Screamer Magazine April 2013

Interviews

• LOST SOCIETY – Thrash Youngsters From Finland

  Lost Society was signed by Nuclear Blast after their participation in Global Battle of the Bands, where they won their country’s competition and went to the finals in London. Someone videotaped their winning performance in the final round in their native Finland and uploaded it to YouTube. The guys were already recording their debut album Fast Loud Death in Sonic

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• HINDER - On the Road with Freakshow

  On a breezy sunny Georgia afternoon, a tour bus, tour vans and trailers are parked in front of an old mill building deemed to have been built as early as 1890.  The old Dupre Excelsior Mill turned concert venue has three principal interior stages named for the destinations of the afterlife: Heaven, Purgatory and Hell.  Hinder’s vocalist, Austin Winkler relaxed

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• An Evening with SULLY ERNA

  Godsmack and Avalon fans wait no more. An evening with Sully Erna is ready to kick off starting March 22nd at the Atlantic City House of Blues.  Erna has spent the last couple of months rehearsing for this amazing show he's putting together for his fans. A blend of Godsmack songs and tunes off the Avalon album will be played

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• One Word - VOLBEAT

  Ask any painter about light and dark values and they might tell you the color white is the presence of the complete spectrum and black the absence of all visible light.  Black is said to be a protective color, as nothing can penetrate it; it absorbs.  But one must be careful to balance the spectrum for without the light there

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• SOILWORK - Swedish Melodic Death Metal

  Swedish melodic death metal band Soilwork have recently unleashed their phenomenal new double album The Living Infinite (Nuclear Blast Records) which was produced by Jen Borgen and the first to feature new guitarist David Andersson.  In a recent interview with Soilwork drummer Dirk Verbeuren he spoke about the recording process for The Living Infinite, the band's chemistry, the many ways

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• Inside the Industry - DAVID FISHOF - So You Want To Be A Rock N' Roll Star?

  So, you wanna be a rock ‘n’ roll star?  Then David Fishof is the man you want to meet.  At 56 years old, the slightly overweight man with the salt-and-pepper beard and cherubic smile looks more like a kindly rabbi than a man who easily rubs shoulders with some of the biggest stars in rock music. Make no mistake, however.  Beneath

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• BONDED BY BLOOD - It Pounds In Your Head

  Walking through the historic Trocadero Theater in Philadelphia, PA, one could only imagine the stories or footsteps those old walls and stairwells carry if they could talk.  It's an almost eerie environment that smells of the sweat and booze of past performances and the metal legends who have graced the venue throughout the years. Bonded By Blood can now add

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• Red Rose - It Comes from the Heart

  Rock music in its many varying forms has been played right around the world by an abundance of different bands and artists, but you’re about to be taken by Screamer Magazine to the Middle East for an insight into a new band who are reaching out to the rock music collective.  Through the heat of the Israeli sun we’re about

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• HATCHET - Dawn Of The End

  Hatchet are an upcoming and coming thrash metal band out of the San Francisco area, who have recently released a stellar new sophomore album titled Dawn Of The End via The End Records.  After weathering quite a few line-up changes and completing three D.I.Y. tours of the US since the release of their debut album Awaiting Evil back in 2008,

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• FAITHSEDGE – Having Faith; Living on the Edge

  Another warm sunny  California evening and Giancarlo Floridia sits eagerly waiting to spin the story on Faithsedge.  Formed in 2009, the band consists of Giancarlo Floridia /Vocals & Guitar, Alex De Rosso/ Lead Guitar, Tony Morra/Drums and Erik Ragno/Keyboards. Faithsedge began with a contact to bassist Fabrizio Grossi.  Floridia already had several songs recorded and the two decided to meet

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• GONE FOR DAYS - Your New "Guilty Pleasure"

  One often hears the story of how a band forms; yet most often, it is a story of members who have known each other since they were teenagers, or musicians who knew each other from playing in bands within their local music scene. You don’t often hear of a band that started writing songs together via email, in two different states,

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• 9 Electric [9E] - Electrifying The World One Remix at a Time

  In order to have a successful Rock band all you needed, once upon a time, was to have some guitar, a singer, a little bass and a drummer that wouldn't quit.  Now although these things are all still relevant, there is a new age dawning on the music world and it is bringing a lot more than just simple melodies

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