Interviews
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Silver Bullet – Bruno Proveschi interview
Silver Bullet, a power metal band with symphonic elements, are releasing their excellent 3rd album, Shadowfall, and – after the dark pandemic years and postponed tours – things are finally looking bright for the band. Steel Mill had a pleasure to have a chat with the frontman, Bruno Proveschi. http://kkdowning.net/steelmill/Interviews/silver-bullet-bruno-proveschi-interview/
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Eldamar – atmospheric black metal from Norway
INTERVIEW BY PETE ALANDER, 2017 Formed in 2015, Eldamar is a Norwegian ambient and atmospheric black metal solo project by mastermind Mathias Hemmingby. Eldamar seeks its inspiration from nature, heathenism and J. R. R. Tolkien literature. After releasing highly praised debut “The Force Of The Ancient Land” it was time to sit and chat with…
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Atmospheric metal from Russia: Skyforest interview
We are always expanding our spectrum of metal at the Steel Mill. We got the honor to sit down with Russian metal musician B.M., who is involved with many projects but especially his atmospheric pagan/black metal solo project Skyforest is getting attention well deserved around the Internet. Skyforest is a one man black metal project from Russia.…
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Tank
© Tank TANK A Steel Mill Interview with Cliff Evans Interview By Ville Krannila / April 2015 FEW bands from the classic NWOBHM era have persevered as long and steadfastly as Tank. Bands recorded output has also remained at exceptionally high quality with recent albums like “War Machine” and “War Nation” fit to stand alongside…
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Klamydia
© Pete Alander KLAMYDIA A Steel Mill Interview Interview by Pete Alander / July 2012 Punk and metal have been enemies and friends since the days when first punk rock bands, such as Sex Pistols, Ramones and The Clash started to praise their fast and hard-edged music. It was the late 70’s and heavy metal…
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Nikolo Kotzev
The fans of melodic heavy rock are more than familiar with the name of Bulgarian composer, guitarist and producer Nikolo Kotzev. He’s written and recorded five excellent hard rock albums with Brazen Abbot and in 2001 unleashed a rock opera masterpiece “Nostradamus.” During a long career he’s also worked as a producer and mixer for…
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3 Inches of Blood
Long Live Heavy Metal – proclaims the new album by 3 Inches of Blood, and the way the record sounds it’s clear that the band stands behind the statement solid as a ton of metal. With this killer new album and a tour to back it up, 3IOB will definitely be one of the bands…
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Waltari
One of the most original metal acts in the world of metal hails from Finland. Not many bands can mix Heavy, Thrash, and Speed Metal together with Pop, Techno, Industrial, Punk and even Hip Hop, and still keep its credibility as a pure metal act. Well, Waltari can. They have been around since 1986, and…
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Hostile
English Midlands, also known as the Black Country is the place where Heavy Metal is considered to have been born, being home to pioneer bands as Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, etc. Hailing from those same hallowed metal grounds come also our this month’s very special guests – British metal’s new hope Hostile – armed with…
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Saxon
When one thinks about the absolute classic bands of NWOBHM, Saxon is right there on top. Vocalist Biff Byford (along with guitarist Paul Quinn) has steered the ship since band’s formation in late 1970’s and they are still going strong. The frontman and his cohorts have just issued their 19th studio album “Call To Arms,”…