Metal Empire Interviews

Metal Empire Interviews

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Metal Empire Interviews episodes

  • Simone Sim(m)ons from Epica: Indiana Jones & the Emerald Tablets
    Friends, Romans, Metalheads, lend me your ears.
    No 30 week wait betwixt episodes this time. In this installment I'm in conversation with actual Simone Simons from actual Epica. Or is that Simmons?
    Of course we chat about the latest album Omega, as well as her evolution as a singer, what makes her cringe to listen back to and her desires to make a movie soundtrack.
    Thank you to Simone for being such a warm, fun and personable interviewee.
    All material apart from music & station ident copyright RJ Bayley 2021.
    Music used with kind permission with thanks & also under fair use policy for documentary/illustrative purposes.
     
    Is there anyone you'd like me to interview for Metal Empire Interviews? 
    Contact me on Twitter @RJBayley, Instagram robertjbayley or on the Metal Empire Facebook page.
    Please leave a review on iTunes or where you found this.
    Find my other podcast: Bayley's Bookshelf season 1: The War of the Worlds through my Linktree: https://linktr.ee/rjbayley
    Support Metal Empire on Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/metalempire
     
    Simone on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SimoneSimons
     
    Simone on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simonesimons/
     
    Simone's blog: http://www.smoonstyle.com/
     
    Epica website: https://www.epica.nl/
     
    Epica on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5HA5aLY3jJV7eimXWkRBBp?si=s9iIU-GZRnukoYEdXznvIg&dl_branch=1
     
    Epica on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/epica
     
    Epica on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/epicaofficial/
     
    Epica on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/epica
    1 hr 13 min
  • Andi Deris from Helloween: This Shit Is On Fire
    Friends, Romans, Metalheads, lend me your ears.
    Metal Empire Interviews is back, and what an absolute barn-stormer of an interview to resurrect it. A near hour of Helloween chat with the Andi Deris, lead singer of the iconic band since 1994's Master of the Rings.
    Skip to 19:27 if you want to bypass all my waffling.
    Thank you to Andi for being such a funny, warm, friendly, candid and talkative guest. I felt like I was Skyping an old friend.
    All material apart from music & station ident copyright RJ Bayley 2021.
    Music used with kind permission with thanks & also under fair use policy for documentary/illustrative purposes.
     
    Is there anyone you'd like me to interview for Metal Empire Interviews? 
    Contact me on Twitter @RJBayley, Instagram robertjbayley or on the Metal Empire Facebook page.
    Please leave a review on iTunes or where you found this.
    Find my other podcast: Bayley's Bookshelf season 1: The War of the Worlds through my Linktree: https://linktr.ee/rjbayley
    Support Metal Empire on Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/metalempire
     
    Helloween website: https://www.helloween.org/
     
    Helloween on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4pQN0GB0fNEEOfQCaWotsY?si=7KfyjWWuRoi_dJmjxymxdg&dl_branch=1
     
    Helloween on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/helloweenofficial
     
    Helloween on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/helloweenofficial/
     
    Helloween on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/helloweenorg
    1 hr 47 min
  • Fabienne Erni from Illumishade: The More Cheesy the Better

    Friends, Romans, Metalheads, lend me your ears.

    On this episode we're dipping back into the...pond... of time(?) to an interview that seems a lifetime ago, thanks to the intervening plague, but was in fast just earlier this year.
    This is a conversation with Fabienne Erni of Illumishade and it's one I did before the Fatrick Bumbatrick style really solidified, so you might notice my staying slightly more on topic than these days. To be honest I cringed a bit listening back to it, but Fabienne was such a relentlessly happy and enthusiastic guest she carries the whole thing and you probably wouldn't notice if I hadn't told you, but I have now, and I haven't written all those words just to delete them. Stream of consciousness intros, stream of consciousness outros and now stream of consciousness show notes too, apparently.

     

    All material apart from music & station ident copyright RJ Bayley 2020.
    Music used with kind permission, thank you.
     
    Is there anyone you'd like me to interview for Metal Empire Interviews? 
    Contact me on Twitter @RJBayley, Instagram robertjbayley or on the Metal Empire Facebook page.
    Please leave a review on iTunes or where you found this.
    Support Metal Empire on Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/metalempire
     
    Illumishade website: www.illumishade.ch
     
    Illumisade merch: www.illumishade.ch/store
     
    The Tribe Quiz: www.illumishade.ch/tribe-quiz
     
    Illumishade on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Jjf1JZMQZeXyrZAfKEMcg?si=NWZ6tRR0Q1O_ylTH9OKlcg
     
    Fabienne on Facebook: facebook.com/fabienneerniofficial
     
    Illumishade on Facebook: facebook.com/illumishade
     
    Fabienne on Instagram: instagram.com/fabienneerni/
     
    Illumishade on Instagram: instagram.com/illumishade_official/
    58 min
  • Wolf Hoffmann from Accept: Mum's Biscuits
    Friends, Romans, Metalheads, lend me your ears.
     
    In an effort to mollify the furious public, here's the second Metal Empire Interviews podcast in as many days. See? Still knocking them out, those real life events were really real.
     
    Here I had the pleasure of chatting with the founder & guitarist of metal titans Accept. 
     
    Among the topics we touch on are the meaning(less) of the band name, the additional unofficial member for the past decade, going meat free, getting their career backwards and biscuits. 
    Wolf is the kind of guy I'd love to hang out in the back garden with on a hot, starry Nashville night, chowing down on vegan BBQ and slurping alcohol free beer. Just really relaxed, warm, friendly and very easy to talk to. It's a great way to spend some time if you're looking to de-stress.
     
    All material apart from music & station ident copyright RJ Bayley 2020.
    Music used with kind permission, thank you.
     
    Is there anyone you'd like me to interview for Metal Empire Interviews? 
    Contact me on Twitter @RJBayley, Instagram robertjbayley or on the Metal Empire Facebook page.
    Please leave a review on iTunes or where you found this.
    Support Metal Empire on Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/metalempire
     
    Accept website & merch: acceptworldwide.com
     
    Accept on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3JDIAtVrJdQ7GFOX26LYpv?si=ZVipqIooQ7qfcFCjhdaNDQ
     
    Wolf on Facebook: facebook.com/wolfhoffmannofficial
     
    Accept Facebook: facebook.com/accepttheband
     
    Accept's Twitter: @accepttheband
     
    Wolf on Instagram: instagram.com/wolfhoffmann/
     
    Accept on Instagram: instagram.com/acceptworldwide/
    1 hr 7 min
  • Phil Pendergast from Khemmis: Pee Poo Pee Poo
    Friends, Romans, Metalheads, lend me your ears.
     
    This is where it all started. This is where the fatrick bum batrick interview style commenced, quite unexpectedly. Phil Pendergast, singer and guitarist of Khemmis, was such an absolute joy to talk to, that I just let the 15 minute interview, turn into 20 minutes, then into 30 and then sod it, a full three quarters of an hour 45 minute monstrosity. 
     
    It was all so good I couldn't bear to cut any down, so the citizens of the Metal Empire had the full thing thrust upon them, and they loved it. 
     
    So, join Phil and I for a very delightful conversation about facial hair, developing a story with album art, the interplay between visuals and the genre, coffee table book goals, David Bowie and more.
     
    All material apart from music & station ident copyright RJ Bayley 2020.
    Music used with kind permission, thank you.
     
    Is there anyone you'd like me to interview for Metal Empire Interviews? 
    Contact me on Twitter @RJBayley, Instagram robertjbayley or on the Metal Empire Facebook page.
    Please leave a review on iTunes or where you found this.
    Support Metal Empire on Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/metalempire
     
    Khemmis website & merch: khemmisdoom.com
     
    Khemmis on Bandcamp: khemmis.bandcamp.com
     
    Khemmis on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5Dejhd4zYKEUm6q1FLr1ik?si=_FgiznNMTLWkjzkp_zQP8Q
    Khemmis Facebook: www.facebook.com/khemmisdoom/
     
    Khemmis' Twitter: @khemmisdoom
     
    Khemmis on Instagram: www.instagram.com/khemmisdoom/
    1 hr 25 min
  • Elize & Olof from Amaranthe: DEATH WOOF
    Friends, Romans, Metalheads, lend me your ears.
    Prepare for one of my favourite interviews ever, a satisfying 30 conversation with Elize Ryd (singer, songwriter) & Olof Mörck (guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter) of the genre breaking power-death-dance-electro-pop-metal pioneers
    Amaranthe.
     
    While discussing the concepts behind their new album Manifest, we also confidently and intransigently barrel off topic.
     
    MARVEL as Olof and I discuss our mutual history of adopting of Romanian street dogs!
     
    THRILL as we extoll the virtues of audiobooks in an age of busy lifestyles!
     
    CRINGE at my paltry attempts at death growl vocals despite excellent, canine-based tuition from Elize!
    Metal Empire is broadcast live on MetalNation.com/Radio, Wednesdays at 1300 GMT/0800 ET/1400 CET and repeated on Saturdays at 2300 GMT/1800PM ET and Midnight CET.
     
    All material apart from music copyright RJ Bayley 2020.
    Music used with kind permission, thank you.
     
    Is there anyone you'd like me to interview for Metal Empire Interviews? 
    Contact me on Twitter @RJBayley or on the Metal Empire Facebook page.
    Support Metal Empire on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/metalempire
     
    Amaranthe website & merch: https://amaranthe.se/
     
    The new album Manifest: https://open.spotify.com/album/0i8Xkm6i0Ej627KFK7GqJa?si=AeZHhW-yQ9uQR6IA_yjAfQ
     
    Amaranthe Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmarantheBand
     
    Elize Ryd Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elizerydofficial
    (Olof doesn't have a public Facebook page, I'm not playing favourites here)
     
    Amaranthe's Twitter: @AmarantheMetal
     
    Olof's Twitter: @MorckOlof
    (Elize doesn't etc, etc.)
     
    Amaranthe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amarantheofficial/
     
    Elize's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizeryd/
     
    Olof's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olofmorck/
    47 min
  • Helle & Evgeny of Ignea.

    Friends, Romans, Metalheads, lend me your ears.

    It just felt right to kick off the Metal Empire Interviews podcast with my first conversation with my friends Evgeny & Helle of IGNEA.

    Usually record labels and promoters Reach Out to Touch Base™ with me and ask which of their artists I'd like interview. In this case though, I fell so in love with Ignea's first album, The Sign of Faith, that I sought them out myself for a recorded chinwag.

    Listening back, the pair come across so well and it's a wide ranging chat about not only their music but further metal-relevant topics.

    Is there anyone you'd like me to interview for Metal Empire Interviews? 

    Contact me on Twitter @RJBayley or on the Metal Empire Facebook page.
    Support Metal Empire on Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/metalempire

    Ignea's website: ignea.band

    Buy Ignea merch (I have. It's great. I love my t-shirt and especially my hoodie): ignea.band/collections/all

    Ignea on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/7E7V95LId9MPJ6anIK1qrM?si=Zurm1IvQS76i-Pl0CtbxLQ

    Ignea's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCIVzbVm64h2LrkHpwq4nSOg

    Helle's YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UC4hLdcViQ6yu6UBZlcYkYEA

    Evgeny's YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/channel/UCFHt-yLSNwwFFi6y9oUvc7Q

    All material apart from music copyright RJ Bayley 2020.
    Music used with kind permission, thank you.
    54 min

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