Acid River – Hilton Theissen, Christian Mertens Art: Alexander Freund HMA: Do you have any creative rituals? Hilton: Writing riffs can feel like a deep meditation and spiritual on top, but not religious. We have our rituals by which we write songs together; it is a very constructive atmosphere and high-quality conversation between men and…
Dawn of Annihilation – Tom Kuzmic Art: Tata Kumislizer No rituals. This stuff is only for the weak. Whether you’re into the goat guy or the white-bearded one, we don’t care about religion. No jokes aside, we jam and come up with a riff, then another one we combine, look for significant drum parts, and…
Ad Astra – Ron Merz Art: Sam Nelson The concept behind the artwork is that the entire world is on fire, both literally and figuratively. We see this, for example, in the many bushfires that are becoming increasingly violent due to climate change and are destroying much of nature. But we also see this in…
Dis Morta – Josh Christian Art: Alcides Burn The cover elements have been around for a while, but the actual cover art is much more severe and dark. The original had a flyer feel, whereas this is a full-blown work and creates the proper atmosphere for the album. Toxik is and has always been a…
Power of the Chosen One with Gustavo Acosta There are many stories regarding creating our latest release, Power of the Chosen One 2021, but 99% of them can (and should) be shared only on a table with some beers and laughs due to the sensitive content of most of them. In any case, this album…
Bestia Immundis by Jürgen “Scholli” Scholz In 1973 I bought my first single, Alice Cooper ‘No more Mr Nice Guy’ and in 1976, my first LP, Kiss ‘Destroyer’. For me, the beginning of the 80s was the best time of real Heavy Metal. It was the time when NWOBHM was born, and the best albums…
In Death by Jason McIntyre Voracious Scourge is an old school death metal project founded in 2017 by Jason McIntyre of Louisiana Death metal act Suture. Joining him are vocalist Adrie Kloosterwaard of Dutch death metal legends Sinister. On Drums, Mike Smith ex-member of the mighty NYBDM band Suffocation, On Bass, Tony Choy, ex-member of…
Division Hades by Jens Börner Lonewolf is for me a name that fits perfectly with a heavy metal band. I always was happy with this name we choose. Back in the days, that must be 1991; we had a band called Walpurgis Night. It was a five fronted band where I was the only rhythm…
Stand Your Ground by Peter Östros, Michael Müller Michael Müller: About our band name Jaded Heart, it was beginning of the 90s and we were pretty much influenced by 80s metal. We were ( and still are ) big fans of all the bands back in the days. So we were looking for a band…
Osyrhianta by Philippe Giordana Fairyland is, basically, the “other world”, the realm of legends and fantastic creatures. The name was inspired by the work of the late Sir Terry Pratchett, in which this “Fairyland” is host to evil unicorns and vicious elves. It seemed quite fitting for the subjects we were going to deal with,…
Of Angels and Snakes by Jörg M. Knittel I founded the band in 2018 and thought about a suitable band name for a long time. It’s really not easy these days to find a good-sounding name that hasn’t been used yet. Then one day I listened to the band Heathen who have a song called…
Supreme Hypocrisy by Giovanni Pontillo The name The Order comes from Bruno Spring, our guitarist, and it was a song he wrote for the band Gurd, his previous group before he started with the band The Order. It is about the order in a political direction—a new way of thinking a new movement. For us,…