Hell yeah, it is time for yet another spectacular Contraband Candy interview, this time with the Welsh Death Metal lords of gore and perversion, Desecration! We caught up with them at the 2008 Damnation Festival in November to talk about their awesome latest album Forensix, the seizure by the authorities of the band’s offensive debut album back in the 90’s and what the band will be up to in 2009!
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Added February 24, 2009, 10:08 am | Views:: 358 | Comments:: 0

Ending a hectic year of touring in 2008 at London's prestigious Astoria, Contraband Candy caught up with Finnish cello-rockers Apocalyptica to find out how things went, what they do to relax and what to expect in future. Check out the rather surprising ending to this feature and hear the band's special musical Christmas message to their fans!
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Added January 5, 2009, 6:32 pm | Views:: 347 | Comments:: 0

Exclusive! Nige Rockett and Andy Rosser-Davies show you how to play thrash guitar riffs the Onslaught way. Sy Keeler and Jeff Williams then chat to René about Onslaught's fantastic year and their future plans. Not to be missed!
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Added January 4, 2009, 8:29 pm | Views:: 610 | Comments:: 0

In Part 2 of our almighty Assault on the Wacken Open Air Festival in 2008, off our tits through alcohol abuse and lack of sleep, we collide with yet more awesome bands and musicians! Amazingly, they let us interview them, so you can listen to what the likes of Erik Danielsson of Watain has to say about Americans, what Massachusetts Metalcore gods Unearth think about whale sex, who legendary producer/performer Peter Tägtgren fancies, what your band needs to impress the head of A&R at Century Media and... oh for fuck's sake, there's loads more so just go watch the damn thing! As in Part 1, most of this content won't impress your priest or pastor, so take that as a warning and enjoy!
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Added October 16, 2008, 6:43 pm | Views:: 978 | Comments:: 2

Finally its here! We know you have been waiting a while but believe us, it’s well worth it! Wacken Assault 2008 Part 1 is jam- packed with interviews from Soilwork, The Rotted, exciting Thrash newcomers Warbringer and a seriously OUTRAGEOUS chat with Mercenary! WARNING… This is a bit near the knuckle so if you are easily offended or moderately religious, we advice you to fast-forward here. But there’s loads more extra bits to inspire and irritate you such as cool promo footage of these great bands and an interview with those loveable French fruitcakes, the men behind The Sexy Girls of Wacken!
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Added September 24, 2008, 6:55 pm | Views:: 1154 | Comments:: 0

Contraband Candy lay waste to Wacken Open Air 2008 in another program packed with interviews and incidents featuring some of the best Metal bands in the universe! From classic Swedish Death Metal of Soilwork to Black Metal titans Watain, Rene gets them all talking, acting stoopid, telling secrets and giving updates. That's for later... this is only a trailer, but don't be fooled, it'll kick your ass so you'd better watch it!
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Added September 11, 2008, 7:28 pm | Views:: 1492 | Comments:: 0

In September 2007 Japanese girl trio Doom/Crust/Black Metal band Gallhammer did a short European Tour. We got their FIRST interview ever outside of Japan! René asks them about touring, the new acclaimed album 'Ill Innocence' and what inspired the themes in it.
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Added August 20, 2008, 6:18 am | Views:: 644 | Comments:: 0

This interview was arranged prior to the famous 'split'. When that happened everyone thought the tour would be cancelled, but it went ahead and we got one of the first, if not THE first interview on video with Gaahl and King. In it they talk about the reasons for what happened and their future plans. Unmissable!
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Added August 20, 2008, 5:30 am | Views:: 13025 | Comments:: 4

Ending on a spectacular low, René tries not to slit her wrists talking to depressive manipulative genius Kvarforth of Shining and squeamishly probes his tortured brain. Not for the weak, this one!
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Added August 20, 2008, 5:08 am | Views:: 573 | Comments:: 0

And now... the Crazy Gang! Maniac (ex Mayhem) and members of his new band Skitliv disrupt class as René presides over the chaos. Niklas Kvarforth talks mental illness and manipulation and we get arty with nightmare conceptualist Spacebrain and his bleak mechanistic visions.
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Added August 20, 2008, 4:55 am | Views:: 580 | Comments:: 0

More from Nick Barker and then René gets stuck in with Nergal of Behemoth talking about artistic repression and creativity. And Sykelig of Norwegian Black Metal booze users Den Saakaldte talk tattoos and the new album
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Added August 20, 2008, 4:42 am | Views:: 874 | Comments:: 0

Gorgoroth! Need we say more? In this interview, King talks about the band post-split and goes into detail about their spectacular live show. Plus clips of Tom G of Celtic Frost at the Conference... and legendary Cradle/Dimmu/Benediction/Gorgoroth live drummer Nick Barker talks beer with René!
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Added August 19, 2008, 11:09 am | Views:: 704 | Comments:: 0

More dark, drunken goings on from the Black Metal capital of the world, Oslo. In this segment of Part 1 we get more insights into the old school ways of 1349 from uber-drummer Frost and King talks about his acclaimed doom metal side project, Sahg. Yeah, don't worry... he talks about Gorgoroth later on as well...
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Added August 19, 2008, 10:16 am | Views:: 834 | Comments:: 0

You've waited for it and now it's here! Part 1 of our 3-part Inferno Festival Special features three great interviews with Frost and Ravn of 1349, Obsidian C of Keep of Kalessin and King, talking about Sahg. And that's just for starters! With unique live clips and video and original live gig photography by our very own lens-babe, Maud Darkvision, this is simply NOT to be missed!
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Added August 19, 2008, 10:00 am | Views:: 615 | Comments:: 0

With Karl well and truly tamed, Rene, emboldened by more Jagermeister than any human being can clinically absorb, decides to take the left hand path and step into the dark realm of legendary kvlt Finnish black metallers, Horna
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Added August 19, 2008, 6:56 am | Views:: 547 | Comments:: 0

Yeah well the drink kept on flowing, but somehow in spite of being in the presence of legendary moonshine boys, Korpiklaani, our intrepid interviewer steadies herself in time to quiz the great Karl Sanders of Nile...
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Added August 19, 2008, 6:48 am | Views:: 705 | Comments:: 2

Yep, we got there in the end! In spite of nearly killing ourselves with drink at Wacken, we’ve bounced back, got our shit together and put together Part 2 of our Tuska Festival programme. And what a face-melter it is too! You really don’t want to miss René and Nico from Entombed discussing what makes a cool female Metal band, which beers get you up and dancing and the low self-esteem of Swedish musicians! We chat to beer soaked forest dwelling folk-metallers Korpiklaani,.plus major league guitar legend Karl Sanders of Nile talks about guitars, Elizabeth Taylor, his new side project and being ‘Ithyphallic’ – yes, you ALMOST know what that means, but let Karl tell you himself! And we visit the dark side with cult Finnish Black Metallers Horna.
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Added August 19, 2008, 6:38 am | Views:: 823 | Comments:: 0

Before Rene was carted off to hospital with alcohol poisoning, she managed to finish the interview with Mille from Kreator and get under the hood with Jyri of Lord Of The Rings metallers Battlelore. Yes, it was all worth it!
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Added August 19, 2008, 5:51 am | Views:: 551 | Comments:: 0

This is the beer-drenched second segment of the First Part of our Tuska Festival Program... yeah you need to be sober to understand all that. Why not let us do the drinking for you? Watch on, dude!
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Added August 19, 2008, 5:39 am | Views:: 483 | Comments:: 0

Listen up folks 'cause this is HOT NEWS! Contraband Candy's Tuska Festival programme, Part 1 is up there and ready to give your brain a damn good kicking! We show you Finland's Tuska Festival in its true beer-and-J'ger-drenched glory, the way a proper Metal festival was meant to be enjoyed. With Korpiklaani's fantastic song 'Beer Beer' as the theme tune, you can just imagine the sort of daft bollocks we got up to this time around! Johan Hegg of Amon Amarth speaks about their new album, computer games and Viking paraphernalia. Ren' has one too many J'germeisters before the Primordial interview and STILL manages to keep her shit together ' just about! Mille of Kreator talks about the pros and cons of Pro-Tools, their up and coming European and the US tour in 2009 and their next album. And last, but by no means least, we sign off this episode by interviewing Lord Of The Rings obsessives, the mighty Battlelore. Coming shortly in Part 2 - interviews by Entombed, Nile, Horna and those barking-mad Finnish woodsmen, Korpiklaani!
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Added August 18, 2008, 9:02 pm | Views:: 1142 | Comments:: 0