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Interview: Orange Goblin Frontman Ben Ward Discusses Making Of New Album

By Andrew Bansal

After a gap of five years, British stoner rock band Orange Goblin are back with their seventh studio effort “A Eulogy For The Damned”, an album that has definitely proved to be worth the wait in my opinion. Yesterday; I spoke to vocalist Ben Ward on the phone to talk in detail about the making of the album, and about the band’s signing to Candlelight Records. Read the conversation below, and check out the band’s facebook page for more info on them. Continue reading “Interview: Orange Goblin Frontman Ben Ward Discusses Making Of New Album”

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Interview: 10 Year-Old Guitar Prodigy Nik Kai Talks About Gibson’s New “Firebird X”

By Andrew Bansal

The story of 10-year old Nik Kai is truly astonishing. He’s an LA-based guitarist who has already played with the best in the hard rock world, won awards, and made appearances at high-profile events like Dimebash, Revolver Golden Gods, and the likes. I saw him recently at the Dimebash event, and honestly, I was really taken aback by what he was able to do on the guitar, at such a young age. Besides doing these gigs, he writes his own music and is now the proud endorsee of the new Gibson Firebird X guitar. To know more about Nik, simply read the conversation below. I did this interview with him last month, a couple of weeks after Dimebash. This was done indirectly through his mom, even though he does join the interview himself to talk about the specifics of the guitar. Continue reading “Interview: 10 Year-Old Guitar Prodigy Nik Kai Talks About Gibson’s New “Firebird X””