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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Broken Hill's FIRESTORM blasted into Adelaide over the weekend and sold out Brewboys. DIRTY PAGANS, SHADOW MONARCHY and DENAZEN were on the bill also and made for an interesting night. I managed to sleaze side-stage access (all half metre square of it) for FIRESTORM and SHADOW MONARCHY and you can see the results below.

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I had a cool chat with the guys from Adelaide's NAKATOMI PLAZA about the formation of the band and the debut single, 'Bloodlines', and what is in store for the band.

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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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