In 1996 Helloween released their 5th album Time of the Oath and went on tour with Bruce Dickinson’s new band Skunkworks. This interview was done backstage with founder and guitarist Michael Weikath before their gig …READ MORE
Michael Kiske about his first solo album after being fired from Helloween. He got some interesting musicians aboard for the album. By Stig Nordahl
In 1996 Type O Negative released their fourth album October Rust that followed their platinum selling album Bloody Kisses. This interview with guitarist Kenny Hickey was conducted in August as the new album was hitting …READ MORE
In 1996 three of the members in Megadeth released albums with their own projects. Had Megadeth split? That was an obvious question to ask Marty Friedman when he released his solo album True Obsessions that year. …READ MORE
This interview with Luke and Danny was conducted before Thunder released The Thrill of It All album in 1996. A lot of things had been going on in the Thunder camp since the previous album. …READ MORE
Ronnie James Dio, the legendary vocalists and one of nicest persons in Hard Rock! In this interview from 1996 Ronnie talks openly about leaving Black Sabbath twice and why he doesn’t want to join forces …READ MORE
In april 1996 Stratovarius released their 5th album “Episode”. It was the first Stratovarius album to feature keyboardist Jens Johansson and drummer Jörg Michael. The band had great success in Japan already and was ready …READ MORE
After two years in the making The Exploited released Beat the Bastards in April 1996. I have never been much of a Punk fan, but this material leans so much into Metal that I really …READ MORE
In 1996 Rage released their 12th album End of All Days. This is a chat with guitarist Sven Fischer (ex-Pyracanda) who had joined Rage on the previous album Black in Mind. Hear him talk about …READ MORE
In 1996 Crowbar toured Europe with Napalm Death in support of their second album, Time Heals Nothing. Hear Kirk Windstein and Matt Thomas talk about their side project with Phil Anselmo, called Down, their third …READ MORE