Interviews-Steel-Mill
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Roy Z
© Roy Z ROY Z a Steel Mill interview Interview By Ville Krannila & Jari Asell / April 2009 For the Steel Mill’s second year anniversary, we have a very special guest as Roy Z – the producer and artist extraordinaire and the man behind some of metal’s most classic works, gave us a lengthy…
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Bloodred Hourglass
BLOODRED HOURGLASS “Dude! We’re gonna take you to the final walk!” Interviewed And Photographed By Ismo Korhonen / March 2009 © Ismo Korhonen Where from: Mikkeli, Finland Formed: 2005 Style: Thrash & death metal meets rocking grooviness www: http://www.brhg.net http://www.myspace.com/bloodredhourglass Line-up: Jarkko Tiilikainen (guitar), Jarkko Hyvönen (drums), Jarkko Koukonen (vocals), Jose Moilanen (bass),…
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Crystal eyes
© Crystal Eyes CHAINED TO HEAVY METAL! Mikael Dahl & Nico Adamsen / CRYSTAL EYES Interview By Kimmo Tattari / January 2009 Hailing from Sweden, Crystal Eyes have proubly carried the flag of traditional heavy metal well over a decade now. As the band just released their 6th album ‘Chained’, the main songwriter and guitarist…
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Defenders of the Faith
DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH Pure swedish steel! Interview By Kimmo Tattari / November 2008 Mikael Dahl, the vocalist of Defenders Of The Faith answered a few questions, as we here in Steel Mill introduce another great Judas Priest tribute band. First off the obvious question, why did you start a Priest tribute band, and…
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Portrait
PORTRAIT “Heavy metal darkness!” Interviewed By Kassu Kortelainen / November 2008 Where from: Kristianstad, Sweden Formed: Early 2000’s Style: Traditional Heavy Metal www: http://www.portraitband.se/ Line-up: Christian Lindell (guitar), Richard Lagergren (guitar), Anders Persson (drums), David Stranderud (bass) Releases: Welcome To My Funeral (demo 2006), Into The Nothingness (EP 2007), Portrait (2008) Meet Portrait –…
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Ken Hensley
© Kimmo Tattari KEN HENSLEY a Steel Mill interview Interview By Ville Krannila & Kimmo Tattari / October 2008 On a rainy October evening couple of Millworkers travelled to Helsinki for a meeting with none other than Ken Hensley, a keyboardist (and occasional guitarist) and main song writer of one of the legendary classic rock…
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Nazareth
© Kimmo Tattari DAN MCCAFFERTY Nazareth frontman visits the Steel Mill Interview By Ville Krannila & Kimmo Tattari / August 2008 Who could ever forget Nazareth? The originator of such heavy rock milestones as “Razamanaz” and “Hair Of The Dog”, the Scottish band are on tour as very special guests to Deep Purple and back…
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Vigilia Septima
VIGILIA SEPTIMA “Doom. Despair. Melancholy… and a gleam of hope“ Interviewed By Alexandra Zischow / July 2008 Where from: Berlin, Germany Formed: 2003 Style: Atmospheric doom metal www: http://www.vigilia.de http://www.myspace.com/vigiliaseptima Line-up: Sven (vocals), Jochen (guitar), Fabian (violin), Thomas (guitar), Olli (bass), Thilo (drums) Releases: Two Moments (2003), Drowning (2005), While We Sleep (2007) Trivia:…
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Andy LaRocque from King Diamond
ANDY LAROCQUE King Diamond axeman at the Mill Interview By Ville Krannila / May 2008 This month Steel Mill features a guest who needs no introduction: guitarist Andy LaRocque! The man of course has been playing guitar with King Diamond since the very beginning nearly 25 years ago, but besides this has made a…
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Doogie White
Interview By Ville Krannila / April 2008 Steel Mill’s engines were further ignited recently as vocalist supreme Doogie White paid us a visit. Originally the man made his name in mid 1990’s as the singer in reunited Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow. Later on he’s worked on several different projects including four excellent albums with hard rockers…