Shred Is Not Dead

Noah See, drummer for UK based heavy hitters Conjurer, joins me on the show to discuss Unself, the new full length record, as well as how he has fit in since joining as a full time drummer, and musical creativity. We also detour into the philosophy of what it means to sound human.References: Carr, C.J., Zukowski, Z. 2018. Generating Albums with SampleRNN to Imitate Metal, Rock, and Punk Bands. arXiv. url: https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.06633

Opeth delivered a haunting miasma of riffs and growls with their latest record, The Last Will and Testament, and ahead of their tour of Australia later this year, Fredrik Åkesson swings by to chat! We talk guitars, riffs, the evolution of Opeth's sound, and Fredrik recommends some bands he's been enjoying!

Katatonia are headlining Australia for the first full tour since 2016, and we have guitarist Roger Ojersson on the show! We chat about the upcoming shows, a brief visit to Dark MOFO, and what goes into writing and playing guitars in the progressive and doomy juggernaut of a band that is Katatonia.

Having just released a stunning new solo album, The Harmony Codex, multi instrumentalist and musical engineer Steven Wilson sits down with us to talk writing and appreciating music, and his experiences working with some of the biggest and most creative forces in music from across decades of musical history.

Off the back of their artistic full length, Odium, that has taken the underground by the throat, Phil of Greek extreme metal collective Wothrosch talks about his vision for a band not treading the regular path of the album-tour cycle.

This September, Ne Obliviscaris are headlining the progressive metal tour of the year alongside The Ocean and Rivers of Nihil. Tim Charles takes some time out to talk to us about the definition and state of prog, and life in Ne Obliviscaris as they deal with post-pandemic musical life and lineup changes.

Around Cadaver's latest full length release "Age Of The Offended", we talk writing for the album, psychedelia in Norwegian death metal, staying true to yourself, and what the most heavy metal instrument is

It's official - Swedish metal heavyweights Avatar are due to cross Australia on their 2023 Dance Devil Dance tour, and we have frontman Johannes Eckerström on the show to talk all things touring, culture shock on the road, and balancing a band's image with the music.

Ahead of their trip to Australia in September and fresh off releasing their latest work of art, Holocene, The Ocean guitarist and writer Robin Staps hopped on the show to talk the process of writing within The Ocean, diversity of musical influence, and how to survive the tricky world of inter-personal relationships in a metal band.

Nine years on from the first record of the Singularity album series, we quiz Scar Symmetry mastermind Per Nilsson on the influences and concepts behind their scorching new record The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph), his musical adventures in the meantime between records, and why you should trust everything you read online. Phase II - Xenotaph is out June 9th, and can be found at: https://scarsymmetry.bfan.link/xenotaph