Veronica Freeman aka “The V” will be known to many as the lead singer of Benedictum, however she has just released her first solo album through Frontiers Records called “Now or Never”. I’d arranged to speak to The V about her new album whilst she was in the UK recently but circumstances led to it being rescheduled and we’d arranged to chat via Skype on 6th July; only for technical issues to force a change to the traditional phone interview. So, my thanks to The V for making sure we got the interview recorded and for providing a few laughs along the way! The interview was broadcast on The Friday NI Rocks Show on 10th July and is now available on our MixCloud page - Interview with Veronica "The V" Freeman on the Friday NI Rocks Show 10th July 2015 by Nirocks on Mixcloud
“Memories Of An Ancient Time” is the excellent new album from Italian band Hollow Haze and it was released through Scarlet Records on 9th June. It is the sixth album from the band and comes after they had parted company with former lead singer Fabio Lione. The remaining members of the band continued and invited a number of guest vocalists to contribute to the album. To be honest that was what caught my eye in the press release about the album, as one of the guest singers is Amanda Somerville who I interviewed recently and rate very highly ( http://www.rockradioni.co.uk/interviews/1974-ni-rocks-interview-with-amanda-somerville.html ). Other guest vocalists include Mats Leven (Yngwie Malmsteen, Therion, Candlemass), Rick Altzi (Masterplan, At Vance), Ivan Giannini (Derdian) and Claudia Layline (Serenade).
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