Ed Hackimer - This Day In Metal (Page 2)

Interviews

Grand Manhattanism: An Interview with Zachary Ezrin (Imperial Triumphant)

Interviews

Following the Flame: An Interview with Max Cavalera (Soulfly)

An interview with Max Cavalera (Soulfly, Sepultura) that explores their 13th studio album Chama and assorted tales from his musical career.

Interviews

Cast in the Shape of 1878: An Interview with John Haughm (Agalloch)

When Agalloch surprisingly disbanded in 2016, there was a collective sign of disappointment from those in the know in the metal community at losing one of its most creative, authentic, and genuinely unique bands. Agalloch rose to prominence through a progressive metal alchemy that combined black metal, neo-folk, and

Features

Until the Point of No Return: The Legacy of Children of Bodom's Follow the Reaper 25 Years Later

“Death be not proud. Though some have called thee mighty and dreadful – thou art not so.” There are very few moments I can recall where I’ve heard songs or albums that opened up a whole new world of music to me. One such occasion was listening to Master of

Interviews

Tales from the Lucky 13 Saloon with Esa Holopainen (Amorphis)

Amorphis' fifteenth studio album, Borderland, was released on Friday, September 26th. To celebrate this milestone release in the band's 35th year of existence, founding member and guitarist Esa Holopainen and keyboardist Santeri Kallio made an appearance across the pond at Lucky 13 Saloon in Brooklyn, a metal

Interviews

They Say If You Look Hard, You'll Find Your Way Back Home: An Interview with Mark Menghi (King Ultramega, Metal Allegiance)

Mark Menghi certainly didn’t take the traditional route to prominence in the rock and metal world. In fact, if you look back at his story, it might sound pretty familiar. For starters, he worked at a record store he frequented often, the legendary Looney Tunes in West Babylon on

Interviews

A Precious World of Memories: An Interview with Gene Hoglan (Death, Dark Angel, Testament)

Throughout his spectacular career, Gene Hoglan has been involved with some of the biggest names to ever play heavy metal. From his earnest beginnings as a lighting tech with Slayer, that led him to be featured doing backing vocals on “Evil Has No Boundaries” from Show No Mercy, to being

Interviews

Machine Like Precision: An Interview with Dan Briggs (Between the Buried and Me)

When Dan Briggs joined Between the Buried and Me in early 2005, the band was at a bit of a crossroads. After releasing The Silent Circus in 2003, an album that showed flashes of their future progressive sound, the group went through a number of personnel changes that eventually brought

Album Reviews

This Bond, It Runs Deeper Than Blood: Warmen's Evolution Continues on Band of Brothers

If you want to be very literal about Warmen’s new album and its title, you could say that yes, of course, they named it Band of Brothers. After all, the two core members of the band, and longest-tenured, are the incredibly talented Wirman brothers. Since you’re reading

Concert Reviews

Into the Eye of the Storm: Killswitch Engage, A Photo Pass, and the Summer of Loud Festival

I don’t fancy myself much of a photographer, but that didn’t stop me from applying for a photo pass to see the Summer of Loud Festival when it stopped at Jones Beach Theater on July 20th. Upon learning it had been approved, after panicking, I grabbed my first-

Interviews

Rising Up to Stand Once More: An Interview with Tomi Joutsen (Amorphis)

When founding members Tomi Koivusaari, Esa Holopainen, and Jan Rechberger named Amorphis in 1990, they must have had a view to the future of the band. A play on the word amorphous, which means having no definite form and unclassifiable, no word can better explain the last thirty-five years

Interviews

A Band of Brothers, Down for Life: An Interview with Antti and Janne Wirman (Warmen, Children of Bodom)

When Children of Bodom played their final show at Helsinki Ice Hall on December 15, 2019, it quite possibly could have been the last time their brilliant keyboardist Janne Wirman ever played a single note of music he wrote. The last show came as a culmination of a tumultuous year