TEMPLES ON MARS: Build It, Burn It, Keep Playing

HEAVY Music Interviews · Aug 12, 2026 · 19m · transcript

Interview by Ali Williams

There are bad weeks, and then there are weeks where the rehearsal studio you spent a year building burns for 4 days, TEMPLES ON MARS guitarist and vocalist James Donaldson joined HEAVY’s Ali Williams somewhat later than originally planned, although his excuse was considerably better than forgetting to check the calendar. Back in the end of June, the London building housing the band’s newly completed rehearsal space and studio went up in flames, bringing 150 firefighters and 25 fire engines to the scene and taking 4 days to extinguish.

Nobody was hurt, which remains…