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Periphery's Jake Bowen & Mark Holcomb; Keeping Secrets...

Teasing us with US Summer surprises...

Periphery guitarists Jake Bowen and Mark Holcomb are currently in two minds; they’re pleased to have got the crowd going at their Brisbane

Björn Strid of Soilwork takes no compromises on The Living Infinite

Björn Strid explains the return of Scandinavian melancholy and the massive challenge of recording a double album with the ninth studio album from Soilwork, The Living Infinite ahead of their Australian tour this October.

When I connect through to Björn "Speed" Strid, I find out he has

Kingdom Of Sorrow's Kirk Windstein on beer, music and housework

Happy wife. Happy life...

Kirk Windstein, one half of Kingdom of Sorrow’s guitar attack, is swigging Coopers Pale Ale after a blistering set at the Brisbane Soundwave.

Opeth: The Return to Australia...:

Michael Will Give His Chords Actual Names.... Its A Bizzare Process But It Works

Opeth to me are the band for gentlemen, the haute de métal, the sort of band you sacrifice the twenty year old scotch to whilst thrashing around (thoug

Marc & Frederic from Dragonforce: "We were not prepared for the heat!"

Bleached trousers and the perils of the rock and roll lifestyle...

When I caught up with Dragonforce’s Marc Hudson (vocals) and Frederic Leciercq (bass/backing vocals), they were hot, sweaty and whiffing of booze,

Thriving on emotion and Holy Tomato Pies; a few minutes with Shai Hulud's Matt Fox

We called through to Shai Hulud's guitarist and songwriter, Matt Fox, ahead of their recent appearances at Soundwave 2013, to drill down and find out more about the new album and what goes into making their sound uniquely Shai Hulud.

It is morning over here, and Matt Fox is running late with a long list of interviews from his home in New Jersey.

Ghost's Nameless Ghoul: "I think it might be a healthy move to stay anonymous'...

Grab your king-sized nappies - I'm off to interview Ghost!

I got a bit excited when I was told I’d be interviewing a member of Ghost in their dressing room.

Slayer's Kerry King - 'Diabolus in Musica was my dark period'...

"You don’t need to know when I wipe my ass!"

Just prior to meeting Slayer’s Kerry King, I was warned that any questions about 'the Lombardo situation' would result in the termination of the i

‘The whole tagline with Beholder is honesty.’ Frontman Simon Hall tells it like it is.

Behold! ‘Genuine, hard working, British metal’.

Shaven headed, tattooed and built like a concrete water closet, Simon Hall is every inch the heavy metal star he should be.