The Underground

We throw back to the Year 2000 with Brett Detar of The Juliana Theory and find out what his Y2K survival kit included as well as what else was big around the time of “Emotion Is Dead's” release! We also discuss the ground breaking album and find out what's involved in scoring a movie as Brett has done many including “Orphan First Kill”. All of this, their upcoming Australian tour with The Spill Canvas and more!

Burton C. Bell returns to The Underground to discuss his upcoming Australian tour with his new band, his time living here, photography, the Metal Hall of Fame, taking a rapper's mindset into releasing music, whether AI will take over the world, what the future holds and much more!

Tech N9ne returns to The Underground for the first time in years to discuss his upcoming Australian tour also featuring Strange Music's Joey Cool. We reminisce on old Gathering of the Juggalo's and find out how it feels to have the mainstream go Tech, we talk Halloween and Christmas, Horror Movie's, collectibles, working with The Rock (on Face off), recommendations and more!

***Please Note, J-Dog's audio cuts out at times, unfortunately there wasn't much that could be done about this*** Hollywood Undead join Black Veil Brides and Falling in Reverse for one MONSTOUR of Australia, kicking off tomorrow in Perth. We catch up with J-Dog of Hollywood Undead to discuss the tour, the LA Fires, his side business, Australian Slang, new music, plus we find out his thoughts on elderly folk letting it all hang out in their budgie smugglers, and he tells us a fun Steel Panther story!

With Knotfest just around the corner we catch up with Miss May I's Levi Benton to discuss the upcoming festival and their side shows. We also find out the differences between Australia and his home state of Ohio, find out the status on new music, find out why you shouldn't take the Bus from Cleveland to Detroit and find out the most awesome thing his music has ever popped on (spoiler alert – it's the BEST answer yet)!

Jamie Madrox has kicked off 2025 with a bang, releasing his solo album “More Music You Don't Wanna Hear, From Someone You Barely Like” and about to release the full length Zeuss produced Twiztid album “Welcome To Your Funeral” (Available February 14). Jamie gives us the inside scoop on his crazy work ethic, all of the new projects, his takes on Nu Metal, what the future holds for House of Krazees, 10 years of Majik Ninja Entertainment and we talk some Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Astronomicon and much more! Please Note – This interview was recorded right before the cancelation of the Coal Chamber tour***

Jack Sin and Body Rot aka The Michigan Misfits discuss their upcoming album ‘Ransom”, the Underground scene, their merchandise game, performing at Fright Fest, what the future holds and just how many times Jack Sin has been set on fire in Backyard Wrestling!

Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire takes time out to discuss their upcoming July 2025 Australian tour with Atreyu, how growing up as a Pastor's son affected his style of music and what his parents think of Metalcore, his many side projects including beard products, his passion for BBQ and more, their upcoming album Shapeshifter and a whole bunch more!

This will go down as the most fun we have ever had in an interview, Ruyter Suys of Nashville Pussy is an absolute riot. We discuss their upcoming tour of Australia, wild rumours she's heard about herself, hanging out at The Rainbow Bar in Los Angeles, whether or not she's ever done a “Shoey”, farming?!?, life on the road and a bunch more. A super fun interview with a super fun lady! **Apologies to Ruyter for mispronouncing her name multiple times, even after being told how to say it correctly**

Ahead of their February 2025 tour we catch up with Hed (PE) vocalist Jared Gomes to discuss heading back to Australia, the resurgence of Nu Metal, their “Detox” album, Suburban Noize Records, the wildest things that have happened in his career and more!

Atreyu's ground breaking album “The Curse” celebrated it's 20 Year anniversary in June of this year, we catch up with founding member/vocalist/former drummer of the band Brandon Saller to discuss the album and how it paved the way for the group. Brandon also lets us know his favourite thing about Australia, making their own Atreyu whiskey, the status on his side group Hell or High Water, forming an Outkast covers band, being compared to the WWE's Big Show and we test him on some 2004 trivia, kind of. All of this and more!

Ryan McCombs is a super busy man, fronting not just one but two big time bands in Soil and Drowning Pool. Ryan discusses re-joining Drowning Pool, reminisces on some band punch ons, working double duties, his music featuring on the NFL, the status on new Drowning Pool music and a bunch more!

Good Things is just around the corner and we catch up with Danny Case of “From Ashes To New”, who are set to perform at the festival and for the very first time in Australia! We find out how he's feeling before the mammoth flight, featuring on “The Retaliators” movie, Performing Christmas songs, Gym life, Hoops, the status on new music and much more!

We catch up with Lucas and Dan of Melbourne Metalcore outfit “NTH Rd” to get to know the band and find out how Dan is fitting in as the new vocalist. Plus, we discuss the evolution of the group, their takes on the Metlacore scene, their latest single “Remember”, what the future holds and a bunch more!

We catch up with Eddie Berg of Imminence ahead of next month's Australian Good Things Festival. Eddie lets us know about mixing violin with metalcore, their latest album “The Black”, his love of movies, the status on his side project “Bear Mountain Park” and a bunch more!

Touchè Amorè drummer Elliot Babin drops by to discuss their upcoming release “Spiral in a Straight line”. Elliot lets us know about working with legendary producer “Ross Robinson” and just how intense he really is, plus we chat Australian lingo, their loyal fanbase, life outside of music and more!

Seether recently released their ninth studio album “The Surface Seems So Far”, we caught up with drummer John Humphrey to discuss recording the album, the killer art work, collecting vinyl, Halloween, life outside of music, heading back to Australia and much more!

The Funeral Portrait's brand new album "Welcome To Suffocate City" is out now. We catch up with vocalist Lee Jennings to discuss recording the album, choosing the big time guests (Spencer of Ice Nine Kills, Danny of Asking Alexandra, Eva from Eva Under Fire, Burt from The Used), their videos and the meaning behind them, Halloween/Horror life, performing at the Silver Scream conventions, what the future holds, the possibility of heading to Australia, how much their fan base "The Coffin Crew" mean to them and much more!

Mushroomhead release their brand new album “Call the Devil” this Friday, August 9th, we catch up with founding member Steve "Skinny" Felton to find out all about it. Skinny discusses the longevity of the band, his influences, Jackie LaPonza joining the group, recording the album with a post covid passion, their new masks, upcoming visuals (including something you may not expect), touring the world and more!

Ed Hartwell discusses leaving his office job to tour the world with UK Metalcore act Bury Tomorrow who almost called it quits after the pandemic. Ed lets us know about recording last year's album “The Seventh Sun” and the 90's influences behind it (Korn, Bjork, Sepultura and more), growing up in the 90's, the state of Metalcore, returning to Australia, what the future holds and more!

Lucas Stone has been ripping up the Australian scene for 30 years with no signs of slowing down! We catch up with Lucas to discuss his latest EP "Deathbed", getting discovered back in the day by Triple J and Roadrunner Records, his label "Summerland Records", developing up and coming bands, juggling his full time band "Hammers" and side project Hot Cobra, life outside of music and much more!

The Hope Conspiracy are back with a brand new album “Tools Of Oppression / Rule By Deception”, their first in 18 years! Founding member/Vocalist “Kevin Baker” drops by to discuss the album, why now was the right time to release it, touring Australia in 2003 and the crazy story of flying here, his side projects “All Pigs Must Die” and “Bars”, the album artwork, collecting vinyls, the Boston Celtics and much more!

Story Of The Year are heading to Australia this August to celebrate 20 Years of their debut album "Page Avenue". We catch up with lead guitarist Ryan Phillips to find out if he's a nostalgic type guy, if he remembers what was trending when the album dropped in 2003, running from the Cops on the freeway, his takes on Australia and more!

The Devil Wears Prada return to Australia this August to support Alpha Wolf on their “Half Living things” tour and to tell us all about it we catch up with TDWP's Jeremy DePoyster. Jeremy discusses evolving from a Christian Metalcore band to what they are today, new music, life on the road, life outside of music, why he is “insane” and more!

Jay Gordon and Carlton Bost of Orgy take time out to discuss their upcoming October Australian tour, Orgy's album “Candyass” turning 25, the Family Values tour with Korn and being signed to their label Elementree Records, featuring on “Charmed”, the Carlton football club, new music and so much more!

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, AFL, his upcoming new solo album, new Swollen Members and much, much more!

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 much more!

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 late 90's/early 2000's bands!

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 studios, how much the pandemic changed their musical direction, the status of his side project “Lower Definition” why he chose drumming and much more!

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 happened without their Australian connection. We cover it all and much more!

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 favourite guests of all time, be sure to check this one out!

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” his time in Australia collaborating with Violent J of the Insane Clown Posse and much more!

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 his most prized movie collectibles!

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!

Skinny Disco of Industrial Metal Powerhouse “Deathstars” drops by to discuss their brand new album “Everything Destroys You”, his side project The Horde, glam metal, the possibility of returning to Australia, Sweden's laid back covid restrictions and much more. For some reason we started referring to Skinny as Dizzy throughout the interview, see how many you can count. Haha! Much love to Skinny for being so good about it!