Hardcore Heavy Metal group Suicide Silence guitarist Mark Heylmun calls in to Inside Heavy after a long night of partying while the entire band is held up in a cabin on retreat at Big Bear in the San Bernardino Mountains in California. The band is taking a few week off to write and record tracks for their next CD, which they will be recording later in 2010 and releasing in 2011. Their latest CD “No Time To Bleed” has been hugely successful and the group is set to tour the world in support of the popular hardcore heavy metal album, including the Vans Warped Tour this summer. Mark Heylmun gives us all of the details and then some! Listen To Interview!!!!
Sidewise is a hardcore metal band based in Lawrence Kansas that are about to break through to the next level in the music business. Nic Trotter, bassist for the band, is interviewed about the groups latest CD “Acrasia”, which is an inspired musical effort, which was self produced by the band in their home studio, and is available at various locations including the groups itunes page. LISTEN!!!!
Former Bleed The Dream lead singer Brandon Thomas is interviewed about his new music project “Phantom Communiqué”. Brandon talks about going back to his roots in his home town of Baltimore Maryland to put the band together. Phantom Communiqué is about to complete work on a new CD, which is expected to be released in spring of 2010, however some of the new songs can be sampled on the bands Myspace page! LISTEN!!!!
In 1975 Kiss was riding high on the success of their first live album “Alive”. They were about to enter the studios with world renown producer Bob Ezrin to record what would be their most celebrated album ever called “Destroyer”. Ken Kelly, famous for his fantasy artwork, was acquired to create the image for the Destroyer album cover. The Destroyer album cover would end up being as striking as the music inside and has since become one of the greatest album covers in hard rock/heavy metal history. Ken Kelly’s masterpiece has helped to burn the image of Kiss into the mind of the world!
Ken Kelly is interviewed about the creation of the Kiss Destroyer album cover, which he created two versions of, and reveals the complete back story of how the image was created.
Richard Christy from the Howard Stern Show has stopped by Inside Heavy to talk about his new Heavy Metal band “Charred Walls Of The Damned”. The bands is filled with heavy weights in the world of metal music including Tim “Ripper” Owens formerly of Judas Priest! Their debut CD is set to be released February 2nd 2010 on Metal Blade Records and is sure to be a treat for metal fans whose taste are bands like Dio, Sabbath, and Judas Priest. LISTEN!!!!
Dez Fafara is interviewed about his band DevilDriver and their new CD “Pray for Villains”, which they released on Road Runner Records in July2009. DevilDriver is on of the most exciting Heavy Metal bands in the game and they are currently touring the USA in support of Pray For Villains. Dez Fafara also talks about the bands video work and their influences. Listen To Interview!
Paul StanleyandTommy Thayer, discuss the writing and recording of Kiss’s latest record “Sonic Boom”. They take it track by track and give us the inside scoop to the behind the scene’s of Sonic Boom. If you haven’t heard Sonic Boom by kiss yet then you definitely need to. It is an inspired effort that harkens back to their hay day of the 1970’s when they were so great! For more inside track check out our review of Sonic Boom!
Jeremy Goldberg is the lead singer of a young heavy metal band from Arizona called Age Of Evil that has just released an EP titled “Get Dead”. Jeremy is interviewed about the group and how it’s four members are actually two sets of brothers that have been jamming since they were children. Jeremy also discusses how Age Of Evil recorded their EP in an old abandoned World War 2 bunker in Germany, and how they added covers of heavy metal classics from Judas Priest and Skid Row to the project.
Chad Ruhlig, former lead singer of the Detroit metal group For The Fallen Dreams, is back! After a year out of the music business Chad Ruhlig can no longer deny that making great metal is what he is meant to do. Chad has dropped by Inside Heavy to give us the scoop on his new bandLegend, who has just been signed to Rise Records and are slated to hit the studios in January 2010 to begin recording their debut CD on Rise!
Jim Hockingis the guitarist for a powerhouse heavy metal band from Lansing Michigan called For The Fallen Dreams. Jim has stopped by Inside Heavy to talk about the bands new CD Relentless, and how the group worked with Joey Sturgis on the project. Jim also talks about the departure of Chad Ruhlig from the band and dispels any rumors that his leaving was anything but friendly.
