GBHBL Interviews

Set for release on April 12th, 2024, via Frozen Records, ‘In the Aftermath of Blight’ is the new album from French atmospheric sludge metal band, Subterraen. This new album marks a reinvention for the band, having started in 2017 and releasing the album ‘Rotten Human Kingdom’ in 2020 via Transcending Obscurity Records. This new era for Subterraen sees them group emerges from a two-year long writin...

On March 15th, 2024, the ever-relentless metalcore band Indevth will release their brand-new EP, ‘Drowning’. An EP that deals with mental anguish, hopelessness and feelings born out of the grit and grime of a bleak modern Britain. A new era begins, the era of InDevth. You might know them better as Dreameater, but as they boldly move into the future, the name of InDevth is all anyone will be thinki...

Hull extreme, sludge, and hardcore infused metal band Mastiff are back with their much-anticipated brand-new album, ‘Deprecipice’, out on March 22nd, 2024, via MNRK Heavy. Pre-order the album here: https://mastiff.ffm.to/deprecipice The new release features an onslaught of special guests including Ethan Lee McCarthy from Primitive Man, Harry Nott from Burner, Dan James from XIII and Rob Scott from...

The old punk adage was to live fast, die young, and have a good-looking corpse - and while Gavin King gave the first one his best shot, he got sidetracked and skipped the next step. Now, almost 50 years after burning brightly on Bristol’s burgeoning punk scene of the late seventies with his band Private Dicks, he finds himself having a late surge of creativity, and is pleased to reveal that his de...

UK metallers Defects will release their profoundly personal debut album, Modern Error, on 24 May via Mascot Records. Pre-order it here: https://lnk.to/Defects Recently the band have been confirmed to play at Download (UK), Graspop (BE), Rockharz (DE) and Rock The Lakes (CH) and have just announced that they will join Orbit Culture on their UK & European “Descending Into Madness” March tour. They w...

Rising from the ashes of ALAZKA & Time, The Valuator, brand new group FLOYA emerge onto the music scene. The German duo of Phil Bayer & Marv Wilder establish a wild blend of solid rock foundations alongside modern EDM elements and world music, inspired by their childhood influences, namely Peter Gabriel, U2 & Sting. Carving a name for themselves individually in the past as the founders and songwri...

UK punk-upstarts Noah and the Loners released their new EP, ‘A Desolate Warning’, on February 28th, 2024, Via Marshall Records. Concerning the new album, we said: A rallying cry for those navigating the complexities of adolescence and societal expectations, the overpowering grip of toxic relationships, isolation and the stigmas surrounding mental health. Noah and the loners have plenty to say, and...

Louisville, Kentucky based high fantasy inspired metal quintet, Volcandra are poised to leave an enduring mark on 2024 with their sophomore full-length, The Way of Ancients. Out on March 1st, 2024, via Prosthetic Records. Concerning the new album, we said: Fantastical tales told through the medium of blackened melodeath, Volcandra’s The Way of Ancients is one hell of a fresh-sounding offering. For...

Defocus, the dynamic and powerful German metalcore quartet are back with their brand-new album, ‘there is a place for me on earth’, out on March 1st, 2024, via Arising Empire. Speaking of the new album, we said: Album number two is as strong as album number one. Hell, in many places it’s stronger. The Defocus train continues to pick up speed, and at this rate, they are going to be absolutely huge....

Jack J Hutchinson, the London, UK based guitarist and singer/songwriter released his brand-new album ‘Battles’ on February 9th, 2024. An album that finds Hutchinson at his most exposed and is charged with the power of catharsis and purging darkness and hurt. About the album, we said: With a ton of heart and soul, focusing on being acutely anthemic, and having the song-writing chops to keep listene...

Norwegian metallers Borknagar are back with their brand-new album, ‘Fall’, out on February 23rd, 2024, via Century Media Records. Concerning the new album, we said: There are many outstanding points to crow about with this new album, but perhaps the most significant is the balance. The balance of instruments, the balance of talents, the balance of epic soundscapes and heaviness, the balance of Bor...

The iconic extreme experimental death metal line-up of Job For A Cowboy had some long-awaited unfinished business. After nearly nine long years of silence, they have awoken from their slumber, forging Moon Healer, the follow-up to their previous landmark album, Sun Eater. The new album will be released on February 23rd, 2024, via Metal Blade Records. Concerning Moon Healer, we said: Though let’s c...

Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life bring you an interview with vocalist/pianist Fabienne Erni of Illumishade. Swiss modern metal upstarts Illumishade unveiled their sophomore record and Napalm Records debut, Another Side of You, on February 16th, 2024. Fronted by vocalist Fabienne Erni and guitarist Jonas Wolf (both of Eluveitie) and completed with orchestration and synths by film composer Mi...

Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life bring you an interview with bassist Jay Humphreys of Gen and the Degenerates. Alt-punk collective Gen and the Degenerates will release their much-anticipated debut album ‘ANTI-FUN PROPAGANDA’ on February 23rd, 2024, via Marshall Records. We spoke to bassist Jay Humphreys about the new album, the ups and downs of making it, breaking down some of the specific...

Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life bring you an interview with vocalist Lena Scissorhands of metallers Infected Rain. Infected Rain continue to march forward with an inordinate amount of momentum coming off the back of a successful couple of years. On February 9th, 2024, they released their 6th studio album, ‘Time’, via Napalm Records. Everything you love, everything you admire, and everythin...

Justin Nardy is the owner and founder of Expert Work Records, an independent label that seeks out unreleased material of defunct bands, and releases them for both old and new fans to enjoy. Justin has made a career in music, playing in many bands such as Sooprize Package, Amputee Set, Bald Eagle, New Tongues, and his current project, Twenty One Trillion. Sweetheart were one of the key post-hardcor...

Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life bring you an interview with vocalist Benjamin Fordham of trap/metal band Swarm6ix. New Swedish rock trio The Gems – featuring ex-Thundermother members vocalist Guernica Mancini, drummer Emlee Johansson and guitarist/bassist Mona “Demona” Lindgren – rose from the ashes with their debut album, Phoenix, released on January 26, 2024, via Napalm Records. Featurin...

Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life bring you an interview with Ryan Liatsis. A guitarist, music educator and composer, who over the span of his two-decade long career, has performed all over the United States, composed scores for top selling video games and worked with some of the most respected artists of our time. Late last year (2023), the progressive rock guitarist released his latest son...

Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life bring you an interview with vocalist Benjamin Fordham of trap/metal band Swarm6ix. Swarm6ix will release their new single ’LIP$TICK’ on the 19th January 2024. SWARM6IX provide a safe space for those that have always appeared anti-social, dormant, and introverted on the surface. The band acquired their unique identity by combining a love for heavy trap and me...

Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life bring you an interview with emo/alternative rock band, The Throwaway Scene. Their debut EP - Of Death & Dying will be released on January 26th, 2024. We spoke to the band about the upcoming release, their incredible 2023, what the future holds, and how they plan to keep the momentum going. Find out more here: https://www.thethrowawayscene.com/ Website: https...

Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life bring you an interview with cinematic rockers, Earthside. They released their impressive second album, ‘Let the Truth Speak’ on November 17th, 2023, via Music Theories Recordings and Mascot Label Group. An ambitious album that has been well-received worldwide. We said that: Words can’t do this album justice. It needs to be heard, but it also needs a serious...

Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life bring you an interview with the modern metalcore band, Mavis. They will release their debut album ‘Grief is No Ally’ on December 15th, 2023, via Arising Empire. Is metalcore played out? Not when bands like Mavis are bringing so much heavy fire and heart-wrenching melody. The German group aren’t looking to change the landscape of metal, but to enhance it with...

Games, Brrraaains & A Head-Banging Life bring you an interview with progressive thrash metal band, Crossfire. They will release their new album ‘Switch to Reset’ on December 15th, 2023, via Wormholedeath Records. Heavy freaking metal! Crossfire go hard, and it is freaking delightful. Showcasing a frenzied old-school thrash sound with modernised progressive touches, ensuring Switch to Reset is some...

What a year it’s been for Hawxx, and the four-piece alternative heavy punk rock band ended it with a bang, as part of a huge tour alongside alternative act, Halocene. One that has seen them play all over Europe, before returning to the UK and ending the tour in the capital city, London. They might only have around 30 minutes on stage, but they make every single part of that count. Before they took...

Norfolk blues-rockers Bad Touch will release their eagerly anticipated fifth studio album, ‘Bittersweet Satisfaction’, on December 8th, 2023, via Marshall Records. Find out more here: https://badtouch.lnk.to/BittersweetSatisfaction It’s time to get your groove on, to sing along loudly, and shake your booty to what Bad Touch have to offer on this brand-new release. Bittersweet Satisfaction is a con...