Posts tagged Damnation Festival
An Interview with Memoriam

Proper death metal for a proper death metal crowd, we got to spend a few minutes in the illustrious presence of legend Karl Willetts. He was on fine form, buzzing from their set and ready to tackle all the big questions of the day. We talked about politics, the healing power of death metal, day jobs, minimalism and even whether Bolt Thrower are completely finished.

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An Interview with A.A. Williams

Alex Williams is the breakout star of the last few years. She produces metal that isn't metal. She was the first up on the main stage at this year's Damnation Festival and we spoke after her set about the show and her extraordinary rise to fame. We covered tours with the Sisters Of Mercy, releasing an album during a global pandemic, songwriting, whether Nine Inch Nails are more influential than Nick Cave and how much an artist can see from the stage.

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An Interview with A Swarm Of The Sun

In “An Empire”, Swedish duo A Swarm Of The Sun have produced one of the albums of the year. Our Stewart is quite rightly obsessed with it. When we meet Jakob Berglund and Erik Nilsson at the Damnation Festival preamble “A Night Of Salvation” Stewarts wanted to know all about its genius and how they planned on replicating it in a live environment. We also got on to how touring is for a non touring band and the complexities of being a six piece on the road. Listen up!

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An Interview with Maybeshewill at Damnation Festival 2023

Maybeshewill are a gift to those who like their post-rock with flourishes of unashamed optimism. Playing their first Damnation Festival since they returned from an elongated hiatus we got to have in-depth chat with them about living with the moniker of Gav's favourite band, what lead to their reformation, holding down a day job whilst being in a band and most importantly how they remain so darn happy all the time.

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An Interview with Sigh at Damnation Festival 2023

Japanese powerhouse Sigh are one of the most inventive metal bands around. At Damnation they pulled double duty giving us their debut "Scorn Defeat" on the Friday and then a time travelling greatest hits set on the Saturday. We chatted to the main man himself Mirai Kawashima about their evolution, playing albums in their entirety and their debt to classic metal.

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An Interview with Bossk at Damnation Festival 2023

Stewart Lucas talks with Tom Begley and Rob Vaughan of Bossk who literally owned Damnation 2023. We managed to grab them in advance of their soon to be legendary performance of "Audio Noir". We discussed how they are a band's band and the fact that after all they are just a bunch of mates enjoying making music together.

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An Interview with Rodrigo Carvahlo of Irist

Finally the last of our interviews at Damnation Festival 2022. One of underground metal's most talked-about bands, Irist.

Master linguist Rodrigo Carvahlo may be a bit tired on the last date of their European tour after supporting Elder and Pallbearer but he has fire in his veins and is very chatty with our Matt!

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An Interview with James Lewis and Will Sweet of Ithaca

Matt Fraser meets James Lewis (Drums) and Will Sweet (Guitar) of Ithaca before their set at the Damnation Festival 2022.

Ithaca formed in late 2012, when guitarist Sam Chetan-Welsh wrote on a message board that he was starting a hardcore group inspired by American punks the Chariot and looking for a vocalist. With their latest album “They Fear Us” out since July 29th 2022 via Hassle, the quintet has quite shaken up the metalcore scene.

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