Interviews

No digital simulators, no metronomes in their ears, and absolutely no compromises with the convenient trends of the modern age. Northern Moravian mainstays Ocelot have been driving their uncompromising metal machine forward since 1988, and even after downsizing to a hard-hitting trio, they remain committed to a clear philosophy: music must have...

Igor Hubík has been part of the Czech metal scene for decades. In this interview for Rebel Sound, he looks back on joining ROOT, his work with HYPNOS, SOLFERNUS, EQUIRHODONT and RAVENOIR, as well as studio work, physical formats, songwriting, lyrics, and what metal means to him after all these years. Thirteen questions explore not only...

Nearly thirty-five years on the scene, nine albums, hundreds of shows, and above all one thing that has never changed throughout all that time: Melancholy Pessimism have never needed to follow trends or let anyone dictate what their music should sound like. Death metal and grindcore are in their blood, but there is much more behind their extreme...

SVINIBROD belongs to the Czech metal underground, building its music above all on its own identity, the natural process of songwriting and the energy of live performances. In this interview for Rebel Sound, we talked about the band's development from its first EP War for Resources to the current Division: Hell, as well as lyrics, social media, the...

Krkonošské matky were formed in 2017 from an idea that originally had neither great ambitions nor a fixed plan. What began as a group of friends who were only just learning how to handle their instruments gradually became a band with a sound of its own, two albums, and an audience that knows their songs and sings along...

Torrax are not a band that simply wants to nostalgically dust off the eighties. Raw sound, live energy, a pirate crew and the desire to keep moving forward are just as important to them as their roots in classic heavy metal. In our interview for Rebel Sound, we went all the way back to their beginnings near Kutná...

Bohemyst are not a band content with merely continuing the past. After closing the twenty-five-year chapter of Avenger, since 2017 they have been building their own world step by step – dark, rooted in Czech culture and filled with horror imagery, history, superstition and a distinctive atmosphere. The 2021 debut Čerň a Smrt showed that this was...

Martin Němec has been part of Precedens since the band was founded in 1982, and over more than four decades he has travelled a path from small clubs and new-wave experiments to a distinctive songwriting style that has retained its own identity to this day. In this interview for Rebel Sound, he looks back on the early days with Jan Sahara Hedl ...

The man who for years was the face and voice of one of the most successful Czech bands has undergone a major transformation in recent years. He took off the mask, left the well-trodden path behind and set out on a solo career, where he had to prove to both himself and his listeners that his charisma and distinctive...

George Rain is certainly not the kind of musician who knows how to stand still. With SEBASTIEN, he is preparing a new album; in CITRON, he has stepped into the role of lead frontman; at RockOpera Praha, he is enjoying the world of major stage roles; and at the same time, he is finishing his first solo acoustic...

Legion have never been a band that measured their existence by the number of shows they played, the size of the stages they stood on, or whatever trends happened to dictate at the time. Their roots reach back to the first half of the 1990s, through the Krematörr and Gutted eras to the name Legion, which the band has used...

Ten years on the scene, concerts at home and abroad, a distinctive view of the world and music that is not afraid to open up subjects it would be easier to ignore. Archeonic turned their attention on Digital Pain to the darker side of today's cyber-digital age: addiction to social media, manipulation, loneliness, and the uneasy feeling that...