Edguy Rhythm Guitarist Talks About The Age Of The Joker

So if you have not noticed we are phasing out the audio podcast. The reason is that Rock My Monkey TV is working so well that we prefer doing that instead. There will still be an audio podcast, but that will be for TV and movie stars instead.

Well, we got so excited about RMM TV that we forgot about 3 audio interviews we did right before that. Our humble apologies to the bands and their fans for this oversight.

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Interview With Guitarist Robin Staps Of The Ocean

click to enlargeGerman post-hardcore/progressive metal experimentalists THE OCEAN spent the last bunch of weeks making their way through North America on The Hypersleep Dialogues Trek, with headliners Between The Buried And Me, Job For A Cowboy and Cephalic Carnage (on select dates). The Hypersleep Dialogues Trek commenced on April 15th and made its final stop on May 14 in North Carolina. While the tour was a great success, it wasn't without its trials and tribulations. The band thought it wise to document the insanity.

THE OCEAN was founded in 2001, when guitarist Robin Staps leased the basement of a former aluminum factory from World War II in the heart of Berlin-Kreuzberg. After a few weeks of daily construction work, Oceanland was born – a large underground complex of recording studio and sleeping rooms, where many members of THE OCEAN would spend the bigger part of the upcoming few years of their lives. The band's live show was conceptualized and refined here, and over the years, a collective of musicians from classical as well as rock music backgrounds formed around Staps. Four albums were recorded at Oceanland before the band was evicted in 2008.

 

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Interview With Guitarist Kragen Lum Of Heathen

click to enlargeBay Area thrash legends HEATHEN have been pummeling their way through the U.S. and Canada on tour with the mighty Destruction. The North American Reckoning Tour 2011 commenced on April 26 in Vancouver, and despite some stressful bus issues and being forced to miss their Detroit gig, has successfully pillaged its way through nearly two week's worth of dates with another week and a half to go.
HEATHEN is touring in support of their critically-acclaimed The Evolution Of Chaos full length, which marked their first studio offering in nearly 20 years! Released in North American via Holland's Mascot Records last year, the record reaped praise from critics and fans nationwide.

For more on this great new release, click the link below and listen to our exclusive interview with guitarist Kragen Lum of both Heathen and Prototype.

 

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Interview with Argus singer Butch Balich

click to enlargeARGUS stormed onto the underground metal scene with their twin guitar-driven, doom-tinged, working class metal sound with a self-recorded demo in early 2007, on John Brenner’s (Revelation/Against the Nature) DIY label, Bland Hand Records. The band was roundly welcomed by the metal community at home as well as abroad and established its foundation amongst friends/fans within the scene. With this initial momentum, the band created a buzz that was only solidified by their punishing live performances. Their self-titled debut album was released on Shadow Kingdom Records in 2009 receiving praise from media outlets worldwide. The band continued to gain notoriety attracting like-minded fans world-wide who celebrate the genre and its core values of: hard work, discipline and integrity.

 

Featuring the powerful voice of former Penance vocalist Butch Balich, ARGUS prepares to cement themselves within the metal archives with their sophomore effort, Boldly Stride the Doomed!

Boldly Stride The Doomed Track Listing:

1. Abandoning The Gates Of Byzantium
2. A Curse On The World
3. Wolves Of Dusk
4. The Ladder
5. Durendal
6. 42-7-29
7. Boldly Stride The Doomed
8. Fading Silver Light
9. Pieces Of Your Smile
10. The Ruins Of Ouroboros

 

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Exclusive Interview With Periphery guitarist Misha Mansoor

click to enlargeThere is no doubt that PERIPHERY are innovators and guitarist Misha Mansoor is being hailed by industry experts and his peers as one of the main purveyors of this current Djent movement that is feverishly spreading throughout the progressive circles. Check out the new issue of Guitar World on stands now to view the band's striking five-page feature and to view a special instructional lesson series with Misha that can only be accessed via the CD Rom in the magazine.

The group's much anticipated, new Icarus EP is now available in stores everywhere. This offering features a brand new unreleased track, bonus tracks from their previous album, a series of remixes and video clips. Its official track listing is below. Also, click on the link below to check out a new video interview where Mansoor and Jake Bowen (guitars) describes how this EP came together. http://youtu.be/Y7WZ-TDNy0k?hd=1

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