FemMetal Awards 2024

Interview with Finsterforst

At Wacken Open Air we got the chance to interview the folk metal band Finsterforst. We talked about the festival, women in metal and more! Benedetta I'm here with the amazing Finsterforst. How are you doing, guys? Finsterforst Great. Yeah, really great. A little bit...

Interview with Firespawn

Firespawn is a metal band from Sweden: we got the chance to chat with Victor and Alex about Wacken, women in metal and more. Benedetta I'm here with the amazing Firespawn. How are you guys? Firespawn We're great, thanks for having us. Good, very good. Just had a great...

Interview with Manntra

Manntra is a Croatian folk metal band, and we had the chance to interview them during this year's edition of Wacken Open Air! Benedetta I'm here with Manntra. How are you doing today? Manntra I'm doing great, actually. We slept finally a little bit. We came in the...

Interview with J.C. García (Phantom)

Phantom is a thrash/speed metal band from Mexico, and we had the opportunity to interview them when they played Wacken Open Air this year. Benedetta I'm here with J.C. from Phantom. How are you doing? J.C. García I'm a bit tired, but here we are, doing all right....

Interview with Elchivo

Elchivo is a heavy metal band from Mexico, and they played this year at Wacken Open Air. We also got the chance to interview them! Benedetta I'm here with the amazing Elchivo. How are you doing guys? Elchivo Good, thank you. Benedetta You're playing Wacken in the...

Interview with Battlecreek

Battlecreek is a German thrash metal band from Germany. They performed at Wacken Open Air, and we had the chance to meet them and interview them! Benedetta I'm here with the amazing Battlecreek. How are you doing, guys? Battlecreek Hi, we are super excited. It's...

Interview with Blanket Hill

Luxembourg may be a small country, but there is no shortage of heavy metal bands coming from there. For example, the amazing Blanket Hill! And as they were performing in Wacken, we got the chance to interview them. Benedetta I'm here with the amazing Blanket Hill, how...

Interview with Rose Tattoo

During Wacken Open Air, we got the opportunity to interview the legendary Mick Arnold and Ronnie Simmons of Rose Tattoo about the festival, women in metal, and more. Benedetta I'm here with the legendary Rose Tattoo. How are you doing, guys? Rose Tattoo Good, thank...

PHOTO REPORT: Wacken continues with the debut of Def Leppard as headliners

If you're a lover of classic heavy metal sounds, please stick around here for a little bit, because you might enjoy this photo report from the second day of Wacken Open Air. Old and new mix in an incredible and legendary day, where Def Leppard headlined the festival...

Interview with Dirty Shirt

Some bands are so interesting, that you simply can't pass up the opportunity to interview them. Which is why at Wacken Open Air, we got the chance to interview Dirty Shirt from Romania. Benedetta Hello guys, how are you doing guys? Dirty Shirt Great, thank you. I have...

Interview with Kai Hahto

Never meet your heroes, they say. Because they might be disappointing. Well, I know for a fact that my hero is not disappointing at all. That's because he's the extraordinary Kai Hahto, which I've had the pleasure of interviewing during Kaaos Festival last month....

Interview with The Eternal

FemMetal was invited to the listening session of The Eternal's upcoming album titled "Obscured Horizons". We also got the chance to interview bass player Niclas Etelävuori and drummer Jan Rechberger about the release, their plans for the future and of course, women in...

Interview with Markus Vanhala (Omnium Gatherum)

As part of a new episode for Beniy Talks Metal, we are travelling quite far, to London to be precise, to be at the last stop for Omnium Gatherum's European tour. There, we chatted with lead guitarist Markus Vanhala about music, tv shows and women in music! Benedetta...

Interview with Maurizio Iacono (Kataklysm)

The US/French Canadian-based melodic death metal band Kataklysm is now touring Europe, and we couldn't miss the opportunity to chat a bit with lead singer Maurizio about live shows, underground bands and of course, women in metal. You can read here what we talked...