Scars and Guitars

Dave Lupton (Flaming Wrekage). Cathedral Of Bones is the name of the new album from Sydney's Flaming Wrekage. If you like your thrash metal served with a hefty dose of brutality, these guys hit it out of the stadium. Dave is in hand to tell us about the album and we discuss a heap of other topics.

Ryan Miller (Black Rheno/ Cult Etiquette PR). Black Rheno have a new single with accompanying video, called "Battle Ready". The lads will be on tour through May and June playing east coast Australia. Ryan is on hand to discuss the band and whats been happening with Cult Etiquette PR.

James Lascelles (Wheel). Resident Human is the name of the new album for 2021 from Wheel, and James is on hand to discuss the album and a heap of other topics.

Jono Colliver (Dr. Colossus). Melbourne's greatest Springfieldian doom band Dr. Colossus return with the release of their second full-length album entitled I'm A Stupid Moron With An Ugly Face And A Big Butt And My Butt Smells And I Like To Kiss My Own Butt to be released in full on May 26th 2021. Jono is on hand to talk all things Dr. Colossus and much more!

Lars Nedland (Borknagar/ Solefald/ White Void). Norwegian Eclectic hard rockers White Void are set to release their debut album for Nuclear Blast Anti on Friday 12th March 2021. Vocalist Lars Nedland (also a long time member of Borknagar and Solefald) was on hand to have a chat, we ran out of time to talk about his stellar career so hopefully, we get a chance to chat again!

L.G. Petrov (Entombed). I interviewed LG prior to launching the podcast. We spoke in early 2017. The catalyst is Entombed AD's 2017 Australian tour. The great man has lost his battle with cancer so this is for the fans. I hope LG is cool with me releasing this posthumously. I recorded from a desk phone onto an iPad so the quality of the audio is *potato*. A quality conversation nonetheless. RIP LG...

Danni Lyse Jelsgaard (Vansind). MXIII is the new EP from Vansind and will be released digitally on March 26, 2021. Danni is on hand to tell us all about it. He's also a fan of the podcast, it was great to get his feedback on the show and a heap of other subjects.

Aaron Pauley (Of Mice & Men). On the eve of the launch of the group's new EP, Timeless, Aaron joins Andrew to discuss the release for Sharptone Records and a heap of other topics.

David Gale (Karoshi). The new originals outfit from The Porkers guitarist David Gale is called Karoshi. Featuring heavy dance beats and chunky guitars, David joins Andrew to discuss the project and heap of other topics!

Greg Moffitt (AKA Damien Gregori ex- Cradle of Filth). Working under the pseudonym Damien Gregori, Greg was the keyboard player in Cradle of Filth appearing on the EP V Empire or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein and the album Dusk and Her Embrace. We discuss his tenure in Cradle of Filth and topics relating to his outstanding podcast, Legalise Freedom ( https://legalise-freedom.com ). An epic conver...

Ricky Warwick (The Black Star Riders, Thin Lizzy, The Almighty). Ricky's new solo album When Life Was Hard & Fast is out now. We cover a heap of banter on this episode covering many facets of his sterling career.

Robyn Ferguson. South African guitar virtuoso talks about her new EP Triptych, due for release on February 26 2021. Plenty of other topics covered with Robyn, always a great interview subject so enjoy!

Paul Allender (The Unnamed Horrors, ex- Cradle of Filth). The long-tenured Cradle of Filth guitarist has a new project and a newfound creative drive. I reached out to Paul to discuss what he'd been up to in recent years.

Michael Schenker. Immortal is the new album from Michael Schenker Group. As one of the most influential guitarists ever is there anything else that Michale can add to his legacy? There sure is. Immortal is a superb collection, and Michale is available to talk about the album and plenty of other topics.

Bill Hudson (NorthTale, Circle II Circle, Jon Oliva's Pain, I Am Morbid, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Udo Dirkschneider). ESP Guitars USA has posted on their Official Youtube Channel, a demonstration video, where Bill plays an instrumental arrangement of "Welcome To Paradise" by NorthTale. I asked Bill if he'd like to have a chat so here it is!

Mark Jansen (Epica). Omega is the name of Epica's new album which is due for release on February 2021. We also cover a heap of topics alongside the talking about the album.

Kimmo Kuusniemi (Sarcofagus). The Godfathers of Finnish heavy metal, fronted by filmmaker and guitarist Kimmo Kuusniemi, declares the band is done. Kaput. In this far-reaching conversation, Kimmo talks about the end of Sarcofagus and his future plans.

Simone Simons (Epica). Omega is the name of Epica's new album which is due for release on February 26th. Simone talks about recording challenges throughout COVID, not being able to tour and other interesting topics!

Kym Redmond (Band of Missfits). "Crickets" is the recently launched single by Kym and the lads in Perth based Band of Missfits. Kym's shares her thoughts on the single and plenty of other worthy subjects.

Matthew Vereker (Maver). Perth based electro artist Maver has just dropped the killer tune "Coppola". he's on hand to discuss the single and a bunch other other topics.

Dave Williams (Indigo). Perth based outfit Indigo has just launched a new single, "Everybody Knows". We discuss the single and a heap of worthy topics as well.

Nick Barker (Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir, Lock Up, Old Man's Child, Brujeria). Nick Barker is one of the greatest extreme metal drummers, his career spans 30 years and many colossal albums. He was in Cradle of Filth for the flawed magnum opus, Cruelty and the Beast, which is the reason I was keen to chat to him. Nick shares his thoughts and doesn't hold back, so it was great to hear him offer so...

Chris David (Majestica). Swedish Power Metal heroes Majestica have just released their Metal Christmas album A Christmas Carol via Nuclear Blast. Chris is the bands bassist and a fab interview subject. We could have spoken for a lot longer but Chris had to go tp another interview, still, its well worth tuning in!

James Norbert Ivanyi. James full-length instrumental album is out now, called Omen Faustum​, it's a killer guitar jazz-shred masterpiece that I recently compared to the legendary work from Steve Khan! I enjoyed this chat, I believe James is one if the most important Australian guitarists around. He's taking guitar instrumental music into new and interesting places.

Plini. Sydney based guitar and instrumental artist Plini released his new studio album, Impulse Voices, on November 27 2020. He's one of my favourite instrumental guitarists ever, and we cover a lot of ground during the conversation!