the dream finally came true on this Friday 4th of December 2009. Jerry Cantrell’s band were there, in front of our dumbfounded eyes, to make us relive all of their 90s hits and new album, Black Gives Way To Blue, a massive album for 2009. Box office is closed and the Bataclan is steaming us, this is where it all happened. Radio Metal tells you the tale.
Some Weird Stuff On The Rock Is Dead Show
| Friday, February 19th, 2010 at 2:26pm by Crusty | Radio Metal |
Extreme metal doesn't always mean super-hard metal! The Italian musicians of Thee Maldoror Kollective Thee Maldoror Kollective manage very well in the paranormal, experimental field. After their electro-tinged black metal debut, come now and listen to Pilot, a compendium of weirdness that you'll learn to love over time. For those of you who like to discover new things.See you on Friday for theRock Is Dead show !
Lacuna Coil : Live In London
| Thursday, February 18th, 2010 at 8:48pm by Radio Metal | Live Report |
Lacuna Coil has had a quick ascent in the musical business, having reached notoriety after only a couple of albums. Many people argue though that this is only because of the fabulous looks of the female vocalist Cristina Scabbia and their music is not very inspired, especially after they've switched styles with Karmacode. On the other hand, their fan base is big enough to swallow all of the critic so rather than trying to make sense of all the chatter, we decided it is best to attend a live concert of the band so we can find out for ourselves if there is more music than the looks.
The opportunity came soon enough when the European tour of their latest album Shallow Life scheduled an evening in London, at the Shepherd's Bush Empire.
In Bed With Cristina, Er, Cristiano
| Thursday, February 18th, 2010 at 7:32pm by Radio Metal | Interview |
Lacuna Coil is a band that managed to get through the fact that Italy doesn't have a very large and successful metal scene, achieving quite an important success and being one of the bands that still try to innovate while at the same time staying true to their style. While almost everyone has heard or seen their great female vocalist Cristina Scabbia, Radio Metal wanted to give you something different and so we went to gain an insight from a different member of the band, the guitarist Cristiano Migliore.
AUDREY HORNE: “SEXY PEOPLE WITH SEXY MUSIC”!
| Thursday, February 18th, 2010 at 6:3pm by Spaceman | Interview |
Audrey Horne is a band that is slowly but surely gaining acceptance. Considering the quality of their albums, there's nothing more deserved. In 2005, the band released No Hay Banda (fllowed by an EP, Confession & Alcohol), an impressive first album whose originality is reminiscent of Faith No More, with a characteristic Scandinavian touch. In 2007, Le Fol allowed the band to concert the try.Audrey Horne is now back with a third, self-titled album, like a new beginning. The band may have lost the craziness that marked the first albums, but they have earned a great melodic maturity, still tinged with touching melancholia.
With this new album, it becomes obvious that the Norwegians have earned a choice place in the alternative metal/rock world. Ice Dale, the band's guitarist (who also plays in Enslaved), told us all about this “sexy” new album.
THE PORTNOY FEST
| Friday, February 12th, 2010 at 2:6pm by Metal'O Phil | Live Report |
Prog fans also have their festival! A festival where you don't walk around dressed as Sponge Bob Squarepants, a giant phallus or a Viking, where you don't spill your beer over your T-shirt and where you don't meet tall, shirtless, sweaty blond guys.You don't waste your time wondering why Araya doesn't perform the world-famous “yaaaarrrrhhhhhhh” at the beginning of “Angel of Death”. You don't go into raptures over the incisive aspect of Pestilence vocalist's “Eurgh! Eurgh!” on “Devouring Frenzy”.
Read more…
On Tour With Delain (6th & 7th October 2009)
| Friday, February 12th, 2010 at 10:31am by Metal'O Phil | On Tour With |
The « April Rain 2009 » tour will stay in the minds of Delain’s band members and their fans for a while. For this first tour as a supporting act for the Dutch, the risk of cancellations was often looming over many gigs because of Charlotte Wessels’ vocals issues.The tour had a certain charm as a result of these uncertainties, combined with the band’s honesty and unpretentious playing.
Radio Metal had the opportunity to follow the band on a few of their French dates.
For your eyes only, here is the tour report for the concerts in Lyon and in Strasbourg !
AFTER PARTY WITH IHSAHN
| Thursday, February 11th, 2010 at 8:40pm by Spaceman | Interview |
Ihsahn is an emblematic figure in Norwegian black metal - and beyond - he is a complexe and thoughful character. After which is the new album and third solo piece by Emperor's ex-frontman, is deep and introspective, and will vouch for the previous statement.In a serene tone, Ihsahn gives away the secrets of his album which finalises the trilogy started by The Adversary. It has to be said that Emperor's ex-leader has managed to capture the living soul of each of these albums and that this third one is already being considered as one of his most beautiful masterpieces. According to this, we understand that the serenity in his voice is a result of his great sense of achievement.
This interview was also a way to go back on his musical evolution, as well as, the way he perceives the black metal scene today.
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