Articles
-
1 month ago |
bravewords.com | Carl Begai |Power Metal
Vocalist Tobias Sammet officially began his career in 1992 with power metal upstarts, Edguy, regarded at the time as a mid-tier wannabe Helloween. Be that as it may, the band gained a loyal following in the years that followed, to the point that Sammet was able to pursue other musical goals.
-
1 month ago |
bravewords.com | Carl Begai
Tobias Sammet’s long-running metal opera, Avantasia, recently released their new album, Here Be Dragons, and kicked off their European tour in support of the record on March 14 in Hamburg, Germany. BraveWords caught up with Sammet just prior to the tour getting underway. Following is an excerpt from the interview. BraveWords: You’re 24 years and 10 albums into Avantasia’s career, thus doing An Evening With… shows make a lot of sense.
-
1 month ago |
bravewords.com | Carl Begai
It’s ironic that Dream Theater‘s members have spoken and continue to speak at length – both individually and collectively – about the current positive vibe within their ranks, while having released what stands as the darkest, most aggressive album of their 40- year existence. Chalk that up in part to the return of founding drummer Mike Portnoy after 13 years of being away from the fold.
-
1 month ago |
bravewords.com | Carl Begai
When Soilwork frontman Björn “Speed” Strid was out doing press for his new classic rock band, The Night Flight Orchestra, in 2012 on the strength of their debut album, Internal Affairs, nobody could have predicted he would be locking in a seventh record and doing yet another NFO press run in 2025. Not because the music was sub-standard or in any way inferior, but rather due to the fact that sparkling clean retro ’70s / ‘80s this-was-your-life acts don’t generally have legs beyond a few years.
-
1 month ago |
bravewords.com | Carl Begai
Acclaimed AOR force The Night Flight Orchestra recently released their seventh and most cinematic offering to date, Give Us The Moon. During a new interview with BraveWords about the record, frontman Björn “Speed” Strid looked back on NFO supporting KISS for the iconic band’s last two shows ever in Sweden back in July 2023. Strid: “That’s just insane. That’s another thing I wouldn’t have believed at the beginning if you told me it would happen back in 2012. That was a great experience.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 174
- Tweets
- 184
- DMs Open
- No
Caught up with @archenemymetal shredhed @jeff_loomis a few weeks ago and we had a chat about loud stuff: https://t.co/e11CTITEkt https://t.co/xSIuCF9SXl
My new Transcendence review https://t.co/SiZT0ACLGT for @dvntownsend and @newdamage. My fave Devin Townsend Project album since Addicted... https://t.co/3bMUqDbdDR
A new interview with me @CarlBegai about @GrimMyWayToHell #blameAlPacino https://t.co/AznveX1FJE https://t.co/JvJYFRpm2j