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“We’re still just riding the wave of excitement” – An interview with Trevor Strnad (The Black Dahlia Murder)

Trevor Strnad – The Black Dahlia Murder Touring Australia in September with Belgium’s splatter/ grind masters Aborted, Trevor Strnad from The Black Dahlia Murder shares some thoughts ahead of the shows. As is the norm for most extreme metal...
- Posted 4 days ago
“You can feel the flow of the heavy metal masterpiece” – An interview with Nozomu Wakai (Destinia)

Nozomu Wakai – Destinia Japanese guitar sensation Nozomu Wakai isn’t reinventing the heavy metal wheel so much as re-imagining it. Enlisting current Rainbow vocalist, Ronnie Romero, was more than just a shrewd move by Wakai. Romero is a phenomenal...
- Posted 2 weeks ago
“We’re very excited to see the people again” – An interview with Sven De Caluwe (Aborted)

Sven De Caluwe – Aborted Sven De Caluwe is the fella at the centre of long running Belgian gore/ grind/ death outfit Aborted. Setting his sights on a landmark Australian tour taking in most capital cities with The Black...
- Posted 3 weeks ago
“We are going to the other side of the world” – Aðalbjörn Tryggvason (Sólstafir)

Sólstafir- Aðalbjörn Tryggvason Sólstafir vocalist and guitarist, Aðalbjörn ‘Addi’ Tryggvason visited Australia as a tourist in 1999, recalling fond memories of a country that might just be as far away as one can possibly travel from Iceland’s Keflavík International...
- Posted 4 weeks ago
“It’s just me and a microphone”- An interview with Scott Ian (Anthrax, S.O.D.)

Scott Ian Few in heavy metal are immediately identifiable to the casual fan and listener as Scott Ian, the long-time guitarist in Anthrax and S.O.D. Then again, very few have managed to forge a career as a thrash metal original...
- Posted 1 month ago
“This is death metal” – An interview with Frederic Leclercq (Sinsaenum)

Sinsaenum – Frederic Leclercq It’s often tempting to overlook the quality of an album and focus on the personnel that feature on a recording when given less than 20 minutes to talk to a band spokesman. That temptation runs...
- Posted 1 month ago
“We can’t wait to visit your part of the world” – An interview with Elias Holmlid (Dragonland)

Dragonland – Elias Holmlid Swedish power metal storytellers Dragonland have finally bound for Australian shores this September. Founded in 1999, Dragonland has become one of the most interesting symphonic power metal bands to draw inspiration from their own saga-like narrative,...
- Posted 1 month ago
‘A New Style for Kamelot’ – An Interview with Tommy Karevik (Kamelot)

Kamelot – Tommy Karevik With the release of The Shadow Theory in April this year, Kamelot are on album number twelve and showing no signs of slowing down. I caught up with singer Tommy Karevik to chat about the band,...
- Posted 2 months ago
“It’s all about the journey” – An interview with Thomas Jensen (Wacken Open Air)

Wacken Open Air is commonly understood to be the world’s biggest and arguably most prestigious Heavy Metal Festival. Last Saturday, on the festivals penultimate day, I was honoured to be able to catch up with the festival’s founder Thomas Jensen,...
- Posted 2 months ago
“Metal is like an extreme f*cking sport!” – An interview with Oki and Man (Jasad)

Jasad – Mohamad “Man” Rohman Jasad is a brutal death metal band from Bandung, Indonesia. Jasad means bodies in Indonesian, and after witnessing them absolutely annihilate Waken’s Wasteland stage on Friday evening, I couldn’t think of a more suitable name for the 5 piece...
- Posted 2 months ago

Terrorizer – Caustic Attack
When it was announced in 2011 that ex-Hate Eternal...
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Monstrosity – The Passage of Existence
Is The Passage of Existence an album that offers...
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Triple Kill – Age Of Rebellion
Triple Kill is a 5 piece heavy metal band...
- Posted 1 week ago
Alice In Chains – Rainier Fog
The truly great bands (in any genre) have an...
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Monuments – Phronesis
It may be hard to believe, but this band...
- Posted 2 weeks ago
The Vintage Caravan – Gateways
In 2014 Icelandic classic rock band The Vintage Caravan...
- Posted 2 weeks ago

Interviews

“We’re still just riding the wave of excitement” – An interview with Trevor Strnad (The Black Dahlia Murder)

“You can feel the flow of the heavy metal masterpiece” – An interview with Nozomu Wakai (Destinia)

“We’re very excited to see the people again” – An interview with Sven De Caluwe (Aborted)

“We are going to the other side of the world” – Aðalbjörn Tryggvason (Sólstafir)

“It’s just me and a microphone”- An interview with Scott Ian (Anthrax, S.O.D.)

“This is death metal” – An interview with Frederic Leclercq (Sinsaenum)

“We can’t wait to visit your part of the world” – An interview with Elias Holmlid (Dragonland)

‘A New Style for Kamelot’ – An Interview with Tommy Karevik (Kamelot)

“It’s all about the journey” – An interview with Thomas Jensen (Wacken Open Air)

“Metal is like an extreme f*cking sport!” – An interview with Oki and Man (Jasad)

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