Interviews

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...

There are bands you follow purely for work, and then there are those where professional curiosity naturally meets genuine fan enthusiasm. Samurai Pizza Cats belong firmly in the second group for me personally. Their combination of modern metalcore, electronics, humour and sheer live energy has appealed to me for a long time, which is why it was a...

Ten years of hard work, changes, setbacks and new beginnings. The band Metanol have endured a difficult start, a personnel crisis after the isolation of the COVID era and the search for their own sound, yet they never stopped believing in what they were doing. Today, they speak openly about their journey, their professional approach, their pre-show...

In recent years, Horizont have made it increasingly clear that they intend to follow their own path. A heavier sound, a distinctive signature and lyrics that reach beneath the surface are the qualities helping the band establish a firm place on the scene. Their new single Neztratit vlastní tvář confirms this direction while opening up a subject...

In 2027, SPS are preparing to celebrate forty years of existence, but instead of looking back, they are still living for concerts, new singles and the freedom they have stubbornly protected from the very beginning. In this interview, Skleník and Zdeněk speak openly about why the album Adios, kamarádi pankáči really will remain their final...

Carl Sentance is a singer who has never believed in standing still. After more than a decade fronting the legendary Nazareth, he decided to close one important chapter and step fully into his own solo journey. It was not a sudden decision, but the result of creative and personal differences that had been building for some time. What remains,...

The Slovak thrash metal outfit Catastrofy have long since proved that heavy music does not always have to wear a stony expression. Their work naturally blends razor-sharp riffs, an outlaw theme, exaggeration, humour and social criticism. It is precisely this combination, together with their powerful live energy, that has given the band...