The Underground

Andrew and Adam of Brisbane Metalcore outfit "Wildheart" drop by to discuss their latest release “Death Is All That’s left” and the meaning behind it, the bands indigenous background, winning Gold Coast music awards, their song being played on the AFL, musical influences, fun facts, recommendations and a bunch more!

Get to know Underground artist "Enokh Xmortiz" as we find out how he started, why Michigan is home of the Underground, his biggest influences, his love of horror, the Rot N' Rewind Podcast, releasing singles over albums, the 90's upcoming new music and a bunch more!

Cold are heading to Australia for the very first time this October with Orgy and to tell us all about it we catch up with Cold front man Scooter Ward! Scooter discusses being discovered by Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit, their ground breaking album “Year of the Spider” turning 20 Years, the Nu Metal revival, touring with Orgy, new music and much more!

Its been five long years since we last caught up with "Scum" co-founder of Underground label Lyrikal Snuff Productionz (LSP). Now he's back and gives us the low down on running an Underground record label, his crazy life on the road, upcoming projects from LSP, the My Space Days, performing at "The Float" his brand new album "Anti-Human" and so much more!

We discuss The Ghost Inside’s brand new album “Searching for Solace” with vocalist Jonathan Vigil, TGI are back and better than ever with 11 monster new tracks. Jonathan lets us know about recording the album, finally heading back to Australia in September, life in Vegas his twitch stream, LA Sports and a whole bunch more!

John Cooper of Skillet takes time out to talk with us ahead of next weeks Australia/NZ tour to discuss all the fun things – collecting, nostalgia, the Marvel Universe, Star Wars, featuring on the WWE and the Transformers movie soundtrack. We also find out why Skillet love Australia and how he overcame the band being rejected by radio stations back in the day. All of this and much more!

It’s all happening right now for Melbourne Hyperpop- Metal outfit Windwaker with the release of their four track EP “Enter The Wall”, their amazing Blair Witch inspired video “The Wall”, performing at Knotfest Australia and they're set to tour America!

Monoxide of Twiztid drops by to talk Detroit Sports (Pistons/Lions), Collecting Funko pops and other random items, Astronomicon 7, an upcoming Twiztid movie?, Horror Movies, Chain Smoker II, Side Missions and other pieces of random flavour we weren’t expecting!

Madchild kicks off his biggest Australian tour this week. We catch up with the little monster to discuss his wild career so far including working with Nelly Furtado, Todd McFarlane, doing stadium shows, writing for Fear Factory, winning MUCH music awards, becoming a millionaire not once but twice and how a third time is coming, how he hates social media but it’s a necessary evil, cracking the code...

Chad Gray doesn’t hold back when it comes to discussing the current state of the scene (do all bands sound the same? Part 2), the possibility of upcoming new solo material, why managers ruined Mudvayne touring Australia in the past, why he’s not a big horror movie guy, the Saw 2 Soundtrack, his love of cooking, bringing visuals to music and so much more!

We catch up with Coal Chamber’s Dez Fafara ahead of their massive Australian tour with fellow Nu Metal pioneers “Mudvayne”. Dez gives his takes on streaming services and the current scene! We also discuss both his Dad and Uncle being child actors in ‘Leave It to Beaver’, his brand ‘Suncult’ and we delve into the Sharon Osbourne Vs Insane Clown Posse debacle from the late 90’s. All of this and so m...

Mudvayne and Coal Chamber are bringing a massive burst of Nu Metal to our shore next month and to let us know more about we chat exclusively to Mudvayne vocalist Chad Gray! Chad discusses living in Las Vegas, quitting his Factory job to pursue a career in music, what he got up to in the pandemic, the rebirth of the scene and his takes on music now compared to that golden new metal period of the la...

Of Mice And Men are finally heading back to Australia in February and to let us know all about it we catch up with drummer Valentino “Tino” Arteaga. Tino and the crew are hype to get back out here and perform hits from their latest albums “Echo” and “Tether” plus a whole range of their tracks from their 13 plus year career. We get the inside scoop on recording their new albums from their home stud...

Scott Kirkland of The Crystal Method has done it all in his amazing career and stops by to let us know just some of it! From working with Filter on the "Spawn" soundtrack, his musical influences, the movies and video games The Crystal Method has featured on (including the ones he hasn't even seen) to heading back to Australia and his side project with Tools Justin Chancellor which may not have hap...

Wednesday 13 is heading our way in February to perform Murderdolls tracks from their albums “Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls” and “Women and Children Last”. We catch up with Wednesday to discuss the tour, the tragic passing of Joey Jordison, going against the trend, Horror movies and the possibility of Wednesday filming one himself, collecting and so much more. Wednesday is one of our favouri...

Ill Fortune is back on The Underground to discuss his soundtrack to Halloween "Midnight Matinee at The Macabre", his takes on the scene, producing for G-Mo Skee, Alla Xul Elu and more, 2024 plans and much more!

Jake Duzsik and John Famiglietti of Los Angeles Industrial group "HEALTH" take time out to discuss recording their new album "Rat Wars", prized possessions, comic conventions, music videos, recommendations, returning to Australia and more!

In Flames join Kreator for the monster double headline “Klash of the Titans” tour that is heading our way in February. Vocalist Anders Fridén Stops by to discuss their return to Australia, performing at the first Knotfest, their latest album Foregone, the artwork surrounding the band, Halloween, Jesterheads, 80’s horror and more!

Filter are heading back to Australia this April for their first headline tour since the Year 2000, this one is set to be huge and to tell us all about it we catch with vocalist Richard Patrick! We also discuss their epic new album “The Algorithm, touring with Rob Zombie, movie scores, his brother being the T1000 and much more!

Avatar's Australian tour may be over but the interview is well worth a listen, Johannes Eckstrom is a great dude! We discuss their awesome metal circus sound and look, their amazing live show, killer videos, pro wrestling, what the future holds and a bunch more…

The Kings of Thrash tour hits our shores this week and to tell us all about it we have legendary bassist David Ellefson. This interview is nothing short of FUN as we discuss Megadeth’s appearances on Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, Beavis and Butthead and World Championship Wrestling. We chat Megadeth’s epic albums “Killing is my Business….and Business is Good” as well as “So Far, So Good… So What”...

Tyler Menon (drums) and Jared Stamey (guitar) of North Carolina Progressive Metal outfit “Stellar Circuits” discuss their epic new album “Sight to Sound”, their amazing video for “Witch House”, inking a deal with Nuclear Blast Records, sitting on a whole bunch of unreleased new music and much more!

Just in time for Astronomicon 6.5 Tyler Mane takes time out to discuss the event, including your chance to win your very own Michael Myers masks. On the topic of the Boogey man, Tyler discusses preparing for the role of Myers and working with Rob Zombie! Plus, we discuss his time as a pro wrestler, his company “Mane Entertainment”, his upcoming comic book “The Last Spartan Red Tape” and much more!

Kidcrusher is back with his best album to date “MM4K” and is back on The Underground to discuss it! In our most in depth interview with KC we find out how the album came to life, being snubbed by Australian media, his side projects, working with Strongman Pictures, being a Juggalo and recording ICP covers plus we deep dive into his passion project “The Blockbuster Bloke”. KC even shows us some of...

Frenzal Rhomb have cemented themselves as Australian Punk Rock legends over their 30 year career. We catch up with vocalist “Jay Whalley” to discuss their latest album “The Cup of Pestilence”, the Australian music scene, touring, life outside of music, whatever happened to the “Frenzal Rhomb” horse and a bunch more!