Video | Interview with German thrashers Traitor in Tokyo
When German thrash metal band Traitor stopped by Tokyo for a warm-up gig on their way to perform at the True Thrash Fest in Osaka, Roppongi Rocks sat down with the band for a chat. Watch the interview in the video below.
German thrashers Lorenz Kandolf (bass), Matthias Koch (guitar), Gerd Hery (guitar) and Andreas Mozer (drums/vocals) from the band Traitor met with Roppongi Rocks’ Stefan Nilsson for an interview shortly before they performed their first-ever show in Japan at the legendary underground venue Earthdom.
Traitor formed in Balingen, Germany, in 2009. They have released four full-length studio albums, the most recent being “Exiled to the Surface” from 2022.
The discussion covered things such as how they decided to play thrash metal, the difference between old-school thrash from the ‘80s and Traitor, playing in Japan, writing music, lyrical themes, being part of the German metal scene and much more.
This interview was filmed at Shin-Okubo International Hotel in Tokyo, Japan, on 13th February 2026.
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