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. __________

  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. __________

  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. __________

  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. __________

  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’. __________

  Photos of a wild night at The Gov, for HIDDEN INTENT's last show before venturing to Europe for a tour, including a slot at the massive Wacken Festival. TROOPS OF DOOM, HEADBORE, and BROKEN LOOSE provided able support. __________

  I had an extensive chat with John Macko from FIFTH ANGEL about many things, sourcing new members, guitarist's styles, the cost of touring, hurricane parties (luckily on an upper floor), and of course the massive new album, 'When Angels Kill', due out this Friday. __________

  I had an awesome chat with Richie Faulkner about the ELEGANT WEAPONS album, 'Horns For A Halo', coming out on June 16th. Great fun. __________

  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. __________

After a few years of delays, THE IRON MAIDENS came through Adelaide again with their IRON MAIDEN tribute show. Motorhead tribute, LEMMY FOREVER, provided support. __________