…in english please!
„Founded on the principles of unwavering doom metal“ has always been Crypt Sermon’s leitmotif, and their debut album follows up on this promise impressively: the untiring riff-cascade of 'Out of the Garden' doesn’t try to hide that the Philadelphia five-piece went to school at the genre-greats – Candlemass, Solitude Aeturnus, Black Sabbath or Dio – and developes their approaches over Brooks Wilson’s distinctive voice into a original direction. In the end you got a traditional doom-album in 'Out of the Garden', which will sound fresh and timeless even in years to come. Guitarist Steve Jansson opens up the third door of the Heavy Pop advent calendar, and tells us about his favourite records from the past twelve months.
With the myriad of different projects Justin Pearson has going on at the same time, one has to wonder if the scene-icon from San Diego can find some time to recreate. Not only does he open our annual Heavy Pop advent calendar, he’s also cooperating with Luke Henshaw as Plan B, revived all-star supergroup Head Wound City and founded - with ex-Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo and (former) Retox colleagues Michael Crain and Gabe Serbian equally high-quality cast – Dead Cross. Talking about Retox: their furious sophomore album 'Beaneath California' brings up another question more important then the one about Pearson’s rest periods – how does this dude keep getting better and better?
Same procedure as every year: the Heavy Pop Advent calendar is a-knocking, viewing musical highlights of 2015 in the rearview-mirror. From December 1st through December 24th, the musicians behind some of our favourite records of the year tell us about theirs.
With Black Map, Mark Engels rediscoverd his joy in pure rock – as much is clear on every second of '…And We Explode': snappy riffs, a tightly fitting groove, and theoretically always in spitting direction of bombast.
Their dynamic style of pop punk combined with fun, oldschool skate punk vibes make Gnarwolves one of the most interesting new bands the UK currently has to offer. On their first headline tour through Europe Thom (Guitar, Vocals) and Charlie (Bass, Vocals) met Heavy Pop at dasBach to talk about their debut album, skateboarding, and why their song 'Smoking Kills' isn’t really about smoking.
"After a nine year lag, it’s time to get back on the wagon!" The California punk veterans Lagwagon are back with their new, long-awaited record 'Hang', which will be released on October 28. Heavy Pop talked to lead singer Joey Cape about the powerful sound of the album, his tribute song to Tony Sly and why the punkrock multi-talent doesn't like to appear in music videos.
Heavypop: How’s the tour been going so far?
Russ: It’s been great. We haven’t been to Europe in 5 years, so we’re super-excited to be [mehr…]
Last year Paper Arms released their second album 'The Smoke Will Clear' and told us what their favorite records of 2013 are. 2014 Klaus Zwinger spoke with the australian band right before the show at DasBach in Vienna about past records and future plans...and they interviewed him about austrian beer and his career as an interviewer.
Heavypop: So, how’s the tour been going so far?
Chuck Ragan: So far so good. We started off in England and the shows were all [mehr…]
