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Testing Metal with Grant Truesdell of Unleash the Archers

On the evening of the band’s record release party at The Red Room, Factory Worker Media met with Unleash the Archers guitarist Grant Truesdell in the building’s old vault to discuss challenges to songwriting, community-building, and navigating the roi
Author: Shane Lange
Published by: Factory Worker Media

SEPULTURA – 30TH Anniversary Tour (w/ Destruction, Arsis & more) Live Review and Photo Gallery

To understand the resurgent popularity of thrash metal among a new generation of fans one need look no further than Brazilian thrash stalwarts Sepultura.
Author: Shane Lange
Published by: Factory Worker Media

IN SEARCH OF THE SOURCE OF THE TALE: AN INTERVIEW WITH TUOMAS HOLOPAINEN OF NIGHTWISH

“You shouldn’t start telling a story if you don’t have a story to tell.” From his seat in the lunch room of Vancouver’s Orpheum Theatre, Tuomas Holopainen leans forward and speaks into the digital audio recorder resting on the coffee table in fr
Author: Shane Lange
Published by: Factory Worker Media

PHOTO GALLERY: WACKEN METAL BATTLE, VANCOUVER – FINAL ROUND

Top-notch performances from all five bands at the Rickshaw Theatre for the final BC round of Wacken Metal Battle 2015 on Friday. The winners of Vancouver’s first four qualifying rounds (Bushwhacker, Unbeheld, Medevil, and Resurgence) performed along wit
Author: Shane Lange
Published by: Factory Worker Media

Interview: Clearing a Path with Mike Scheidt of Yob

Depression is a condition with which many artists quietly struggle and, despite the challenges it presents to their lives and work, it is often a powerful creative catalyst as well. Clearing the Path to Ascend, last year’s critically acclaimed album fro
Author: Shane Lange
Published by: Factory Worker Media

CONCERT REVIEW / REFLECTIONS: AUTHOR & PUNISHER

For those of you who missed AUTHOR & PUNISHER at The Hindenburg in December 2014, here's a recap.
Author: Shane Lange
Published by: Factory Worker Media

Rabbit Rabbit: Building a Digital Burrow in the World Wide Warren

While the working mantra of many independent musicians since the collapse of the music industry is readily described as, “Whatever works”, the prodigious efforts of Carla Kihlstedt and Matthias Bossi are best described by the curious exclamation, “R
Author: Shane Lange
Published by: Factory Worker Media

GWAR Eternal: Blothar and Vulvatron on Oderus Urungus and the Persistence of GWAR

Interview with Vulvatron, Blothar, and Pustulus Maximus in Vancouver for GWAR: Eternal tour.
Author: Shane Lange
Published by: Factory Worker Media

Be Open: Panzerfaust and the Abyss

Canadian black metal band Panzerfaust on creative process, collaboration, and performance.
Author: Shane Lange
Published by: Factory Worker Media

Leaders of the Pack: Metsatöll Interview / Album Review

Interview / Review - Thrashing new folk metal from Estonia's Metsatöll!
Author: Shane Lange
Published by: LiveVan

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