Wall Of Sound: Interviews

Rock icon Phil Campbell is set to bring his band of Bastard Sons down under for the very first time in September and our very own metal bogan Duane James grabbed the iconic guitarist for a chat all about their impending tour, Motörhead memories, the ongoing scattering of Lemmy 's ashes and Black Sabbath 's final bow. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The French metalcore scene is a thriving metropolis of brutal soundscapes with bands like LANDMVRKS , Novelists and ten56. leading the charge, but keep your eyes and ears on Arising Empire 's dark horse Resolve , who recently made their way through Australia touring with Erra and Silent Planet . Backstage at Melbourne's iconic Forum, Wall Of Sound 's Ricky Aarons was joined by Anthony Diliberto (v...

German metalcore prodigies Half Me made their Australian debut supporting thrown and Wall Of Sound 's Ricky grabbed  Christopher Hesse and Christopher Zühlke for an alleyway chat about their Aussie experience, the Euro metalcore scene and the new music they're all but ready to unleash upon the world.  Join the Wall of Sound Community Wall Of Sound HQ Linktree Patreon See omnystudio....

From the ashes of their previous musical venture rose House Of Protection - a genre-blending alternative rock outfit made up of scene staples Aric Improta  and  Stephen   Harrison. The duo - along with producer Jordan Fish (ex- BMTH ) - turned their departures into a fierce display of musicianship on debut release GALORE and have taken the scene by storm. Browny chats with the duo a...

Steel Panther have been regular travellers to Australia ever since their inaugural trip down here for the Soundwave Festival in early 2012 and the subsequent Brazzers sponsored tour later again that year. In the lead up to their return to Australia this October, Wall Of Sound's Duane James was lucky enough to have a hilarious and heartfelt chat with legendary drummer Stix Zadinia.  See omnystudio....

Metal Mayhem ensured when Wall Of Sound's Browny and Duane ran headfirst into Knotfest Australia chatting with the likes of Disturbed , Halestorm , The Hu , Wage War , Windwaker , King Parrot , Thy Art Is Murder and Asking Alexandria at the 2024 run in Brisbane. Who has new music on the way, who's coming back soon and who was the loosest band to catch up with? Listen now. Join the Wall of Sound Co...

Alpha Wolf 's curated music festival CVLTFEST made its triumphant debut in Brisbane and Wall Of Sound 's Browny , Ricky and Adam ran head-first into the event to catch up with the likes of Diamond Construct , VILIFY , ten56 and the big bad wolves themselves, Scottier & Mitch of Alpha Wolf .   Join the Wall of Sound Community Website: https://WallOfSoundAU.com/​ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/wall...

Meet Duane - Our resident heavy metal bogan and lover of all things heavy from Australia's underground. We sent Duane to catch up with Youngy from King Parrot prior to their departure to the US, where they'll be supporting the likes of Pantera, Lamb Of God , and Weedeater  and the pair got chatting about new music, the Aussie scene and more - hook into Duane's World Issue 6! See omnystudio.com/lis...

With their newest album, Datura, out in the world, Ebony catches up for her yearly chat with Boston Manor's vocalist, Henry Cox. We find out about the process of making an album that deals with dark and honest themes, creating an album around life events, and what the album's second part is going to look like next year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australia's very own Parkway Drive are back with album number seven Darker Still - which finds the band honing in on a heavy metal sound that's going to catapult them to Metal Icon status - playing amongst the greats of the industry. Frontman Winston McCall joins Browny to chat about their journey, their progression from metalcore kings to metal gods and where they'll head from here...  Interviewe...

Ahead of the release of Machine Head 's highly-anticipated tenth studio album Øf Kingdøm And Crøwn, Wall of Sound veteran (and fanboy) Ricky Aarons sat down with the one and only Robb Flynn to discuss it - covering the record's conception, their progression as a band, his personal life, appreciation for new bands and more. One not to be missed! Interviewer: Ricky Aarons @rickysaul90 Full interview...

For the first time ever, please welcome BRING ME THE HORIZON frontman Oli Sykes to Wall of Sound - discussing the band's upcoming headline slot at Good Things Festival , his various collaborations, POST HUMAN 2's status, and making YOU proud in December! Interviewer:  Ricky Aarons  @rickysaul90 Prefer to read? Take a look here See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Now, everyone knows we're a little bit keen on Blood Command , especially since our very own Nikki Brumen joined the band and moved all the way to Norway basically forever. And with their album, Praise Armageddonism , coming out on July 1st , we just had to call up Nikki to have a bit of a chat! Interview by Ebony Story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We've been onto DREGG for quite a while now, and the fellas are finally taking their innovative music and performances across Australia for their first ever headline tour! It's hard to describe DREGG's sound, but if you think of hardcore/metal/rap, you're almost there.  Ebony caught up with vocalist Chris Mackertich to chat about how COVID messed up their plans once signing to Epitaph Records...

Merry Christmas everyone, we managed to call up Karnivool's Ian Kenny for a chat! If you missed The Decade of Sound Awake Livestream event earlier this year, don't stress because you can now own your own Blu-ray copy. And if you need more Karnivool in your life, make sure you go listen to their new track 'All It Takes'. And if you still need more? Well, this interview is for you then. See omnystud...

When  Boston Manor  surprise dropped their EP  DESPERATE TIMES DESPERATE PLEASURES , oh man, who wasn't excited! Am I right? It comes about a year and a half after their album  GLUE  and is moody and moshy and just a great present as we emerge into the world on what is hopefully the other side of COVID-19. Now, it took me a little while to call up frontman  Henry Cox...

Following the success of their first outing into horror movie territory, Ice Nine Kills are back for a second serving of The Silver Scream and this time, all bets are off according to frontman/visionary Spencer Charnas who joined Browny, a fellow horror nutter, to take a deep dive into the conception and orchestration of their follow up release, the backstory in the Ice Nine Kills Universe and the...

Where does one even start with this piece? There is so much to cover in such a short amount of space, yet Jordan Fish and Lee Malia from Bring Me The Horizon had so much to share on upon the release of their latest masterpiece POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR. As the Sheffield band were waking up, we here in Australia had been thrashing the new record all day, so when...

If you haven't been following Amy Shark's rise to fame because you think she's just another pop act made for radio, you need to give yourself an uppercut... actually, give yourself two! Amy's story is not only impressively inspiring, but once you dig deep into her music career and the bands/musicians who inspired it, you'll find you have A LOT more in common with her than you think. See omnystudio...

Where does one even begin to discuss the impact the band Killer Be Killed has had in Australia? The metal supergroup consisting of vocalists/guitarists Greg Puciato and Max Cavalera, vocalist/bassist Troy Sanders and drummer Ben Koller have released one album (with a second on the way), scored rave reviews around the world within the metal community, and, get this, they've only conducted ONE tour...