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Interview by Kris PetersOsaka Punch are one of those once in a generation bands that would be perfect for ANY line up or concert.Their music is a force unto itself, mixing jazz, rock, metal, piano lounge vibes and an eclectic nature often tried but seldom mastered.Until now.If you live in Queensland then you definitely have at least heard of Osaka Punch, but if you live anywhere else in the world and have managed to escape the hype these guys have generated over the last decade then you are about to be baptised with the impending release of Mixed Ape, Osaka Punch's "official" debut album.Featuring all of the above musical nuances with even more spectacular surprises, Mixed Ape is an absolute gem in every way, harnessing Osaka Punches elusive on stage chemistry and humour with an array of styles and influences that have to be heard to be fully appreciated.HEAVY sat down for a chat with frontman Jack Muzak earlier this week to take us deeper into the crazy world that is Osaka Punch."We did an album with Voodoo Love machine but we recorded it as another band when we were Kidney Thieves," Muzak cleared up. "So ages and ages ago we were a band called Kidney Thieves and another band called Kidney Thieves tried to sue us and threatened to kick us off the face of the planet, so we had to change our name and we changed it just as we were releasing that album. Also, just as we were moving overseas to the U.K, so it was kind of all bad timing. We went overseas, released the album as Osaka Punch and then while we were in the U.K recorded an EP and then that was done in Liverpool. We released that when we got back from the U.K, so we're not very smart at how to release things. It's like, 'here, have this. See ya later, we're going somewhere else'. (laughs). So this is the first one that we're actually doing right. We recorded it in Brisbane, we're releasing it, we're touring it, we're doing it right. We're finally going to have something to tour properly which is cool."Sound confusing? Welcome to Osaka Punch..."There's a whole bunch of songs that didn't make it onto this album," he continued, "which will make it onto the next one. The ones that made it onto this one... first of all, we wanted it to show the eclectic nature of the band. We wanted to show all of the different facets that we do. Every song has either been written by one different member and then added to by others, or written entirely by all four members which kind of is what gives it that... makes them all sound so different. For example, Too Old For This Shit, I basically wrote that on the computer with the vocals and everything and then for the big band swing jazz section I got a mate of mine from the Jazz Music Institute to arrange the big band section so that song was almost entirely written by myself and Travis Jenkins, who is an absolute jazz genius, and then the boys put their own flair onto it. But other songs like Hekyll & Jive - which is the last track instrumental - we all put our brains in and wrote it completely together. The good thing about different brains behind it is we all listen to different music. I listen to funk and more on the jazz spectrum, the bass player listens to a lot of heavier and instrumental stuff, Chrispy the guitarist listens to literally everything but a lot more metal guitars so it kind of brings it all together into this weird, eclectic mix which is cool. To be honest, I would say the songs that were ready first, were the ones that made it on the album (laughs). I'd like to say there was a lot of thought went into it..."In the full interview, Jack talks more about what to expect from Mixed Ape, the styles that went into it, finding the balance between so many influences, the urban myth surrounding the Mixed Ape, the infamous black dildo that seems to make its way into most film clips and where it currently resides, their upcoming tour and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

1 Syys 202326min

Interview by Kris PetersAustralian Industrial metal outfit Our Last Enemy are on the cusp of releasing their latest EP As Within So Without, which will be set free on September 22 after being pushed back from August 18.The EP follows and is the companion piece to 2021s As Above So Below, which was a commercial and critical success.Once more produced by two-time ARIA nominee DW Norton and featuring the legendary John Sankey (Fear Factory, Divine Heresy) on drums, As Within So Without is an introspective 5 track release that perfectly encapsulates the past, present and future of Our Last Enemy.HEAVY caught up with guitarist Wade Norris to find out more, starting with the release delay."Everything's fine," he assured us. "We just wanted a bit more time in the oven to make sure we get the release right. We've got a few things coming out with it that we're lining up and we thought a few extra weeks won't hurt anything."Which leads us to enquiring about the modern trend of releasing music with release schedules based around release schedules and the like."The other thing is you've got to try and line up shows around releases," he expanded, "and it's getting harder and harder for bands out there to find available venues. You also don't want to clash with the absolute torrent of international bands that are coming over. The environment we're in with venues closing and venues that can't afford to take a risk on a heavy metal night is wild."In the full interview, Wade talks more about the musicality of As Within So Without, having C.J McMahon from Thy Art Is Murder guest on one of the songs, runs through each of the five tracks individually and explains the meaning behind them, having John Sankey on drums, the pressures and expectation of success, future plans and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

1 Syys 202314min

Interview by Kris PetersFor a band who only released their debut EP Global Suicide a couple of years ago, Norwegian metalcore outfit Fixation are making big waves in the current music scene.After recent performances at festivals like Tons of Rock (NO) The Great Escape (UK), Summer Breeze (DE), as well as tour dates with well-established acts like Leprous, Smash Into Pieces and Djerv, Fixation are now ready to unleash their debut full length album on the world, More Subtle Than Death.Their unique blend of electronic elements, stadium rock, and post-metal, combined with their emotionally charged and thought-provoking lyrics creates a rollercoaster of melancholic aggression that leaves audiences wanting more - which shall be provided on September 8 when their demon child is borne unto this Earth.HEAVY caught up with frontman Jonas Hansen to find out more."I'm both excited and anxious," he revealed. "It's been such a long time coming now. We've been working on it for three years - or we started working on it in 2020 - and having it finally in my hands... it's insane. The fact that we're releasing it next week is crazy. I can't believe it."We ask him to tell us more about what Fixation were striving for musically on the album."For this album - it's our debut album - we started this band a long time ago, we actually started in High School when we were 15 back in 2011," he offered. "We tried a couple of different things. All the guys have different musical backgrounds of what they listen to and what they play, so I think this album is a combination of everything that we have been listening to throughout the years and also trying to find a middle ground for what the five of us like now and how we want Fixation to sound. I think everyone has brought something from their past to create this sound. I don't think we tried to go for anything particular. We just made music that we felt was something we like. Maybe we have one ballad here or orchestral song there and maybe a more upbeat rock song or heavy music here... so I think the album was a combination of everything we wanted to make without specifically thinking we should make this type of sound or that type of sound. It just happened."In the full interview, Jonas talks more about what to expect from More Subtle Than Death, where the title comes from, the singles released and how they represent the rest of the album, how it differs musically to their debut EP, the opening track and what it means, supporting Devin Townsend and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

31 Elo 202315min

Interview by Kris PetersBrisbane masters of noise New Clear Vision returned for our listening pleasure last year with a fresh line-up and renewed vigor.A mainstay on the music scene for a number of years, New Clear Vision took a break that many hoped would be fleeting, with frontman and all round nice guy Brad Bromfield promising there was more to come.And hasn't he delivered on his promise!When NCV returned to our stages last year expectation was high. This was a band whose live show borders on legendary, with a full nuclear wasteland type visual component offset by ferocious and scathing lyrics delivered with a rap/metal/nu-metal hybrid unlike anything to come out of the Australian music scene in perhaps forever.Now, with Daniel, Brodie and Zac on board, Bromfield has managed to elevate the legend that is NCV even more, delivering pulsating recent performances that has seen the band added to the whole upcoming Nu Metal Mayhem tour which features Anders Colsefni (Slipknot) and Wayland Reavis (Mushroomhead).But, before that, New Clear Vision are set to explode your senses with a crushing new single The New Rage, which will be premiered via HEAVY at midday, August 31.Bromfield sat down with HEAVY to take us further into the world of New Clear Vision.WARNING: PLACE EAR MUFFS ON CHILDREN BEFORE LISTENING"It's been nearly three years," he almost sighed when asked how long it has been since New Clear Vision have released new music. "It's very, very exciting. It's a better product - and that's no disrespect to anyone that's been there before - but we're finding the sound that I wanted 6, 7, 8 years ago."We ask Bromfield to delve deeper into the musical side of The New Rage."We were supposed to release it when we did the show at Caloundra earlier this year," he explained, "but thank fuck we didn't because we hadn't had it... there's now some samples at the start and some different shit there thast we've never done. I won't say too much about it, but it's hitting those nu-metal vibes that we're all about and always have been. Decisions were made just before we were gonna release it so we had a few things and different ideas. And, again, thank fuck we did because now it's a product of what we represent and what we always should have been."In the full interview, Brad talks more about the musicality of The New Rage, how they have changed the song from it's initial version, releasing it as audio first and why, the planned film clip and what it entails, how The New Rage kicks off a proposed trilogy of sorts, introduces us to the new members and what they bring to NCV, the upcoming run of shows as part of Nu Metal Mayhem, a new album and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

31 Elo 202314min

Interview by Kris PetersBad Manners are ska/punk royalty.Period.No arguments, no debates, just pure, simple fact.With a track listing including Lip Up Fatty, Special Brew, Walking In The Sunshine, Lorraine, Just A Feeling, My Girl Lollipop, Inner London Violence and of course the ultimate knees up Can Can, Bad Manners peaked back in the late 1970s but their enduring legacy has seen them survive all that Father Time has thrown their way as the band fronted by the legendary Buster Bloodvessel gears up for Australian assault with a Greatest Hits Tour this October.Buster joined HEAVY earlier this week to run us through the life and times and future of Bad Manners."We are coming to tour your lovely country and eat all your pies," was his initial greeting.Which was followed up by, "I don't really care if I offend anybody, but I'm not really an offensive person. I can be if it's pointed in my direction (laughs)."We move on to the setlist, which, of course, is made up of fan favourites, but we ask Buster if there would be much difference to the songs played if he was to choose his own personal favourites."Not quite, but not far from it," he measured. "I mean, all the songs we do live are usually my favourites. Songs that make people dance have always worked for me."In the full interview, Buster tells us what we can expect from the shows, what he never leaves home on tour without, the early days of Bad Manners and where they fit in, his early vision for the band and how it has changed since, what he feels was the best time period for the band, making allowances on stage as you get older, some of his personal highlights, changing with the music scene, his top three commandments of punk and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

30 Elo 202314min

Interview by Kris PetersWhen it comes to drummers they don't come more top shelf than Carmine Appice.After leaving Ozzy Osbourne in the early 1980s, Appice decided he was done with working for other musicians and decided instead to forge his own path, with his own band.That band became King Kobra who burst onto the music scene in 1985 with their debut album Ready To Strike.With a sound that nestled somewhere between heavy metal and glam metal, King Kobra have undergone several line-up changes over the years, as well as taking more than one gestation periods off, but one thing has remained constant throughout.Carmine Appice.Now, with a renewed line-up featuring Quiet Riot guitarist Carlos Cavazo and former Dio member Rowan Robertson, King Kobra are back with their seventh and arguably best album to date titled We Are Warriors. It is a typically hard hitting album from the band and one which Appice promises will be the start of another fresh era of metal from one of the greats.HEAVY sat down with Appice to find out more."I've always tried to stay within the limits of whatever band's I'm working with," he began. "We Are Warriors started out with me and Paul (Shortino, vocals) and sometimes Rowan and sometimes Carlos putting some ideas down because we all have studios. The whole album was done by everyone in their home studio, because the kind of budgets you get today and everybody lives in different places... it doesn't pay to fly everybody in and get hotels and sit around and write songs and then go into a studio. You might as well throw your money out the window that you're getting. Me and Paul probably made 5c an hour making that album because we spent a lot of time on it. A lot of time writing the songs. But we did it all by the internet. As you can see I have my studio behind me and I engineer my own drums. We did everything that way."In the full interview Carmine goes deeper into the writing and recording process, what he was going for musically with We Are Warriors, what the new members bring to the sound, how much King Kobra's sound has changed from their debut album to this one, working with Ozzy Osbourne and being sacked by Sharon, changing with the times and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

30 Elo 202327min

Interview by Kris PetersGood Things 2023 is only months away, and with a line-up including Fall Out Boy, Limp Bizkit, Corey Taylor, Sepultura and Behemoth it is easy to get lost in the big names and the hype.But there are a plethora of bands that will potentially make up the next generation of music. Bands that might not be on your radar now but if you allow yourself to venture outside of your comfort zone and check them out, could well rise to the top of your personal playlist based on just one listen.One of those bands is Magnolia Park, a band known for their unique blend of hip-hop, hard rock, pop-punk and alt-pop and also one whose star is very much on the rise.Earlier this month the band dropped two EP's simultaneously in MoonEater and SoulEater, each showcasing differing sides to the band's musical psyche.HEAVY caught up with frontman Joshua Roberts to find out more."It's so exciting," he enthused about Good Things. "Just to see the line-up and be a part of this legendary festival is amazing."We ask Joshua to introduce us to Magnolia Park."Magnolia Park is a... I like to call us a hybrid pop/punk style of band," he measured, "because we put so much fusion and different cultures and sounds in our music. We are very energetic. Most of our songs are about mental health problems and being broke on a Tuesday (laughs), so it definitely has a little bit of everything and I think that people will like it if they give it a chance."In the full interview Joshua discusses the Good Things line-up, who he is most looking forward to playing with, preparing for your first tour of a new country, what he is expecting, what we should expect from them, the blending of styles in Magnolia Park's music and how they make it work, dropping two EP's at the same time and why, how they each showcase different sides of Magnolia Park, how they differ from last years debut album Baku's Revenge and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

30 Elo 202312min

Interview by Kris PetersSouth Australian groove metal/hardcore act Suffer The Evenue return with their pulsating new single Sick Crnt this Friday, September 1.The track is lifted from the band's upcoming EP Vol 1 Superdead, which is set to drop on September 15.HEAVY caught up with vocalist Nick and guitarist Dom to find out more, plus we are also privy to an exclusive sneak peek of the song just days out from release..."I recently entered this band about 14 or 15 months ago," Nick explained, "and they came to me with a few skeletons of songs, and this is one of the ones we worked on straight off the bat. We all fell in love with each other in a bro kind of way with this track (laughs).""It was good to… as we were on the search for a new singer have a couple of songs to just throw out to someone and say 'here, listen to this and see what you can come back with'," Dom added. "But also when we wrote this song it just fell together. We brought in a new singer who grabbed it, and that fell together, and it's just one of our favourite, as a whole."In the full interview the boys talk more about Sick Crnt from a musical point of view, their blending of genres and how it works, the video clip and what it is about, their 4 track EP, a bit more about each song on the EP, covering Primer 55 and why they chose that particular song, future plans and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

30 Elo 202313min