(((O))) INTERVIEWS
Brooke Hampton from Slow Pulse
Gavin Brown had the pleasure of talking to Slow Pulse vocalist Brooke Hampton to hear all about the new material, the return of the band, how the hardcore scene in Texas is currently and who her biggest vocal inspirations are.
John McLaughlin asked Erik Nilsson and Jakob Berglund from Swedish duo A Swarm of the Sun some questions about their new album ‘The Rifts’.
Josh Cuevas spoke with Primordial vocalist Alan Averill, aka A.A. Nemtheanga, over Skype about the new album’s themes, the differences between touring Europe and the USA, and why Primordial will never write songs about killing zombies.
Dani Patrizi talks to Mirza Ramic of Arms and Sleepers about new album Swim Team and the duo’s creative processes.
A couple of weeks back Noah Scott had a chat on the phone with legendary stoner/desert rocker Brant Bjork, where they talked about the new album, Australia and Jimi Hendrix.
Andrew Rawlinson asked guitarist/singer Dominik Goncalves dos Reis of Downfall of Gaia some questions about the new album Aeon Unveils the Thrones of Decay and more.
Alex Figures asked Bloodbath guitarist Anders “Blakkheim” Nyström some questions about the band’s history and about the new album Grand Morbid Funeral.
Earlier this month Inter Arma was back in Scotland to play a great set at Glasgow’s Audio. Sander van den Driesche asked drummer T.J. Childers and singer Mike Paparo some questions about song writing and their new release The Cavern.
One of this year’s best metal releases is Bast’s debut album Spectres, at least for Sander van den Driesche it is. He asked the band some questions to look back at this hectic year for them and to see what the future might bring.
Earlier this month The Safety Fire played their first Edinburgh gig as part of another European tour with fellow progressive metal bands Protest the Hero and The Contortionist. Sander van den Driesche caught up with guitarist Jo Ardiles and had a nice chat with him about touring, the band, and humour in music.
After being very impressed with Kontrust’s latest release Explositive, Andrew Rawslinson decided to find out more about the band themselves and asked singer Agata some questions.
Mick Kenney discusses the songwriting process in Anaal Nathrakh, the band’s love of electronic music, and his clothing brand Misanthropy Clothing. – By Mark Angel Brandt.
A veritable melting pot of ideas; hip hop beats fuse with ambient synths and post rock guitars.
Our most direct influences would probably be Cult of Luna, Neurosis, Sigur Rós, Ben Frost, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Hella, Swans and The Mars Volta.
(((O))) FEATURED INTERVIEW
I’ve had some real problems in my lifetime dealing and living with mental health issues. I’ve not really felt comfortable talking about it until more recently. I feel like it’s important to talk about these things because people consider them ‘awkward’ topics. I used writing music as a means to channel it and I felt a lot better for writing music and going to shows and being able to put my time and energy into something I loved so much really helped me.
