20 years ago, italian extreme vocalist Cadaveria was leaving symphonic black metal pioneers Opera IX to start a new band that would allow her to express her creativity. Five albums...
Jerusalem was a British band that had a meteoric presence back in the '70s. Their self-titled debut album, the only one released to this to date, was produced by Ian Gillan o...
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July 10, 2018
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Darren Arthur Reed, known to the rock scene as Dizzy Reed, joined Guns N'Roses back in 1990. He recorded with the American hard rock group four albums: "...
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June 25, 2018
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In October 2017 the legendary Hungarian black metal band Tormentor have announced that will reunite the same line-up which recorded the “The 7th Day of the Doom” demo back in 1987, with Machat Zsolt, who...
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June 11, 2018
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When my colleague Gina S. presented a while ago the facts connected to the second edition of Cobra Fest...
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May 09, 2018
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You might know Fredrik Jordanius as a member of swedish gothic/doom metal band Lake of Tears; he played at least three concerts in Romania with the band (in 2011, 2012 and 2013). Or you might know him if you...
Irish extreme metallers Primordial have been around for three decades (give or take a few years) but are still going strong today. Whether they are playing live on stage - they visited Romania last November -...
It was 12 years ago when Metalfan took an interview of Orphaned Land for the very first time. By that time, my interlocutor was guitarist Matti Svatizky. In the meantime, both Svatizky and Yossi Sassi,...
The lines below are the continuation of an extensive interview featuring Dennis Loren, which had to be split in two fragments. Click...
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January 30, 2018
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Along the way, we invited to Metalfan's pages people who have been very involved in the rock music phenomenon, although they were not musicians in the main. I found out about Dennis Loren's work because of th...
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January 30, 2018
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The group Darkest Era from Belfast, Northern Ireland, will perform for the first time in Romania this autumn. The band will join the Romanian dark metal masters from Bloodway for three shows in Craiova, Bucha...
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October 30, 2017
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Heavy metal didn't become racist (nor did it become islamophobic, homophobic or any such thing), I just didn't want to pick right from the title on some colleagues that I once respected. I've known MetalS...
Bang is one of the oldest hard rock / heavy metal groups from USA which is still active in 2017. With a tumultuous history that began in 1969, the group Bang is committed to make known its music and to tell their story to the new generat...
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September 28, 2017
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A virtual dispatch just popped out in our inbox in the shape of a text which was long awaited actually, given its rich pragmatism which will make us tune into our own realities. Starting briefly with a genera...
Last winter I met Jón Aldará in Copenhagen, who is the vocalist of one of the most arresting doom death bands in these days, namely Hamferð. He is also renowned for being a member in the super-group...
Although many would not let go their hold of “Black Sabbath Vol 4” or even “Master of Reality”, we cannot pretend that the 70’s weren’t fully marked by all sorts of bursting and diversified hard r...
Atomkraft will perform at this year's edition of the Old Grave festival to be held between 13 to 14 October in Bucharest. I thought that this would be a good reason to invite Anthony "Demolition Man" Dolan to...
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April 07, 2017
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The Norwegian metal musicians of Suplhur have released this year their third full length, “Omens of Doom”, a disc which amazes all those devotees of blackened creations through its innovati...
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October 26, 2016
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Gord Kirchin, Piledriver or The Exalted Piledriver himself, a legend of Canadian metal scene and beyond, was kind enough to offer an exclusive ample and tasty interview for Metalfan.ro about his music career....
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October 18, 2016
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Natvre's is one of the many bands that will take the stage at this year's November to Dismember festival presented by Axa Valaha Productions and Ribcage Booking. Aethir, the bassist of the group was kind enou...
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September 08, 2016
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Today we embark on a journey to South Africa. The ship is led by metal guitarist Patrick Davidson, who plays in Mind Assault, a melodic death metal based in Somerset West. The band has the potential to...
No Clean Singing it is one of the most interesting and relevant web zines coming from the underground scene. The Editor in chief of the publication, Islander...
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July 27, 2016
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Netherbird is a name that is not unknown for the metal music listeners in Romania. Since the group will return in autumn in the country and will participate for the first time at the festival...
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July 08, 2016
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From the mightiness and total darkness expressed in the songwriting of some Mayhem albums, to the goddam harsh and genuine riffs in Aura Noir’s blackened thrash and the awe-inspiring melodies revealed...
The young dutch band Bodyfarm will perform in Bucharest on 27 November 2015 as part of the third edition of November to Dismember Metal Fest organized by Axa Valaha Productions and Ribcage Booking. At the end...
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November 24, 2015
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The German trio, Valborg and its most powerful references are linked to a character whose image means an iconic attribute for the dark metal world. We are talking about the one who animated the Celtic F...
Approximately one year have passesd sice I've started to follow Joseph P. Dorignac, a photographer from New Orleans, Louisiana...
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June 10, 2015
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Andreas Neuderth , or simply Neudi, joined in 2011 as the drummer of the legendary American group Manilla Road. On 13 February 2015 the band released the disc The Blessed Curse. We took advantage on...
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June 05, 2015
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The music of Amenra has always gravitated to an obscurity which is hard to define. Having a close-up view, one can notice that it is not only about that kind of darkness which is manifesting through the denial of the surrounding things. It is...
After the split of Amebix, Rob "the Baron" Miller comes back on the scene with Tau Cross, a super-group in which he plays along with Michel "Away" Langevin (Voivod), Andy Lefton (War//Plague) and Jon Misery (...
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May 15, 2015
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