GOATWHORE – BEN FALGOUST Goatwhore have been attacking ear-drums with their heavy tunes since 1997 and still continue to do so almost two decades later. Ahead of their third visit to our shores, Metal Obsession had an...

GEORGE KOLLIAS George Kollias, often dubbed as a  ‘machine’ is hands down one of the greatest drummers that ever walked the face of this planet. I exaggerate not – watching him drum makes your eyeballs hurt. When...

Greg Puciato – Killer Be Killed In what I like to call ‘The Age of Supergroups’ given the insane number of them that has been sprouting up in the past few months, there’s really only one band...

Perttu Kivilaakso – Apocalyptica I’m never entirely sure what’s in the water in Finland but that country is home to some of the most amazing musicians/bands in the world, Apocalyptica being one of them. Starting off as...

Our country is known for its mad, heavy music scene: being home to some of the most extreme bands known to mankind;  bands that will melt your face and drill holes in your cranium with the sheer...

Max Cavalera – Cavalera Conspiracy/Killer Be Killed It’s not everyday that you get to casually skype with and pick the brains of  one of the greatest musicians that ever lived. I’m talking about the mighty Brazilian beast...

Jesse Leach All musicians are known to have a secret life, alter egos past the rockstar image that we see, a life that is as normal as it is for most of us. But it’s not everyday...

Dagon – Inquisition Out of the mysterious world of black metal comes  Colombian duo Inquisition, a band that is renowned for it’s extreme, heavy and dark music. There is no looking back when you turn on an...

I probably say this every year but 2014 has been complete madness for heavy music in all it’s forms and sounds. I’ve listened to SO much music this year I’m pretty sure I don’t remember even half...

Nick Holmes – Bloodbath Bloodbath are one of those bands that I hold the highest regard for with their mind-numbingly heavy brand of metal. September this year, the band announced the replacement of the brilliant Mikael Akerfeldt...