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Interview by Kris PetersAs the name would suggest, Mr. Phlyzzz (pronounced Flyzzz) are not your average entertainment machine.More like an amalgamation of every musical genre that your Mother warned you about - and some she should have - Mr. Phylzzz is best described as a noise rock duo, but even that doesn't do their sound justice.Comprised of guitarist/vocalist Clinton Jacob and drummer Danny Sein, Mr. Phylzzz is a musical entity unto themselves, shedding every ounce of expectation and instead dousing the sonic flame with a devastating wall of noise that simply has to be heard to be understood.And heard it shall be in the form of their recently released album Fat Chance.An album the band has proclaimed is "definitely a bit different than the previous album, especially tonally" and their "most straight forward and focussed record yet", what Fat Chance is, is a breath of fresh air on a musical landscape that is becoming increasingly mundane and predictable. It is an unrelenting, dynamically charged assortment of tunes that challenges all music conventions and dares to experiment on a scale few bands these days even contemplate, let alone commit to recording.With Fat Chance landing on the HEAVY desk last week amid more than a couple of cries of WTF, when the opportunity to become better acquainted with the men behind the sonic trail of destruction came up we jumped at the chance."It's a lot heavier than what has gone in the past," Jacob offered. "It's a lot more of a straight forward record. We put that together at Electrical Audio in Chicago, Illinois, which is right down the road from our practice space. "We've been playing these songs live for a year coming off the last release Cancer Culture Club. That's enough time for me. I work really quick and Dan works really quick. We felt good about the songs - I'm not about fillers, I'm about killers - so it's a short record for a reason. I don't put fillers out. I just put what I believe in."Going back to the bands statement about being different from previous releases, we ask the boys in what way."On the last record Cancer Culture Club Clinton wrote all the tracks himself and produced them in his apartment," Sein replied. "That had a much more noisy, chaotic feel to it. He left things in, like his cat would be meowing in the room and he would leave that in the song. So it's got a different atmosphere to it. With Fat Chance it's a lot more straightforward. When you listen to it, it's kind of like how we play the songs live. Normally when we play there aren't really any chances to breathe in a sense because it's just Bam, Bam, Bam and in your face. It's short and sweet and it's got a big, huge drum sound. It's a lot more like... hi-fi. But we're using that beautiful studio space so there's fancy mikes, fancy equipment and all that."In the full interview, the boys talk more about the sound on Fat Chance, the more polished way it was recorded and what effect that had on the finished product, their creative process, the title and where it comes from, their perception of how many songs constitutes an album and how many for an LP, a history of the band, their sound and how it works, heading out on the road with The Melvins and Boris and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

31 Heinä 202314min

Interview by Kris PetersWhen members of Soilwork, Arch Enemy and Mean Streak ventured outside of their comfort zone ten years ago and created The Night Flight Orchestra the seeds of something special were instantly sewn.By defying the "supergroup" handbook at the time, Björn Strid, David Andersson, Sharlee D'Angelo and Jonas Källsbäckbroke broke away completely from the sounds of their original bands and ushered in a new (albeit harking back to days of old) era of music that bears little if no resemblance to the style of music for which the respective members were known.Instead they created an 80s party band with the sole objective of making people dance.Despite the tongue in cheek nature of their music, The Night Flight Orchestra went about their business with a serious and level head, paying homage to a decade of musical fads and trends without actually mocking it.Which was a fine line to tread, but one which was carefully navigated with due caution and respect.Spawning hits like Domino, Lovers In The Rain, West Ruth Ave, Divinyls and This Time, TNFO have pushed the proverbial envelope in as many directions as it would turn, pumping out everything from hard rock to pop to disco infused ditties and love drenched ballads and everything in between.Despite the global success afforded each of their five albums, TNFO have somehow managed to steer clear of Australian shores for the duration of their existence, a blight on their social calendar that is soon to be rectified when the unruly gang of cavalirs touches down for three exclusive shows starting in Brisbane on August 3.Frontman Bjorn Strid cleared his schedule to explain the bands absence and what they plan to do to make it up to us."It's gonna be a hell of a dance party," he promised. "So go get your tickets now!"With the first show under one week away, we ask Strid if he has finished packing in preperation yet."I guess so, yeah," he laughed. "It feels like it was only a matter of weeks ago that we hit Australia with Soilwork but it was in November last year. Regardless, it's gonna be something completely different. I'm really grateful that we're able to come to Australia with The Night Flight Orchestra. We feel like the fan base has grown a lot in Australia so I had to poke Doug from Hardline Media to get us over there. We're definitely ready. We have a beautiful set list coming up for these three shows. It's going to be special."Not ones to take these things lying down, HEAVY presses Strip on why TNFO have neglected Australian fans for so long."Good question," he laughed. "We wanted to come in all those years so many times but it's... it had to grow a little bit but we've definitely felt that the last couple of years that a lot of people come up to you when you're in Australia with Soilwork and say 'hey when is Night Flight coming to Australia and bringing vinyls to the signing sessions so we noticed it's been growing a lot and now is definitely the time. I wish we did it five years ago, but at the same time it was worth waiting for I think."In the full interview Bjorn tells us what to expect from the shows, explains what Death To False A.O.R Australian Tour means, supporting KISS on their last ever Swedish shows, takes us back to the start of the band and where they fit in, his love affair with 80s music and where it comes from, continuing the saga laid out in Aeromantic and Aeromantic 2 and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

28 Heinä 202312min

Interview by Kris PetersDepression and mental health are becoming an increasingly prevelant condition, especially in the modern age where sometimes just living can become a struggle.They are real problems with no definitive answer. Problems that could affect any one of us at any time.As much as money always helps in any situation, perhaps more importantly in these cases the vital factor is more awareness.Awareness that it can and does happen. Awareness that it is not your fault or something you should go through alone and awareness of the fact that sometimes it's okay to not be okay and the most important first step to helping yourself is communication and putting your troubles out there for the world to see, hear and help.One way to do this is by staging events - of any nature - but when music is your life and passion the default mechanism generally switches to live events. And, as we all know, musicians do it better than most.On September 16 the Mansfield Tavern in Brisbane will host Rock Beats Depression, featuring an eclectic assortment of local and interstate bands uniting for one common cause. Brisbane metal warriors Dreamkillers head the bill, with Black Whisky, Goatzilla, Gutterfire, Tailor Made Rejects, Krave and more coming together for a common cause.The day will raise not only awareness, but also funding for The Black Dog Institute, Beyond Blue and Headspace with tickets under $50 from Oztix.Each week HEAVY will be speaking with bands on the lineup about what being a part of Rock Beats Depression Means to them.Today we start things off chatting to Brisbane heavy/sludge/doom experimental outfit HIPPO and frontman Loki."Mental health awareness and helping is something that's pretty close to our heart, in the band and outside of it," he began. "The tattoo studio that I own does a lot of mental health stuff that helps people as well. As soon as I saw them advertising for the gig earlier on in the year I sent them an email I said I would love to be a part of that. It's definitely something we're all about and the struggles in life."Listen on to hear Loki discuss mor about Rock Beats Depression, the other bands on the line-up, what it means to him personally and professionally to contribute, personal brushes with both mental health and depression, a bit of history about HIPPO and what they plan to unleash on the day and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

27 Heinä 202313min

Interview by Kris PetersPrequels and such talk are usually reserved for the film industry. The blockbuster before the blockbuster, if you will, but in all honesty has it ever really worked?I could drag out a myriad of examples and create all sorts of conjecture here, but at the end of the day you have to admit it is not a word commonly used in the music industry.But then again From Ashes To New are not your run of the mill common band.Since breaking through with their debut album Day One in 2016, the US rock outfit has gone on to amass four Top 10 singles, over 600 million all-time streams and more than 75 million video views to date. So when they announce their intent to make a prequel to an already successful concept album then who cares to stop and argue the semantics of contrasting industries?From Ashes To New are far from a safe band.By weaving hard rock, hip hop, electronic and alternative music into a tapestry of sonic enlightenment FATN have set themselves distinctly apart from an ever clustering swarm of by-the-numbers rock outfits that class experimentation as deciding on which degree of seperation they are feeling on any given day.And so enters the fray an album titled Blackout which acts as a conceptual prequel to Day One, encapsulating the trivialities and nuances of a pre-apocalyptic world that was glimpsed through realistic eyes during the 2020 pandemic during which the album was written.With the release date of July 28 looming, HEAVY sat down with vocalist Danny Case to venture down the rabbit hole that has consumed his thoughts during the making of Blackout."We've been comparing it a lot...," he measured, "...it's a quote, unquote prequel to our debut album Day One. When we were writing the record it was early 2021 when the lockdowns were just starting to end - for us at least - and touring still hadn't come back but we were writing. It was in your face every day. One of the first songs we worked on was Armageddon because it seemed like every day was the end of the world. That was the song that came about early on and we were like, hey, we have our very first record day One. The art on it has a kid on a planet looking back on the old planet as it is falling apart. So why don't we take this record and make it where the kid is on that old planet before he leaves for the new planet. Another thing we were trying to do was capture the same kind of heaviness that the first album had. We wanted to take a step back and look at what do we really wanna do? What do the fans really want from this band? And we found that we really enjoy writing heavy music and that was what put this band on the map. It also tied in with the music we were making in that it was kind of like an apocalyptic record almost."In the full interview Danny talks more about the musical side of the album, writing to a concept, the singles released and how they represent the album, the concept in greater detail, how FATN has changed since he joined the band, the different styles that make up their music and how they successfully integrate them together, future plans and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

27 Heinä 202316min

Interview by Kris PetersIt's been a big year and even bigger last few weeks for East Gippsland alternative rock outfit Outloved.As well as recently releasing the single Tourniquet - which features Ocean Sleeper vocalists Karl Spiessl and Ionei Heckenberg - Outloved also supported Windwaker and Caskets, announced EP launch shows in Sydney and Melbourne and are also preparing to drop their EP Drowner.Blending heavy rock, pop punk and metalcore, Outloved refuse to sit neatly into any one genre, instead choosing to express themselves according to their own values.HEAVY caught up with vocalist Jaydon Colvinto find out more, starting with the new single Tourniquet."It's a mix of metalcore plus bringing a bit of pop/punk into it, in a way," he offered. "We haven't really written a song with low tuned guitars before and that song was originally meant to be a filler song on an EP and it ended up being a case of let's make it a single. As we started pulling it together I thought this could do with a feature and Ionei, who sings in Ocean Sleeper, is our producer as well and I co-write with him quite a lot. I said do you and Karl wanna jump on it and he said that would be sick. They were happy to jump on it and pull the track together in the end, which was awesome."In the full interview, Jaydon talks more about Tourniquet, what Karl and Ionei brought to the song, what it's like collaborating with other artists, how Tourniquet differs musically to previous single Never The One, the upcoming EP and what to expect, what they take out of playing bigger support shows, their album launch shows and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

25 Heinä 202312min

Interview by Erin EddyMelodic metal outfit Caskets are in Australia for the very first time, something they’re still pinching themselves over.“When we got here, I wasn’t expecting anyone to really know who we were,” says vocalist Matt Flood, “so the fact that most of the crowd at every show has been singing back to us, it’s been pretty crazy.”It’s been a steady rise to success for the boys from Leeds, who have amassed a loyal following since their inception in 2018.They are touring the country with Windwaker on their Love In The Dark tour, but have managed to sneak in two headliner shows while they are out here, the first of which happened last Saturday, July 23 at The Workers Club in Melbourne, the second taking place in Wollongong on July 25.HEAVY was privileged to be invited into the green room at The Workers Club before the show, to spend some time chatting with Matt and drummer James about the wild ride that Caskets are on.“We never thought we’d get to this stage.” James told HEAVY. “Constant disbelief.”As well as touring Australia for the first time, Caskets have just released a string of singles from their forthcoming second full-length album. Reflections is set to be released on August 11.The band’s songs feature strong messages surrounding mental health and personal struggles.Caskets fans call themselves the Lost Souls, which is the title of the band’s first album. The online community of fans has been cultivated by the band themselves and has become a space where, through the power of music, no one has to feel alone.“We want to be the outlet for kids that we needed when we were kids,” Matt expresses, “So many people look to music as an outlet for so many things in their life. It’s important that they’re heard and that we take what we’ve been through in our lives into this job so that they can witness that we’ve been through what they’re going through and that there’s a better way out.”Listen to the full interview to hear more about the band’s passion for portraying their messages with conviction, and going to bed with blocks of cheese.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

25 Heinä 202331min

Interview by Coco Le Sex Bomb, Come with us now on a journey through a whimsical world of comedy as actor and photographer Dave Brown unveils over twenty years of iconic memories from the global phenomenon that is The Mighty Boosh when he brings Behind the Boosh to Australia this August. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the pilot that started it all Brown brings a truckload of never-before-seen photos documenting the entire wild ride. HEAVY had the pleasure of chatting with the enigmatic Brown about the exclusive event to get a glimpse into all of the weird and wonderful things that happen when you document, “file” and compile over 20 years of friendship, laughter and goofing around. We contemplate the love and life of The Mighty Boosh all these years later and reflect on the inception of characters like Bollo The Gorilla, Black Frost, Australian zookeeper Joey Moose and Naan Bread. Brown is one of those people that you instantly feel like you have known for a lifetime and in a way, to the fans like you and I, he is. He will be speaking at both Melbourne and Sydney shows for the lucky ones that take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime experience.Behind The Boosh showcases Brown's extensive photographic archive, carefully curated to present a collection of his personal favourites. These captivating images span over 20 years, capturing poignant moments from early live gigs, behind-the-scenes glimpses during TV show filming, and the electric energy of their global tours. Through Brown's lens, viewers gain an intimate insight into the lives and characters of The Mighty Boosh creative collective, providing a visual narrative unlike any other. “The love The Mighty Boosh still has to this day is comparable to legendary acts such as Monty Python and continues to draw in people of all ages. It was such a bonus to have a great photographer who was part of the show, Dave never missed anything! “I almost find it difficult to look at them because it takes me back immediately to that time, and because Dave was always taking photos, the snaps are genuine; they’re not posed,” said creator Noel Fielding. Listen to the full interview to get a rare insight into the mechanisms and brains trust of one of the world's funniest and most creative comic talents.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

25 Heinä 202328min

Interview by Kris Peters Much has changed with Michigan metalcore outfit We Came As Romans since their last visit to Australian shores seven years ago.The band were thrown into turmoil - both personally and musically - following the tragic loss of co-vocalist and keyboardist Kyle Pavone in 2018. The invariable questions of continuing in the wake of a personal loss of this magnitude took some time to digest, but the decision was made to honour Pavone's memory by not only continuing his musical legacy in the band, but also by pouring their grief and feelings into what would become We Came As Romans' fifth studio album Darkbloom. A sonic portrait of finding light in the darkness, Darkbloom harnessed the sum of all that came before while also thrusting the band into an unknown future full of renewed hope.The album was a resounding success and a fitting tribute to love and loss that has seen We Came As Romans channel their pain into the very thing that brought them together in the first place.The music.We Came As Romans hit Australia for a run of four shows from late next month, with lead vocalist Dave Stephens joining HEAVY from the road in the US to share his excitement."We're on tour right now, so I guess I'll just throw my suitcase on the plane and be good to go," he laughed. "We're ready and excited. We love touring Australia."We ask Stephens what Australian fans can expect from the band after a prolonged absence."We'll be playing a bunch of new stuff," he promised. "We've got a long set, so we will throw in some old ones along the way and some classics. It's been a long time since we've been to Australia, so we will make sure we play a bit of everything."In the full interview we discuss the obvious changes in the band since their last tour, honouring Kyle through music, the overwhelming reception to Darkbloom and how it impacted the band, a new era of music for We Came As Romans, bringing Invent Animate with them for their first Australian tour, the early days of We Came As Romans, how their vision has changed over the years and more.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/heavy-music-interviews--2687660/support.

25 Heinä 20237min