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INTERVIEW: David Sullivan – Red Fang
The last time Australia saw Red Fang was at the Soundwave Festival in 2013 which turned out to have a bit of a stoner/doom metal theme with some great bands including the last ever […]
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INTERVIEW: Ashley Doodkorte – Voyager
Voyager are heading out of Perth again for a headlining tour around Australia in support of their latest album “V” and their new video set for release soon as well as a tour to […]
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INTERVIEW: Biff Byford – Saxon
We recently had the privilege to sit down over Skype with Biff Byford, the Legendary front man regarding their upcoming debut at Rock on The Range. Biff is the creative genius behind one of […]
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INTERVIEW: Mikael Akerfeldt – Opeth
Opeth have always been a band that have strived to push the boundaries of music and while the band caught a bit of flak with their last album “Heritage”, their latest album “Pale Communion” […]
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INTERVIEW: John Corabi – The Dead Daisies
THE DEAD DAISIES HIT AUSTRALIA IN DECEMBER for a whirlwind tour which received a huge response from the crowds that packed each of their shows across the Country, it was a great ‘welcome home’ […]
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INTERVIEW: Cronos – Venom
“From The Very Depths” is the latest album from the original black metal band that is Venom. While the album is fantastic, it was not the focus of our conversation as we caught up […]
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INTERVIEW: Yngwie Malmsteen
I still recall the moment I first heard Yngwie Malmsteen play the guitar, and it was nothing short of earth shattering. All my preconceptions about what was and wasn’t possible in the realm of […]
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INTERVIEW: Ola Englund – The Haunted
Swedish melodic death metal band The Haunted had a huge lineup change a couple of years ago but it only had a positive effect on the band as they returned with a new album […]
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INTERVIEW: Shane Embury – Napalm Death
What’s left to say about the legendary grindcore band that is Napalm Death? Their blistering shows are a spectacle to watch and their music is as brutal as anything that’s out there and has […]
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INTERVIEW: Olof Wikstrand – Enforcer
Founded 2004 in the secluded town of Arvika, Sweden, Enforcer have established themselves as the leaders of the new generation metal bands: devoted to the roots of real metal in any conceivable way, whether […]
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INTERVIEW: Bill Steer – Carcass
It wasn’t that long ago that Australia had the privilege of experiencing Carcass on tour, less than a year ago actually and now they return this time opening for another legendary band – Napalm […]
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INTERVIEW: Robin Staps – The Ocean
Germany’s premier post-metal act, The Ocean Collective are returning to Australia in April 2015. THE OCEAN will be playing their highly acclaimed record Pelagial IN FULL for the very first time in Australia. Pelagial […]
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INTERVIEW: The Battery Electric
When we first heard ‘The Heart and the Thrill’ we had no idea who The Battery Electric were, but sometimes life throws up gems like this, out of the blue. The Battery Electric bristle […]
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INTERVIEW: Vinnie Moore – UFO
UFO was the first band I ever saw live as a kid in Pireus, Greece – it was a bittersweet experience for a first show – the music blew me away from the off, […]
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INTERVIEW: Dave Haley – Psycroptic
Tasmanian death metallers Psycroptic have a new album due out this week, a self titled effort that takes the listener into new directions while still retaining that heavy brutality that the band are known […]
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INTERVIEW: Guy Marchais – Suffocation
One of the heaviest tours to come to Australia is coming this May with Decapitated and Suffocation, 2 great bands from different parts of the world bring a death metal storm down under. We […]
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INTERVIEW: Alex Markham – Shaft Of Steel
One of the best EP’s we heard in 2014 was UK band Shaft of Steel’s debut release. Alex Markham catches up to talk about the EP, that name, what rock really means these days […]
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INTERVIEW: Jacoby Shaddix – Papa Roach
It’s been well over a decade since Papa Roach last toured in Australia so it was a big welcome back at the Soundwave festival last weekend. The band are set to perform at a […]
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INTERVIEW: Dhani Mansworth – The Treatment
The Treatment is one of those young Rock bands that is holding teh torch for real Rock and Roll and they visit us for this year’s Soundwave Festival and a couple of choics Sidewave […]
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INTERVIEW: Leon Todd – Ragdoll
Ragdoll is a band you need to hear if you love passionate Hard Rock, melding huge power with equally towering melody they sound like nothing else. Imagine Soundgarden growing up on the Suset Strip […]
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INTERVIEW: Ashmedi – Melechesh
Originally hailing from Jerusalem in Israel, black/thrash metal band Melechesh have come a long way in the two decades that they been creating music and 2015 sees the band release a new album titled […]
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INTERVIEW: Cormac Neeson – The Answer
The last time we spoke to Cormac was on the eve of the release of The Answer’s last album ‘New Horizons’ and while that release placed highly in our ‘Albums of the Year’ poll, […]
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INTERVIEW: Michael Schenker – Temple Of Rock
Legendary guitarist Michael Schenker releases a new studio album entitled “Spirit On A Mission” in the UK on Monday 23rd March. Released by in-akustik, the album of all-new material features Schenker’s Temple of Rock band – ex-Scorpions Herman Rarebell (drums) and Francis Buchholz (bass), ex-Rainbow’s Doogie White (vocals) […]
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INTERVIEW: Joey Vera – Motorsister
A lot of people may know who Joey Vera is, best known as the bassist in Armored Saint but currently he is also involved in Motor Sister, a new band that started out as […]
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INTERVIEW: Scott Gorham – Black Star Riders / Thin Lizzy
I was lucky enough to meet Scott last time his band Thin Lizzy toured Australia as part of the Kiss and Motley Crue tour back in 2013, we ended up talking about his new […]