NEW DISC REVIEW + INTERVIEW 【SOILWORK : VERKLIGHETEN】JAPAN TOUR 2019 SPECIAL !! EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH BASTIAN THUSGAARD OF SOILWORK !! “What Can Be Tricky At Soilwork Shows Is That The Majority Of The Songs Are In a Decent Mid-Tempo And Then The Few Fast Songs Are Like Super Fast. It Happens That We Play 5-6 Songs In a Row That Are Very Easy Tempo-wise And Then One Super Fast Song After. It Fe

NEW DISC REVIEW + INTERVIEW 【THRAILKILL : EVERYTHING THAT IS YOU】 EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH WES THRAILKILL FROM THRAILKILL !! “Labeling Can Only Get Us In Trouble. Every Band Or Album We Come In Contact With Should Be Viewed As It’s Own Entity, To Be Digested As Art.” DISC REVIEW “EVERYTHING THAT IS YOU” ハリウッドに居を構える楽器演奏者の登竜門 Music Institute。その過酷な虎の穴とも言える通称 MI で結成され、Instru-metal 道を追求していた MAMMOTH が

NEW DISC REVIEW + INTERVIEW 【BOSS KELOID : MELTED ON THE INCH】 EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH PAUL SWARBRICK OF BOSS KELOID !! “Marijuana Shouldn’t Be Prohibited Anywhere And Should Be Completely Legalised For Cultivation, Medical And Recreational Use. It Should Be a Normal Thing Like Eating a Potato And Part Of The Recommended 5 a Day.” DISC REVIEW “MELTED ON THE INCH” 香ばしき霞とファズサウンドは心地良き酩酊を。マスマティカルで複雑

NEW DISC REVIEW + INTERVIEW 【DAUGHTERS : YOU WON’T GET WHAT YOU WANT】 EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH ALEXIS MARSHALL OF DAUGHTERS !! “The Title Definitely Serves As a Disclaimer. A Reminder To Everyone, Ourselves Included, Expectations Tend To Be More Of a Hindrance Than Aide. “ DISC REVIEW “YOU WON’T GET WHAT YOU WANT” “欲しいものは手に入らないよ”。音楽に限って言えば “叶わぬ望み”、それは決して悲観すべき状況とのみは言い切れないのかも知れませんね。 ロードアイランドの州都プロビデ

NEW DISC REVIEW + INTERVIEW 【JYOCHO : 美しい終末サイクル (THE BEAUTIFUL CYCLE OF TERMINAL)】 EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH DAIJIRO NAKAGAWA OF JYOCHO !! “We Are Influenced By Cycle Or Rule What We Can Not Perceive In Our Daily Life. Off Course, Individuals, As Well As Society, The Country, And The Earth, The Universe Are Both Influenced By One Law And Cycle.” DISC REVIEW “美しい終末サイクル” 「サイクルという、法則という、我々では感知できない様なも

EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH ANTHONY LUCERO OF CULT LEADER !! “I Do Feel The Weeping Skull Represnts The Concept Of The Album. Musically And Lyrically We Want The Band To Be An Expression Of The Negativity In Our Lives.” DISC REVIEW “A PATIENT MAN” ソルトレイクに兆すエクストリームミュージックの胡乱なニューリーダー。異端の唱道者 CULT LEADER が掲げる教義は、陶酔を誘う魔性のカオスとノワールです。 グラインドコアとスラッジの蜜月を象徴したバンド GAZA の解散は、アンダーグラウンドの世界にとって二重の意味でショッキングな出来事でした。鋭利で

EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH SARAH LONGFIELD !! “I’m Just So Happy To See It Getting Normalized. I Remember Starting Out There Were No Women On YouTube Or The Guitar Community, Which Was Always Disheartening.” DISC REVIEW “DISPARITY” Fender が行った調査によると、近年新たにギターを始める人の半数が女性であるそうです。その傾向を裏付けるように、Yvette Young, Nita Strauss, Orianthi Panagaris などテクニカルなロックやメタルの世界においてもギターヒロインの存在感、輝きは増す一方だと言えるでしょう。 Sarah Longf

EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH STEFAN NORGREN OF SEVENTH WONDER !! “We All Supported Tommy Karevik 100%! Off Course, We All Realized That They’d Come First And That This Would Inevitably Set Us Back Time Wise. But There Was No Way Any Of Us Would Get In The Way Of Such a Great Career Move For Him.” DISC REVIEW “TIARA” スウェーデンで毎年行われる “一番大切な冬の行事”、聖ルシア祭。貧しい人々に財産全てを提供した純粋の象徴、光の聖人聖ルチアの姿は、そのスウェーデンに居を置くプログメタルの

NEW DISC REVIEW + INTERVIEW 【FREAK KITCHEN : CONFUSION TO THE ENEMY】 EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH MATTIAS “IA” EKLUNDH OF FREAK KITCHEN !! “I Think The Change Of Music Industry Is a Brave New World With Tons Of Opportunities. You Can’t Sit Home And Complain It Was Better Before. Adjust Or Die.” DISC REVIEW “CONFUSION TO THE ENEMY” 急速に拡大を続ける “ギターナード” の世界。真のギターフリークの間で、最もイノベーティブかつ画期的なプレイヤーとして崇拝を浴び続ける “F

NEW DISC REVIEW + INTERVIEW 【ENSLAVED : E】JAPAN TOUR 2018 SPECIAL !! EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH IVAR BJØRNSON OF ENSLAVED !! “We Knew The Style Of Music Would Be Related To The Black And Death Metal Movement, But We Also Knew That Our Lyrical Content And Concept Would Have To Be Different From These Genres.” DISC REVIEW “E” 聳え立つ九つの頭首。中央の頭は不死、他の八つは一撃を受けると増殖して生え変わる。ENSLAVED は神話のヒドラを想起させる骨太のリビドーで、メタルシ

EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH MICK BOX OF URIAH HEEP !! “We Are a Family Away From Our Family So To Speak. I Have Always Said a Working Band Is a Happy Band And That Is Why We Smile a Lot. “ DISC REVIEW “LIVING THE DREAM” 凛々しきハードロックとプログの幻想が交差する、プロト-メタルの “桃源郷” URIAH HEEP。 波瀾万丈、紆余曲折を潜り抜け、半世紀の年輪を刻んだ今も未来への雄渾なる熱情を宿し続ける不死鳥は、ただ純粋にロックへの殉教に焦がれます。 悪魔の叫び David Byron、ハモンドの魔術師 Ken Hensley、そして Mr. ブルーノート Mick Box。三

NEW DISC REVIEW + INTERVIEW 【NIGHT VERSES : FROM THE GALLERY OF SLEEP】 EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH REILLY HERRERA OF NIGHT VERSES !! “Diversity Is Definitely Key For Us, And We Don’t Ever Want To Overdo Or Repeat Anything More Than Necessary. “ DISC REVIEW “FROM THE GALLERY OF SLEEP” プログメタルのサルバドール・ダリが草創せし夢幻画廊。ファンタジーとリアリティー、テクニックとアトモスフィア、モダンとオーガニックのダイナミズムを、”夢” という自由な空想世界で交差させる無言の詩聖はインストゥルメンタルミュージックのド

NEW DISC REVIEW + INTERVIEW 【SATYRICON : DEEP CALLETH UPON DEEP】JAPAN TOUR 2018 SPECIAL !! EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH FROST OF SATYRICON !! “Black Metal Is All About Attitude, Spirit And Feeling, Pretty Much Like Punk And Blues. It Doesn’t Have To Be Connected To One Very Particular Philosophical Direction. Claiming That Is Has To Be Satanic Is Simply Childish.” DISC REVIEW “DEEP CALLETH UPON DEEP”

EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH BRADY DEEPROSE OF CONJURER !! “Dan And I Bonded Over Our Mutual Frustration With How Shit The Local Scene Had Become And How Bored We Were With Metalcore. Conjurer Ended Up Being The Product Of This.” DISC REVIEW “MIRE” 2015年、英国ミッドランズに突如として現れた魅力的なエクストリームミュージックの醸造所 CONJURER は、刺激に飢えたメタル中毒者を酔わせ、瞬く間に熱狂の渦を巻き起こしています。 スラッジ、ドゥーム、ハードコア、プログ、そしてブラック&デスメタル。香り高き金属片の数々をエクレクティックに調合し精製する

NEW DISC REVIEW + INTERVIEW 【MICHAEL ROMEO (SYMPHONY X) : WAR OF THE WORLDS / PT.1】 EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL ROMEO OF SYMPHONY X !! “I’ll Take a Great Song Over Anything Else. The Technique And All That Stuff Is Fine, But Using It In a Tasteful And Musical Way Is What Is Important. “ DISC REVIEW “WAR OF THE WORLDS / PT.1” Michael Romeo は自己超克を命題に刻む、ストイックなギターウィザードです。一定のスタイルを確立した後、そのクオリティーを安

NEW DISC REVIEW + INTERVIEW 【ROLO TOMASSI : TIME WILL DIE AND LOVE WILL BURY IT】 EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH JAMES SPENCE OF ROLO TOMASSI !! “There Has Always Been a Fit Balance The Dark And The Light In Both Our Music And Lyrical Themes. I Still Think There Is Darkness Within “Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It” But The Light Is Definitely Winning.” DISC REVIEW “TIME WILL DIE AND LOVE WILL BURY IT

EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH PEDRAM VALIANI OF FRONTIERER !! “I Find Reviewers, Fans And Critics Are Often Guilty Of Wanting To Consume a Record On a Commute. That Attitude Of Convenience Doesn’t Resonate With Me And I Listen To My Records The Way I’d Like To Listen To a Record As a Fan.” DISC REVIEW “UNLOVED” 2015年、”世界で最も醜悪なマス-プロブレム” の異名と共にデビューフル  “Orange Mathematics” で来臨したスコットランドとセントルイスの混成軍 FRONTIE

DISC REVIEW + INTERVIEW 【DERDIAN : DNA】JAPAN TOUR 2018 SPECIAL !! EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH ENRICO PISTOLESE OF DERDIAN !! “At The Beginning, Rhapsody Were One Of Our Favorite Band And There Is No Doubt We Have Drawn Inspiration From Them. But We Were Very Young. Now Things Are Very Different. We Feel To Play Completely a Different Music.” DISC REVIEW “DNA” 風光明媚な地中海を臨むイタリアの “DNA” は、ことロックの世界においてここ日

NEW DISC REVIEW + INTERVIEW 【3.2 : THE RULES HAVE CHANGED】TRIBUTE TO KEITH EMERSON EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT BERRY OF 3.2 !! “I Could Not Get Keith To Overcome The Fan Criticism. He Was Done With It For The Next 28 Years.” A LABOR OF LOVE Robert Berry は数奇なる運命と共に音楽カルチャーを漂流した有能なるバガボンドなのかもしれません。シンガーソングライターにして、マルチ奏者、そしてプロデューサー。 サンジョゼに居を構える Soundtek Studios のオーナーとして Robert は、数多のアーティストとイマジネーションを共

EXCLUSIVE: INTERVIEW WITH MANUEL GAGNEUX OF ZEAL & ARDOR !! “Nowadays Black Americans Are Being Harassed And Shot To Lay Dead In The Streets. It Is Still a Regular Occurence And Basically Accepted As Normal. I Find This Even Stranger. That’s Where The Name “Stranger Fruit” Comes From.” DISC REVIEW “STRANGER FRUIT” 過酷な奴隷制、差別の中から産声を上げた嘆きと抵抗、そして救いを包含するゴスペル、ブルース、ソウル。スピリチュアルで魂宿る黒人音楽をエクストリームメタルへと織り込み、刻下