TOBY KNAPP

Aug 12, 2023

Highwire Daze Magazine August 2023 interview with Toby Knapp

Interview by Ken Morton

America’s Guitar Virtuoso Toby Knapp returns with his unique brand of Shredding Black Thrash Metal with Waxen’s long awaited 6th album entitled Die Macht Von Hassen!

Signing with world-renowned guitar god label Shrapnel Records in 1992…

Toby Knapp and Waxen prevails! Critical Reception.

Here's a collection of great reviews of the new Waxen album, “Die Macht Von Hassen”. Enjoy,

Toby Knapp

METAL TEMPLE REVIEW:

Toby Knapp has been making music since he was 19, when he was signed to Shrapnel Records, a label…

Toby Knapp Waxen interview with Transcending the Mundane

1. Here it is, the new Waxen- how do you feel about how it looks and sounds?

TK: I think it sounds really good and very happy with the look, layout, etc. of the album. My mistake was putting M…

Onward into the Future

In 2012 I hadn't touched the guitar for at least a year. I was living in New York learning a new vocation. Inspiration and ideas started to return and I let German label "Rock it Up Records" know I'd have… Read more

Apr 27, 2023

Onward to the End

It was early 2003 and Onward seemed to be on the mend and refocused. We were rehearsed and ready to enter the studio to record "The Neverending Sun". Our belief in the new music and excitement to take it on… Read more

Apr 26, 2023

Albums my Parents threw away!!

My Heavy Metal addiction started when I was about four years old. My older sister had a record player and my parents had a stack of albums. I entertained myself as a toddler by listening to all these albums. I… Read more

Apr 20, 2023

Onward's Final Run pt. 1

In late 2002 Onward completed a relatively successful U.S. tour with Angra but had to cancel the Canadian dates because Michael Grant's girlfriend "misplaced" his passport AFTER he had already packed it into his bag. I issued a warning to… Read more

Apr 19, 2023

Toby Knapp "newer metal" recommendations

I am not a music critic. I like what I like and usually praise it on Social Media. The stuff I dislike I don't discuss because who the fuck am I to judge another musician? I like virtuosos but I… Read more

Apr 18, 2023

Old Bathory + Annihilator influences = AFFLIKTOR!

In 2016 a whole lotta music came to me that I was not expecting. Waxen's "Weihung Auf Satan", my solo album "The Architect of Paradox", Necrytis debut "Countersighns" and this, Affliktor's self titled debut. It was a busy year and… Read more

Apr 14, 2023

Onward tours with Angra

In the fall of 2002, Onward had finished a rough demo of what was to be our third album "New Fathoms Down". I think the whole band had mixed feelings about the music. It was Heavy Metal but had a… Read more