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“Finntroll is about freedom to do whatever you want” – An Interview With Mathias “Vreth” Lillmåns

Finntroll are one of those names that everyone in the metal community seems to know. Birthed as the brainchild of the late Teemu “Somnium” Raimoranta after a night of too much drinking, Finntroll have over the years firmly inebriated...
- Posted 12 years ago
“…we feel like we are finally writing Fleshgod music” – a Q&A with Fleshgod Apocalypse

Italy’s Fleshgod Apocalypse are coming to the end of their much awaited first Australian tour, and from all reports they have kicked major arse so far, alongside tour buddies Septic Flesh. Their last album Labrynth was yet another in a string of brilliantly crafted orchestral...
- Posted 12 years ago
“It’s so fucking fun to bring like 6000 people and make it feel like you’re at a backyard party” – An interview with Michael Starr

LA’s hottest export, Steel Panther, are gearing up for some heavy touring after the release of their third studio album All You Can Eat in April of this year. The band have been busy working on their popular YouTube...
- Posted 12 years ago
“…this is what I do” – An Interview with Alexi Laiho

Before Children of Bodom arrive and begin their massive ‘Halo of Blood over Australia’ tour this May (Melbourne on the 7th, Sydney on the 9th and Brisbane on the 10th) with Eye of the Enemy and Emergency Gate, they’ve...
- Posted 12 years ago
“I think we’re in a great period of amazing Australian music” – an interview with Lord’s Andy Dowling

This weekend sees one of Metal Obsession’s favourite Aussie bands hit the road. With every show, Sydney’s LORD prove yet again to be one of the most entertaining and hard working bands in the country, and with this tour designed to...
- Posted 12 years ago
“Pavlova. It is the dessert of the gods” – An interview with Christopher Bowes

The epic power metallers Gloryhammer are fast approaching our shores, mounted high on the backs of unicorns blazing through fields of steel! Sorry, I couldn’t resist. That being said, Metal Obsession recently had the pleasure of speaking with Christopher...
- Posted 12 years ago
“I wanted to be like Judas Priest” – An interview with Steve Hughes

Steve Hughes is a man at a very important crossroads. While he’s happy as ever to wax lyrical about the good ol days of death and thrash metal in Australia, pontificate on the dangers of the New World Order,...
- Posted 12 years ago
Death Angel – “I don’t know the definition of ‘spare time’ these days.” (An interview with Rob Cavestany)

With their seventh studio album 'The Dream Calls for Blood' (which was a best album of 2013 on Metal Obsession) under their belt, Bay Area thrash titans Death Angel are stronger than ever. And for the first time since...
- Posted 12 years ago
Lost Society – “We’re having the time of our lives.” (An interview with Samy Elbanna)

Lost Society – Samy Elbanna Coming all the way from Jyväskyla, Finland is a band of young thrashers with a desire to write fast music and party hard. Forming in 2010, Lost Society have already made a big name for themselves,...
- Posted 12 years ago
“I write the lyrics sitting out in my truck. That’s pretty much how it goes” – An interview with Zakk Wylde

After 9 studio albums, countless tours and gigs, and a kickass Rock and Roll attitude that is sorely lacking in modern music today, Zakk Wylde is still completely and utterly down to Earth. On a rare day off on...
- Posted 12 years ago

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Interviews

“Finntroll is about freedom to do whatever you want” – An Interview With Mathias “Vreth” Lillmåns

“…we feel like we are finally writing Fleshgod music” – a Q&A with Fleshgod Apocalypse

“It’s so fucking fun to bring like 6000 people and make it feel like you’re at a backyard party” – An interview with Michael Starr

“…this is what I do” – An Interview with Alexi Laiho

“I think we’re in a great period of amazing Australian music” – an interview with Lord’s Andy Dowling

“Pavlova. It is the dessert of the gods” – An interview with Christopher Bowes

“I wanted to be like Judas Priest” – An interview with Steve Hughes

Death Angel – “I don’t know the definition of ‘spare time’ these days.” (An interview with Rob Cavestany)

Lost Society – “We’re having the time of our lives.” (An interview with Samy Elbanna)

“I write the lyrics sitting out in my truck. That’s pretty much how it goes” – An interview with Zakk Wylde

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