Category: interview – hsc

  • This is… Nick McLernon – Make Them Suffer

    This is… Nick McLernon – Make Them Suffer

    photo : Kim Quint 31st May, 2023 How does it feel to be a part of the upcoming Parkway Drive-led Monsters of Oz tour of North America? It’s without a doubt going to be our biggest tour as a support act to date. I’m extremely chuffed to have been included in the lineup as there…

  • This is… Nick Moriarty – Nicolas Cage Fighter

    This is… Nick Moriarty – Nicolas Cage Fighter

    14th June, 2023 With it’s release last year, The Bones That Grew From Pain is a worthy follow up to 2021’s Cast You Out. How has it been received? The reception has been fantastic across the board, we’re really pleased with how everything rolled out. The 3 music videos we released for the singles, Shrine…

  • This is… Lochlan Watt – RUN, and JJJ’s The Racket

    This is… Lochlan Watt – RUN, and JJJ’s The Racket

    photo : Scott Kaufman 26th May, 2023 RUN’s new song, Everyone’s Cancelled, Everything’s Cancer, is brutally vicious and has you spitting straight venom. Is this what we should expect from new material going forward, or was this a therapeutic release to clear the last few years out of your system? The latter. RUN began as…

  • This is… Andy Marsh – Thy Art Is Murder

    This is… Andy Marsh – Thy Art Is Murder

    16th May, 2023 You are Thy Art Is Murder’s lead guitarist, and band manager, plus you run a management company, record label, and a merch company, as well as being a father. How do you manage all that on a daily basis? It sure is a lot to balance, and not something I would initially…

  • This is… Mikey Arthur – The Gloom In The Corner

    This is… Mikey Arthur – The Gloom In The Corner

    5th July, 2023 Trinity is an absolute masterpiece of modern music. With so many layers to Trinity, literally and figuratively, how did you stay sane while putting all this together? That’s kinda the thing; we really didn’t. We recorded the album during lockdown where we only had the choice to do it ourselves, which meant…

  • This is… Alex Hill – Mélancolia

    This is… Alex Hill – Mélancolia

    all photos : Shaun Wilkinson (@three6shoota) 18th June, 2023 Your vicious debut, HissThroughRottenTeeth, was just released on the masses in April. What have the responses and reviews been like? It’s been overwhelming to say the least. Seems to have been received to almost exclusively positive reviews. All our music videos hit over 100K views, and…

  • This is… Stephen Cusato – The Absolution Sequence

    This is… Stephen Cusato – The Absolution Sequence

    19th June, 2023 Your last single, The Grim, was released back in 2021. Can fans expect some new music this year? Yes, if it’s not out by the time this Q&A drops already it won’t be far away! How would you personally describe your band’s sound? It’s definitely gotten harder to in recent years with…

  • This is… Logan Gray – Thrashwolf Illustration & Design

    This is… Logan Gray – Thrashwolf Illustration & Design

    30th May, 2023 How would you describe your art style? I’d describe my style as a mashup of horror meets fantasy meets old school death metal. You have designed a couple of pieces for Metallica, which you must be proud of. How did that come about? I’m pretty stoked to have been able to design…

  • This is… Ryan ‘Rizza’ Sporer – Cerebral Carnage, and Dthroned

    This is… Ryan ‘Rizza’ Sporer – Cerebral Carnage, and Dthroned

    photo credit : Abbey Bamford Photography 4th August, 2024 Cerebral Carnage’s 1st EP just dropped, and it is a stunningly brutal slab of Aussie death metal!What inspired you to take on the task of writing, producing, recording, and mixing it yourself? I’ve always loved death metal, and it was a goal I set years ago…

  • This is… Justin Ellis – Nicholas Cage Fighter

    This is… Justin Ellis – Nicholas Cage Fighter

    26th March, 2023 Your last release, “The Bones That Grew From Pain”, was produced by the band. How did that decision come about? At the time it was during Covid and everywhere was locked down. So we couldn’t travel far. We didn’t have many options but to do it ourselves. Are you against using an…

  • This is… Karl Steller – Gravemind

    This is… Karl Steller – Gravemind

    29th May, 2023 Your latest track, Deathtouch, is a step away from your previous work. After Dylan and Michael’s departure from the band, were you looking to reinvent Gravemind’s sound, or did it happen organically? It’s hard to say what the ‘Gravemind sound’ is nowadays.. It’s developed so far since our early music and I…

  • This is… Leon Monaco – Orpheus Omega

    This is… Leon Monaco – Orpheus Omega

    photo credit : Pete Gardner 25th June, 2023 How did the art project EP, Portraits, come about? We have always wanted to do a project where each band member wrote their own song in their own writing style, and once we brought Luke Ashley (ex. Trigger) on board as our second guitarist, we knew we…

  • This is… Monique Pym – Reliqa

    This is… Monique Pym – Reliqa

    photo credit : Tom Drizners 28th June, 2023 What was it like opening for Babymetal on their Australian tour? Were the fans very receptive? It’s near-impossible to describe. The tour was absolutely phenomenal, especially since it ran so smoothly despite how high the stakes were. Babymetal themselves, their team and their fans are all such…

  • This is… Rohan Stevenson – I Built The Sky

    This is… Rohan Stevenson – I Built The Sky

    photo credit : Nate Hill 5th July, 2023 You have previously toured with some high-profile artists and have more coming up that will see you touring overseas again this year. How does it feel to be able to play your songs for audiences around the country, and abroad?  It’s truly some of the best parts…