CRY OF THE WOLF MAGAZINE

"I'm your surrogate Metal Granny"      At This point nothing in the entertainment world will shock you. Exposed to a myriad of genres and persona's, we have all become numb to the extremes of the business. Along comes GRANNY4BARREL, with her metal horror granny image backed up by a superior band that includes an electro violinist who shreds like Eddie van halen! We asked her about the use of a fiddle rather than the traditional lead guitarist. " With the fiddle we get so much more and it looks cool" states Granny. "Last time I checked this is the entertainment industry so we decided to do something that would shake things up.I was always into horror, so why not have a crazy bad ass old woman front a metal band?"    Tearing through their live set it was clear that GRANNY4BARREL can walk the talk. This is pure molten steel. The kind of shock metal that will melt your wigs off. Signed to Jess Dupre's Mighty Loud label, GRANNY4BARREL a

      Continuing The North American leg of their 2018 worldwide by Blood we Tour, The Ross The Boss Band will roll Into New Bedford Mass to tear apart the Vault on Wednesday, June 27th. For Ross it is a continuation of his assault on the metal masses. For vocalist Marc Lopes it is a victorious home coming, as he hails from New Bedford. The ultimate tale of a local musician who worked his ass off and achieved the ultimate gig.  We talked with Ross recently about his latest offering, By Blood Sworn. "Metal is starting to change" Ross States as our conversation begins. We are doing our part he expresses. By Blood Born is an incredible collection of classic heavy metal raise your fist anthems. Marc Lopes is clearly a perfect fit for Ross' incendiary guitar work. Hands down this is one of the best sounding metal albums we have heard so far this year. Ross expressed his desire to play at least 4 or 5  of the new songs in addition to the classic Manowar catalog. " W

  In a world full of guitar shredders, Gia Federico stands taller than the rest. Her shredding skills are a master class in the genre. Recently We had a chance to pose some questions to the fiery Boston based guitarist.   Which guitarist would be your all time greatest influence?     Tough  to say ,  Eddie Van Halen  ,   i first heard him made me want to  play , his sound  and the way he plays .  the other players  on here as well  ,    Randy Rhoads , Jeff Beck,   Jimmy page ,  Hendrix ,   Malmsteen ,   Vai , Satriani       Growing up in New England how has the music scene changed?   I think   its  hard , so many places have closed ,   especially for original bands its really hard  here.   What has been the biggest obstacle as a musician?      Biggest obstacles ,  meeting the right people  just to play with lol,  trying to get your music out there ,   to make money as an original artist is hard , especially  when  commerci