“We came to a mutual decision that my time was over in VIO-LENCE…all my [APOCÆLYPSE] stuff was getting released simultaneous with all this stuff that’s going on with VIO-LENCE.” - Ira Black
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with IRA BLACK of APOCÆLYPSE
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with MICHAEL SWEET of STRYPER (2026)
“That’s the goal and that’s the plan, to do three STRYPER albums in January [2027], and release them every couple of years… Get us while you can. Get me while I can still sing how I sing now, cuz in two years I may not be singing like I’m singing.” - Michael Sweet
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with FRANCESCO CAVALIERI of V.B.O. & WIND ROSE
“[Hasbro doesn’t need] to apologize, because life and death are both part of this world. Obviously, if you love a character you don’t want him to die, but at the end…it’s just a cartoon.” - Francesco Cavalieri
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with BRITTANY SLAYES of UNLEASH THE ARCHERS
“[UNLEASH THE ARCHERS is] not the kind of band that is constantly shoving junk in your face to get engagement.” - Brittany Slayes
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with RON FRESCHI of SCAR CHAMBER
“I didn’t want [the band name] to sound like we’re playing at Back Angus on Thursday, and I didn’t want it to be like we’re Norway’s latest Death Metal band.” - Ron Freschi
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with MAT SINNER of SINNER, PRIMAL FEAR
“When I saw my schedule for PRIMAL FEAR, I thought, there’s not enough space to do anything with SINNER.” - Mat Sinner
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with SEAN MANNING of THE EXILES
"We got together for the pure love of music and that’s it.” - Sean Manning
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with PATRICK GAGLIARDI of STORM FORCE
“We took a long time to write [‘Truth’]. It wasn’t to make it perfect, it really was just scheduling.” - Patrick Gagliardi
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with PETE BLAKK and ANDY LAROCQUE of LEX LEGION
”I thought it was really important that this shouldn’t be a continuation or a copy of anything that we’d done previously.” - Andy LaRocque
KNAC.COM Exclusive: Interview with MORGAN ROSE of SEVENDUST
“We’ve had people that have come up and said, fifteen records? Do you think anybody really wants to hear anything new? Then this [album] comes out, and it actually [does] really well…I guess we’ll keep making ‘em.” - Morgan Rose
