If could introduce yourselves for us, who are you?
I am Stein Akslen of the Norwegian romantic black metal band Minneriket. Minneriket is a one-man band, and I am the composer, recorder, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and producer. I started Minneriket in the early 2010s, and will continue to keep it as a one-man band.
How did you all meet?
I was born, I guess.
How long have you been playing?
Minneriket has been active for almost 10 years now, but I’ve of course played in other bands before. I started making music when I was about 13/14 years old, and just never stopped.
What three words would you use to describe the music you play?
Romantic black metal.
What are your musical influences?
Nick Cave, Burzum, Leonard Cohen, Vond, Trelldom, Dimmu Borgir, Shining, Wardruna, etc. I think most of the music I consume also influences me in a way.
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen during a show?
Minneriket is a one-man band and does not perform live rituals.
Being away from the stages in the last few years, where was the first place you visited when the restrictions were lifted?
Minneriket is a one-man band and does not perform live rituals.
What’s the one record you own but wouldn’t ever admit to owning?
I’d never be ashamed of the music I listen to, but I guess many would be surprised by my extensive mainstream hiphop playlists.And I actually have the limited edition single of “My Boobs are okay” by Lene Alexandra in my collection.
What have you been listening in the last few weeks?
Lately I’ve been listening a lot to Ibaraki, Cardi B and The 69 Eyes.
Are there any releases you have planned in the near future?
I’m working in the studio as we speak, slowly putting together a new album. Right now most of the guitars, keys and the cello is done, and me and some session musicians are now working on the drums, harp, violins and violas. I doubt I’ll have it ready this year, but hopefully I’ll be able to share some new music early 2024.
Check out Minneriket’s latest release, the 2021 single, ‘Sorg Og Savn’ below.
If could introduce yourselves for us, who are you?
Destin Cavazos: Hello Almost Anything Music. We are exPorter which is sort of like almost music so thanks for having us! I’m Destin and I play bass and sing some of our songs.
Alec Cavazos: I’m Alec, I play guitar and sing the other songs. Our drummer Henry (Kish) is in Europe somewhere right now.
How did you all meet?
Destin: Well Alec and I are brothers so I’ve known him his whole life.
Alec: Yeah but I don’t remember the early years cause Destin is 5 years older. So he’s know me my whole life, I’ve “known” him since I was maybe 5?
And Henry and I used to play baseball together as kids so even though we didn’t form the band that long ago we’ve all know each other for a pretty long time.
How long have you been playing?
Destin: Alec and I started playing when we were kids. We used to rock out on Rock Band on the Wii and one day our dad came in and said if you can play pretend instruments you can play real ones. So that’s the real origin story of how we even became a band, thanks Nintendo!
I think Henry also started playing around with drums probably around the same time. Even though this wouldn’t all come together until 2017-ish, we all started out as kids learning music.
What three words would you use to describe the music you play?
Destin: I’d call us electric, engaging, and evocative. We put the “E” in exPorter.
Alec: Sexy, energetic, pop-punk
What are your musical influences?
Alec: Blink-182 and early Green Day, really all of the 90’s pop-punk vibe are the core of our sound I think. I know for me Blink, and Tom DeLonge especially, influence my stuff. Lately stuff like Modern Baseball or Joyce Manor have been pretty influential on me, especially for how I’m writing lyrics.
Destin: It’s actually a pretty hard question because I think there are so many things that influence our band. And for bands we really have so many. Henry I know is a huge Who fan and when you listen to a track you might not think we’re the Who but if you listen to some of his drum parts you will pick it up.
And I agree with Alec that the 90’s po-punk is for sure in our sound but then you add bands from the 80’s like the Smiths or Crowded House or any of the bands that our parents were fans of because that was the music that was always on in our house. Every one probably knows “Don’t Dream it’s Over” but I probably listened to all of Neil Finn’s entire catalogue cause our dad is a huge fan. Not a bad influence either cause I think Neil Finn is one of the best songwriters ever.
From my side I know I bring something from the emo bands I grew up listening to like Fall Out Boy or Panic. Death Cab for Cutie is probably my favorite band. And then there’s the Riot Girl era and female-led rock bands that also shaped a lot of our sound; bands like Garbage, No Doubt, Blondie etc – newer artists like Charly Bliss, Snail Mail, Cherry Glazerr, etc.
I think maybe it all works though and hopefully gives our band some depth. Don’t pigeonhole our sound, we play everything 😊
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen during a show?
Destin: Define weird? One time their was this homeless guy just wearing shorts that was dancing in front of the stage. But it was actually really cool cause he was having such a good time.
Alec: We did the Santa Barbara Fair right after the pandemic and it was packed. During one of our songs this crazy guy just sprinted in from of the stage. Like he wasn’t just passing through, that guy was flying. I remember saying “run Forest!” which was pretty funny. But that fair had like 10,000 people there so we can now say we played to a crowd on 10,000 and that one sprinty dude.
Being away from the stages in the last few years, where was the first place you visited when the restrictions were lifted?
Destin: This one’s easy – we went straight into the studio to record some songs. During COVID Alec and I were both staying at our parents’ house. It was like we were kids again but it was great because we were able to jam and write new stuff. We had these two that we were really happy about, “Lassie” and “Elizabeth” and we thought it would be cool to put them out as this double single. As soon as it was safe, we went in and got those songs recorded.
When we put them out they started getting played on the radio and there was a pretty cool reception to them so we thought, we have these other songs too that we’ve been working on so we should just make a whole album.
What’s the one record you own but wouldn’t ever admit to owning?
Alec: I know for Destin and Henry, they’re pretty open about music and really love all kinds of bands. I am pretty much the same way. I was asked once what someone would be surprised to find on my playlist and it was the new Taylor Swift album(s) Folklore and Evermore. I guess it doesn’t count cause I admit it all the time but they are so good and I feel that on the surface, someone who just met me wouldn’t expect that from someone who mainly listens to pop punk music. I’ve been getting more into folk type music over the past year, so to see the pop icon put out two banger folk albums in one year was cool.
What have you been listening in the last few weeks?
Destin: Paramore’s new album. The new Bully song with Soccer Mommy.
Alec: The New Heart Attack Man and Trophy Eyes…Also the Little Green House album by Anxious.
Are there any releases you have planned in the near future?
Alec: Yes. Our song “Lusitania” has been getting some airplay so we’re pushing and promoting that song right now. But we’re also trying to figure out what the next featured single should be. We have a pretty good idea but everyone should go check out our album “NoBreaksNoBreaksNoBreaks” and let us know what it should be.
Destin: Everyone who guesses the winning song gets a free sticker if you come out to one of our shows!
If could introduce yourselves for us, who are you?
This Don Huffman from the project called Farewell Fortune.
How did you all meet?
I formed this music project back in 2019. I bring in session artists for recording the songs and utilize Deep End Studio for the production and mastering components. Artists used for the project include Tim Wallace (Goodbye July), Eric McCullough (isilme), David Weston Gregory Jr, Kurtis Goad, Paul Provensano, Tim Ruggiero and Joe Ruggiero (Fantasm), and Gary Holmes (Veteran Avenue)
How long have you been playing?
Since 2014. I mostly sing, but have occasionally recorded on guitar for previous songs.
What three words would you use to describe the music you play?
Unique rock sound
What are your musical influences?
Linkin Park, Metallica, Pearl Jam, and Stone Temple Pilots amongst many others.
What’s the one record you own but wouldn’t ever admit to owning?
I guess I’m admitting it now, but Michael Jackson “Dangerous”.
What have you been listening in the last few weeks?
Cass and the Bailout Crew “The Cat Song”
Encircled Throne “Rectify the Situation”
SoulShine “Gotta Do”
Waiting at the Bridge “Rot”
Hogtooth “Plaguing the Free”
Are there any releases you have planned in the near future?
Brand new album “Chaos Serum” releases on April 14th. Contains 10 songs and the new music video for single “Static” releases mid-April.
Check out the latest release from Farewell Fortune, ‘Mayhem’ below.
If could introduce yourselves for us, who are you? We are Fake News, a melodic punk rock band from Queensland, Australia. We are a 5piece band made up of Tim on vocals, Mick on guitar, Darren on 2 nd guitar, Nick on Bass, Nat on drums.
How did you all meet? The band first formed in late 2017 when Mick put out the word he was looking to start a punk rock band. None of us had ever really met before & I heard about it through a friend. I turned up to the first practice & met Darren there as well. We seemed to instantly click & were pumping out new songs every week. We changed a few drummers & singers along the way. We had been talking to Tim for a while & knew of his band from up the sunshine coast. When it came time to lay down vocals for Everyday Warrior we put it out to him & he jumped on board & smashed it out. Around the same time we were also looking for another drummer & I had known Nat for years through playing gigs in other bands over the years & Tim knew him as well through the sunshine coast connection. We asked him to come play for us & that is how we stay to this day.
How long have you been playing? We have been Fake news for over 5 years now. 2 ½ with the current lineup. All of us have been playing music for over 20 years through a range of different bands.
What three words would you use to describe the music you play? Melodic. Punk. Rock.
What are your musical influences? 90’s punk is where it mainly stems from for all of us. Think Pennywise, Strung Out, Bad Religion, NOFX, Pulley, Lagwagon, Millencolin, Bigwig, Good Riddance, Rise Against. You get the idea.
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen during a show? Marilyn Manson fucked a pigeon on stage at the Big Day Out in 2002. That was pretty weird.
Being away from the stages in the last few years, where was the first place you visited when the restrictions were lifted? It wasn’t that bad down here. There were still some shows going ahead. Although some of them had to be seated gigs which just doesn’t work for a punk show. For the band we played a great show up at Solbar on the sunny coast once things freed up a bit more. It was good to see crowds out & about again & getting amongst it that’s for sure. For myself personally the first big show I went & saw was probably pennywise last year when they toured. We certainly missed a lot of touring bands in that time but its all coming back now which is good
What’s the one record you own but wouldn’t ever admit to owning? I can honestly say I don’t think there is 1 that I am ashamed of. I’ve got about 600 albums, pretty much all punk & metal, I would be happy to walk anyone through them all.
What have you been listening in the last few weeks? Theres a lot of good stuff out lately. One Of Us have a great new album. Loving those guys. They remind me of Propagandhi a bit. Twenty2’s latest album is killer as well. Sic Waiting have been getting a good run lately too. Mix that all in with the usual punk rock diet I’m on & it’s a great mix.
Are there any releases you have planned in the near future? We have our new EP “Take Me Away” being released on March 16 everywhere on all platforms. We have already released a couple of singles from this EP being “Nothing Town” & “Rise & Fall”. There is a film clip out for Rise & fall as well which is good for a laugh. After that we are getting back in the studio to record our next single we aim to release later this year.
1. If could introduce yourselves for us, who are you?
I’m Reed. I write, play guitar and sing.
I’m Ben, keys and songwriting.
I am Nathan Berntson, I play guitar, produce, and engineer for Cthulhu Drea
I am Jake, I play guitar in Cthulhu Dreamt!
I’m Chris, and I’ve contributed a bit of composing and spoken word stuff – but hope to be adding more synths to the next record!
2. How did you all meet?
Reed: A few of us have known each other for quite a while, and Jake and Chris we met through twitter, which is pretty fantastic.
Ben: I met Reed in college, and we’ve been making music together ever since. He introduced me to the rest of the band when he launched Cthulhu Dreamt
Nate: Reed and I grew up in Grand Forks, North Dakota. I have known him for well over 20 years now. Everyone else, I met through being a part of this project.
Jake: I met Reed on Twitter through my uncle Jeremy.
Chris: I met Reed by being a fan of his, which still blows my mind. I’m very lucky. 3. How long have you been playing?
Reed: As a band, we’ve existed since 2020, but for my personal foray into music, I’ve been playing guitar since 1990.
Ben: I’ve been playing music for 28 years now.
Nate: I have been playing guitar for about 25 years now.
Jake: I’ve been playing guitar for about 14 years now.
Chris: I got involved in Liminality, Cthulhu Dreamt’s second album, probably a couple of years ago now. But I’ve been playing music since I was about eight – although I didn’t exactly take it seriously until much later. (Sorry, middle school clarinet teacher.)
4. What three words would you use to describe the music you play?
Reed: Connected, spacey, feeling
Ben: Heavy, emotional, storytelling
Nate: Metalcore, Deathcore, NWOAHM
Jake: Proggy, conceptual, and heavy!
Chris: In Cthulhu Dreamt: progressive, heavy, meaningful.
5. What are your musical influences?
Reed: Mastodon, Hans Zimmer, Lagwagon, Starset, Deftones, John Powell, Igorrr Ben: Royal Blood, Larkin Poe, Rival Sons, Rage against the Machine, Audioslave, Nate: Unearth, Tool, Lamb of God, Whitechaple, Killswitch Engage, Zakk Wylde
Jake: Opeth, At The Gates, and Emperor are probably my biggest 3.
Chris: For Cthulhu Dreamt it’s Meshuggah, Gojira, Mick Gordon, Leprous, a lot of djent. Elsewhere, Reed and I (as Cedarstone) make stuff that’s more like Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds, Max Richter – so a bit of a mix!
6. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen during a show?
Reed: Rammstein and all the phallic stuff they did in their old shows. I guess it’s not really weird compared to what’s out there now, but back in the 90s it was eye opening.
Ben: I saw a dude lick the neck of the person standing in front of them at a Xavier Rudd concert once. No, they were not together.
Nate: Gwar once walked a lifesize Michael Jackson doll on stage, “penetrated” it in half with a giant strap on sword, and it sprayed goo all over the crowd.
Jake: I haven’t seen a whole lot of weird things at shows before, but I will say the Screeching Weasel and Dwarves show I went to as a kid was infinitely more violent than any metal show I’ve ever been to. Chris: The last Rammstein gig I saw involved a puppet in a giant baby pram being set on fire and gradually melting, so probably that.
7. Being away from the stages in the last few years, where was the first place you visited when the restrictions were lifted?
Reed: I think the first major thing I did was see Opeth and Mastodon on their tour. Ben: I saw the Broadway Tour of Frozen, lol.
Nate: I went and saw Weezer and Green Day at Target Field.
Jake: I’m definitely a homebody so I didn’t rush out once everything opened back up. I think my first real outing was an Amorphis show.
Chris: I’ve never actually toured! I’m the sole UK-based member of the group, so I’ve not even met the others in person. More widely, though, I don’t even remember. I spent a lot of lockdown seeking out nature nearby where nobody else would go, and that just kinda hasn’t changed.
8. What’s the one record you own but wouldn’t ever admit to owning?
Reed: I don’t really feel shame about tastes. And to be honest, I think for anyone who knows me, there wouldn’t be anything in my collection that was a surprise to them.
Ben: Oops, I Did It Again – Britney Spears
Nate: No shame in my game, but I do get alot of greif when people find out I have albums by En Vogue Jake: I own a record called Picnic of Love by a band who I’ll just abbreviate to A.C. It may be the worst album ever recorded and I love it for that.
Chris: I still have a copy of the Smurfs album.
9. What have you been listening in the last few weeks?
Reed: well, I went to the record store and heard Belmont being played, so I’m diving into that. Otherwise, I’ve been listening to Sleep Token, and the God of War: Ragnarok OST.
Ben: Jurassic Park Theme, by Galactic Empire; HATEFUCK, by Pussy Riot and Slayyyter; The Batman, by Michael Giacchino
Nate: Make Them Suffer – all of their albums have been on constant repeat since about August. They are that good.
Jake: Everything Everything put out Raw Data Feel a year ago and I’m still constantly listening to it. Chris: A lot of ambient stuff – lots of contemporary indie artists, and also going back to some old Brian Eno tracks.
10. Are there any releases you have planned in the near future?
Reed: For sure! We’ve teamed up with a game development company and are launching a Kickstarter for the Cthulhu Dreamt TTRPG, which will include a massive soundtrack full of new music, and we’re so hyped on that! Also, once that concludes, we immediately begin work on the thing I think we’re all getting super excited about: our third album!
Nate: Yeah… lets just say – It has begun. Chris: I think Reed’s got this one!
Check out Cthulhu Dreamt’s latest release, ‘Precursor’ below.
1. If could introduce yourselves for us, who are you?
Lionel WERNERT: Let me introduce you Lee O’Nell Blues Gang. I’m the guitarist, leader and composer of the group and decided to form it in 2019. My wife is the female voice and the lyrics writer of this 5 pieces Blues Rock band coming from Reims, France.
2. How did you all meet?
Lionel: I play guitar for more than 40 years now, and thanks to my old best friend, my brother of heart Fred CHAPELLIER (N° 1 of French Bluesman) who has invited Gipsy and me as guests to one of his show, I finally decided to form Lee O’Nell Blues Gang in 2019. I already knew all the guys by their reputation here where we’re living, and I wanted guys who could be dedicated to my music without trying to change or arrange something in it. So I simply phoned them, talked about my project of a contemporary Blues Rock band, and they immediately accepted to join us for this new adventure ! Less than 6 months after this phone call, I brought them to the studio with 10 original songs, and we now have recorded and produced 2 albums. « Different Shades Of
Love » released in September 2020 and « This is us » released in september 2022.
Gipsy BACUET: Lionel is the only composer and I wrote the lyrics helped by very close friends, cause English is not my native language ! Neal WALDEN BLACK, who is a texan . A wonderful guitarist and songwriter who is now living in France since the 90’s, but who used to be opener with his band for Stevie Ray Vaughan in the 80’s in USA. Alain LEADFOOT Rivet, a fantastic singer and songwriter too, a real poet with a wonderful American musical culture with so many stories to tell, because he was also booker for Peter Green for example… And the last but not least, the fabulous Jade MACRAE who is a soul Australian singer and backing vocalist for Joe BONAMASSA ! I’m very happy and proud to work with such artists…
Lionel : I wanted for my band some guys who came from different universes. I needed a real Rock drummer, a Blues Bass player, and a Classical and Jazz keyboard. It also took time for me to find the right voice , and since I met Gipsy who is my wife now, I knew wa had something to do together. She has a very large vocal range with
so many shades. She can be sassy, jazzy, soul, feline, rock powerful, strength … It’s very easy for me to compose with such a voice without asking me for the right tune !
3.How long have you been playing?
Lionel: I started to practice guitar with my brother of heart Fred CHAPELLIER, I was 11 years old, and he was 14 ! We used to not go to school sometimes to listen to Rainbow, Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy , Led Zeppelin etc… It was another time, and we had to slow down the vinyls again and again to listen and practice every riffs, every phrasing with a lot of attention to understand the sound of those great guitar players !
Gipsy: my journey in music is a little bit different because my parents brought me to a music school to get classical piano lessons since they found the good idea to buy a piano to decorate their house ! I didn’t appreciate this school rules: a kind of competition every year to have the chance to move up to the next level. So I stopped at the age of 12, and started to sing when I was 15 years old. But I get a big interest in Jazz female voices very soon, and I think I
keep that in my way of singing.
4. What three words would you use to describe the music you play?
Lionel : Contemporary / Blues / Rock
Gipsy: Feeling / Strength / Passion
5. What are your musical influences?
Lionel : As I told you, I grew up with all the 70’s rock legendary bands. So I think you can recognize some influences like Ritchie BLACKMORE, Gary MOORE for the rock universe, and regarding to the Blues: Eric CLAPTON, Albert KING, Peter GREEN, Joe BONAMASSA or Eric GALES who I appreciate so much their way to play and approach music. Gipsy: I’ve listened Sarah VAUGHAN, Billie HOLLIDAY, Etta JAMES, Bonnie RAITT, and some say that they can hear a little of Pat BENATAR in my way to sing…But generally speaking, Lionel and I , we aim to play our own style full of those influences and never trying to copy someone else.
6. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen during a show?
Lionel: There is no weirdest thing while a show,
maybe it could be the room acoustic sometimes, and the sound engineer which don’t know perfectly your universe, but things are going well…and we enjoy each show ! The audience is always very attentive and reactive to what we offer them.
7. Being away from the stages in the last few years, where was the first place you visited when the restrictions were lifted?
Gipsy: Oh, ti was such a sad and difficult period ! We took advantage of this time to compose and write our second album which is more dark than the first in the lyrics, trough the music too because of the general mood !
Lionel: And it was hard to play because of all the postponed concerts, we had to wait, but our first show was in our country and it was really like a big fiesta where everybody was happy to meet again each other !
8. What’s the one record you own but wouldn’t ever admit to owning?
Lionel: Haha !! None, I can tell you about each one without shame !
Gipsy: He said it all ! or maybe an old vinyl with French kids songs !!
9. What have you been listening in the last few weeks?
Lionel: « Crown » by Eric GALES. This album is fabulous !
Gipsy: « Just like that » by Bonnie RAITT, fantastic feeling…
10. Are there any releases you have planned in the near future?
Lionel: No, definitely not. We now have 2 albums to share on stage, to offer to Europa audience, and we will do that, even if the 3rd album is already in my mind and with Gipsy we are working on it !
Gipsy: Great shows will come soon, and we will start to play in Belgium, which is a good thing for us to enter the European Blues Rock industry. And a lot of radio shows in England, USA, Canada airplay our music…which is very important and much impactful than in France…
If could introduce yourselves for us, who are you?
I’m John Harris, the singer of Otherworldly Entity
Hello, my name is Zlatko Grozl and I’m a human doing. I’m also a musician in Otherworldly Entity
I’m Shawn Washer and I play the Drums for Otherworldly Entity
2. How did you all meet?
JH: Zlatko and I met about 5 years ago playing open mic nights around Central New York. We’d have drinks and get on stage and have fun. I met Shawn a couple of years later once we became more active in the local metal scene
ZG: I met John while performing at open mics in Syracuse. Even though our upbringing was very different, we quickly realized that we have a lot in common. We became good friends, and started the band together. Shawn joined us about a year ago, and has been an invaluable member of the team
SW: I think we officially met at a show in Rochester, but we’ve known of each other for quite a bit of time
3. How long have you been playing?
JH: I’ve been playing music pretty much my entire life, but I started playing in bands 21 years ago
ZG: My father bought me my first acoustic guitar when we immigrated to the United States. I was about 17 years old. I started playing electric guitar few years later. Over the course of the last few decades, I learned to play multiple instruments. Each one has its charms, but I tend to gravitate towards guitar and bass
SW: With Otherworldly Entity about 6 months. Overall about 24 years
4. What three words would you use to describe the music you play?
JH: Emotional, genuine, Otherworldly
ZG: Dynamic, Melodic, Otherworldly
SW: Fun, different, unorthodox
5. What are your musical influences?
JH: I would say Korn, Cold, and Hurt
ZG: I grew up listening to pop and rock from what was once known as Yugoslavia. Bands like Zabranjeno Pusenje, Crvena Jabuka, Bijelo Dugme and Merlin were a daily part of my early life. Later I became a fan of progressive rock and heavy metal, in the form of bands like Pink Floyd, Dream Theater, King Crimson, Pantera and so on. I love all sorts of music, and I find inspiration in unusual places like classical and foreign music.
SW: Fit For A King, Currents, System Of A Down
6. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen during a show?
JH: I fell off a stage at a festival before we got on stage last year. I fractured my skull, but still played the set. I had blood dripping into my eyes the entire set, so I’d have to say, my own blood
ZG: Our friend Willis once flashed me while we were playing. Thanks Willis! SW: A random fan that knowbody in the band knew came up on stage and danced in-between our singer and guitarist for like 3/4 of our set.
7. Being away from the stages in the last few years, where was the first place you visited when the restrictions were lifted?
JH: We never really took any kind of break. While venues were closed, we were live-streaming and writing. But I think that the first show back for us was at The Montage in Rochester, NY. There were still plexiglass shields up around the stage, which was odd, but it was great to get back to it
ZG: I think our first show after the fascist lockdown was at the Montage Music Hall in Rochester. The stage had giant plastic shields in front, attendance was limited to half capacity, everyone had to wear masks and remain seated. It was odd playing in front of a bunch of polite ninjas, but we had a lot of fun being finally free to live a ‘normal’ life again. Coincidentally, Montage became one of our favorite venues, and we’re returning there on November 23.
SW: I went to and played a show at Sharkeys Bar and Grill in Liverpool, NY.
8. What’s the one record you own but wouldn’t ever admit to owning?
JH: None. I find no shame in my collection of music
ZG: Someone once gifted me a CD of Gregorian chant music. I love it, but don’t tell anyone!
SW: I can’t say I own any albums or records now a days. I just play whatever I want from my phone.
9. What have you been listening in the last few weeks?
JH: My father recently passed away, and it caused me to dive back into the band Hurt
ZG: Our latest single Sin! I’ve been editing the video so the song was constantly on repeat. I’m very excited about this single and the video that our team produced, and I can’t wait for the video to premiere in a few days.
SW: Literally everything. Coming up with new ideas on new material for Otherworldly Entity’s up coming album. I’ve been trying to think outside of the box.
10. Are there any releases you have planned in the near future?
JH: October 14, the music video for our song Sin comes out. Following that, we’ll have an announcement for some new material
ZG: We just put our new single out. It’s called Sin. The accompanying video is being released in a few days, and it’s going to be a lot of fun. I can’t wait for everyone to see it. The next step is to finalize and release the full album, which will be available in December.
SW: We just dropped our music video for our new song SIN
If could introduce yourselves for us, who are you?
I am Eric Gynan and it is my pleasure to chat with you here, from The Boston Massachusetts area USA.
Leaving Eden & Silver Springs Fleetwood Mac Tribute is: (2 different bands)
Eve: Lead vocals
Alyssa Bailey: White Keys/Vocals
Jake Gynan: Drums
Rich Chouinard: Bass/Vocals
Eric Gynan: Guitar/Vocals
Myself, Eve, and Rick the bass player, we played in a band together before Leaving Eden a long time ago and it was really good. After the first hundred people came up to me and told me how great Eve was, I knew that I had to do something for her. Then Jake decided to join and Alyssa, we met at a gig, and she wanted in. The rest is history as they say.
What three words would you use to describe the music you play?
Eclectic, rock, melodic
What are your musical influences?
Anything new, rock ‘n’ roll. Black Sabbath, Richie Blackmore, Disturbed, Shinedown and acoustic stuff like Simon and Garfunkel.
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen during a show?
Well we’ve seen a lot. Probably the weirdest thing I’ve seen was a guy with his body painted and his privates just hanging out.
Being away from the stages in the last few years, where was the first place you visited when the restrictions were lifted?
Well we were fortunate. When the restrictions came yes, our whole schedule was canceled and we’re always booked up to a year in advance. However after the first month and a half or so we started re-booking and our schedule got full again so we didn’t lose much time. All the gigs ended up being outside which was awesome. We’ve been out there ever since.
What’s the one record you own but wouldn’t ever admit to owning? What have you been listening to in the last few weeks?
Well I don’t own any records. I usually listen to what I want on YouTube. Believe it or not I like to listen to things like Electric Light Orchestra live, the Bee Gees, and the Beatles again all live performances. Oh and Rod Stewart live.
If could introduce yourselves for us, who are you?
I’m Reed, I write, arrange, sing and play guitar. We’ve got Jake in Utah who writes and plays guitar, Ben here in Minnesota who writes and plays keys. Nate who is also in Minnesota and writes, plays guitar and engineers. Last and not least is Chris in the UK who writes and plays keys.
2. How did you all meet?
I’ve been friends with Nate and Ben for a long time, and been writing professionally with Ben since we were at university together. Jake and Chris I met through social media, which is kinda bonkers to consider, but still rad nonetheless.
How long have you been playing?
Cthulhu Dreamt has been active since Covid began, but each of us has been doing something musically or creatively for most of our lives.
What three words would you use to describe the music you play?
Heavy diverse journey
What are your musical influences?
We each have influences that inspire how we think and create, some of which include Gojira, Beethoven, Muse, Lamb of God, Hans Zimmer, and Opeth.
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen during a show?
Rammstein… haha. Those guys put on a helluva show, but yeah, it can be a bit strange.
Being away from the stages in the last few years, where was the first place you visited when the restrictions were lifted?
The first show I saw once bands started touring regularly again was Tool.
What’s the one record you own but wouldn’t ever admit to owning?
I’m not ashamed of any of my albums. Something someone may be surprised to see in my collection might be Judy Garland.
What have you been listening in the last few weeks?
The new Clutch songs from Sunrise on Slaughter Beach
Are there any releases you have planned in the near future?
We’ve got an EP coming out this fall called Precursor, which will run up into the next major chapter in the Cthulhu Dreamt story: The TTRPG.
If you could introduce Miles and the Chain Gang for us, who are you?We are a band based in York, UK. We play original songs. It’s guitar pop stuff – nothing too heavy. We like old school rock n roll – Bruce Springsteen, Van Morrison, Rolling Stones – that sort of thing.
How did you all meet?
It is a long story but York is also a small town. As long as you’re out there talking to people, playing open mics, you’ll find other musicians. The trick is to find people who are good and local and good natured. The current line up has that – Mat Watt on bass, Steve Purton on drums and Daniel Bowater on keys. A good band, we sound really good. We all live in York.
How long have you ben playing and what are your musical influences? The band started in 2018, so we are four years old this autumn. Influences: your Dad’s record collectcion – everything from Blondie to Pink Floyd, but really we’re about the songs. A bit of soul, a bit of blues, a bit of country, a bit of pop. Good songs – that’s what we are about.
What three words would you use to describe the music you play? Rock and roll.
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen during a Miles and the Chain Gang show? At one gig, I man took his clothes off and poured lager over his chest. Can you believe that? I can’t!
Being away from the stages in the last few years, where was the first place you visited when the restrictions were lifted? We’re just playing gigs in the Yorkshire area – York, Doncaster, Harrogate, Helmsley… we want to go further afield when we can, but for now it’s best to keep it local.
What’s the one record you own but wouldn’t ever admit to owning? Ah! Well, I could mention it, but unfortunately I won’t admit to owning it.
What have you been listening to in the last few weeks? Sam Cooke – awesome voice. Amy Winehouse – awesome voice. The Springsteen at Hammersmith 1975 album was on in the car the other day – love that. I like listening to vocalists, how they phrase things, how they can charge a song emotionally. The other night ‘Queen at Wembley’ was on TV. Roger Taylor – what a drummer!
Are there any releases you have planned in the near future? ‘Love Is Blind’ came out in May and it has had over 400 plays on radio stations, mostly smaller independent places – so that has been a buzz. We are recording a song in September so hopefully that will come out soon.
If could introduce yourselves for us, who are you?
TK: We are Anthems of Gomorrah. We are a Melodic Black/Death Metal duo from Central Florida, USA.
How did you all meet?
TK: We grew up involved in the same local music scene.
How long have you been playing?
TK: We have both been played music for almost 20 years now.
What three words would you use to describe the music you play?
TK: Dark, beautiful, and powerful.
What are your musical influences?
TK: We tend to put a lot of influence on Old School Death Metal and Melodic Black Metal into our music. Old Man’s Child, Arcturus, Disembowelment, Nile, Morbid Angel, etc etc.
What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen during a show?
TK: Two grown adults fist fighting over a band being a certain genre. Some people choose the dumbest things to get heated over.
Being away from the stages in the last few years, where was the first place you visited when the restrictions were lifted?
TK:Been to several! Myself and PS have seen Nile, Cattle Decapitation, Behemoth and several others recently.
What’s the one record you own but wouldn’t ever admit to owning?
TK: If I tell you, that would be an admission! Although to be honest, I’m not ashamed of my music taste. I think the oddest albums in my collection would probably be a few of the Phonk/EDM/Trapwave albums I have. Some people find it odd that I have these tastes but good music is good music to me regardless of the genre.
What have you been listening in the last few weeks?
TK: Now that our third album ‘Aelvica II’ has been released (available on our BandCamp!), we can finally stop listening to ourselves over and over again! My ears have been tuned in to some great stuff lately. Assumption’s ‘Hadean Tides’ album is stellar Death-Doom, Triumvir Foul just released a new album. I am excited for Phobophilic’s debut to release as well, I loved their ‘Undimensioned Identities’ EP. I am also very eager for Disembodiment to announce a debut. ‘Mutated Chaos’ hasn’t left my playlist since it released.
Are there any releases you have planned in the near future?
TK: Yes! Next month, we’re putting out a strictly Blackened Death Metal album entitled ‘Debasement’ and in October, we will be releasing a small EP titled ‘More Tales… (Tales From Aelvica II)’ which will be comprised of new and unused material left over from the ‘Aelvica II’ sessions.
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1. If could introduce yourselves for us, who are you?
We’re The Rift we’ve been jamming your mom and everyone else we’re here to rock you into oblivion
2. How did you all meet?
I had just destroyed another planet with the lazers that come out of my guitar when I was battling with the fabled Kracken of earth, it was a much more difficult battle then I would have guessed but Ovais came from Mt. Doom and gave me an assist with some brutal beats. Just kidding we met many years ago at a music store actually started playing music ever since then
3. How long have you been playing?
Together we’ve been officially jamming since 2015, but we had messed around in bands both before then.
4. What three words would you use to describe the music you play?
Out of this world
5. What are your musical influences?
Metallica was probably the biggest influence on us as a band then the Foo Fighters, but we grew up loving everything from classic rock, flamenco, reggae, to death metal
6. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve seen during a show?
We played with a punk band whose gimic was throwing sex toys at the crowd…
Pretty funny actually, but definitely weird haha.
7. Being away from the stages in the last few years, where was the first place you visited when the restrictions were
lifted? Ya it’s been hard for everyone I think we definitely had to put everything on hold like everybody else for a while. Honestly my memory just harkens to us being able to rehearse for the first time after the pandemic, I had Covid when it first hit pretty hard so we weren’t able to jam for several months. As far as venues though I went right to the most legendary spot I know the Rainbow bar and grill it was good to see it and all the people there were still doing good and I walked right to the Whisky after that.
8. What’s the one record you own but wouldn’t ever admit to owning?
I can honestly say I got nothing to hide haha I’m a rocker through and through
9. What have you been listening in the last few weeks?
Been jamming some classic rock stuff and thrash Blackened Metallica, some Turnstile, Montrose, System, Big Wreck
10. Are there any releases you have planned in the near future?
Yes we’re stoked to be recording our 2nd full length album currently so expect it out sometime next year songs are coming along great and I really think it might turn some heads but who knows.
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