If we’re all going to hell in a handbasket, we might as well dance on the way there. A sardonic sentiment that captures not only a great deal of what the world is feeling at this tumultuous time but also the spirit of the upcoming new album from The [...]
Jordan Rudess, the keyboard player for prog-legends Dream Theater, sat down with Metal Wani’s Carl Rourke to discuss reforming Liquid Tension Experiment and releasing the band’s first album in twenty-two years. The pair also talked [...]
Dead Label drummer Claire Percival recently sat down with Metal Wani’s Carl Rourke for an in-depth conversation across a wide variety of topics. The two discussed how Dead Label have used the time not being able to tour for over a year, the [...]
Like a crisp breath of fresh air, Evanescence burst onto the scene in 2003, surprising the goth metal community and the wider metal community alike. Initially mistaken by some for a pop project with real artistic ambition, their explosive debut album, [...]
Simone Simons, the vocalist for symphonic metal titans, Epica, recently sat down with Metal Wani’s Carl O’Rourke to discuss the band’s newly released and highly acclaimed album ‘Omega’. Simone also spoke in-depth about [...]
After nearly twenty years being the benchmark in symphonic metal, in 2018 Epica decided that it was time for a well-deserved break. Closing out their Holographic Cycle tour with their career milestone 1000th show, it isn’t hard to see why they hit [...]
Some say the heart has a talent for mending itself. Anneke van Giersbergen offers a different perspective. The award-winning Dutch artist’s new solo album ‘The Darkest Skies Are the Brightest’ contains a core narrative suggesting nothing [...]
Over the last year, the world discovered that infamously rigid lockdowns can be approached in numerous ways. Some sought online courses, took up baking, or used the time to reflect and reconnect with themselves. Others learned a new language, and far too [...]
