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Interview by Erin EddyFinnish gothic rock legend Ville Valo is gearing up for an electrifying return to the Australian and New Zealand stages after a decade-long hiatus. With his debut solo album Neon Noir still reverberating through the music scene, Valo took some time to chat with HEAVY Mag about his latest ventures and the eagerly awaited tour.Valo delved into the creative process behind Neon Noir and how it feels to step into the spotlight as a solo artist. From the haunting melodies to the introspective lyrics, the album is a testament to Valo's musical evolution and his ability to captivate audiences with his distinctive style.Valo's upcoming tour marks his first visit to Australia in a decade, promising fans an unforgettable live experience. From Auckland to Brisbane, Valo will be enchanting audiences with a mix of solo tracks and beloved HIM classics, showcasing his unparalleled vocal range and magnetic stage presence.But before hitting the road, HEAVY Mag put Valo to the test, challenging him to decipher some Aussie slang. From "servo" to "esky", Valo's reactions were as entertaining as they were endearing, proving that even a Finnish rock god can appreciate the charm of Down Under.So, whether you're a die-hard fan or simply curious to witness Valo's magic first hand, be sure to grab your tickets now for what promises to be an unforgettable tour. Don't miss out on the chance to experience the dark allure of Ville Valo live in concert!

Interview by Kyra-Jade CoombsEbolagoldfish are a 3-piece self-confessed ‘Past-Punk' band out of Sydney. Heavy had a chat with Gavan McDougall their bassist and after establishing that HEAVY Mag wasn't indeed a fat joke, we got onto talking about how Ebolagoldfish came to be, their newest single, Powers and what's coming up for the band.I had to know right away how they ended up calling themselves Ebolagoldfish. True to Aussie ‘culture' I was informed that the name came from the McDougall brother's father basically calling them idiots when trying to find something, like car keys for example. “What's that? A bowl of goldfish?” pointing at the ‘lost' keys, which evolved into ‘Ebolagoldfish'. Turns out the world doesn't have a sense of humour, which resulted in people reaching out the band on what to do with the goldfish to help someone with Ebola. Look out, we are going places as a society people…Now if you haven't watched the film clip that accompanies their newest single Powers you need to check it out. It's my sense of humour to a tee and had me cracking up from the get-go. It perfectly nods to the old school/ horrifically dubbed movies and has the boys running around the rolling hills of New South Wales in their white coveralls chasing rainbows. The song itself is catchy as fuck and has been on high rotation at my place, I really can't wait to hear more.The conversation somehow turned to the fact that I knocked my front tooth out. For those of you that don't know, Gavan and his twin Andy are the younger brothers of Linsday from Frenzal Rhomb. As it turns out I interviewed Linsday a few weeks ago, and he had to have his ‘2 cents' about my goddamn tooth asking if I got it fixed. I said I was during tax time and Gavan quickly clapped back with “I hope the gap ain't too big”. Gotta this thick skin in this industry, haha! This lot really did fall from the same tree. I would imagine Christmas time at the McDougall's would be a fucking scream!

Copenhagen's undisputed Kings of rock n' roll Disneyland After Dark, otherwise known as simply D-A-D, are finally returning to Australia after a shameful thirty two years absence. Best known for their anthemic rock classic "Sleeping My Day Away" from 1989 and the uber sexy "Girl Nation" both taken from their perfect release, No Fuel Left For The Pilgrims, not forgetting others killer tracks such as "I Won't Cut My Hair" & "I Wan't What She's Got", the amazing D-A-D have never left the scene and have a massive following in Europe but seemingly fell off some ignorant folks' Rock N' Rock Radar!Ahead of their arrival here in just over a week, founding member and front man Jesper Binzer took some time out of his rehearsal session to have a chat with Heavymag and graciously give us the rundown of what's been going on in the magical work of Disneyland After Dark, their history as a near unbroken quartet for nearly four decades and what we can expect from the live show. And of course it wouldn't be a Metal V podcast without the audio being an hour long special dedicated solely to these legends with a fine range and bouquet of D-A-D's finest slabs of musical magnificence.

Brisbane is about to get a new local music festival featuring a large spread of Australian and New Zealand bands that promises to reinvigorate the live music scene and interest on a massive scale.To be held this Saturday, November 12, at the Mansfield Tavern, Kaiju Fest: The King Of Festivals will be brought to you by Nash Management, Rail Records, Heavy Mag and the NZ Music Commission. Bringing the return of New Zealand's Industrial powerhouse Kaosis, this is one festival you do not want to miss!Featuring two stages worth of exciting bands, Kaiju Fest has sold out a large chunk of allocated tickets so organisers advise pre-purchasing to save disappointment.HEAVY reporter CJ Nash caught up with tribute band Resurrection, who will be one of the headlining acts at this weekend's musical extravaganza.

In this full hour long HevyDevy special, Devin Townsend gives you all frank, honest self evaluation / descriptive analysis of himself - flaws and all, the career, artistic endeavours that have moulded his personal and professional life. The challenges of evolving, plus, accepting his age and artistic output that guides and defines his journey in life. This is openly described by the genius himself so to get deeper into the heart of the new Devin Townsend album “Lightwork”, your full attention is required by listening to the HEAVY Mag special in full, which includes some poignant tracks that have shaped Townsend's musical career.

Brisbane is about to get a new local music festival featuring a large spread of Australian and New Zealand bands that promises to reinvigorate the live music scene and interest on a massive scale.To be held on November 12 at the Mansfield Tavern, Kaiju Fest: The King Of Festivals will be brought to you by Nash Management, Rail Records, Heavy Mag and the NZ Music Commission. Bringing the return of New Zealand's Industrial powerhouse Kaosis, this is one festival you do not want to miss!Featuring two stages worth of exciting bands, Kaiju Fest is selling beyond expectations already, so organisers suggest getting in quickly to secure your ticket.Today CJ Nash catches up with Regular Gonzales.

Brisbane is about to get a new local music festival featuring a large spread of Australian and New Zealand bands that promises to reinvigorate the live music scene and interest on a massive scale.To be held on November 12 at the Mansfield Tavern, Kaiju Fest: The King Of Festivals will be brought to you by Nash Management, Rail Records, Heavy Mag and the NZ Music Commission. Bringing the return of New Zealand's Industrial powerhouse Kaosis, this is one festival you do not want to miss!Featuring two stages worth of exciting bands, Kaiju Fest is selling beyond expectations already, so organisers suggest getting in quickly to secure your ticket.Today, CJ Nash catches up with Brisbane thrash metal outfit Asylum who are playing at Kaiju. Asylum have recently released their latest album Tyrannicide, coming a good six years after the previous album Concealed Death. CJ starts by asking if there was any specific reason for the long time frame between albums."It wasn't a conscious decision to take so long," Robert mused, "we just had a few hiccups along the way, but the main thing was we just wanted to spend our time making the best album that we could possibly do. After that, COVID hit, and we had a line-up change at the beginning of the year which put us back a bit. Other than that, it was never a conscious decision. During that time, we wanted to make sure we came up with the best album that we had to offer."In the full interview, CJ pushes for more information on the new album, their spot at Kaiju Fest, what to expect, what the band has planned for the future and more.

Brisbane is about to get a new local music festival featuring a large spread of Australian and New Zealand bands that promises to reinvigorate the live music scene and interest on a massive scale.To be held on November 12 at the Mansfield Tavern, Kaiju Fest: The King Of Festivals will be brought to you by Nash Management, Rail Records, Heavy Mag and the NZ Music Commission. Bringing the return of New Zealand's Industrial powerhouse Kaosis, this is one festival you do not want to miss!Kaiju Fest features two stages worth of some of SEQLD's best heavy acts at the Mansfield Tavern with doors starting at 4pm. With early bird tickets available now, jump onto this monster bill before tickets run out.HEAVY's CJ NASH caught up with Froggy, bass player and backing vocalist for one of Kaiju's emerging bands Sang-Froid to chat about the show."We formed at the Flower Mill in Toowoomba in 2009," Froggy explained of the band's origin. "That was back when we had another bass player, and we;ve gone through a few changes but it's always been us three who have stuck around. I was singing originally and then the bass player left and I've always been inclined to play bass, so I thought fuck it, he's gone, we need a bass player here we go. I'm just gonna put it on and go for it. Thirteen years later we're going pretty good. In 2020 we took on the challenge of releasing a song every day of the year."In the full interview CJ finds out more about the song a day challenge, what to expect from Sang-Froid at Kaiju Fest, future plans and more.

In this open, insightful and honest interview with Heavy Mag's Metal V, you will hear Nergal discuss the possibility Australia will see a full Behemoth show in early 2023, how he wholeheartedly disagrees with so many metal bands claiming to be organic yet sounding so processed and technology based. Plus, the defining processes and creating the sensational released and soon to be released videos. The meaning of translation to the album, not forgetting of course Nergal explains and introduces new tracks from Behemoth's latest slab of magnificence Opvs Contra Natvram as well as previous killer songs from albums past.

Haling from Nashville Tennesse, All Them Witches could lay claim to being one of the hardest working, most criminally underrated and all round fucking amazing bands to have come out this side of the Y2K. Since forming in 2012, the band has released a staggering six LP's, three live albums, a small arsenal of EP's and the occasional single thrown in for good measure. Touring relentlessly has seen them support acts such as Primus, Ghost and Mastodon, play at some of the biggest festivals in the world, and if you're hearing about them for the first time just now, then god damn you are in for a treat! Pigeonholing ATW into a genre isn't the easiest to do. With traces of psychedelia, folk, stoner, southern and heavy rock emanating from their music, comparisons to acts such as Sabbath, Kyuss and Tool are inevitable. Ask the band themselves and they'll quote bands such as The Doors, Neil Young and Led Zeppelin. Wherever the hell the influences come from, it doesn't really matter. What does matter is that they all combine to create a truly unique sound that's impossible to ignore and from all reports, creates one hell of a live show. Having just completed their most recent leg of an American tour, Heavy Mag managed to catch up with front man and bass player Charles Michael Parks Jr in his home town in Arkansas. Check out the full interview to hear Parks talk about a range of subjects such as welcoming their original keys player Allan Van Cleave back into the band in 2021. “Allan is our brother first and foremost and he's always been. Now we're all back together, its like it hasn't changed, the dynamics are almost exactly the same. We missed this sound. The sound that he puts out is special, the way he and Ben act together is unique, we all missed it.” Discussing the recording of their last album Nothing As The Ideal in the U.K, which was completed right before Covid went and fucked everything up for everyone, “We were at Abbey Road and were wrapping it up and we were like, we gotta get the fuck out of the UK, so we did and days later they shut everything down. We nearly got stuck there for 8 months! We chat about their blistering live stream performance “Live On The Internet”, of which the audio recording was unsuspectingly dropped onto all platforms on March 18th, “ The only thing weird was that you couldn't see anybody. You knew they were there, you knew they were listening. The actual energy exchange wasn't there but that was fine. For the most part it was gratifying to at least put something out with everybody locked down” And of course we put the hard word on Parks, trying to coerce them to our shores with the allure of warm weather and nice beaches, “I want go to Australia & Asia, I'm ready to go to and see some spiders and koalas. I live in the middle of Arkansas, there are all kinds of crazy creatures, crazy people, ya never know how the conversation is going to go from one minute to the next” Their music can be found online for purchase on bandcamp.com or streamed through all major platforms. Check out the full interview now.

Battle Beast have ventured outside of their comfort zone for their latest album Circus Of Doom, more so than ever before.With an underlying theme that ties in with the title – but not conceptually based – Battle Beast have created an epic rollercoaster of an album that sweeps you up in a carnival like atmosphere while still emitting that terrifying thought of dread that comes from the unknown.Everything about Circus Of Doom is grand in scale, from the sweeping orchestral arrangements to the magical mystique that enchants as much as it delights.It is an album that needs a back story, and vocalist Noora Louhimo jumped at the chance to talk with HEAVY about the album which came out last week, starting with the early reception from fans and critics."It's been amazing,” she enthused. “It has been quite surprising (laughs). I don't know if it's a Finnish thing or what but I'm always not expecting anything great (laughs). It's like, okay, I'm already depressed but the reception has been amazing. Before we released this album, we had been super confident. All the members in the band think this is the best album for Battle Beast since the first one. The development as musicians and as a band has happened and that's the main goal for us as a band, that we can develop our music and our production better on each album. It has been great to see that many people agree with us, so we are not totally lost here."Musically Circus Of Doom challenges everything you thought you knew about Battle Beast without deviating too far from expectation. It is an album that has seen the Finnish sextet explore even more of their musical sensibilities than before, with Louhimo admitting the band themselves are proud of the final product."Of course, the title, Circus Of Doom is kind of... It kind of reveals the theme here, but on the other hand if you take it too literally with the word doom then you are totally lost,” she laughed. “Then you start listening to the album from the beginning to the end and it's like stepping inside this huge circus tent and anything can happen there. This album is filled with different stories and emotions and also showing off all the different styles we have in the band. We've definitely put more theatrical and orchestral stuff on this album than ever before and that's the direction that I really love. I am a very extravaganza type of person and I really want that things are made in a big way and not to be afraid of what people are going to think if you do things a little bit weird. I think this album is definitely an adventure and a roller coaster ride. Dynamically it goes from edge to edge. Some of the songs are very heavy and dark and scary kind of moods but when the next song comes it's all cheerful and happy days. It really takes the listener from emotion to emotion. You have to be sharp there. I really like that we had a lot of thought into the song order on the album and how the whole plot and dramatics goes, so that it will be a pleasure to listen to and not so drastic."In the full interview Noora gives her personal thoughts on Circus Of Doom and where it stands against previous albums, how they plan to translate the theatrical nature of the album to their live performances, the new elements brought into Battle Beast's music and why they went in that direction, her early days in the band and how difficult it was coming in to an established band, how she has grown as a vocalist, touring plans and more.

Karl Lean from Nothing Sacred chats to HEAVY Mag about the band's first album in 33 years.

Adrian Narayan chats to HEAVY about his forthcoming The Reptile Mind EP.

Fangz chat about what it is like to be taking part in the Young Henry's shows.

Jake from In Hearts Wake chats to HEAVY about the forthcoming Full Tilt Festival.

We chat to Revoid about their brand new single Cut Me Down (Reimagined).

Julian Beeston chats about his brand new project Featured and the new EP that it has delivered Girly.

Zach Wager from Dead Animal Assembly Plant talks about the band's brand new album.

Ivy Gold chat to HEAVY Mag about their debut album.

Indoorsmen are about to drop their debut EP and they sat down and had a chat to HEAVY about it.

Black Coast chat to HEAVY about their new singles and the album that they are from.

Marco Ieritano chats to HEAVY Mag about the band's forthcoming album.

Skarlett from Boysclub talks to HEAVY Mag about their killer new single and their plans for 2021.

Karly Jewell chats to HEAVY Mag about her brand new single Dancing With The Devil.

Sonia Bible chats to HEAVY Mag about her brand new documentary The Witch Of Kings Cross.

Therion chat to HEAVY Mag about their brand new album Leviathan.

Caesar sits down and talks to HEAVY Mag about the band's new album The Killing II

Ella Hooper chats to HEAVY Mag about how excited she is to be kicking off 2021 with Trip The Switch.

Amy McIntosh chats to HEAVY Mag about her brand new project Vilify.

Soilwork guitarist David Andersson talks to HEAVY about the band's new EP.

Sydney hard-rocking outfit Red Sea have never been a band to sit and wait for things to fall their way.Through relentless touring, stunning live performances and a refreshingly approachable attitude, the band have spread their name and music across this country and have solidified that statement of intent with their latest EP Sanguine.It is heavy, emotional, angry, and energetic, but above all bound to get heavy melodic music fans excited.In the wake of Sanguine’s release, vocalist Erica Bowron caught up with Heavy Mag’s Olivia Reppas to give us the run-down on Red Sea and all the cool stuff they’ve had going on.We start by pressing Bowron about what gave Red Sea the drive to release this body of work.“We certainly write pretty continuously,” she said.” “We released Hurricane in 2018 with Scott on guitar, and we just kept writing and writing and then Clayton, our producer, gave his adviceand was kind of like, wait till you get a chunk and then let's record them all together. It wasn’t an ‘okay, let’s sit down and write the EP now’ thing, we just kept writing songs.”Coming up with quality music is merely the tip of the iceberg. The music has to be rounded out by equally dynamic lyrics and vocals to elevate them to the next level, a challenge which Bowron seems to relish."(We were) Definitely going by the vibe of the music," she continued. "Someone would bring a riff in with the drumbeat under it, and we'd just start fleshing it out together.  We also all do the arranging and fleshing out altogether in the jam room, but like I said the boys put together a fair chunk. We start by arranging the music together, and then usually I’ll go away... or we will all improvise in the jam room together. We kind of run the big democracy. We made this clear from the start so it just makes it easier and no in-house fighting. The band turned into a beast, we play with rhythmic puzzles and I scatt over the top to get a melody. I’m a big rhythm person, I do that in isolation. It is a love-hate relationship, it’s like pulling teeth. Like oh god, do I have to dredge that stuff up again? But that’s where the juice is you know."In the full interview, Erica talks more about the songs on Sanguine, naming the EP, including a love song of sorts, coping during lockdown, getting back on stage and more.

Periphery have for the past fifteen years consistently risen to the top of the heavy djent dependant spectrum prog tree thanks to their strong songwriting ability, all the while reinventing themselves without ever having to reinvent the wheel. Since 2005 founding member and guitarist Misha Mansoor’s vision has been focused on crafting incredibly intricate albums, accompanied by for the most part of a decade, Jake (Bowen - Guitar), Matt (Halpern - Drums), Mark (Holcomb - Guitar) and vocalist Spencer, enabling Periphery to always have laser-like precision and direction tagging the band with the title as one of the pioneers of our beloved djent movement.Five albums of such incredible composition and depth in a decade equates to the mind-boggling calculation of an album every two years. And...in a year of almost zero live shows, we the punters have crawled through during this 2020, Periphery have finally released a live album showcasing their career, simply titled Live in London which was captured on the last night of the bands 2019 Periphery IV - HAIL STAN world tour.Heavy Mag had the opportunity to discuss the formation of this momentous album with vocalist Spencer Sotelo and how it mysteriously came to fruition.A live album is an amalgamation of a bands entire catalogue - a single, almost career-defining snapshot of a band at an exact time. Metal V broaches the subject of preparing to record a live set, aware of the task that lays before them and before even playing a note, particularly that daunting moment just as the band is about to walk out on stage.“Yeah dude and that’s the reason why we haven’t done a live album before," Sotelo replied, "because we are all perfectionists and if we go into a show being like 'Oh shit this is being recorded for a live record' we have to worry the whole time about fuckin’ up and that’s why we’ve never done one in the past...So that leading into what I’m about to say is like…” At this point Sotelo pauses, takes a deep breath, and continues with the mind-blowing revelation of how Live In London came to be, ...“we didn’t even know this was going to be a live record! That (night) was our biggest show we have ever played to date, it was a sold-out 3,000 capacity. We just went into it like 'okay, we’re just gonna have fun' but little did we know our sound guy Ronnie was recording the whole show, multi-tracked!”At this point, both our minds are blown as Sotelo continues further, adding “even after he did it he didn’t say anything about it. We didn’t hear anything for six or seven months after the show and then we get a message from him saying, 'Hey I mixed this entire show, take a listen and if you guys wanna release it then let me know!' So seriously it came to be by just his doing and by accident and luckily...we didn’t play like shit that night!” With the run time of the album coming in at an hour and fifteen minutes, Metal V asks what the process is like compiling a setlist from a back catalogue of songs that has absolutely no bad songs.“There are a lot of moving pieces that go into creating a Periphery live setlist," Sotelo explained. "As you would know we have a lot of different (guitar) tunings, six, seven and eight-string guitars over the course of five or six albums so it’s always, okay, this song is in this tuning let’s have the song after it being a totally different tuning so that things get switched up and feel like a roller coaster the whole time.”With this ever-evolving change in pitch and diversifying Periphery’s live experience, Sotelo adds, “but then we also have to think about the longevity of everybody in the band being able to play their instrument as crazily as they do for an extended period of time and also for me and (Matt) Halpern our drummer.  Everybody has to have a tailored set that allows everybody to catch their breath and do what they do best!"Speaking of their live album release and how the 2020 covid-filled year is a bit shit with almost every band in the universe being placed into forced exile, Heavy presses Sotelo on how he feels about not being able to play gigs?“It’s weird man," he sighed. "The first few months of it were pretty shit for me, I'm not gonna lie! I definitely felt it mentally but I will definitely come out on the other side of 2020 feeling better than I started. I feel like just being forced to be in my own headspace and forego the things that you're used to make you a stronger human being and I’m kind of seeing that now!”Listening to their extensive full interview you will hear Spencer talk openly and candidly with Heavy Mag, expanding upon the Live In London release as well as what the looking glass may predict for Periphery next year.  All this plus some tracks played in their entirety from the live album as chosen by Spencer and his reasons for picking those songs specifically.

Founding member and guitarist for Birmingham Death Metal Legends Benediction, Daz Brooks gives HEAVY Mag the lowdown on the over decade long space between albums and re-recruiting past vocalist Dave Ingram...Plus amongst other things the finer details of Benediction's killer new album Scriptures.You can read and hear the full interview here m/ m/

Dave Haley chats to HEAVY Mag about CrisisAct came about.

Mark Morton chats to HEAVY Mag about Lamb Of God's live stream shows.

Leigh Kakaty from Pop Evil chats to HEAVY Mag about how they have tried to deliver their best.

HEAVY Mag chats to Lorcan Finnegan the director of new sci-fi horror Vivarium.

After a 35 year absence, Vandenberg are back with a brand new line-up, featuring vocalist Ronnie Romero, and a brilliant new album '2020'. Heavy Mag chats here to the former Whitesnake guitar master, Adrian Vandenberg.

Paradise Lost have for three decades stayed true to their chosen art form of creating delicately brutal, sad and reflective death/doom music. Vocalist - Nick, Guitarists - Greg & Aaron, Bassist - Stephen and Drummer - Waltteri have a unique bond that has kept them unified and influential creating sixteen albums the most recent being Paradise Lost’ upcoming May 2020 release known as Obsidian.HEAVY Mag and Holmes discuss how destructive ego’s within the creative band environment leads to inevitable break up, how for three decades Paradise Lost have remained focussed and inspired thanks to constant creativity, touring relentlessly and Nick noting how they have never underestimated the importance of luck being on the side of Paradise Lost.

HEAVY Magazine chats to Clutch as they prepare to head to Australia for Download.

HEAVY Mag chats to Geoff Tate before he heads to Australia for the Operation: Mindcrime tour.

HEAVY Mag chats to Joey Cruz about Strung Out's tour to Australia.

HEAVY Mag chats to Paul Guerin about Quireboys tour to Australia.

HEAVY Mag chats to Joey Cape from Lagwagon ahead of their tour.

We chat to Karl Sanders about Nile's forthcoming tour to Australia.

HEAVY Mag chats to Paavo Lotjonen about the brand new Apocalyptica album Cell-O.

HEAVY Mag chats to Nato from Beastwars about their forthcoming Australian tour.

Glass Tides chat to HEAVY Mag about their new album In Between.

Between The Buried And Me are returning to Australia for some very special intimate shows so HEAVY Mag sat down and chatted to them.

David Coverdale talks to HEAVY Mag about Whitesnakes tour to Australia with Scorpions.