Dragged Into Sunlight are a rather mysterious extreme metal band who formed in 2006. Since then they have gained a reputation for being one of the most ferocious and terrifying acts on the planet both live and on record. They checked in for a few words with Richard Collins before they head off on a huge jaunt around Europe.

Drifting Way Out Between Suns is like getting a warm hug from the universe, HIGHly recommended! – By Richard Collins

This feels like an album that’s real, not a band trying to play thrash music but just playing what comes naturally, like some kind of primal calling. – By Richard Collins

Dwarves are he best band ever, nothing but hits since 1983!! This week they surprised us all with a new album entitled The Dwarves Invented Rock & Roll. Singer Blag Dahlia took a break from getting high to chat with Big Dick Collins.

Richard Collins asked Zack Weil of Chicago thrashers some questions about their new album Earth Suck, Chicago music and more. “I like vaginas too much to refer to them as oozing wounds.”

“If you are unfamiliar with this ridiculous event, it is basically every riff loving nutter on the planet descending upon Camden to break their skull in a variety of ways for three whole fun filled days.” By Richard Collins

This mellow little affair with its trippy originality will make you feel a little better on every listen. – By Richard Collins

These guys have some real power behind the riffs… spacey, fuzzy and downright catchy. – By Richard Collins

Can these guys become a stadium sized force to be reckoned with like Mastodon or Red Fang? They certainly can and they will, the wheels are already in motion. – By Richard Collins

Richard Collins had a chat with Henry Blacker. “Do you guys ever smile?”. “Fuck you”. Please read on…

This is a doom classic, just EPIC! – By Richard Collins

The riffs on BOSH! have real substance and combined with the time changes Cleft really take it to the next level. – By Richard Collins

Lots of bands get described as mixing styles but Oranssi Pazuzu genuinely have it in abundance, they actually shit it. – By Richard Collins

The setlist was perfect, going from minimal cliff hangers to epic space rock in a blink of an eye. To finish they went from ‘A.C.R.O.N.YM’ to ‘Responder’ which is like going on a trans-dimensional voyage and returning to earth to find out the world’s ended but a few people don’t care and are having a disco. By Rich Collins

There is not too much originality going on here, just some good nod inducing doom. Do it! – By Richard Collins

Are Henry Blacker another mind bending string to the Riot Season bow? Yes of course they are! – By Richard Collins

If you are a doom fan, go and grab yourself a copy… it’s a more than solid notch to add to your bed post. – By Richard Collins

Richard Collins went to Heaven in London to see Future Of The Left. “By the time it was over I was nearly in tears; epic band, epic show.”

Can a band in their thirtieth year deliver an album which is worth the time of day? Of course they can, this album is class. – By Richard Collins

This album is an absolute beast. It has so much variety it’s hard to keep up. I’m listening now for like the hundredth time and I’m grinning like a twat and isn’t that really the point music? – By Richard Collins

These chaps don’t want you sitting there bobbing your head, they want to take you places you have never been before, even if it’s a darker place than you ever dreamed of. – By Richard Collins