Interviews
\r\nWith the return of Amon Amarth in Greece for a couple of shows, Metalzone.gr had the chance to interview Johan Hegg. Johan talks to Elena Mihailidou and Vasilis Mazaris about all the upcoming plans of the band. Their freshly announced headlining tour with Obituary, Legion Of The Damned and Keep Of Kalessin, the re issues of their first 4 albums by Metal Blade and also their plans on their appearances in big summer festivals like WACKEN. \r\n
Metalzone.gr: First of all I’d like to thank you for taking the time for this interview.
\r\nLeo Pignon: My pleasure
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\r\nMetalzone.gr: Since you have just released your second full length album under the name This Ending, let’s begin by saying a few things about your background for those who don’t know much about This Ending.
\r\nWhen BISON B.C. took its first step amps were scorched and drums were smashed. Born of the ashes of seminal Vancouver skate-thrash band S.T.R.E.E.T.S., BISON B.C. are every headbanger’s dream. Their riffs are colossal and flow like a mighty river into a sea of fuzzed out shredding. Their message is punk rock angst and revolution, with the occasional nod to white wizards, the king of swine and a mythical beast called the "Stokasaurus".
For 25 years the Greek heavy metal audience has been waiting impatiently for the coming of a Notorious band to walk any Greek stage and so it did, on December 15th, Lizzy Borden performed for the first time ever in Greece.
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\r\nGiven the chance by the first ever live appearance of Misanthrope in Athens Greece Metalzone.gr’s Elena Mihailidou and Lampros Tennes had the chance to talk with S.A.S. De L’Argiliθre .
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\r\nGoing downtown Athens, under the ancient relics of Acropolis to meet a band that has kept the torch of thrash metal alive was a very exciting experience. However meeting EXCITER was much more exciting than expected.
\r\nOne month after the release of their new album When Shadows Fall on Cruz Del Sur Metalzone.gr’s Elena Mihailidou and Labros Tennes had the chance to interview the epic doomsters REFLECTION- Stathis Pavladis, guitars, and Leo Stivala (FORSAKEN) vocals.
\r\nA couple of weeks ago DISFEAR did their first ever live appearance in Athens Greece. However this wasn’t the first time Tomas Lindberg was in Athens since a month ago he was here with the last ever At The Gates show.
\r\nAmon Amarth is a Viking-themed melodic death metal band from Tumba, Sweden, founded in 1992, and named for Mount Doom, a location in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Formed under the name Scum in 1988, the band was originally a grindcore group formed by Themgoroth (Dark Funeral), Olavi Mikkonen (guitar), and Ted Lundström (bass guitar). When Johan Hegg joined the band, their music changed towards death metal.
Christmas time is approaching and instead of the good old fashioned Granny Tales we though ONE MAN ARMY’s GRIM TALES would be of more interest for Metalzone.gr’s readers. So here we are chatting with the story teller homself Johan Lindstrand.
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\r\nMetalzone: First of all thank you for taking the time to do this interview.
\r\nJohan: No problem at all. Thanks for having me here.
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