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“Australian promoters have underestimated us” – An Interview with Pär Sundström (Sabaton)

Sabaton – Pär Sundström Having been an absolutely massive fan of my own country’s Sabaton since about 2007, and having worked with the band on a couple of occasions, I have been eagerly anticipated this interview since I started at...
- Posted 7 years ago
“This is our heaviest album yet…” An Interview With Nick Holmes (Paradise Lost)

Nick Holmes – Paradise Lost Doom metal is synonymous with the name Paradise Lost. Formed in 1988, the band hailing from Halifax, England have been a force to be reckoned with in the world of metal, carving their niche...
- Posted 7 years ago
“We never really expected to take this band anywhere…” – An interview with Matt Young (King Parrot)

Matt Young – King Parrot Rewind to 2010. Out of all the individuals rehearsing in the sweat, beer and cigarette stinking rehearsal rooms in the suburbs of Melbourne, the collective that comprise the core membership of King Parrot may...
- Posted 7 years ago
“There wasn’t that much tension really” – An Interview with Chris Broderick (Act of Defiance)

Chris Broderick – Act of Defiance It was fortune in my favour that I could communicate with Chris Broderick, the guitarist in excellent Los Angeles based nouveau-thrash quartet Act Of Defiance. A member of a band that I had...
- Posted 7 years ago
“I’m glad our adrenal glands are still reliable” – An Interview with Kin Etik (Twelve Foot Ninja)

Twelve Foot Ninja – Kin Etik Melbourne’s mighty masters of metal and rock ‘fusion’, Twelve Foot Ninja, released their second opus Outlier just over a year ago, and since then have been traversing the globe, bringing their spectacular live...
- Posted 7 years ago
“The music industry landscape has changed…” – (An interview with Andy Marsh)

Thy Art Is Murder – Andy Marsh Thy Art Is Murder shouldn’t exist. Not as they do, at least. According to conventional wisdom, they should be a weekend warrior band, taking their extreme and commercially unviable music to Australia’s...
- Posted 7 years ago
“There’s always a couple of critics who are holier than thou” – An Interview With Chris Jericho (Fozzy)

Chris Jericho – Fozzy With his seventh album firmly off its tether and unleashed into the hard rock netherverse, Chris Jericho has a little time to reflect on the work and the journey of Fozzy’s latest release, Judas. “We...
- Posted 7 years ago
“I didn’t want to just be a musician, I wanted to be an entrepreneur” – An Interview with Joel Orford (Lagerstein)

Lagerstein – Joel Orford Joel Orford is the violin player and spokesperson for Brisbane pirate metal vagabonds, Lagerstein. The band are concluding a successful (and long!) tour of the pubs and clubs of Europe. Orford called me from his...
- Posted 7 years ago
“Our main goal was to create the most brutal heavy offering” – An interview with Helmuth Lehner (Belphegor)

Belphegor – Helmuth Lehner Austrian extreme metal band, Belphegor, recently released their crushing new album Totenritual, out now via Nuclear Blast Records. Metal Obsession’s, Prathana had the pleasure to speak, Helmuth Lehner, prior to the release of the new album, Totenritual. Prarthana:...
- Posted 7 years ago
“Our Australian fans have been neglected” – An Interview with Brock Lindow (36 Crazyfists)

36 Crazyfists – Brock Lindow One of the first things that strikes the listener when experiencing Lanterns, the newie from long-running Alaskan powerhouse 36 Crazyfists, especially when opener Death Eater explodes from the speakers, is the sheer anger with which...
- Posted 7 years ago

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Interviews

“Australian promoters have underestimated us” – An Interview with Pär Sundström (Sabaton)

“This is our heaviest album yet…” An Interview With Nick Holmes (Paradise Lost)

“We never really expected to take this band anywhere…” – An interview with Matt Young (King Parrot)

“There wasn’t that much tension really” – An Interview with Chris Broderick (Act of Defiance)

“I’m glad our adrenal glands are still reliable” – An Interview with Kin Etik (Twelve Foot Ninja)

“The music industry landscape has changed…” – (An interview with Andy Marsh)

“There’s always a couple of critics who are holier than thou” – An Interview With Chris Jericho (Fozzy)

“I didn’t want to just be a musician, I wanted to be an entrepreneur” – An Interview with Joel Orford (Lagerstein)

“Our main goal was to create the most brutal heavy offering” – An interview with Helmuth Lehner (Belphegor)

“Our Australian fans have been neglected” – An Interview with Brock Lindow (36 Crazyfists)

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