Interviews
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“Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism” – Barney Greenway feature (Napalm Death)
Napalm Death is back with a ferocious collection of cuts via the imaginatively titled album, Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism. Vocalist Barney Greenway is in his eighth week of press obligations. In an interview conducted over...
- Posted 5 years ago
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“It’s been a long time coming” – An interview with Kragen Lum (Heathen)
Reactivated Bay Area thrash quintet Heathen is back, and in a big way in 2020 courtesy of the album Empire of the Blind. The blistering assault is proof musicians from one of heavy metal’s most hallowed eras needn’t have...
- Posted 5 years ago
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“It feels really good finally getting it out there for people to listen to” – An interview with Lochlan Watt (R U N)
There is good music, and then there is music that taps into the deepest parts of you, almost being an astounding aural life lesson and new Australian project R U N, featuring Lochlan Watt (The Racket, former live vocalist...
- Posted 6 years ago
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“People can sit there and listen to it without any distractions” – An interview with Trevor Strnad (Black Dahlia Murder)
COVID-19. Will 2020 be known for anything else? As far as heavy metal is concerned, it’s the year the gigs stopped. For sure, other genres are affected in a similar manner to our great descriptor of music that is...
- Posted 6 years ago
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"Our bass player actually had coronavirus" – An Interview With Mish Sharma (Torizon)
Coronavirus has rocked our world. It has especially rocked the rock world, the music industry, the arts and so on. But new Queensland heavy alternative rock act Torizon have been truly and directly touched by the disease. Frontwoman Mish...
- Posted 6 years ago
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“The world’s changing so quickly around us!” – An Interview With Jake Ewings (Ebonivory)
As has been proven over the years, full-blown concept albums can be hard to pull off. For every instance where the artform was executed to seeming perfection, for every Operation: Mindcrime, The Wall or Scenes From a Memory, there...
- Posted 6 years ago
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“A Really Heavy Pop Band” – An Interview With Adam and Emil (With Heavy Hearts)
The name With Heavy Hearts may not be the most well-known amongst Aussie heavy music fans, but that situation may very well change over the coming 12 months or so. The Swedish melodic death metal four-piece recently entered into...
- Posted 6 years ago
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“It’s all about that light at the end of the tunnel.” – An Interview With Sam Vallen (Caligula’s Horse)
Most big corporations and other organisations have ‘mission statements’. Some bands even have them. Iconic Brisbane progressive heavy act Caligula’s Horse actually have a formalized one, and in these very heady and uncertain times when the band is on...
- Posted 6 years ago
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“There’s a little bit of room for changing things up” – An interview with Bill Steer (Carcass)
When Lars and James were busy figuring out how to make Metallica sound like Mötley Crüe‘s dreadful Dr Feelgood (’89), then stupefying the thrash icon’s sound to appeal to mainstream hard rock’s lowest common denominator of fandom via the self-titled (aka Black) album back in...
- Posted 6 years ago
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“The progress is forever ongoing and evolving” – An interview with Mitch Alexander (Eye of the Enemy)
Melbourne’s Eye of the Enemy recently released their third full-length album, Titan. Metal Obsession’s Ben Hillier caught up with singer Mitch Alexander (who also hosts Triple J’s The Racket) late last year to discuss the new album, the band’s...
- Posted 6 years ago