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UNIFY Gathering. An experience and a half for heavy music fans who travel from all over Australia (and the world) to attend the sleepy country town of Tarwin Lower in Regional Victoria to see bands of various genres playing their hearts out and then joining in on the festivities with punters across the venue. This year was no exception. This time around for us, we brought along our Wall of Sound UNIFY Intern winner Adam Rice who took out the competition and won the chance to interview some of the bands from the lineup and enjoy a weekend covering the event for us. How'd he go? Well, you'll have to listen to the collection of interviews and tracks we have at your disposal, but be warned, there is well over 4 Hours of Fun this year (as we wanted to cover as many bands as we could for you and this podcast special). So strap yourselves in and get ready to get up close and personal with the likes of Every Time I Die, Underoath, Karnivool, Hand of Mercy, Hellions, Dream State, Ocean Grove, The Plot In You, In Hearts Wake, Pagan, Thornhill, Drown This City, Gravemind, Falcifer, Saviour and Ocean Sleeper as Browny and Intern Adam Do UNIFY Gathering 2019. Interview Times Hellions – 8:29 Dream State – 21:41 Ocean Sleeper – 35:31 Drown This City – 47:42 Ocean Grove – 57:36 Karnivool – 1:20:41 In Hearts Wake – 1:36:11 The Plot In You – 1:50:00 Saviour – 2:02:27 Hand of Mercy – 2:15:05 Falcifer – 2:25:34 Gravemind – 2:39:58 Pagan – 2:57:25 Thornhill - 3:15:09 Underoath - 3:27:44 Every Time I Die - 3:45:09 #WoSUATW #UNIFY2019 #UNIFYGathering #WoSDoesUnify #WoSUNIFYIntern #EveryTimeIDie #ETID #Underoath #Karnivool #HandOfMercy #Hellions #DreamState #OceanGrove #ThePlotInYou #InHeartsWake #Pagan #DrownThisCity #Thornhill #Gravemind #Falcifer #Saviour #OceanSleeper #Australianbands #HeavyMetal #Hardcore #Metalcore #PopPunk #ProgMetal #Podcast #MusicPodcast #Interviews #WallOfSoundAU
The Good Things Festival made its debut up Australia's East Coast between December 7-9, 2018 and of course, we had to work out way into the compound to get you up close to some of the bands from the lineup. Backstage in Melbourne, Victoria, podcast host Browny was joined by fellow Wall of Sound writer/interviewers Ricky Aarons and Todd Gingell who all sat down with some of the most enjoyable musicians we've ever had the chance to interview for a face to face including the likes of Bullet For My Valentine, Northlane, Void of Vision, Make Them Suffer, Boston Manor, WAAX, Dashboard Confessional, The Wonder Years, Stone Sour and of course, the legendary Noodles from The Offspring. Conversations included why The Offspring would never make a biographical movie about their lives and how a shitty suburb on the Gold Coast inspired one of WAAX's biggest singles to date, through to Stone Sour loudly declaring "rock isn't fucking dead" and Void of Vision offering insightful tips for starting out in the music industry. Get to know the bands personally via our chats and through their music which we've carefully handpicked and placed into the playlist so you can get the full experience and either relive (or cure your FOMO) from the first outing of Good Things Festival 2018. Interview Times Bullet For My Valentine – 8:54, Northlane – 22:28, Void of Vision – 34:55, Make Them Suffer – 49:07, Boston Manor – 1:02:06, WAAX – 1:12:39, Dashboard Confessional – 1:26:22, The Wonder Years – 1:38:48, Stone Sour - 1:53:15, The Offspring - 2:08:12 #WoSUATW #GoodThingsFestival #GoodThingsFest #TheOffspring #StoneSour #TheWonderYears #DashboardConfessional #WAAX #BostonManor #MakeThemSuffer #VoidOfVision #Northlane #BulletForMyValentine #HeavyMetal #Metalcore #Punk #PopPunk #PunkRock #Rock #Podcast #MusicPodcast #AustralianBands #WallOfSoundAU
Australian heavy music fans have finally scored another large scale music festival following the demise of **Soundwave** and **Big Day Out** in the form of **Download Festival** which made it's debut in Melbourne on March 24th, 2018 (our coverage [here](https://wallofsoundau.com/2018/03/27/download-festival-melbourne-flemington-racecourse-24-03-18/)). **Wall of Sound** were invited along to have a chat to some of the bands on the line up including **Sabaton, Arch Enemy, Northlane, Of Mice & Men, Ocean Grove, Amon Amarth, Clowns** and **Bad Cop/Bad Cop**. Join podcast host **Browny** and **Wall of Sound** writer/interviewer **Todd** **Gingell** as they get you up close to your favourite acts and ask the hard hitting questions like which musician **Nic** **Pettersen** of **Northlane** can't fuckin' stand, the audition process to get into Sabaton or if **Clowns** remember ANYTHING from their epic show in Nimbin alongside **The** **Bennies** and how **Bad Cop/Bad Cop** taught them how to draw a vagina… yes, we know, all the hard questions no one else will ask. At just over two hours in length, you'll be remembering all the fun from the first **Download Festival** in Australia (or kicking yourself for missing out on all the fun), but don't stress, it's [coming back](https://wallofsoundau.com/2018/03/28/download-festival-returning-in-2019-and-including-sydney/) again next year and expanding to Sydney too. Until then, wrap your ears around **_Wall of Sound: Up Against The Wall 'The Download Edition'_** **_Interview Times_** _Ocean Grove – 8:16_ _Clowns – 21:34_ _Bad Cop/Bad Cop – 35:13_ _Of Mice & Men – 47:18_ _Northlane – 1:04:19_ _Arch Enemy – 1:18:40_ _Amon Amarth – 1:34:46_ _Sabaton – 1:45:07_ #WoSUATW #DownloadFestival #DLMelb2018 #DownloadFestAU #Podcast #MusicPodcast #OceanGrove #Clowns #BadCopBadCop #OfMiceAndMen #OMandM #Northlane #ArchEnemy #AmonAmarth #Sabaton #Korn #LimpBizkit #Gojira #AustralianBands #Punk #PunkRock #HeavyMetal #Metalcore #Metal #Hardcore #PowerMetal #WallOfSoundAU
Interview Times: 00:00:20 - 00:19:40 Eric Ulin 00:19:45 - 00:33:00 Ty Severe 00:33:05 - 00:47:00 Denny Balmaceda 00:47:10 - 01:07:00 Sam Whiteout