TAKING A RISK

By Johanne James

EXCLUSIVE NAMM 2020 Report By

MARTIN HELMANTEL (7 MILES TO PITTSBURGH)

One of THE places to be recently was NAMM 2020. A music convention where every who is who of the music industry was present. This year drummer Dirk Bruinenberg and bassist Martin Helmantel (both of the very promising Dutch rock band 7 Miles To Pittsburgh) went to this Walhalla for musicians. Exclusively for HeadBangers LifeStyle Martin wrote a personal blog about his NAMM experience.

BONDED

`Sodom is history for us' [Markus “Makka” Freiwald, drummer]

Drummer Markus “Makka” Freiwald and guitarist Bernd “Bernemann” Kost can be considered as pioneers of the German Thrash Metal scene, being part of that scene for over 35 years now. They have been on the payroll of well-known bands such as Despair, Angel Dust, Voodoo Cult, Kreator and of course Sodom. And it is that last band that stirred up quite the commotion, which lead to the formation of Makka’s and Bernemann’s new Thrash Metal home BONDED. The two musicians teamed up with guitarist Chris Tsitsis (ex-Suicidal Angels, Destroy Them), bass player Marc Hauschild and vocalist Ingo Bajonczak of Assassin and former frontman of New Damage, Supersoma and Lord Of Giant and feel very confident about the recently released debut `Rest In Violence’ via household label Century Media. HeadBangers LifeStyle’s Lilo asked Makka and Bernemann a few questions about their new Thrash Metal adventure.