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“Australia is the part of the world I haven’t been so far” – An interview with Peavy Wagner (Rage)

Rage – Peavy Wagner Rage’s front man, bassist and vocalist extraordinaire Peavy Wagner might need some introduction to the Australian audience. “Australia is the part of the world I haven’t been so far, and I’m really curious! I hope we...
- Posted 6 days ago
“We all feel like the scene could use something fresh” – An Interview with Jordan Eberhardt (The Contortionist)

The Contortionist – Jordan Eberhardt The creative process can be a strange one, no matter whether you are creating a movie, a painting, a piece of sculpture, an album, or whatever it happens to be, especially if you start with...
- Posted 2 weeks ago
“I’m stoked, we love Australia” – An Interview With James LaBrie (Dream Theater)

Dream Theater – James LaBrie Pro touring acts often have little say in where they play, the scheduling and make-up of their tours and so on, as this is mostly handled by managers, booking agents, promoters and other various...
- Posted 2 weeks ago
“It still feels like we’re growing and moving forward” – An Interview With Sean Harmanis (Make Them Suffer)

Make Them Suffer – Sean Harmanis Almost a decade into their career, Perth extreme outfit Make them Suffer have produced their masterwork. Whilst their sound on their previous releases was extremely well developed and deeply compelling in its own...
- Posted 4 weeks ago
“It doesn’t even start with the band” – An Interview with Dustin Bates (Starset)

Starset – Dustin Bates American rock act Starset released one of 2017’s best albums earlier in the year, an epic cinematic rock experience called Vessels. However, they are more than ‘just’ a band. The career and the output of...
- Posted 1 month ago
“There’s a big emphasis on the 70s thing” – An Interview With Steve Hackett

It’s nigh on impossible to fathom, but one of the most revered figures in progressive and rock music, former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett, a man with an illustrious, virtually half-century long career behind him, has never plucked a string...
- Posted 2 months ago
“Personally, I want to see a Bunyip” – An Interview With Alan Averill “Nemtheanga” (Primordial)

When many think of blackened folk metal bands or the idea of ‘Celtic metal’, a name that often comes to the minds of metalheads is that of Irish natives, Primordial. Having existed in one capacity or another since 1987,...
- Posted 2 months ago
“Big guitars, big energy and a big heartbeat” – An interview with Wayne Clarris (Toxicon)

Toxicon – Wayne Clarris Toxicon are a quintet from Geelong producing razor sharp modern thrash metal in the vein of Gojira and Lamb of God… the type of groove oriented metal that the great Dimebag may have thrown back a...
- Posted 2 months ago
“It’s the first time for us ever in Australia” – An Interview with Diego Tejeida (Haken)

Haken – Diego Tejeida Many bands have an ambition to make a living from pursuing their art, and this a good and worthy goal. It’s an extremely difficult place to get to in this era, an era of poor...
- Posted 2 months ago
“People who like your band don’t look at the hate” – An Interview with Alex Reade and Laurence Appleby (Drown This City)

When you play in a band, internet-hate is just about inevitable. Haters are always out there, watching, waiting for their opportunity to strike, to unleash their relentless volleys of vitriol at any act that happens to fall slightly outside...
- Posted 2 months ago

Iced Earth – Incorruptible
If Iced Earth guitarist, visionary and main-man Jon Schaffer...
- Posted 6 days ago
Thy Art Is Murder – Dear Desolation
Thy Art Is Murder are a seminal Deathcore band...
- Posted 2 weeks ago
The Contortionist – Clairvoyant
Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore modern tech...
- Posted 2 weeks ago
Cellar Darling – This Is The Sound
It came as a mighty shock back in May...
- Posted 3 weeks ago
Septicflesh – Codex Omega
Many bands are juxtaposing orchestral stylings with heaviness in...
- Posted 4 weeks ago
Rage – Seasons of the Black
Frontman, vocalist and bassist Peter ‘Peavy’ Wagner has done...
- Posted 4 weeks ago

Interviews

“Australia is the part of the world I haven’t been so far” – An interview with Peavy Wagner (Rage)

“We all feel like the scene could use something fresh” – An Interview with Jordan Eberhardt (The Contortionist)

“I’m stoked, we love Australia” – An Interview With James LaBrie (Dream Theater)

“It still feels like we’re growing and moving forward” – An Interview With Sean Harmanis (Make Them Suffer)

“It doesn’t even start with the band” – An Interview with Dustin Bates (Starset)

“There’s a big emphasis on the 70s thing” – An Interview With Steve Hackett

“Personally, I want to see a Bunyip” – An Interview With Alan Averill “Nemtheanga” (Primordial)

“Big guitars, big energy and a big heartbeat” – An interview with Wayne Clarris (Toxicon)

“It’s the first time for us ever in Australia” – An Interview with Diego Tejeida (Haken)

“People who like your band don’t look at the hate” – An Interview with Alex Reade and Laurence Appleby (Drown This City)

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