Though they were frozen for a whole twelve years, the swedes Evocation belong to the first generation of melodic death metal bands and, since their return on 2006 the band has been proving that they're a force to be reckon within this genre. Guitar player Marko Palmén has been part of Evocation since its beginning in 1991 and spoke to us about the present and the past of his band and has also took us for a dive in the History of the Swedish Metal Scene.

For a long time that the French squadron Merrimack is considered one of its country's Black Metal's flag bearers, a cult band on the genre's more kvlt side.