I had an awesome chat with Laura Donnelly from Scotland's KING WITCH about many things, being a woman in Metal, the baptism of fire with the band's first gig being at Sweden Rock, and the magnificent new KING WITCH album, 'III'.
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I had another cool chat with Eric Peterson from Bay Area Thrash Legends, TESTAMENT, about the upcoming alum, drummer changes, club shows vibes at festivals, and long flights, which of course leads us to the upcoming Australian tour, which is almost upon us. Check it out.
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I had another cool and very relaxed chat with the legend that is ROSS THE BOSS, about many many things, not the least of which was the memories of the early days of MANOWAR, recording 'Sign Of The Hammer', and touring back in the day, and of course the upcoming Australian ROSS THE BOSS tour, playing the afore-mentioned MANOWAR album in full. The tour is almost upon us.
Check it out.
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I had a great chat with Anthony Willis from Brisbane's VALHALORE about the excellent new album, 'Beyond The Stars', and getting back out on the road after the album's release.
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I chatted with Mark Jansen from EPICA about that big livestream the band did during the covid lockdown, the ensuing tour, and the rollover into writing and recording of the upcoming album, 'Aspiral', being a team player, and sleeping in coffin-like conditions on tour buses.
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I had a cool chat with Nils Molin from DYNAZTY about a great many things, including psyching yourself up listening to Judas Priest, and of course the recording process for the new album, 'Game Of Faces'. Check it out.
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I had another cool chat with Brett Campbell from PALLBEARER about many things, including the upcoming Australian tour in March. Check it out.
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I had another awesome chat with Tommy Johansson of MAJESTICA, about many things, SABATON, phones, bad notes, choice of guitars, and the new album, 'Power Train'.
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I hada cool chat with Stefan Kummerer of OBSCURA regarding all things leading up to the release of the latest album, 'A Sonication'. Check out the interview to find out what a 'submarine on wheels' is, and why it's called that.
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I had an awesome chat with Chris Boltendahl from GRAVE DIGGER about his long career, pre-show nerves, festival sets, meeting Rob Halford, and of course the upcoming album, 'Bone Collector'.
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I had an awesome chat twith Niclas Engelin from THE HALO EFFECT about many things, from the formation of the band, the reaction to the first album, the feeling you have years later realising you're performing on the same stage as one of your early guitar heroes from your earliest concert experience, and of course the upcoming album, 'March Of The Unheard'. Check it out.
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I had a cool, long and involved chat with Chris from DEADSPACE. We discussed so many things but it was all related to the release of the latest very dark and very heavy album, 'The Dark Enlightenment'. Check it out.
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I had quite the chat with Mike Andersson from TUNGSTEN about many things, playing Sweden Rock, vinyl v streaming (now known as listening v hearing), and stories behind the songs on the upcoming album, ‘The Grand Inferno’.
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I had a cool chat with JB of Sweden's mighty GRAND MAGUS discussing the pandemic, time away from music, and of course the excellent new album, 'Sunraven'. Check it out.
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I had an awesome chat with Oscar Dronjak from HAMMERFALL about a great many things, the new album, 'Avenge The Fallen', crossing timezones and the difference in jet lag from going east as opposed to west, 'post Covid' tours with HELLOWEEN, 'company parties' (sort of) at music festivals, and of course the upcoming tour of Australia. Check it out.
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I had a cool chat with Jasmin Pabst from ALL FOR METAL, about her musical journey, her choice in guitars and equipment, and her involvement with ALL FOR METAL, and the upcoming release of the 'Gods Of Metal' album.
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I had a cool chat with Matthew Greywolf fropm POWERWOLF about many things, recording video clips in a forest in the cold dead of night, touring with friends, festivals and of course the new album, 'Wake Up The Wicked'. This one is transcript only (requested by the band) so click here and 'read all about it'.
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I sat down with Mark Kelson from THE ETERNAL for a casual and quite lengthy chat about the new album, 'Skinwalker', new record deals, guest musos from all over, cold Finnish winters and what happens next.
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I had another cool chat with Tobias Rydsheim from WORMWOOD about the awesome new album, 'The Star'. You need to hear this album.
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I had a cool chat with Rehn Stillnight from Italy's NOCTURNA about the formation of the band, her singing, art studies, the process of recording with 2 female singers in the band with quite different voices, Australian spiders, the new album, 'Of Sorcery And Darkness'. It's all covered here.
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I had a cool chat with Dave Lupton from FLAMING WREKAGE about the band's history, local festivals, performing in tin sheds, rural shows, 'different' video clips and the soon to be released album, 'Terra Inferna'. Cool stuff. Check it out.
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I chatted with Sami Perttula and Jarkko Aaltonen from KORPIKLAANI about many things, their respective instrument choices, touring, festival timeslots, and the soon to be released album, 'Rankarumpu'. Check it out.
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I had another awesome chat with Tony Kakko from Finland's SONATA ARCTICA about many things, voice issues, acoustic shows and the pension plan opportunities, favourite seasons and of course the excellent new album, 'Clear Cold Beyond', which is out now.
Check it out.
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Peter Iwers from THE HALO EFFECT took time out of his busy between tour schedule to have a great chat with me about how the band came together and the upcoming Lagerfest / Froth and Fury Fest tour. We also had a chat about brewing beer and driving golf carts around Ozzfest whilst naked. Check it out.
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I had quite the in-depth chat with Richard Patrick from FILTER about a great many things, the latest album, 'The Algorithm' , album budgets 'now' compared to 'then', streaming music (if you're not Taylor Swift), the state of the industry now, losing yourself in a performance, leaving your mark as an artist, and the upcoming Australian tour. Check it out.
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I had quite the chat with Roger Öjersson from KATATONIA about the upcoming Australia tour and the recording of their most recent album, 'Sky Void Of Stars'. We also had a good chat about his choice of guitars and amplifiers.
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I had an awesome chat with Jake E and Jesper Strömblad from CYHRA about many things, the origins of the band's name, pandemics, the woes of not being able to hire a tour bus, being stopped from selling your own band's T-shirts while bootleggers get a free pass, long haul flights, demons in the night, weird coincidences with TV shows, and of course the new album, 'The Vertigo Trigger', to be released August 18th.
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I had an awesome chat with Anders Odden from CADAVER about reactivating the band with Dirk Verbeuren, the link to T.N.T, dinner parties with METALLICA, vacuuming with CELTIC FROST, and of course the new CADAVER album, ‘The Age Of The Offended’.
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I had an awesome chat with Richie Faulkner about the ELEGANT WEAPONS album, 'Horns For A Halo', coming out on June 16th. Great fun.
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I had a cool chat with Per Nilsson from SCAR SYMMETRY about the 9 year gap between SCAR SYMMETRY albums, touring with MESHUGGAH, and his Strandberg guitar with the unusual fretboard. Great fun.
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