Guest Column: Three Bands You May Not Know But Should By The Reverend Horton Heat

Posted by Chris Harris on May 15, 2013 in Exclusive, Featured, Gun Shy Interview

We’ve reached out to our metal and hard rock brethren across the land, asking that they contribute prose to our recent series of guest columns. We ran a recent series on Five Albums That Will Change You, and the response was overwhelming. The new topic is Three Bands You May Not Know About But Should, Read More

Immolation’s Robert Vigna: The GunShy Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on May 8, 2013 in Exclusive, Featured, Gun Shy Interview

On May 14, a band that makes me proud to say I am from New York, Immolation, will release a fresh, flawless batch of frenzied death metal tracks. Immolation have a new album coming next Tuesday called Kingdom of Conspiracy, a release that will no doubt make a ton of year-end lists come December. Immolation Read More

Sacred Mother Tongue’s Darrin South: The GunShy Email Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on April 30, 2013 in Exclusive, Gun Shy Interview

Last week, we brought you an exclusive stream of a Sacred Mother Tongue track, off the band’s new album, in stores today. To celebrate the album’s release, we sent the band’s Darrin South a few questions which he gladly answered for us in this latest GunShy interview. What’s the scene like where you reside? The Read More

Todtgelichter’s Tobias and Tentakel Parkinson: The Gun Shy Email Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on April 9, 2013 in Exclusive, Gun Shy Interview

Yesterday, we brought you an exclusive album stream from German avant-garde black metal band Todtgelichter, a band you should get to know. To that end, we sent the band — who’re like nothing you’ve heard before — a couple of questions by email, and vocalist Tobias and drummer Tentakel Parkinson gave us some pretty cool Read More

Sean Harris Chats Up The Legendary Jeff Loomis

Posted by Sean Harris on April 9, 2013 in Gun Shy Interview, News

It is fun for someone like me to see Sean Harris, the winner of our writer’s contest, enjoy the perks that come with being a music writer. He’s been seeing shows, interviewing bands, and having a great time, generally speaking. He’s not jaded by it all, which is refreshing, considering my stance on things. He’s Read More

Darkthrone’s Fenriz: The Gun Shy Email Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on March 5, 2013 in Exclusive, Featured, Gun Shy Interview

By now, you should know that Darkthrone have a new album in stores called The Underground Resistance. The album’s pretty unruly, and a must for any fan of Darkthrone or any of its associated bands. Because they are promoting the new one, Fenriz has been doing some email interviews, so we figured we better send Read More

Kvelertak’s Erlend Hjelvik: The Gun Shy Interview

Posted by Sean Harris on February 27, 2013 in Exclusive, Featured, Gun Shy Interview

Recently, I have been in touch with the Canadian chapter of Roadrunner Records and I have met quite a few really cool people in my adventures. Gojira was obviously awesome but I recently had the chance to listen to the forthcoming album by Norwegian band Kvelertak. Meir drops on March 25 and I must say Read More

Lecherous Nocturne’s Chris Lollis: The Gun Shy Email Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on February 25, 2013 in Exclusive, Featured, Gun Shy Interview, News

We don’t do email interviews often, usually because the respondents give such pithy answers. Turns out Lecherous Nocturne‘s Chris Lollis, though, seemingly appreciates the fact that short answers don’t provide for interesting content, and he got back to us on a number of topics, including junkies, the buzz-worthiness of Ghost, and go-to records. Lecherous Nocturne Read More

Clutch’s Dan Maines: The Gun Shy Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on February 18, 2013 in Exclusive, Featured, Glory Holes Across America, Gun Shy Interview

On March 19, Clutch will release a new album called Earth Rocker, the second offering the band’s putting out through its own Weathermaker Music label. Frankly speaking, the album’s a straight-fucking rocker, with huge riffs, groovy and inspired drum work, bass thicker than your sister’s booty, and Neil Fallon’s funkarrific pipes. Last week, GunShyAssassin had Read More

Tomahawk’s Trevor Dunn: The Gun Shy Interview

Posted by Chris Harris on February 15, 2013 in Exclusive, Featured, Gun Shy Interview

While the rest of the music world’s eyes were on the Grammys last weekend, Tomahawk bassist Trevor Dunn was on a plane to Seattle, playing Sudoku, totally oblivious to the awards ceremony. “I got to Seattle, had a reuben sandwich and a couple of beers and went to sleep — that was my Sunday night,” Read More