Interviews

Interviews

Conversations with the musicians behind the riffs: new records, tours, creative process and the stories you will not read anywhere else.

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Interviews, News

Wolfgang Van Halen on His Father: “He’d Be So Proud of Me” (Interview)

You performed all of the instrumentals on the new Mammoth…
Sep 1, 2023
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Interviews

Inside Ray Alder’s Mind: Candid Conversations on His Sophomore Album

LotsOfMuzik: Ray how are you, man? I'm excited to talk…
May 16, 2023
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Interviews

Martin Lopez of Soen chimes in on new album Imperial

Soen seems like an unstoppable force in the prog metal…
Feb 26, 2021
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News, Interviews

Anneke van Giersbergen shares details of her upcoming album, “The Darkest Skies Are The Brightest”

“Anneke van Giersbergen’s 23rd career album will be released on…
Feb 17, 2021
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Interviews

Prog guitarist Roine Stolt reflects on the writing sessions of the upcoming Transatlantic album: “I wanted to put as much Roine in this recording as possible”

Transatlantic are back after many years of hibernation. For their…
Dec 21, 2020
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Interviews

“It’s surprising how prolific and how fast things were coming together in the writing of the new album” – Dream Theater’s James LaBrie discusses the writing of the new album “Distance Over Time”and more!

A new Dream Theater album is always an event met…
Nov 20, 2018
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Interviews

Anneke van Giersbergen Releases “Symphonized”: Reflecting on the Past, Embracing the Future

In May 2018, Anneke van Giersbergen (VUUR, Devin Townsend Project,…
Nov 2, 2018
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Interviews

Dream Theater’s Jordan Rudess: “In our new album, we’ll go back to the roots and the core sound of the band”

Just as we wrote when we first interviewed him about…
Oct 25, 2018
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Interviews

Comeback Kid – “The songs find me before I find them” – our interview with Andrew Neufeld

Comeback Kid is a Canadian hardcore punk band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Their…
Oct 10, 2018
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Interviews

“Each album is its own fresh start, and you shouldn’t compare it to what we’ve done before” – Charlie Griffiths of Haken talks about their new album, “Vector”

There are very few prog metal bands who can claim…
Oct 6, 2018
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Interviews

Riverside’s Mariusz Duda: “Piotr’s spirit is above the whole new album”

Losing a pivotal member can mean the death knell to…
Sep 19, 2018
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Interviews

Ray Alder’s Interview by Rodrigo Altaf

One of the most important bands for the prog metal…
Aug 7, 2018
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Interviews, Concert Reviews

Saints Will Conquer – A review of Armored Saint’s concert in Toronto and an interview with singer John Bush

One of the most underrated bands of the late 80’s/early…
Jul 19, 2018
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Interviews

“I wanted the orchestral parts to be overblown, with a lot of guitars” – Symphony X’s Michael Romeo talks to Lotsofmuzik about his solo album “War of the Worlds Part I”

One of the most influential guitar players of the last…
Jul 8, 2018
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Interviews

Interview with Maestrick by Rodrigo Altaf

Lotosfmuzik continues to honour the mission statement of being curators of…
Jun 25, 2018
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Interviews

Lucifer – An interview with Johanna Sadonis and Nick Andersson

Ladies and gentlemen, Lucifer is amongst us. But before you…
Jun 3, 2018
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Interviews

The Sea Within – Our interview with Roine Stolt

The first album of The Sea Within is set for release on…
Jun 1, 2018
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Interviews, Concert Reviews

Interview with Orphaned Land’s Chen Balbus and Concert Review of Týr, Orphaned Land, Aeternum and Ghost Ship Octavius – Toronto, May 09th, 2018

It’s no secret to our readers that we’re avid fans…
May 17, 2018
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Interviews

Toundra – Our interview with Alberto Trocados

Three years after “IV”, Madrid instrumentalists Toundra are back with…
Apr 23, 2018
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Album Reviews, Interviews

Kino – “Radio Voltaire” (2018) Album review and interview with guitar player John Mitchel

Thirteen years after their debut, neo prog band Kino is…
Mar 14, 2018
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Interviews

Oceans of Slumber – New album “The Banished Heart” is a step forward in the band’s discography and profile

Formed in 2011 in Houston as a doom metal type…
Feb 20, 2018
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Interviews

“Life and Times” – an inspired Neal Morse discusses his new solo album and his other endeavors for 2018

More than twenty years after his first release with Spock´s…
Feb 16, 2018
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Interviews

Zack Zalon – “Into the Great Divide” – a new and exciting project featuring Dream Theater drummer Mike Mangini

It´s still early in 2018, but there hasn´t been a…
Jan 22, 2018
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Interviews, Concert Reviews

One day in Avatar Country! Our interview with Avatar´s Johannes Eckerström and a review of their concert in Toronto

Swedish metallers Avatar released their new album “Avatar Country” in…
Jan 15, 2018