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Beyond The Realms of Les Binks
Interview by Heather Williams, Jari Asell and Ville Krannila Steel Mill had the opportunity to interview drummer Les Binks, best known for his time with Judas Priest. Thank you Les and thank you for your wonderful contribution to the world of music. How long have you been playing drums? I was born in Portadown,…
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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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Kreator – The Circus, Helsinki February 10, 2017
HAIL TO THE HORDES! by Pete Alander ************ One of Thrash Metal’s finest acts and longest survivor Kreator has just released extremely well reviewed album “Gods of Violence”. It is a package full of roaring metal anthems such as “Satan Is Real”, brutally fast “Totalitarian Terror” and an homage to legends that are not among…
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Simon Wright – A Steel Mill Interview
Drummer legend Simon Wright has a CV most would be envious of. He started at bare age of 20 with one of the biggest rock bands in the world AC/DC and has since then worked with Dio, UFO, Rhino Bucket, Geoff Tate and Queensrÿche to name just few. Currently Simon plays with Dio Disciples, the…
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Simon Wright – Steel Mill Interview
Drummer legend Simon Wright has a CV most would be envious of. He started at bare age of 20 with one of the biggest rock bands in the world AC/DC and has since then worked with Dio, UFO, Rhino Bucket, Geoff Tate and Queensrÿche to name just few. Currently Simon plays with Dio Disciples, the…
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Mike LePond (Symphony X) – A Steel Mill Interview
Mike LePond – a bassist of progressive metal giants Symphony X – has many things on his plate; not least a solo project Silent Assassins featuring an impressive cast of musicians gearing up to release their second album in the spring. Just announced, Mike has also joined former Manowar-guitarist Ross The Boss’s new group. LePond…
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Mike LePond (Symphony X) – Steel Mill Interview
Mike Lepond – a bassist of progressive metal giants Symphony X – has many things on his plate not least a solo project Silent Assassins featuring an impressive cast of musicians gearing up to release their second album in the spring. Just announced, Mike has also joined former Manowar-guitarist Ross The Boss’s new group. Mike…
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Metallica – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct
Who would guess Metallica would ever release anything with great substance again? Metal giants have been for 30 years now under pressure and immense scrutiny and have often given critics a field day with albums like “LULU” and “St. Anger” crashing under the gates. 8 years in the making (albeit recorded within a space of…
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Christmas 2016
Hi everyone! I just wanted to wish every one of you the very best of seasons greetings and happy holidays to all. My sincerest thanks as always to the millworkers for all of their continued splendid work. I hope that they too had a great metal year and like all of you have been rocking…
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UFO – Helsinki 29.5.2014
One of the most long awaited concert performances yet to be experienced had to be British cornerstones of hard rock, UFO. They have soldiered on now for amazing 45 years. Few years ago, the band was scheduled to play a show here at Nosturi but due to vocalist Phil Mogg’s voice problems that particular gig…