AnthraxReported 2005
Frank Bello and the reunion-era interview
Frank Bello spoke to PyroMusic ahead of Anthrax’s 2005 reunion tour.
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Interviews
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Interviews
The people behind the riffs. Background on conversations cited by the old metal press.
Armored SaintReported 2009
Joey Vera: recording plans and band priorities
Joey Vera’s PyroMusic conversation caught Armored Saint preparing to record again.
Read the background →Bleeding ThroughReported 2010
Brandan Schieppati: a new-album conversation
Brandan Schieppati discussed Bleeding Through’s next record with PyroMusic’s Brendan Crabb in an interview excerpted on 4 April 2010.
Read the background →Blood DusterReported 2007
Jason PC: rock, grind and doing it themselves
Goreripper spoke with Jason PC on 7 May 2007 about separating Blood Duster’s different musical interests into rock, grind and drone material.
Read the background →CarcassEarlier coverage
An interview record in the Carcass bibliography
A Carcass bibliography retains the PyroMusic interview address numbered 99.
Read the background →Cavalera ConspiracyReported 2008
Max Cavalera: projects in parallel
Max Cavalera’s PyroMusic conversation linked the activity around Cavalera Conspiracy with a separate Soulfly recording.
Read the background →Celtic FrostReported 2007
Tom G. Warrior: influences and Monotheist
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Read the background →Children of BodomReported 2005
Henkka Blacksmith: Are You Dead Yet? and Australia
Henkka Blacksmith spoke to Pyro on 12 September 2005 as Children of Bodom prepared for their first Australian visit.
Read the background →DeicideReported 2008
Steve Asheim: writing and recording Till Death Do Us Part
Deicide drummer Steve Asheim discussed Till Death Do Us Part in a PyroMusic interview excerpted on 9 June 2008.
Read the background →DragonForceReported 2006
Vadim Pruzhanov: Inhuman Rampage on record and on stage
Vadim Pruzhanov spoke to Pyro on 24 April 2006 while DragonForce were touring North America and preparing to reach Australia.
Read the background →In FlamesReported 2008
Peter Iwers: roots and musical change
Peter Iwers discussed A Sense of Purpose with PyroMusic in an interview excerpted on 30 March 2008.
Read the background →KreatorReported 2006
Mille Petrozza: interview background
Mille Petrozza spoke to Pyro on 20 July 2006, ahead of Kreator’s return to Australia.
Read the background →Lacuna CoilReported 2007
Andrea Ferro and Cristina Scabbia: the Karmacode period
Andrea Ferro and Cristina Scabbia spoke to PyroMusic during Lacuna Coil’s Karmacode period.
Read the background →Lacuna CoilReported 2009
Cristina Scabbia: looking toward the next album
Emptyspiral reported on 7 February 2009 that Cristina Scabbia had spoken to PyroMusic about Lacuna Coil’s forthcoming album.
Read the background →MastodonReported 2010
Troy Sanders: stories around Crack the Skye
Troy Sanders discussed Mastodon’s storytelling in a PyroMusic interview quoted on 31 January 2010.
Read the background →MeshuggahReported 2010
Mårten Hagström: revisiting ObZen
Mårten Hagström spoke to PyroMusic’s Brendan Crabb about looking back on ObZen and beginning another writing cycle.
Read the background →NileReported 2007
George Kollias and Ithyphallic
George Kollias discussed Nile’s forthcoming Ithyphallic with PyroMusic in a conversation excerpted on 15 May 2007.
Read the background →Paul Di’AnnoReported 2009
Touring and unfinished recording plans
Paul Di’Anno’s 2009 PyroMusic conversation found touring taking priority over an unfinished recording project.
Read the background →PsycropticReported 2006
Dave Haley: behind the drum kit
Dave Haley spoke to Pyro on 3 February 2006, shortly before Psycroptic released Symbols of Failure.
Read the background →SatyriconReported 2008
Frost: an interview record
Satyricon drummer Frost discussed The Age of Nero with PyroMusic’s Spiritech in an interview excerpted on 1 December 2008.
Read the background →SoulflyReported 2010
Max Cavalera: a reunion debate in its time
Max Cavalera discussed Soulfly’s Omen with PyroMusic’s Brendan Crabb, also known as Spiritech, in an interview excerpted by Blabbermouth on 28 July 2010.
Read the background →Stuck MojoReported 2009
Rich Ward: the Stuck Mojo and Fozzy connection
The Stuck Mojo address numbered 127 led to a Rich Ward interview that also covered Fozzy.
Read the background →SwitchbladeReported 2007
Mat: a Sydney interview record
Spiritech spoke with Switchblade drummer Mat Picco on 17 September 2007 for a Festival of the Dead special.
Read the background →The Black Dahlia MurderReported 2006
Trevor Strnad: influences and a changing band
Trevor Strnad explained The Black Dahlia Murder’s influences in an interview with Spiritech dated 1 November 2006, later excerpted by Blabbermouth.
Read the background →TriviumReported 2008
Travis Smith and the Shogun conversation
Travis Smith discussed Shogun’s title and Trivium’s musical direction with PyroMusic in excerpts published on 25 September 2008.
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