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HEAVY Music Interviews
All the latest music interviews from the team at HEAVY Magazine.
HEAVY interviews the worlds leading rock, punk, metal and beyond musicians in the heavy universe of music.
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Episodes
HEAVY Music InterviewsReady For Action JESSE LEACH From KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Lays Down The Law
Few bands can claim to have completely rewritten the rulebook of modern heavy metal, but then again, Killswitch Engage aren't your average band. For over two…
HEAVY Music InterviewsMonsters In The Shadows: MAPEL'S PET DINOSAUR Leave Their Footprint
Australians, brace yourselves. There is a sonic prehistoric storm brewing in the underground, and it’s about to stomp its way straight through your speakers…
HEAVY Music InterviewsOF VIRTUE: Burning Down The Altar With TYLER ENNIS And DAMON TATE
When it comes to bands that leave every single shred of their sanity, soul, and vocal cords on the studio floor, Michigan metalcore powerhouses Of Virtue sit…
HEAVY Music InterviewsStill Flyin’ High: CHIP Z’NUFF Gets Comfortable Ahead Of Aussie Tour
Dust off the leather, fire up the hairspray, and brace your ear canals, Australia—because real rock ’n’ roll is heading our way, and it’s coming in hot! Next…
HEAVY Music InterviewsHalf A Century Of Metal: ADRIAN SMITH Talks About MAIDEN's Biggest Aussie Tour Yet
Iron Maiden are bringing their massive 50th Anniversary Run For Your Lives World Tour to Australia in November, with a setlist tailor made for diehard fans…
HEAVY Music InterviewsHeating Things Up At HOLLOWFEST With PYREFLY
If - like HEAVY - you like your tunes dark, theatrical, and packed with an absolute mountain of sonic intensity, then you have no doubt heard of Pyrefly. HEAVY…
HEAVY Music InterviewsThe Aquabats Are Bringing Their Live-Action Cartoon Chaos Back To Australia
The Aquabats are heading back to Australia, and HEAVY caught up with Christian to talk superhero costumes, ska-punk, Saturday morning cartoons and more than 30…
HEAVY Music InterviewsNo Rules, No Limits: SIXTH WONDER Conquer With BURNOUT
When it comes to bands that refuse to stay in their lane, Glasgow’s djent-pop-metal powerhouse Sixth Wonder are currently leading the pack by a country mile…
HEAVY Music InterviewsBrewing A Cosmic Storm: ALL THEM WITCHES Ready To Cast A Spell On GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL
When it comes to heavy music, some bands play the riffs, while others live inside the smoke. Nashville’s All Them Witches belong to the latter category. For…
HEAVY Music InterviewsThe Riff & The Voice: JORN LANDE On Confronting The Dark With TONY IOMMI
When you talk about the absolute Mount Rushmore of heavy metal, the conversation begins and ends with the Riff Lord himself, Tony Iommi. But when the master of…
HEAVY Music InterviewsGun Of Ishiki: Punk, Politics & Making Some Noise
Gun Of Ishiki are here to make noise, challenge the system and remind us that punk can still stand for something.In this interview with HEAVY, the Brisbane…
HEAVY Music InterviewsSpread The ASHES : Five Albums Deep TUNGSTEN Headline Europe Tour
Interview by Ali Williams Swedish metallers TUNGSTEN have a busy October ahead, although releasing their fifth studio album and embarking on their first…
HEAVY Music InterviewsSpreading The Word Of Metal With BEN HOSKING From WHERE THE DEVIL
If you like your music thick, volatile, and dripping with pure, unfiltered Aussie attitude, you need to stop what you're doing right now. We are sitting down…
HEAVY Music InterviewsThe Ritual Cometh: MORTIIS Warns Australian Fans Of Impending Doom
When you think of the ultimate chameleons in the global extreme music scene, one name consistently rises from the shadows to claim the crown: Mortiis. From his…
HEAVY Music InterviewsGenerations Deep And Still Loud: SKUNKHOUR Hit The Road
Interview by Ali Williams Long before Australian playlists started happily throwing funk, rock, hip hop, soul and heavy groove into the same digital bucket…
HEAVY Music InterviewsNouvelle Vague Return to Australia for Three Exclusive Shows
French collective Nouvelle Vague are set to return to Australia for three exclusive shows, bringing their unmistakable reimaginings of iconic new wave and…
HEAVY Music InterviewsWeaponising The Chaos With CHRIS ZUHLKE And CHRISTOPHER HESSE From HALF ME
Few bands manage to weaponise raw, unadulterated musical chaos quite like Germany’s Half Me. Bursting onto the heavy scene with a catastrophic blend of modern…
HEAVY Music InterviewsFearless And Unstoppable: Inside The World Of DANCE GAVIN DANCE
Get your dancing shoes polished and your neck muscles thoroughly warmed up, because post-hardcore royalty is finally heading back down under! That’s right…
HEAVY Music InterviewsRiffs, Halloween, And Resurrection With FRACTURE From WE THE HOLLOW
The Australian heavy music landscape is littered with the carcasses of short-lived festivals, but every now and then, a beast rises from the underground with…
HEAVY Music InterviewsHonesty Is The Best Policy With BEN STEWART From SLOWLY SLOWLY
There are few bands in the modern Australian rock landscape that capture the raw, bleeding pulse of human emotion quite like Melbourne’s indie-pop-punk…
HEAVY Music InterviewsSlamming It Down Under With ERIK OHLSSON From MILLENCOLIN
When you talk about skate punk royalty, few bands hold a candle to Sweden’s finest musical exports, Millencolin. For over three decades, these absolute legends…
HEAVY Music InterviewsUNPEOPLE: The Most Beautiful Chaos in Modern Heavy Music
Every now and then, a band bursts onto the alternative landscape with such violent, genre-shattering momentum that they force you to sit up, put down your…
HEAVY Music InterviewsThe Pioneers Return: PARADISE LOST’s Nick Holmes Chats With HEAVY
G’day heavy music lovers, Kris Peters here for HEAVY Mag, and boy, do we have an absolute cracker of an interview for you today! If you call yourself a fan of…
HEAVY Music InterviewsPrayers Turns Personal History Into A New Spanish-Language Chapter
For Prayers, inspiration has never been something that can be forced. His latest Spanish-language EP, Oraciones, arrived almost by accident, after a session in…
HEAVY Music InterviewsFuzz, Filth, And MUDHONEY: PRIMITIVE RING Prepare To Tear Australia A New One
Every now and then a band bursts out of the underground circuit with the kind of pure, unadulterated sonic swagger that leaves your jaw firmly pinned to the…
HEAVY Music InterviewsSHONEN KNIFE: Cutting Their Way Back From Osaka To ZED51
Interview by Ali Williams Forty-five years into SHONEN KNIFE, Naoko Yamano can still describe the band in three words: “pop, fun and punk.” It is remarkably…
HEAVY Music InterviewsInto Oblivion Down Under: MARK MORTON From LAMB OF GOD Warns Australia To Be Ready
If there is one band that knows how to completely tear the roof off a venue and leave the crowd begging for mercy, it’s Virginia groove metal powerhouse Lamb…
HEAVY Music InterviewsTHE CRIBS: This Was Never Supposed To Be A Proper Job
Interview by Ali Williams Interview by Ali Williams THE CRIBS are bringing ninth album Selling A Vibe to Australia this October, and Ryan Jarman is…
HEAVY Music InterviewsKÜNTSQUÄD: Open Air Annihilation At DARK DOWN SOUTH
If you haven’t crossed paths with Melbourne’s premier unholy crusty death metal outfit Küntsquäd yet, then honestly, what the hell have you been doing with…
HEAVY Music InterviewsKATATONIA: Nightmares Worth Leaving Home For With NIKLAS SANDIN
Interview by Ali Williams KATATONIA return to Australia this October with Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking State and crowds that can span several…
HEAVY Music InterviewsThe Allfather Awakens: JOHAN HEGG Unleashes AMON AMARTH’s New Sonic Warfare
If there is one undeniable certainty in the heavy metal universe, it is that when Sweden's premier Viking metal juggernauts Amon Amarth decide to unleash a new…
HEAVY Music InterviewsUnity In Metal: HUMAN CONDITION Prepare To Drop Debut EP
Words and interview by Aysha Swanson On Sunday, October 11, Sunshine Coast hardcore outfit Human Condition will return to Nambour Bowls Club for the launch of…
HEAVY Music InterviewsStill Ripping It Up: JAY DUNNE On Why 28 Days Will Never Slow Down
Every now and then a band bursts out of the local circuit with the kind of sonic swagger that leaves your jaw firmly pinned to the venue floor. Three decades…
HEAVY Music InterviewsTAPE/OFF: Still Turning It Up
Interview by Ali Williams TAPE/OFF will be hitting the stages again bringing with them their beloved alt rock/groove punk sounds with them. Their first show…
HEAVY Music InterviewsZia McCabe: From The Dandy Warhols to Immersive Art
The Dandy Warhols’ Zia McCabe has spent decades making music, but her latest creative chapter is taking her somewhere unexpected: immersive art.Returning to…
HEAVY Music InterviewsTHE MARK OF CAIN: The Long Game Pays Off
Interview by Ali Williams THE MARK OF CAIN aren't a band prone to excessive activity for the sake of it. They play when there is a reason to play, record when…
HEAVY Music InterviewsCranked To Eleven: CONOR MASON Digs Deep Into The Belly Of STRAY DOGS
There are few bands in the modern alternative rock landscape that can genuinely claim to have completely rewritten the rulebook, but Essex powerhouses Nothing…
HEAVY Music InterviewsMore Horns, More Members, Same PROTOMARTYR
Interview by Ali Williams Sixteen years into a band, creative expansion can become a logistical problem. For PROTOMARTYR, the latest version apparently comes…
HEAVY Music InterviewsRaw Sweat And Razor-Sharp Fury With JOE PRINCIPE: RISE AGAINST Return Down Under
The global punk rock landscape would look vastly different without the bruising anthems, razor-sharp sociopolitical fury, and unwavering grit of Chicago’s…
HEAVY Music InterviewsIra Black Steps Beyond the Shredder on Apocalypse
After decades spent establishing himself as a formidable guitarist across bands including Vicious, Lizzy Borden and Metal Church, Ira Black is entering a new…
HEAVY Music InterviewsEIVØR: Darkness, Drums And The Space Between
Interview by Ali Williams Interview by Ali Williams Faroese artist Eivør is celebrating the impending release of her latest studio album, Tungl. For over two…
HEAVY Music InterviewsAXIS MUNDI Unleashed: EDDIE BERG On IMMINENCE’s Brutal New Era
Swedish metalcore visionaries Imminence are a band that refuse to be put in a box. Just when you think you have their signature blend of crushing riffs and…
HEAVY Music InterviewsNFÏ: Get Drunk Or Try Dying With CHRISTOS
If you’ve been paying any attention at all to the breeding ground of chaotic, beer-soaked, sweat-drenched rock and roll coming out of the Sydney and Central…
HEAVY Music InterviewsLA DISPUTE: JORDAN DREYER Talks Survival, Storytelling, And Upcoming Australian Tour
La Dispute have always been a band that operates entirely on their own axis. For over two decades, the Grand Rapids, Michigan post-hardcore titans have…
HEAVY Music InterviewsTHE OCEAN: Rising Above The Modern Deluge With ROBIN STAPS
When the news broke that progressive metal titans The Ocean had lost two-thirds of their lineup, the heavy music community as a whole held its collective…
HEAVY Music InterviewsOvercoming All Obstacles With MATT KANE From MERTAS
Interview by Ali Williams If organising an interstate show for your band meant first having to consult an aviation specialist, gather a road-condition report…
HEAVY Music InterviewsFrom Session Players To Contenders: The Rise And Rise Of NIGHTDIVE
Interview by Ali Williams NIGHTDIVE may be a relatively new band, but its members are hardly wandering into BIGSOUND armed with blind optimism and three…
HEAVY Music InterviewsMayhemic Resurgence: An Interview with MORTAL SIN’s MAT MAURER
When you talk about the foundation of Australian heavy music, one name immediately commands respect. Mortal Sin. Emerging from Sydney in the mid-1980s, Mortal…
HEAVY Music InterviewsYELLOWCARD: Reinvigorated, Recharged, And Ready For Even BETTER DAYS
Few bands can drag a generation by the heartstrings quite like pop-punk royalty Yellowcard. When they wrapped things up a decade ago, it felt like the final…
HEAVY Music InterviewsJD Fortune Returns to Australia: Carrying the INXS Torch Once Again
JD Fortune is returning to Australia this October, bringing a full band and a set packed with the songs that helped make INXS a defining force in Australian…
HEAVY Music InterviewsThe Kings Of Freaks Head North: LIZARDMAN And CAPTAIN RUIN Talk CIRQUE LE STRANGE
Forget everything you know about the traditional, sanitized big-top circus, because a beautifully twisted, punk-infused counter-cultural storm is rolling…
HEAVY Music InterviewsLeave Expectations At The Door: BANKS ARCADE Talk Aussie Tour And New Album
Melbourne-via-New Zealand heavy hitters Banks Arcade are a band completely devoid of boundaries, systematically smashing the modern metalcore blueprint to…
HEAVY Music InterviewsMUDHONEY: STEVE TURNER On Surviving Seattle Without Losing The Plot
Interview by Ali Williams Australia has been claiming a little piece of MUDHONEY for longer than most of the world had worked out exactly what to call them…
HEAVY Music InterviewsFROM ASHES TO NEW: Personal Warfare, Scrapped Demos, And The Aussie Invasion
When it comes to genre-bending, heavy music demolition, few bands have lit up the global landscape quite like central Pennsylvania's rap-rock juggernauts From…
HEAVY Music InterviewsArchitects Of Chaos: FISHBONE's ANGELO MOORE Promises Something Special
If there is one band that has spent the last forty years flipping a massive, middle-finger to the rules of conventional music, it is the absolute legends in…
HEAVY Music InterviewsTHE ETERNAL: MARK KELSON On Change, Distance And Obscured Horizons
Interview by Ali Williams There are easier ways to run a band than placing half of it in Melbourne and the other half in Finland. THE ETERNAL have apparently…
HEAVY Music InterviewsGlam, Slam Australian Tour: STEVE SUMMERS From PRETTY BOY FLOYD Tells All
If your idea of a good time involves enough hairspray to deplete the ozone layer, leather pants tighter than a second skin, and hooks that could catch a great…
HEAVY Music InterviewsFrom Apartment To Bandit: DAVE McCORMACK On CUSTARD: Z51, TRS80 And A Dog With A Guitar
Interview by Ali Williams Some people describe themselves as busy and mean they answered three emails before lunch. Dave McCormack currently has CUSTARD shows…
HEAVY Music InterviewsGuardians Of The Outback Scene: Down To The Wire With PIRATE From THE BLACK WREATH
If you call yourself a fan of heavy music in this country and you haven’t heard of The Black Wreath and the current campaign to ensure its survival it’s time…
HEAVY Music InterviewsION SKY: Dirt, Decibels And Divine Chaos With MIKE JOSEPH
If there is one undeniable truth in the brutal, beautiful world of heavy music, it is that complacency is a killer. The moment a band thinks they have the game…