Next interviews on the show

We will have a The Haunted special on Friday March 14th featuring and interview with Marco and Jensen (so funny those guys!) on their recent visit to London and lots of great tracks.
Then on March 21st an interview with Brian Fair of Shadows Fall, top guy!

On another front, the website is undergoing a facelift and you will be able to see the results very soon! A million thanks to Yoda for working so hard and being so good!

Poisonblack on the show

On Friday February the 28th we will be talking to Sentenced’s singer Ville Laihiala about his own band Poisonblack as well as playing tracks from their debut album Escapextacy.

Old Man’s Child Special

On Friday February 21st, we will be talking to Dimmu Borgir’s guitarist and Old Man’s Child frontman Galder. We will be chatting about life between two bands, the state of black metal in Norway and even Satanism. There will also be some goodies to be won!

Detonation get a record deal!

Sex to 9 wants to congratulate Detonation for their record deal with Osmose Productions. We hope that this is the start of a very long and bright future for you. We are delighted and we’ll keep supporting you!

Many congratulations too to the three winners of the competition. Your copy of the limited edition of An Epic Defiance will be on its way this week

Valentine’s Day Sex to 9 style

Next Friday is of course Valentine’s Day but we want to keep it Sex to 9 style so if you want to request any songs or make any suggestions go to the message board and post them there or email them to me. They don’t all have to be romantic….
Let’s make Friday’s show a truly special one!

Listeners Top 20 albums of 2002

Here’s the list again, your favourite albums of 2002:

1- In Flames "Reroute to Remain" Nuclear Blast
2- Lacuna Coil "Comalies" Century Media
3- Arch Enemy "Wages Of Sin" Century Media
4- Dark Tranquillity "Damage Done" Century Media
5- Soilwork "Natural Born Chaos" Nuclear Blast
6- Opeth "Deliverance" Music For Nations
7- Nightwish "Century Child" Spinefarm
8- Nile "In Their Darkened Shrines" Relapse
9- The Crown "Crowned In Terror" Metal Blade
10- Hypocrisy "Catch 22" Nuclear Blast
11- Sirenia "At Sixes Snd Sevens" Napalm
12- Arcturus "The Sham Mirrors" Ad Astra
13- Sentenced "The Cold White Light" Century Media
14- NonExist "Deus Deceptor" New Hawen
15- Theory In Practice "Colonizing The Sun" Listenable
16- Insomnium "In The Halls Of Awaiting" Candlelight
17- Immortal
"Sons Of Northern Darkness" Nuclear Blast
18- Kalmah "They Will Return" Spinefarm
19- Eternal Oath "Righteous" GAR
20- Dimension Zero "Silent Night Fever" Regain

The "Top Albums" button now takes you to my Top 20 Albums of 2002. Many congratulations to all the bands, most especially In Flames. Here’s to another year of great music!

Best of 2002

1- In Flames “Reroute To Remain”

2- Dark Tranquillity “Damage Done”

3- Arch Enemy “Wages of Sin” (2CD)

4- Lacuna Coil “Comalies”

5- Soilwork “Natural Born Chaos”

6- Opeth “Deliverance”

7- The Crown “Crowned in Terror”

8- Hypocrisy “Catch 22”

9- Dimension Zero “Silent Night Fever”

10- NonExist “Deus Deceptor”

11- Insomnium “In The Halls Of Awaiting”

12- Tiamat “Judas Christ”

13- Kalmah “They Will Return”

14- Eternal Oath “Righteous”

15- Beyond The Embrace “Against The Elements”

16- Bloodbath “Resurrection Through Carnage”

17- Sirenia “At Sixes and Sevens”

18- Callenish Circle “Flesh Power Dominion”

19- Darkane “Expanding Senses”

20- Bloodrose “Into Oblivion”

María’s Five star picks:

New Comers:

Enter Chaos “Dreamworker” (Metal Mind Productions)
Official Enter Chaos Website

Demo of the Year:

WithinY “Feeble & Weak”
Official WithinY Website

Merry Christmas to all

I’m off to my holiday now but don’t forget that the Top 20 albums shows will be aired on Friday Dec 20th and Friday Dec 27th.

You can find my Top 20 albums of 2002 on the site on Saturday the 21st.

I will be back live on air on Friday January 3rd, until then Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year!

Listeners Top 20 Albums of 2002

Thank you all for your lists! You’ll be able to hear the results on the last Sex to 9 of the year on Friday December 27th. My Top 20 albums of 2002 will be aired on Friday December 20th and both lists will be available on the site.

I know you’re all dying to know who is No.1 but you’ll have to wait a bit longer. It’s been a close race though I can tell you that!

Dark Tranquillity on the show

On Friday December the 6th I will be airing the interview with Mikael Stanne of Dark Tranquillity recorded before their awesome and mind blowing gig in London.