HEAVY Music Interviews

In support or their the long-overdue debut album ‘The World Is Not Yours’, Melbourne based purveyors of blackened grinding death, MUNT embark on a spiteful nine show Australian east coast throughout March and April of 2026. Supported by death / groove churners Nembutolik, this promises to be a local tour not to be missed. Across thirteen relentless tracks on The World Is Not Yours, MUNT forges bla...

The Final Fall have never been a band to rush things. Instead, they have always written and released material when they are ready and feel like they have something relevant and important to say. After a prolongued period of inactivity, The Final Fall resurfaced in 2024 with the single Sold, reminding fans and music punters alike of the depth of their talent and the diversity within their music. At...

Interview by Angela Croudace Fresh from a powerful return to the region in 2024, Faroese artist Eivør is set to bring her first-ever headline tour of Australia this March, marking a long-anticipated homecoming of sorts. After opening for Heilung last year, the experience left a lasting imprint on the singer, who describes the visit as the fulfilment of a long-held dream and the catalyst for return...

For the first time ever, the Sydney Guitar Show will take over Sydney Olympic Park on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 March 2026, delivering two super-sized days of guitar gear, live performances, workshops and immersive experiences celebrating the world’s most popular instrument. The 2026 program features performances, workshops and conversations with some of the most exciting and innovative guitarists i...

Interview by Angela Croudace Fresh off the release of his latest single Relapse, Sydney singer-songwriter Hayden McGoogan is writing from a place of hard-won clarity. Penned just after a month into sobriety, the stripped-back track captures a fragile headspace: doing well, but fearing it could all unravel. “It’s not about relapsing,” he explains. “It’s about hoping I don’t.” Recorded live with a f...

When British extreme metal legends CRADLE OF FILTH and American metal titans DEVILDRIVER, two of heavy music’s most iconic and ferocious bands - each with a stellar reputation for incredible live shows - joined forces for a North American tour in 2023 the results were predictably amazing and the synergy undeniable. Now Australia will  finally experience this much lauded team-up in July of this yea...

UK progressive death metal outfit CRYPTIC SHIFT released their Overspace & Supertime full-length on February 27 through Metal Blade Records. While not commonly known as an extraterrestrial hotspot, Leeds faced an encounter of another kind in 2015 when vocalist/guitarist Alexander Bradley and drummer Ryan Sheperson set out to accomplish a project embodying their joint passion for the art of sci...

Interview by Ali Williams Samy Elbanna of Lost Society caught up with HEAVY's Ali Williams to talk about all things dark and the journey of coming out the other side. Their chat feels less like a promo interview and more like a long, honest exhale. There’s humour, perspective, and the unmistakable tone of someone who’s been through the grinder, come out the other side, and is now enjoying the simp...

Since forming in Orlando, FL in 2018, Magnolia Park - vocalist Joshua Roberts, guitarists Tristan Torres and Freddie Criales, drummer Joe Horsham and bassist Vincent Ernst - have repeatedly proven themselves to be one of the most exciting and forward-thinking groups in the underground. Spinning a chameleonic, genre-spanning sound that incorporates punk, hard rock, hip-hop and metalcore into a dizz...

Interview by Ali Williams Necrofier are in that familiar pre-release purgatory where everything important is finished and everything annoying begins. When HEAVY caught up with Christian Larson (guitar, vocals), it was early, coffee was scarce on both sides of the planet, and the band’s third full-length was suddenly two weeks from release. No drama, no manufactured hype. Just the calm chaos of a b...

A relentless force in the underground scene, Brisbane metal outfit Dreamkillers are known for their raw intensity, genre-defying sound, and fiercely DIY ethos. Fusing thrash, English punk and melodic metal into a sonic assault that is both unrelenting and emotionally charged, while still maintaining a surprising sing-along quality, Dreamkillers continue to evolve without compromise. That evolution...

Three short years ago, two heavyweights of the metal scene joined forces for what would become known as the Double Trouble tour across Northern America. It was an ambitious and unlikely pairing, with the two co-headliners coming from completely different spectrums of the genre chart, but the Metal Gods gave their endorsement and the two combatants - Devildriver and Cradle Of Filth - combined a run...

Sylosis have been hacking away at metal’s enduring coalface for the last 25 years.  They exploded into the metal scene with their 2008 debut album Conclusion Of An Age, and have been repeatedly upping the ante for homegrown heaviness ever since. From the epic, thrash complexity of 2011’s Edge Of The Earth and its swiftly-assembled follow-up Monolith in 2012, to the bruised and brooding Dormant Hea...

Interview by Ali Williams Some bands talk about changing the world. Others actually try to rewire the power source.  When HEAVY’s Ali Williams caught up with Lime Cordiale’s Ollie Leimbach, he was literally on the floor, charging his laptop somewhere five hours north of Sydney. Very rock ’n’ roll. Very Northern Rivers. Very “I may or may not be barefoot and slightly stinky.” Which, frankly, checks...

Interview by Angela Croudace In conversation with Dominic (Nicky) Palermo, the driving force behind Nothing, it’s clear that A Short History of Decay isn’t just another chapter for the long-running shoegaze outfit, it’s a reckoning. Described as their most emotionally direct release to date, the record finds Palermo shedding vagueness in favour of brutal self-examination. “I just had to look at my...

Interview by Ali Williams Generally speaking, bands spend years in rehearsal rooms crafting a “carefully curated sonic identity.” Others however, make an EP in a uni dorm room in a single day just to “see what happens”. Meet Tom, the founding member of Lismore’s Media Puzzle, who definately falls in the latter category.  In this week’s chat with HEAVY Mag's Ali Williams, Tom proves that sometimes...

American deathcore outfit Signs of the Swarm are widely regarded as deathcore's most ferocious bands. After recently completing a sold out US tour to celebrate ten years as a band, Signs Of The Swarm have now set their sights on Australia, heading Down Under for a string of shows with Born Of Osiris in March. Over six studio albums - the most recent of which being last years To Rid Myself Of Truth...

Interview by Angela Croudace Electric Six are heading back to Australia, and according to frontman Dick Valentine, there’s “no reason not to do it.” Big, profitable shows, short flights between cities and a guaranteed good time keep the band returning Down Under. This run promises refinement over chaos. “We’re respectful, polite… and we have a good time,” Valentine laughs, describing the live show...

U.S rock/metal outfit Story Of The Year exploded onto the scene with their groundbreaking debut Page Avenue, one of the first albums of its kind to sell over a million copies. The breakout single “Until the Day I Die” quickly became both an enduring anthem and a mission statement for the band. What began as four friends working in a St. Louis pizza joint evolved into a movement, connecting deeply...

Hailing from America's Rust Belt, hardened nu-metal underdogs KING 810 have built a towering sonic reputation around themes of poverty, crime and the real-world experiences linked to their hometown of Flint, Michigan. Unleashing their debut album Memoirs of a Murderer in 2014, KING 810's maiden LP reached #18 on the Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums charts and #8 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers char...

A whole new world of inventive, insidious and infectious metalcore awaits in 2026, with Melbourne's The Gloom In The Corner -- Mikey Arthur (vocals), Jesse Abdurazak (guitar), Paul Musolino (bass) and Joshua Clinch (drums) -- on the cusp of releasing their third full-length album Royal Discordance, due out on Friday 27 February via SharpTone Records. A record that could readily soundtrack an Anime...

Formed in early 2022, Townsville metal outfit Varrim burst onto the scene with their debut single Buried in the Hills in August 2022, immediately setting the tone for their signature sound: angry, heavy, and groovy, with blasts of rage, wicked hooks, and evil breakdowns. This track marked the start of what would become Varrim’s DNA. Following up with Spirit Bomb - inspired by vocalist Kurt’s love...

Interview by Ali Williams Lord of the Lost are currently somewhere between frostbite and frequent flyer miles. When HEAVY’s Ali Williams caught up with frontman Chris Harms, the band were enjoying an “off day” in Las Vegas, which sounds glamorous until you realise it comes after three straight weeks of snow and a delightful minus 25 degrees in Canada. Celsius, for the record. The kind of cold that...

Interview by Angela Croudace A Wilhelm Scream are heading back to Australia this March and if you know AWS you know that these guys, much like myself, love a chat! So much in fact, that we had to schedule two interviews just to get through all my questions. Thank you for the laughs guys, I sincerely needed that after the week I was having, anyway, let’s get into what we discussed. Our interview wi...

Interview by Mizzie Maxx Alt rock icons Yellowcard have released a new version of their track Bedroom Posters which features current touring partners Good Charlotte. The original version of Bedroom Posters can be found on their 2025 album, Better Days. “GC and Yellowcard finally have a song together and it feels so right”, Good Charlotte lead vocalist Joel Madden says. "I love this band and this s...