I had a great chat with Henry and Lewis from ALIEN WEAPONRY ahead (just ahead) of the highly anticipated Australian tour with U.S. thrash legends ANTHRAX. We also spoke about living out of a suitcase and literally getting 'caught in a mosh', and why you should potentially avoid it if you are actually on tour at the time.
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Had a brief chat with Eero from BATTLE BEAST about the new singer Marina and the upcoming tour of Australia before the connection demons stepped in. Long time singer Noora has moved on, but Marina is in now and rehearsals are in full swing for her baptism of fire with a Japanese and Australian tour straight out of the gates.
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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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It's always great to chat with Björn. This time it's about THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA and their upcoming tour of Australia, visiting Adelaide for the first time with the band. We had a good chat about the new album, jetlag, or the lack of it in the Dreamliners, more bodies on stage, vocal challenges in a less extreme band, and Vegemite. 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 really cool chat with Reb Beach from WINGER about a great many things, WINGER 'then' and 'now', being the 2nd longest serving member of WHITESNAKE, (2nd only to David Coverdale himself), his time in DOKKEN, and of course the first (and last) upcoming Australian tour with WINGER, kicking off soon.
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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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Check out the latest track by Adelaide-based Metalcore band THOSE LEFT BEHIND. The track is 'Ouroboros', and it is a punishing 3 minutes. This is chunky and riffy and guaranteed to leave you breathless. Click to read more.
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The Top 5 glorious HAMMERFALL anthems to blast out loud out ahead of their Australian Tour next week.
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I had an awesome chat with Ashok and Zoe from CRADLE OF FILTH, just ahead of their Australian tour which kicks off in a few days. Check it out.
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I had another great chat with Elize Ryd from AMARANTHE about the latest album, 'The Catalyst', festivals, enjoying life after the chaos of lockdowns, spiders and snakes and of course the upcoming tour of Australia and NZ.
She is always a delight to talk to. 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 another cool chat with Björn Strid from THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA about many things, a hectic tour schedule, opening for KISS on their last ever shows in Sweden, and of course the upcoming Australian tour and how that came about.
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