Metalfan: Hello! First of all let me ask you why Nightingale? What does this moniker mean?Dan: It just sounded so cool. The word “Night” is very goth and I felt that the album I would write (The Breathing Shadow) would be...

SUSPERIA: We are definitely a live band

    Metalfan: Hell-O, t...

Peavy Wagner: Speak of the Rage

There’s not much time left until Peavy’s Rage will come upon the Romanian fans, on the 8th of September, at Arenele Romane, in Bucharest. We thought that Peavy had a lot of thoughts to share, on the brink of this event, but either he d...

Interview with Impious

Impious is a band that grew up constantly and developed its sound from a more aggressive way of expression towards a more melodic, catchy and opened approach. Since they have a new album in stores, there was the time Metalfan.ro made a ste...

CADAVERIA interview

Metalfan was always interested in Cadaveria’s activity ever since she left Opera IX in order to pursue a career of her own and to achieve full creative freedom and new ways of expression through music. Since the band has released a new a...

Interview with Christofer Johnsson (Therion)

Therion is a very successful enterprise and in the interview below you will have the chance to find out what does it take to reach the top. Christofer Johnsson proved a very interesting discussion partner, willing to chat despite his very...

LAKE OF TEARS: ... of moons and mushrooms

To make the waiting until 8th September more bearable, we tried to offer you a funny interview with Lake of Tears, while still reaching some more serious topics like the last album, Moons And Mushrooms. Since Daniel Brennare was...

MANTICORA: Two CDs for one Circus

If you happen to think that this second interview with Manticora comes too soon after the previous one, then you should definitely know that it’s their fault, not ours. They released two albums in less than a year’s time, as the second...

Derrick Green: We are Sepultura!

Derrick Green is not quite the man you want to confront, especially when you are half his height. Still, he was kind enough to sit down and answer a couple of questions, even if some of them were not that convenient. A small chat about the...

SAMAEL: The new solar era (Interview with Xy & Vorph)

From the darkest road, from the openly expressed aggression to religion, from rebellion, Samael found their way to eternity and to a reign of light, and now they're going full speed towards the sun. Solar Soul is their latest masterpiece a...

MOONSORROW: We are unpredictable, sometimes even to ourselves

I sat down for a while thinking about how to introduce this interview to you, what could I possibly tell you about Moonsorrow that you do not already know. Since I am out of ideas I’ll just say:  Moonsorrow...

Maylene and their christian metal

Hello! First of all, please tell us a short history of the band. Josh Cornutt: We are from Alabama, we are a rock and roll band, and we just put a new record out 2 months ago on ferret music, and we released a record in 20...

Atrocity: We really want to come back to Romania to PLAY!!!

It has been a while since I’ve received news from the Atrocity headquarters. My suppositions that the band is very busy recording the new album proved to be correct. Despite this fact, Alex Krull was again very kind and eager to communic...

Tarot: I have no regrets... we are who we are

I didn’t suspect that the universe of Tarot is at least as complex (if not more complex) that the universe of Nightwish. I always thought of the former as an appendix of the soprano band which is selling records all over the world. Even...

After Forever: These cowboy boots are made for rockin'

What’s very cool about Floor Jansen (besides the looks, ehem) is her naturalness and ability to approach any subject in a perfectly honest manner and a very very good English. Although we were last on a quite long list of interviews, she...

My Dying Bride interview: Andrew Craighan and Hamish Glencross

Metalfan: So, last time we talked was at Sziget 2004, I interviewed Hamish while you were giving interviews at another table [looking to Andrew]. Anyway, back then you had just released Songs of darkness, words of light and you were workin...

Within Temptation:In the Heart of Artmania 2007

Metalfan: Hi, nice to meet you again, how are you?Sharon den Adel & Ruud Jolie: We're fine, thanks. How are you? Metalfan: Fine. So... what were your first impressions on Romania, those from your first visi...

ANATHEMA: 100% or nothing

Metalfan: Hello, how are you?Vincent Cavanagh: Fine... what a town... what a town! Metalfan: Do you like it?Vincent: Beautiful... Really nice, yeah. And old towns like this, it's beautiful and very...

Pro-Pain: We just do things our own way

First of all, I must admit that hardcore was never my cup of tea. I have listened to a Pro Pain record more than a decade ago and, since then, looked upon them respectfully.The way they choose to do things, being a gig, a tour or a stu...

Waltari: crazy and unorthodoxical musical solutions

Waltari struck me as an amazing combination of genres, from their progressive backbone to the tinge of industrial, electro or even more mainstream genres (hip-hop on some albums – and don't be prejudicial, it still sounds ok:). So my int...

VISIONS OF ATLANTIS: The perfect balance of their Trinity

Visions of Atlantis is an Austrian symphonic metal band.  They formed in 2000 and they have released two albums so far, while the third one, appropriately named Trinity, is on its way, due to be released on May 25th. American classica...

DEW-SCENTED: Incinerate better shows the real face of the band

Monday, April 23rd,  Leif Jensen agreed to do an interview with us about his band, Dew-Scented. And not only that, but he was even available to do it in a couple of hours! That was unfortunately too short a time for us to get...

Battlelore:Evernight – Melancholy, anger and hope!

Let’s walk beside Maria on Middle Earth's sacred soil, chatting about Akallabeth – the fall of Numenor, the long cold winters of Finland and Battlelore’s latest album: Evernight.  ...

Marduk: Blood, fire and death in Bucharest on 22nd September

The phone rang just a few minutes after the agreed hour for the interview. The jovial voice of Morgan Håkansson at the other end of the line managed to somehow vanish my nervousness. I invite you to discover the fascination for the real man behin...

WITHIN TEMPTATION: they really need to do their show in Romania

Artmania: Hello, we are here with Robert Westerholt from Within Temptation. They are here in Romania to make some videos to...Robert Westerholt: To Frozen and The Howling.  ...

Evergrey: In a good position, and enjoying it

This is still not the after-concert interview we had hoped to do with the "five ugly guys from Sweden" (as Henrik refers to the band), but it's still better than the last time, when not only we didn't have no interview, but we even had no...

Morgana Lefay: Aberrations of their minds

17 years since their debut and counting, Morgana Lefay made their way to metalfan.ro. But it was no easy ride for them, twice disbanded and left for dead, then resurrected with renewed strength and attitude (and line-up) each time. 20...

Fear not Aborted!

When it comes to death metal musicians, most of us tend to think it is all about destructive, frustrated and sociopatic behaviours. Well, Sven Caluwe of Aborted proved this prejudices wrong by offering us a lesson of hard work, seriousness...

Mat Sinner, the captain

It was in the early 80ies that Mat Sinner started his career on the German metal scene. He’s had his share of commercial success with his first band Sinner, but Primal Fear, which he founded together with ex Gamma Ray singer Ralph Scheep...

Aghora interview

I knew from the very beginning that Santiago Dobles is a very special guy. I have missed an interview with him when Aghora released the first studio album, so I’ve tried to catch up with the band before he joining the freshly res...