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The Fuel Of The Furnace Pt. 5: The 20th Anniversary of “Lochness”
In the early 2005 expectations for the first Judas Priest album by the definite line-up in nearly 15 years were sky high. In many regards meeting those was simply impossible since the band had never stuck to one formula before, one man’s meat was one man’s bad luck and so forth. What Priest did with…
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Silver Bullet – Bruno Proveschi interview
Interview by Kimmo Tattari Photos by Hannu and Riku Juutilainen 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…
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The Fuel Of The Furnace pt. 9: The 40th Anniversary of “Desert Plains”
If one sets out to find Judas Priest’s most controversial and debated album, “Point Of Entry” might be the first one on the list. Later on “Turbo” and “Jugulator” were certainly very much discussed but for entirely different reasons. “Point Of Entry” appeared in early 1981 during an era when traditional metal was more popular…
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The Fuel Of The Furnace pt. 4: The 40th Anniversary of “Steeler”
As the 1980’s dawned there was a rumble in the jungle as punk gave away to a new ferocious movement hailing from United Kingdom. New Wave Of British Heavy Metal stepped up to take the crown. Hundreds of bands had already made their stance at stardom and while most of them would not make it…
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The Fuel Of The Furnace pt. 6: The 40th Anniversary of “Before The Dawn”
The punk rock revolution had reached its zenith as Judas Priest prepared to record their fifth studio album in the summer of 1978. For the album – the last one for 12 years not to be produced by Tom Allom – Priest gave reins to James Guthrie. Guthrie had produced the song “Better By You,…
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K.K.wants to refer to and clarify his original statement as he feels parts of it was regretfully misinterpreted
Hi everyone, just to clarify that my complimenting Andy Sneap as I did was no more than I would have said about any other guitar playing producers that have also contributed much more than expected to our past albums. Great talent such as Chris Tsangarides (R.I.P) and Roy Z both not only produced – but…
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The Fuel Of The Furnace pt. 12: the 40th anniversary of “Exciter”
When one lists the most influential heavy metal albums of the 1970’s, Judas Priest’s “Stained Class” cannot be excluded from the list. And yes, we are talking about heavy metal, a very fragile term in that day and age. In 1978 it was still virtually non-existent, with such benchmark bands as Black Sabbath, Blue Öyster…
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The Fuel Of The Furnace pt.10: The 20th anniversary of Cathedral Spires
In late 1997 Judas Priest prepared to bounce back after several years of absence from the forefront of heavy metal. Vocalist Rob Halford had left the band after a year of uncertainty in 1993. By that point the band had released a double compilation “Metal Works” and promoted it with a video and several interviews.…
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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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Emperor – Trym Torson interview
INTERVIEW BY HEATHER WILLIAMS Trym Torson (real name Kai Johnny Mosaker) is best known of his blast beats and double-bass drumming skills from such bands as Emperor, Zyklon and Enslaved. Steel Mill got the opportunity to have a chat with the drum master: Describe the style of blast beat drumming and how it got…