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Karina Davy of Neurotic Entertainment (Metal Master Kingdom Interview)

8/18/2021

Interview by Alex Stojanovic

August 8, 2021
@ The Rockpile
Toronto, ON, Canada

At the very first live show that we got to see in a year and a half, Alex had the opportunity to sit down with Karina Davy of Neurotic Entertainment, one of the most respected local promoters in the Toronto scene, to chat about how she started as a promoter, her favourite venues, how she dealt with the pandemic and more.

Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater / Liquid Tension Experiment - Metal Master Kingdom Interview

4/27/2021

Interview by Alex Stojanovic

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In our new episode of Virtual Chats, we chat with Dream Theater's master of the keys, Jordan Rudess about the new Liquid Tension Experiment album, his early education at Julliard, how he sets up his practice schedule, and we even get into a small little virtual jam session.

Ol Drake of Evile - Metal Master Kingdom Interview

4/20/2021

Interview by Alex Stojanovic

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In our new episode of Virtual Chats, we chat Ol Drake of Evile, one of the leaders of the New Wave of Thrash movement. We chat about the band's long-awaited fifth studio album Hell Unleashed, which comes out on April 30th via Napalm Records, how the departure of his brother Matt Drake affected the writing process, the last time they played Canada, and more.

Alex Webster of Cannibal Corpse - Metal Master Kingdom Interview

4/18/2021

Interview by Alex Stojanovic

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We had the great privilege of speaking to the one and only Alex Webster, bassist and founding member of Cannibal Corpse about the band's brutal new album Violence Unimagined, who he would still like to jam with, how he has been dealing with the pandemic, and more.

Jeff Scott Soto - Metal Master Kingdom Interview

1/24/2021

Interview by Alex Stojanovic

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We had the pleasure of speaking with Jeff Scott Soto, one of the best vocalists in rock. We talked about the new W.E.T. album Retransmission (review coming soon), how he got his start singing, who is still on his bucket list to work with, what the future holds for Sons Of Apollo, and more.

Wolf Hoffmann of Accept - Metal Master Kingdom Interview

12/19/2020

Interview by Alex Stojanovic

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Interview conducted: Dec 15, 2020

We got to chat with the legendary Wolf Hoffmann of Accept about the band's new album Too Mean To Die, out next month on Nuclear Blast Records, who would be in his dream supergroup, the new lineup, the biggest lesson he learned after so many years in the music business, and more.

Erik Martensson of Eclipse - Metal Master Kingdom Interview

11/23/2020

Photo credit: Anders Skanberg

Interview by Alex Stojanovic
Credit for photos in video: Anders Skanberg

Despite forming in 1999, and releasing their debut album The Truth & A Little More in 2001, Eclipse have been at the forefront of the new era of melodic hard rock/AOR bands since the release of their fourth album Bleed & Scream in 2012. Since then, they've released three more studio albums (Armageddonize, Monumentum and Paradigm), and one live album (Viva La VicTOURia).

We chat with Eclipse frontman Erik Martensson about the band's new live album Viva La VicTOURia, the pandemic, songwriting and more.

Steve Lukather of Toto - Metal Master Kingdom Interview

11/16/2020

Photo credit: Sergione Infuso

Interview by Alex Stojanovic

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We had the great honour and privilege of chatting with the mighty and legendary Steve Lukather, the man behind Toto, and who has written and recorded some of the biggest songs in music. We chatted about a few things, like his new solo album I Found The Sun Again, who he still would like to work with, the recent passing of Eddie Van Halen and one of his recent hilarious Instagram posts that went viral. One of the most fun interviews we've ever had at MMK. On behalf of the entire crew at Metal Master Kingdom, thank you Luke for chatting with us. It was a great honour and pleasure, and we look forward to next time.

Lenny Rutledge of Sanctuary - Metal Master Kingdom Interview

9/19/2020

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Interview by Alex Stojanovic

After a really killer interview back in 2018 on the Iced Earth tour where Jon Schaffer joined in, we caught up with Lenny Rutledge of Sanctuary to get the latest on what's going on with Sanctuary's much-anticipated new album, which will be their first with new singer Joseph Michael (Witherfall), who is filling the big shoes left behind by the great Warrel Dane (R.I.P.), as well as the brand new 30th anniversary edition of the band's classic sophomore album Into The Mirror Black, and a few other things.

See our classic interview with Lenny, Joseph Michael and Jon Schaffer from the 2018 Iced Earth / Sanctuary tour here

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Kragen Lum of Heathen - Metal Master Kingdom Interview

8/19/2020

Interview by Alex Stojanovic

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We had the great pleasure of chatting with Kragen Lum, guitarist of Bay Area thrash legends Heathen. We talked about the band's killer upcoming studio album Empire Of The Blind, touring with Exodus, the band's plans for the 30th anniversary of Victims Of Deception and more.

Stay tuned for our review of Empire Of The Blind.

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