Cristiano Migliore of Lacuna Coil and Firebrand Super Rock feature in episode 40 of Ragnarok Radio.

Cristiano joined Lacuna Coil in 1998 just a year after getting signed to Century Media, he talks to us about how the band rose to fame internationally, the Italian metal scene and touring with one of the most famous women in metal - Cristina Scabbia.

Our second feature is Metal Hammer favorites Firebrand Super Rock from Edinburgh, having formed in 2004 they’ve played support for such metal giants as Slayer and Mastodon. So its your turn to check out these rising stars of metal!

Episode 40 of the podcast also includes the following tunes

Lacuna Coil - Spellbound
Tarja - Lost Northern Star (Lost Northern Pain Remix)
Empyrea - Our Story
Versailles - The Love From A Dead Orchestra
Splintered Soul - Critical Mass
Firebrand Super Rock - Point Of No Return
Children Of Bodom - Banned From Heaven
Arnocorps - Terminator
Bin Laden’s Daughter - Farce Of Propaganda

 

 Episode 40 - Cristiano Migliore of Lacuna Coil and Firebrand Super Rock [98:06m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Mark Cross from Firewind and Matt from Highland Fire Festival join us on episode 39 of Ragnarok Radio.

Mark is of course the highly acclaimed drummer for Greek metallers Firewind, he talks to us in Glasgow about joining the band back in 2006 and the release of The Premonition last years follow up to Allegiance.

Also included is an interview with Matt from Highland Fire Festival and vocalist for Scottish folk metal act Fortrius. Highland Fire is set to take place at The Ark in Edinburgh on August 1st the bill currently features Waylander, Northern Oak and Ravenage. The myspace page for Highland Fire Festival contains more information about the event and ticket purchasing.

Also included on the show are the following tracks

Firewind - Head Up High
Pain - Zombie Slam
Thurs - Raise Your Sword
Ensiferum - Blood Is The Price Of Glory
The Unravelling - Where Will It End
Seven Thorns - Artificial Night
Sorcerer’s Spell - Lead Us To Anthror
Mystical Fullmoon - May Wisdom Bless My Path
WolfP.A.C.K - War
Raintime - Beat It

 

 Episode 39 - Mark Cross and Highland Fire Festival [77:48m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

So here we go again. 2009 marked the 7th Anniversary of Download at the historic Donington Park. With few highlights last year (Kiss, Disturbed and Spinal Tap-esque backdrop malfunctions during Judas Priest aside) 2009 didn’t need to do much to surpass

Friday
Hollywood Undead – A suitably nu-metal opening to a day featuring the Bizkit, Korn and Faith No More. Everything about this band screams 1999, from the masks to the lumpen, downtune riffs and rhymes about bitches and hoes. Still strangely enjoyable though (3/5). In This Moment – The only interesting things about this band are the delectable Maria Brink and her mighty scream. Fact (2/5) Staind (3/5) Surprising heavy showing from Aaron Lewis and co, makes you wonder why they’re so fucking morose on record. Billy Talent (4/5) really enjoyed this band. Great tunes, new material sounds ace and they got the crowd pumping. KsE (5/5) Superb, tight as hell and that’s just Adam D’s hotpants. They would have been the band of the day if it weren’t for the acts that followed. Howard’s vocals weren’t always spot but with mass sing-along’s to belters like ‘Rose of Sharyn’ and ‘My Last Serenade’ it didn’t matter one bit. Limp Bizkit (5/5) Fucking superb they were. Was curious to see how this would go down but opening with ‘Break Stuff’ was the right move. It really was genuinely exciting to see the Bizkit back on stage tearing it up. Phenomenal. Korn (4/5) Tough act to follow but Korn delivered a set with their typical vigour and passion. ‘Thoughtless’ was a very nice surprise but the Pink Floyd cover was a bit of an energy sapping misfire, especially after the one-two punch of ‘Blind’ and ‘Got the Life’. Faith No More (5/5) A set full of heaviness and wonderful eccentricity. Watching Mike Patton go from charming crooner to screaming madman was totally enthralling. Seeing the lighters out for ‘Easy’ was awesome, as was a bizarre yet brilliant cover of Lady GaGa’s ‘Poker Face’.
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