Music Is My Life

I sat down with my dear old friend Joel Birch during The Amity Affliction's 2026 Australian regional tour to share some laughs and tears while discussing his life of struggle, the dramatic events leading up to their seriously heavy new album 'House of Cards', and where the metalcore legends go from here as a newly self-managed band.

I had a cool chat with the insightful Young Igor Cavalera at Froth & Fury Festival about his life growing up as the son of heavy metal legends Max and Gloria Cavalera, his own journey of musical and political discovery, performing the Sepultura classics alongside his father and uncle in Cavalera, reactivating Nailbomb with his Dad, as well as his others projects Go Ahead And Die and Healing Ma...

Canadian tech death guitarist and prominent heavy metal YouTuber Dean Lamb sits down at Froth N Fury fest to talk all about his journey as a creator and his band Archspire's decision to go independent for the release of their killer new album 'Too Fast To Die'.

Canadian hardcore legends Comeback Kid were at Froth & Fury Festival in Adelaide to celebrate 20 years of 'Wake The Dead', but I was mostly interested in talking to guitarist Stu Ross about about his pioneering metalcore band Misery Signals and their decision to put a full stop on an incredible legacy with one final tour back in 2024.

Chatting production, politics, work life balance, and all of Will Putney's sick bands at Sooki Lounge in Belgrave during the debut Australian tour from Better Lovers.

Midway through what would become his final tour as front man for mathcore supergroup Better Lovers, I sat down with the prolific beast that is Greg Puciato to talk about finding his feet in the band he was about to part ways with, his time and potential future with The Dillinger Escape Plan, taming a feral cat, managing his mental health, mourning the loss of his friend Brent Hinds of Mastodon, as...

Ahead of the ten year anniversary tour for the breakout Hellions album Opera Oblivia , I went and caught up with my good friend Matt Gravolin to talk all about the reactivation of his life's work after five years away from his best friends.

I had a brief 20 minutes at Good Things 2025 to sit down with the vocalist and drummer of the biggest deathcore band on the planet, Lorna Shore.

Chatting responsible touring, steady growth, strong family dynamics, and thoughts on future music with Make Them Suffer vocalist Sean Harmanis at Good Things 2025.

Kate Davies of the genre-blurring UK trio PUPIL SLICER talks new album Fleshwork, and goes deep on their experience of being a trans person in the UK, and how this has shaped what the band stands for.

Jona is the guitarist and leader of the Swiss hardcore band COILGUNS. I first met him and most of his bandmates when they were playing for German post-metal collective THE OCEAN back in 2012. The band's latest record 'Odd Love' (released via Jona's prolific DIY label Hummus Records), is a viscerally passionate and elevated experience. Once you're done with this episode I sugges...

Tristan Shone of the industrial doom metal project Author & Punisher talks about his latest album 'Nocturnal Birding', how his experiences volunteering to help immigrants in the face of Trump's border policies gave him a lot to write about, his efforts to bring his custom made instruments to market, and more.

Fresh from opening the main stage on day two of Damnation Festival, Brady Deeprose, singer/guitarist of British post-metal group Conjurer sits down to talk new album 'Unself', trans rights, the skewed perception of their niche scene, touring with Make Them Suffer, and more.

Backstage at Damnation Festival 2025, Singer/guitarist Matt King of Texas screamo-come-black-metal trio Portrayal of Guilt talks touring with Deafheaven, his band's place in the world and their forthcoming new album, as well as the learning curve of running Portrayal of Guilt Records.

I sat down with the main brain behind the mysterious Portuguese entity that is Gaerea at Damnation Festival to discuss the band's growth beyond traditional black metal, the influence of Linkin Park, how Sleep Token changed the game, and the forthcoming new record 'Loss'.

I sat down with Deafheaven vocalist George Clarke at Damnation Festival in the UK to talk Lonely People With Power the experiences that shaped it, and reflect on the band's legendary catalog.

Matt and Carl are two of the three guitarists and both of the graphic designers in the ranks of the Sydney post-rock group We Lost The Sea. I sat down with them before the Melbourne show of the launch tour for their fifth record 'A Single Flower' to talk about the process behind it, as well as getting big in China and how that compares to touring the USA for the first time.

Guitarist Jona Weinhofen sits down in the basement of Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide to wrap up the I Killed The Prom Queen arc of the podcast.

JJ Peters is the drummer of Australian metalcore heroes I Killed The Prom Queen. He also leads the international hardcore crew Deez Nuts. Saudade is the band’s newly released 7th full-length album - the first he has helmed as a sober man. We sat down at Northcote Theater during Prom Queen’s 25 Year Anniversary tour last month to chat about the journey.

Last month I sat down with my mate Dane Evans - vocalist of Sydney deathcore vegans TO THE GRAVE - on the Newcastle stop of their tour supporting I Killed The Prom Queen. We talk mostly about the band's strong animal rights message and his journey to living a life free of cruelty, the band's recent and relentless touring, their 2024 album 'Everyone's A Murderer' and 2025 mixtape 'Still', the band'...

Kevin Cameron, guitarist of the legendary Australian metalcore group I Killed The Prom Queen, sits down for his first-ever podcast two shows into their 25 year anniversary tour. Listen as we battle against soundcheck to discuss his feelings on the reunion, as well as joining fellow Adelaide hardcore pioneers Day of Contempt, and the status of his In Trenches project.

The central Australian enigma that is the man behind the Blacken Open Air festival and The Black Wreath crew - Pirate - spins his yarn.

In the shadow of Uluru I speak to Isaiah Mitchell - guitarist of Californian psych-rock trio EARTHLESS - mere hours before the band would make history by performing in the presence of the monolith that inspired one of their most iconic songs.

James Geekie is the drummer of Melbourne sludge metal icons ISUA. He's also a great friend that I grew up with in Brisbane, where he brought me into the world of live music promotion. In this podcast recorded on day three of Blacken Open Air in the Northern Territory, Geeks and I speak a little about his band, but mostly reminisce on our faded memories of those days.

After the better part of a month on the road, I am back with several episodes in the can. First up is my old friend Karina Utomo, speaking from our poolside desert cabin accommodation at Blacken Open Air in the Northern Territory, where she was performing with her exploratory black metal outfit KILAT.. we discuss Blacken and KILAT's recent activities, as well as her growth as a vocalist and how it...