Interviews
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“Everybody’s really genuinely excited”- An interview with Frank Bello (Anthrax)
Frank Bello has been the bass guitarist on every Anthrax album since 1984, aside from a very brief departure to join fellow New York noise merchants Helmet in 2005, each evolution of the band since then has featured his...
- Posted 6 years ago
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“We’ve already started writing for the next album” – An interview with Mark Kelson (The Eternal)
How do you measure success? Just as there are different levels of success, there are also different types. The type that comes to most people’s minds of course when the word is spoken is a financial and commercial success....
- Posted 6 years ago
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“There’s nothing quite like it” – An interview with Kin Etik (Twelve Foot Ninja)
Melbourne genre-fusing five-piece Twelve Foot Ninja has been around for well over ten years now, and have seen their star rise steadily across the nation an around the globe during that time. So much so that they have played...
- Posted 6 years ago
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“It’s truly our privilege” – An interview with Ihsahn (Emperor)
Emperor. The name says it all. Black metal royalty. The undisputed heavyweight champions of the Scandinavian movement that continues to inspire musicians whose craft is dedicated to the left-hand path. Vegard Tveitan ply’s his trade under the Ihsahn pseudonym...
- Posted 6 years ago
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“We’re really looking forward to coming down” – An interview with Keshav Dhar (Skyharbor)
Skyharbor is one of those bands that everyone has to listen to; whether you are a fan of progressive music or not – the music they create definitely speaks to you in some way. I had the pleasure of...
- Posted 6 years ago
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“We’ve got a new album to play on top of the old stuff” – An interview with Lajon Witherspoon (Sevendust)
It’s probably a good problem to have in a number of ways, but it must also be a pain in other ways, when you are a long-running band with many albums behind you, writing a setlist that attempts to...
- Posted 6 years ago
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“I’m so excited, I just can’t wait to play with them” – An interview with Matt Cooper (El Colosso)
Sometimes in life, and even in music, the planets align. Like when excellent and deserving local acts score big supports with bands they know and love, and have been a fan of for a long time. Matt Cooper, frontman...
- Posted 6 years ago
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“We don’t want to go on stage and play boring songs that no one likes” – An interview with Chris Bowes (Alestorm)
Alestorm is once again swashbuckling their way through Australia on tour and I caught up with singer/keytarist Chris Bowes to chat about their plans during their time Down Under. Unsurprisingly, for a man who dresses and sings like a...
- Posted 6 years ago
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“Watain in a much more primal, primitive setting” – An interview with Erik Danielsson (Watain)
Watain… black metal elite! Fearsome Scandinavians… peddling fire, impaled animal heads, tridents and spiked wristbands. Brutally uncompromising black metal inspired by the great Belial himself. Yep, they’re all that! To many fans of the blackened musical arts, the name...
- Posted 6 years ago
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“We’re committed to writing new music” – An interview with Ezekiel Ox (Mammal)
In the late 2000s, the name ‘Mammal’ was everywhere in Aussie rock circles. The high-energy Melbourne quartet was selling out big venues across the nation, playing big festivals and generally building unstoppable momentum and profile on the local scene....
- Posted 6 years ago
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Album Reviews
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El Colosso – Forgotten Ancestors
Another heavily underrated local act, this Melbourne band has...
- Posted 4 years ago
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Markus Saastamoinen – Puzzle Pieces
A little background on Markus Saastomoinen: he is a...
- Posted 4 years ago
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Plini – Impulse Voices
The new album from Sydney instrumental guitar prodigy Plini...
- Posted 4 years ago
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HJELVIK – Welcome to Hel
Ex-Kevelertak frontman Erlend Hjelvik is about to open the...
- Posted 4 years ago