INTERVIEWS

Malleus – rock art collective.

By Ola | Published: 2 April 2013

This interview has a chance to reach wider audience. Some readers might hear about Malleus for the first time ever. Thus, tell us few words about Malleus story. Poia: Malleus Rock Art Lab are: Urlo, Lu and me (Poia). We can say that we’re an art collective and we’re devoted to the rock music. One [...] Read More…

“Party bands haters” – interview with John Haughm of Agalloch.

By Ola | Published: 8 March 2013

Melancholic, ethereal, dangerous and mysterious. Those words perfectly describe Agalloch’s music. Music which contains elements of black metal, folk, and very sophisticated post rock, to name a few. In May the band will hit Poland for the first time in its almost 20 years career. There is no word like “compromise” in Agalloch members’ vocabulary. [...] Read More…

“Shadow man” – interview with Attila Csihar of Mayhem.

By Ola | Published: 21 February 2013

A true legend of extreme and experimental music. Unbelievable vocalist and, at the same time, performer. A kind of artist that grabs your attention immediately, as soon as enters the stage, and there is no chance for you to stop looking at him. In May he will come to Poland once more. Attila Csihar on [...] Read More…

“Come and scream with me!” – interview with Andy Bothwell aka Astronautalis.

By Ola | Published: 14 February 2013

In February 2012 he headlined Asymmetry Festival Before Party and left the audience amazed by his performance. In 2013 Andy Bothwell aka Astronautalis is coming back to Poland and is going to play at exactly the same event in Wroclaw’s Centennial Hall. Andy’s music is often labeled as alternative hip hop, but this description is [...] Read More…

Living a thousand lives – interview with Will Brooks, aka MC Dälek, aka IconAclass.

By Ola | Published: 11 February 2013

Calling him an icon wouldn’t be an exaggeration. Will Brooks, aka MC Dälek, aka IconAclass, certainly earned this description through his, over decade long, career. After working with Oktopus as Dälek for 15 years, he switched to a new project. IconAclass. As IconAclass Will is going to perform during the 5th installment of Asymmetry Festival. [...] Read More…

“Beauty in harshness” – interview with Johannes Persson, vocalist and guitar player of Cult Of Luna.

By Ola | Published: 28 January 2013

Ladies and gentlemen adoring heavy, alternative sounds! We are proud to present to you the first interview with an artist, who will grace the stage of Asymmetry Festival 2013. The magnificent Swedes from Cult Of Luna! Lucky coincidence is fantastic. Johannes Persson, key figure in Swedish post metal masters Cult Of Luna, is a very [...] Read More…

“I’d invest the first million in my band” – a conversation with Robert Chmielewski, the director of Asymmetry Festival

By Ola | Published: 23 January 2013

Change is very frequently one of the ingredients of progress and success. Asymmetry Festival is a constant element on the concert-map of Poland, yearly at the beginning of May. The event changes from to year to year, and the visible sign of its success is the growing number of artists and fans. The fifth edition [...] Read More…

Shining

By Ola | Published: 7 November 2012

Shining is a musical hurricane, which is really hard to classify in terms of style. They started playing jazz, then switched to rock, and finally started to play metal. Or maybe it’s just „Blackjazz”, as they entitled their last studio album and live album? The band is finishing their next studio album, which will be [...] Read More…

Metallic Taste Of Blood

By Ola | Published: 7 November 2012

Usually on Asymmetry Festival there are music supegroups in its lineup but looking at Metallic Taste Of Blood, which contains musicians like Balázs Pándi, Colin Edwin, Eraldo Bernocchi and Jamie Saft, it seems it’s gonna be amazing event which you definetely can’t miss. Jakub Knera: Do you like summaries of records made by journalists at [...] Read More…

Matadores

By Ola | Published: 7 November 2012

They will come to Asymmetry and none of them will bring a single guitar. Matadores’ Italians Gianmaria Gobetti and Gianmaria Gaspari talk about how playing just with keyboards and drums can be more powerful than a few guitars. Jakub Knera: How do you feel about playing on festival where almost every band uses guitars? You [...] Read More…

Balázs Pándi

By Ola | Published: 7 November 2012

Asymmetry festival audience knows him very well. It is hard to find musician that would occur in so many musical formations of a such wide spectrum as Balázs Pándi. This year he will come to Asymmetry in more than just one group and will lead the workshops as well. Jakub Knera: Do you like playing [...] Read More…

Amenra

By Ola | Published: 7 November 2012

They will come to Asymmetry for the third time and second year in a row. The audience of the Wrocław’s festival knows them very well and we can be sure of the great upcoming experience because Amenra concerts never disappoint. As team leader says, on stage they are giving all from themselves.  That’s even more [...] Read More…