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My First Band: Devin Townsend, Ayreon, Fear Factory, Stolen Babies, & God Forbid

Posted by on March 1, 2013

Everything has to start somewhere, and this fact is no different for our metal heroes. Over that past few years I have been asking some of my favorite artists the question “What was your first band called and what did it sound like?” and here are their answers. Devin Townsend Well, I guess I was […]

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Devin Townsend Discusses His Epic Workload, James Hetfield

Posted by on February 20, 2013

Devin Townsend is the mad Canadian mastermind behind the Devin Townsend Project, all things Ziltoid and the former mainman of Strapping Young Lad. Prior to his Sacramento performance at the Ace of Spades, Townsend and I met in a shady alley that smelled like burgers to discuss his current tour, his upcoming self-induced music release […]

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Paul Waggoner of Between the Buried and Me Talks Current Prog tour, Supergroups and Vegan cuisine

Posted by on February 11, 2013

Paul Waggoner is the guitar wizard in the progressive metal band Between the Buried and Me. The band is currently on tour with prog rockers Coheed & Cambria and instrumental post-metal band Russian Circles. Before leaving for tour, Paul and I chatted via telephone about weird tours, his early days as a musician, success, the Super Bowl, […]

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Concert Review: Gojira/Devin Townsend Project/The Atlas Moth

Posted by on January 25, 2013

Following the arrest of Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe last year, and the subsequent cancellation of the band’s tour with Dethklok, it was unclear how long it would be until the tour’s opener, Gojira, would return to North America on such a full scale tour. It was a pleasant surprise to find Gojira casting the opener role aside […]

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