Nicholas Cleeve asked Trivium bassist Paolo Gregoletto a few questions about the inspirations and equipment behind their latest album ‘Silence in the Snow’.

Matt T.A. Smith caught up with Frank Bello, bassist for pioneering thrash metal band Anthrax, when they played with Slayer at the O2 Apollo in Manchester recently.

In the midst of The Aristocrats’ European tour, bassist Bryan Beller took some time out to talk via Skype. We talk about the band and their latest album Tres Caballeros, Bryan’s solo work and The Aristocrats’ upcoming London show. By Cameron Pikó

Richard Owens managed to chat with Dragged Into Sunlight vocalist T about the new album ‘N.V.’, the UK metal scene and why it might be a good idea to keep a cassette player handy for future projects.

Jamie Jones got in touch with bassist/vocalist Daniel Arvidsson from Swedish stoner doom metal band Mammoth Storm to ask him to introduce the band and to talk to him about mythological inspiration and why it is that Sweden keeps on producing such fine metal bands.

“Right now we’re trying to just make it sustain itself. It doesn’t have to pay all of our bills, but if could not cause us to haemorrhage money the way it has in the past, then I think that would be great for us” – Eric Larson from Red Hands Black Feet talks to Foofer about life in a post rock band in Boise, Idaho.

Ahead of their first ever Australian tour, singer Jonas Bjerre of Danish band Mew talks to Gilbert Potts about getting older, about being young, about fans, and about giraffes.

Guido Segers asked frontman Luis Pariona “Pishtaco” from Peruvian Andean metal band Indoraza some questions about inspiration from Norway, Andean history and tradition and making metal in a place like Peru.

At the recent edition of Damnation Festival, Sander van den Driesche caught up with the guys from Ghold to ask how their year has been after the release of their last album ‘Of Ruin’ and their long US tour with Årabrot.

Martyn Coppack speaks to the Arbouretum frontman about the making of his solo album and what may lie ahead.

Sander van den Driesche sat down with Amenra’s enigmatic singer Colin H. van Eeckhout (CHVE) at Damnation Festival where they had an interesting conversation about the band, Church of Ra and the band’s aesthetics.

Gilbert Potts catches up with guitarist Matt Harvey from Sydney band We Lost The Sea about their new album ‘Departure Songs’, broken pedal boards, death, hope, telling stories without words, and more.

With a new album and live shows in the pipeline Andrew Rawlinson decided to fire some questions in post-metal band Telepathy’s direction to find out what’s up. Guitarist Richard Powley answered the questions.

Scott Bowden had a short Q&A with Sacramento doom band CHRCH asking about the band’s history, their gear and the Sacramento music scene.

Berns von Bernington asked singer Jori Sara-aho from Finnish speed metallers Speedtrap some questions about new album ‘Straight Shooter’, touring and more.

Sander van den Driesche asked Ulcerate drummer Jamie Saint Merat some questions on the band’s influences, Jamie’s favourite drummers and the band’s progress on writing the new album.

Dave Cooper spoke to Gazpacho keyboardist Thomas Andersen about the nature of the universe, stone age instrumentation, the band’s ever-increasing sonic palette, and the demands of bringing Gazpacho’s cinematic music to the stage.

The Golden Communion is the first release in quite some time for multi-instrumentalist Thighpaulsandra, perhaps best known for his work with Coil, Wire, Spiritualized, Julian Cope and countless other artists. It’s an absolute beast of an album, and Cameron Piko managed to speak with the man behind the music.

Gavin Brown had a chat with guitarist and founding member Andrew Craighan from My Dying Bride to hear all about the new album ‘Feel The Misery’ as well as the band’s touring plans and the highlights from the past 25 years of being one of the UK’s premier doom metal bands.

With a second album – Everybody Come To Church – having just hit the shops and live dates with Public Image Limited and The Fall under their belts, Evil Blizzard’s fortunes are riding high. Leaving chaos, confusion, and monstrous progeny in their wake, the band pretty much have torn up the rock ‘n’ roll rulebook and are clearly set for great things. Stuart Benjamin caught up with Stomper from the band, taking five in his dressing-gown, slippers, and smoking a pipe in his book lined study…

Matt Stevens had a chat with Bill Steer about the excellent new Gentlemans Pistols record ‘Hustler’s Row’, Carcass and his attitude to the guitar.