heavy metal interviews

THE HALO EFFECT interview. New album out soon.

 

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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HAMMERFALL interview. New album out now. Touring Aust / NZ in January 2025.

 

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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POWERWOLF interview. New album, ‘Wake Up The Wicked’, out July 26th.

 

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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FILTER interview. Touring Australia in April 2024.

 

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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CYHRA interview. New album out August 18th.

 

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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VENOM INC. interview. New album out 23rd September 2022.


I had an amazing (and long) chat with Tony ‘The Demolition Man’ Dolan from VENOM INC
about many things, from seeing VENOM in the very early days, recent
‘Black Metal’ anniversary shows, breaking bass guitars and watching the
pieces disappear in the crowd, and of course the new album, ‘There’s Only Black’. Check it out.
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SABATON interview. New album out Friday 4th March, 2022.

Photo Tim Tronckoe


I had an excellent chat with Joakim Brodén from SABATON about where the band got the ideas for the songs on the new album, ‘The War To End All Wars’,
then recording the album and making the film clips for it. We also spoke about those
European festivals, and why you should never declare your tank stage
prop as a ‘tank’, rather as a ‘stage prop in the shape of a tank’ on any customs forms. Check it out.

EXODUS interview. New album, ‘Persona Non Grata’ out November 19th.


web stuffI spoke with Steve ‘Zetro’ Souza from EXODUS
about his Doc Martens melting in the heat of the Adelaide Soundwave
gig, getting Gary back from SLAYER, the likelihood of upcoming
setlist arguments, and the excellent new
album, ‘Persona Non Grata’, which is due out on the 19th of November,
2021.
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BEAST IN BLACK interview. New album, ‘Dark Connection’ out October 29th, 2021.


I spoke with Anton Kabanen from BEAST IN BLACK about the excellent new album, ‘Dark Connection’, how they recorded it, what the plans are from here. We
discuss the amazing film clip for ‘Moonlight Rendezvous’ and how he can
put the guitar down and concentrate on the behind the scenes stuff.
Great chat as always.
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