CRY OF THE WOLF MAGAZINE

 The Urban Voodoo Machine is a cornucopia of eclectic musicianship that has to be seen live to truly appreciate. They are incredibly talented and a whole lot of Bourbon soaked fun! You can tell by this interview! Check them out! Your stage show looks like you’re having a lot of fun. how hard is it to coordinate the live show? We have fun of course, both on and off stage. I'm glad it shows! How do you decide which songs will fit, is it based on the gig or the audience? We tend to do what we do regardless. We are The Urban Voodoo Machine and we play Bourbon Soaked Gypsy Blues Bop'N'Stroll! We're probably the only band in the world that has played metal festival Download and Montreaux Jazz Festival. Do you allow the songs to evolve during the gigs or are they complete at the time of creation? Most songs are written on an acoustic guitar so words and chord structure doesn't change. With so many great players everyone brings so...

 "The world needs less songs about anger and more songs about drinking beer with dragons".   Age Of Embers is a tremendously talented female fronted New England based band. So rare to find a band of this caliber in my own backyard. They took some time to answer a few questions. Enjoy! Tell us about rehearsals Right now we rehearse once a week, usually on a weeknight. Practices are in a small apartment, sitting on a couch. We rarely get the chance to practice live, and it’s always with an electric drum kit. Really low-budget. Take us through the writing process? Does everyone contribute? We usually start with Katrina writing the lyrics and vocal melodies or other parts. Then the rest of the band fills in their parts around her arrangement and song structure. Most of us write our own parts for most of the songs. There are exceptions when someone gets creative, however. Do you make money at gigs/how do you generate income? We ma...

Tragul is one of the best up and coming bands I have heard so far this year. I sent some questions to Adrian Benegas Hello Bryan Martin from Cry of the Wolf! This is Adrian from Tragul. It’s a pleasure to do this interview. Take us through the writing process. Does everyone contribute? All starts with a rough lyrics idea, a concept about something I want to express. Usually I take inspiration from events that comes from dreams, esoteric field or an event taken from a spiritual approach. Once I have the lyrics ready, I start to write the music and focus myself on expressing the concept in the best possible way, then I listen the whole idea and the lyrics and start to make some arrangements and refine everything before I send the songs to the guys who contribute on the arrangements for their instruments. How do you feel about social media and its influence over the music business? I think social media is a powerful tool to stay constantly connected with the fans, you can...

Yes it is all here. the heavy metal freight chain chugging along and each note it gets tighter and faster. A cacophony of sonic excellence. This is pure driven molten lava of metal. A fine addition to the Frontiers catalog. This is unstoppable. check out," Antichrist", "Hordes of Fire", and the about face of "The Mulberry Tree" 8/10 Wolf Howls CRY OF THE WOLF MAGAZINE FOR FANS OF: Symphony X, DIO, Helloween, Savatage RELEASE DATE: January 26, 2018 Best known as the bassist for progressive metal giants Symphony X, Mike LePond stepped out on his own to front his own project, Mike LePond’s Silent Assassins in 2014. The band is set to return in 2018 with the long awaited follow up to his highly acclaimed self-titled debut release.  The sophomore effort, “Pawn And Prophecy” shows an onslaught of true heavy metal in it’s purest form. A full hour of headbanding riffs, kick ass vocals, and lyrics telling epic tales drawing inf...

Another bombastic hit machine from Frontiers records. Are you ready for AMMUNITION? Overall a healthy and well produced CD full of melodic rock anthems. Superior musicianship abounds on this disc. Personal favorites are "Virtual Reality Boy", and " Wrecking Crew". Also check out the incredible power ballad, "Eye For An Eye". The Ammunition is loaded are you ready to rock? 8/10 Wolf Howls CRY OF THE WOLF MAGAZINE AMMUNITION GENRE: Glam Rock, Melodic Rock FOR FANS OF: Eclipse, One Desire, Jeff Scott Soto, W.E.T., Pretty Maids, Wig Wam. RELEASE DATE: January 26, 2018   Ammunition was founded in 2014 by the songwriting duo Age Sten Nilsen (former WIG WAM singer) and the multi-talented Erik Mårtensson (Eclipse, W.E.T., Nordic Union). The band released the acclaimed debut album "Shanghaied" in 2015 independently. Teaming up with former TNT and Jack In The Box bassist Victor Cito Borge, keysman Lasse Finbråten (Circus Maxim...

 New Zone Interview  Cry Of The Wolf Magazine had the opportunity to interview one of the hottest up and coming bands in the alternative symphonic metal genre. This band is doing everything right. Read on to see how a modern day metal band takes charge of its own destiny. Our prediction is that you will be hearing a lot from this band very soon. Take us through your writing process. Is it a jam style progression or are the parts already worked out? When we begin writing our songs we often start from a melody that naturally comes to mind. The original melody than develops new ones. By this time we will be able to hear the chords and even rhythms from the rock ensemble in our heads. The location we are in or emotions we have will affect what direction the song will go towards. When we both get the same images in our heads and find the message of the song it will naturally come together. We will then record a demo that later on becomes a pre-production of the songs. Some...

Recently Rock and Metal bands have been busy producing or endorsing wine and beers produced in their names. The most famous company for producing this type of branding is BRANDS FOR FANS, a Swedish based company with a taste for marketing and rock and roll. Both Sari Wilholm and Yvonne Wener are dedicated to bringing these fantastic metal flavors to the world.  I decided to ask Sari  Wilholm about her work with metal bands and in particular the legendary MOTORHEAD. 1.       Thank you for taking the time to do this No problem, our pleasure! 2.       How did the business idea come about? Most of my life I have been involved in music, one way or another. Had my own smaller festivals, booked gigs for bands, saw clothes to the bands and did what ever to help out. When Brands For Fans came to life: We both (me and Yvonne Wener) come from the traditional wine industry, working with traditional brands (Jack Daniel´s...