As the 10th Anniversary tour of the seminal Party Deathcore album “About That Life” from Attila keeps crushing venues globally, frontman Chris Fronzak dropped into the studio with Suicide Silence guitarist Chris Garza for the latest episode of the Garza Podcast. The discussion goes from writing songs with a deck of cards and being misunderstood
Continuing a series of… shall we say eclectic(?) covers from Avant-garde Metal trio Imperial Triumphant which has already seen them let fly renditions of “Paranoid Android” by Radiohead, “A Night In Tunisia” by Dizzy Gillespie and “Jacob’s Ladder” by Rush, “Motorbreath” by Metallica has entered the room. While a covers album hasn’t as yet been announced, the
Returning for a second conversation with guitarist duo Joel and Andi from Helve means we get to chalk something from our epically long bucket list – an interview about writing and recording in the dark and cryptic genre that is Post-Metal. They released their masterpiece of a debut album “To Be Forgotten” via Ripcord Records at
A second interview with multi instrumentalist and studio guru Matt Crawford, one half of Cambridge Groove centric Metal act Crowborn is available for your coffee machine reading as we plunge into the dark waters of the writing and recording of their debut EP “It Just Is“. The master of strings, Crawford also recorded, produced, mixed
There was the possibility that with the Dark Tranquillity machine cranking up the gears after the great plague years that the pair of side projects that Gothenburg Melodic Death Metal icon Mikael Stanne has joined in Grand Cadaver and The Halo Effect would fall away. However that is a vision that hasn’t come to fruition
A cause for celebration, the 100th episode of the Garza Podcast hosted by Suicide Silence guitarist Chris Garza finds Industrial Metal legends Fear Factory in the studio. Conversation runs from having clocked up 56 shows with new vocalist Milo Silvestro (having held 300 vocal auditions to find him) all the way back to playing Bizarre
Taking advantage of the situation he finds himself in, Stray From The Path drummer and The Downbeat Podcast host Craig Reynolds invites guitarist Tom Williams from his band onto the show for this week’s episode. A multi band manager, father and best friend, Williams has plenty to say about the risks of their recent headlining
Reminiscing about the Livin La Vida Loco Tour back in 1999 which saw them headline with support from Machine Head, Slipknot, Amen and Dope, Coal Chamber bassist Nadja Peulen is the latest to sit in the KnotFest Nu Pod hot seat. The conversation stretches to her work on graphic novels and the recording of “Rivals” as
One of the highlights of September was debut album “To Be Forgotten” from Leeds based Post-Metal act Helve via Ripcord Records. Some eight years in the making and yet feeling like the band had barely left the studio after their debut EP “Faint Hope” in 2015, it can be considered nothing short of a triumphant return…
Groove-centric Metal purveyors Crowborn hail from Cambridge, the brainchild of guitarist and bassist Matt Crawford and vocalist Ben “Bennboy” Goddard born to burn in the great plague years. Produced, mixed, and mastered by Numbskull Audio Production by Crawford himself, their debut EP “It Just Is” finds them joined by drummer James Chapman and creating songs
