EDITOR IN CHIEF / Creative Director
Michael Presti michael @ 99wnrr . com
15
EXCLUSIVE
After successful debut at M3 festival ,
22 28
COVER STORY
Epica returns refreshed and refocused after a few too-long tours . There is now time to fine tune their craft on the latest release “ Omega ” due in February . Simone Simons , talks about the human code behind the new Epica record , motherhood and more .
LOOKOUT ARTIST
Stroudsburg , PA Band The Crowning is a story about perseverance love and hope , but make no mistake these guys write stories of the human condition from the gut with a heavy side . We talk to Micah Martin and Ace Hendrix .
38
Riley / Nichols version of LA GUNS , gets deal and heads right into the studio . To complete and release “ Renegades .” It ’ s a story only the 80 ’ s | could tell .
EDITORS CHOICE
Founder Wolf Hoffman talks about new Accept album “ Too Mean To Die ”, the changes he has seen in the industry in 45 years and the desire to get back on the road and always keeping it metal !
SEGMENT writers USA Correspondents
DJ Pearlman Jarrett Maier Kyle Gilbert Bernard Griess Ronnie Stoeckel RTFX MSFX
UK CORRESPONDENT
The Highlander
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
Chris Presti
CHIEF copy editor
Tracie Lovett
copy editor ASST
Lucretia Thompson Ronnie Stoeckel Chris Presti
OWNER / CEO
Christine Presti msfx @ neueregelradio . com
CONTENT AND MEDIA PARTNERS
Reverbnation ® Nuclear Blast Rccords AtomSplitter PR Frontier Records The Orchard TAG Public Relations No Problem Marketing Jar Jams Entertainment
54
PLUS : JAMES DURBIN , CADAVER , HYRO THE HERO , WILDWAYS , AVAT , and MORE >>>
TOTAL INSIDER
Michael Schenker celebrates 5oth anniversary in the industry with the return of the Michael Schenker Group and a new album to complete trilogy , “ Immortal ”. for comments or inquiries TOTAL ORDER MAGAZINE 206 3rd Street Barnegat , NJ 08005
© 2021 Neue Regel Productions
Page 3