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Adrian Kelly plays bass and guitar in the Sydney based hardcore bands Secret World and Phantoms. He is also a very funny bloke who has been around for way too long - join us for a deep dive into solving the most pressing issues of our time.

I sat down with my dear old friend Joel Birch during The Amity Affliction's 2026 Australian regional tour to share some laughs and tears while discussing his life of struggle, the dramatic events leading up to their seriously heavy new album 'House of Cards', and where the metalcore legends go from here as a newly self-managed band.

I had a cool chat with the insightful Young Igor Cavalera at Froth & Fury Festival about his life growing up as the son of heavy metal legends Max and Gloria Cavalera, his own journey of musical and political discovery, performing the Sepultura classics alongside his father and uncle in Cavalera, reactivating Nailbomb with his Dad, as well as his others projects Go Ahead And Die and Healing Magic.

Canadian tech death guitarist and prominent heavy metal YouTuber Dean Lamb sits down at Froth N Fury fest to talk all about his journey as a creator and his band Archspire's decision to go independent for the release of their killer new album 'Too Fast To Die'.

Canadian hardcore legends Comeback Kid were at Froth & Fury Festival in Adelaide to celebrate 20 years of 'Wake The Dead', but I was mostly interested in talking to guitarist Stu Ross about about his pioneering metalcore band Misery Signals and their decision to put a full stop on an incredible legacy with one final tour back in 2024.

Chatting production, politics, work life balance, and all of Will Putney's sick bands at Sooki Lounge in Belgrave during the debut Australian tour from Better Lovers.

Midway through what would become his final tour as front man for mathcore supergroup Better Lovers, I sat down with the prolific beast that is Greg Puciato to talk about finding his feet in the band he was about to part ways with, his time and potential future with The Dillinger Escape Plan, taming a feral cat, managing his mental health, mourning the loss of his friend Brent Hinds of Mastodon, as well as the status of his other projects The Black Queen, Killer Be Killed, and the Federal Prisoner label.

Ahead of the ten year anniversary tour for the breakout Hellions album Opera Oblivia , I went and caught up with my good friend Matt Gravolin to talk all about the reactivation of his life's work after five years away from his best friends.

I had a brief 20 minutes at Good Things 2025 to sit down with the vocalist and drummer of the biggest deathcore band on the planet, Lorna Shore.

Chatting responsible touring, steady growth, strong family dynamics, and thoughts on future music with Make Them Suffer vocalist Sean Harmanis at Good Things 2025.

Kate Davies of the genre-blurring UK trio PUPIL SLICER talks new album Fleshwork, and goes deep on their experience of being a trans person in the UK, and how this has shaped what the band stands for.

Jona is the guitarist and leader of the Swiss hardcore band COILGUNS. I first met him and most of his bandmates when they were playing for German post-metal collective THE OCEAN back in 2012. The band's latest record 'Odd Love' (released via Jona's prolific DIY label Hummus Records), is a viscerally passionate and elevated experience. Once you're done with this episode I suggest checking out the documentary on its creation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrWZ9N3BPyk Episode cover photo credit: Jon @reprievevision

Tristan Shone of the industrial doom metal project Author & Punisher talks about his latest album 'Nocturnal Birding', how his experiences volunteering to help immigrants in the face of Trump's border policies gave him a lot to write about, his efforts to bring his custom made instruments to market, and more.

Fresh from opening the main stage on day two of Damnation Festival, Brady Deeprose, singer/guitarist of British post-metal group Conjurer sits down to talk new album 'Unself', trans rights, the skewed perception of their niche scene, touring with Make Them Suffer, and more.

Backstage at Damnation Festival 2025, Singer/guitarist Matt King of Texas screamo-come-black-metal trio Portrayal of Guilt talks touring with Deafheaven, his band's place in the world and their forthcoming new album, as well as the learning curve of running Portrayal of Guilt Records.