Matt catches up with James and Moose of Kill The Lights on their Death Melodies tour. They chat about touring, the emergence of the band, and the album itself. Oh, don't worry, as always we ask what drink best represents the band too!
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The legendary bards of Blind Guardian returned to mancunia for the first time in eight years. We were lucky enough to get the opportunity to sit down with rythm guitarist Marcus Siepen to discuss a whole host of stuff. So if you are interested in how Blind Guardian cultivate their songs, how setlists are created and the difference in their fan bases across the globe, make yourself a cuppa and press play.
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The fantastic SKYND spares some time pre-gig to chat with Matt from rockflesh.com about true crime, stunning vocals and artistic influences.
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Mathcore act Pupil Slicer arrived into our lives like the chest-burster exiting John Hurt's chest. While on their current tour with Employed To Serve self confessed fanboy Stewart Lucas tries to make sense of the last crazy few years with vocalist/guitarist Kate Davies.
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Lake Malice spare some time before another energy-filled gig to chat with Matt from ROCKFLESH. Alice Guala and Blake Cornwall talk about their whirlwind of experiences since forming the band, and cover everything from their favourite lake to what's coming up next.
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Matt from ROCKFLESH grabs a delightfully crazy and chaotic chat with Adam Kerr and Jon Cassidy from As Everything Unfolds. The High Wycombe heroes spill the beans on topics ranging from genre-defying music to who would play them in a film.
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There is black metal royalty and there is Dark Funeral. Our black metal obsessive Stewart Lucas has pulled rank on usual interviewer supreme Matt Fraser and made it clear he only can interview Heljarmadr (Andreas Vingbäck) in the Manchester Academy kitchen. So set sail for tales of hot gigs, fluctuating setlists and how death and black metal are perfect bedfellows, no matter what us journos think.
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Taking the chance to sit outside Rebellion - in the sun for once - we caught up with Resolve bassist Robin Mariat to discuss their journey so far, French metal in general, and who he'd like to add to the band...
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New Delhi isn't the hot bed of metal, but it's given us Bloodywood - a fantastic, eclectic mix of so many elements to form an awesome metal band. We chat with Bloodywood mastermind Karan about the band, the past, the future and a large chunk of luck.
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ROCKFLESH catches up with progressive metalcore geniuses Conor Hesse (Bass), JT Cavey (Vocals) and Jesse Cash (Clean Vocal Guitars) of ERRA as they head towards the end of their lengthy EU/UK touring commitments. Amongst other things we find out their favourite cities to visit and who will play them in their biopic. Plus watch out for the guest appearance from the ''Chips n' Cheese' Lady - we don't keep anything hidden from our viewers!
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ROCKFLESH.com catches up with rap-tech-metal geniuses Borders on the final night of their new album release tour. Matt talks to vocalist Jordan “JJ” Olifent and guitarist Gavin Burton about the new album, "Bloom Season", how the change in sound has been received, and the joy of experiencing rainbows for the first time.
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As the primary songwriter for Soul Asylum, Dave Pirner has penned hundreds of songs over the course of nearly four decades and has helped to shape the alternative-rock world through his artful lyrics and distinctive vocals. With twelve full-length studio albums under their belts and the release of their last albums “Hurry Up and Wait” in 2020, Pirner and Soul asylum have produced songs that have captured multiple generations of music fans.
Soul Asylum in back in the UK after an inexplicable 28 years hiatus for an 8 days stint with Everclear.
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Alex Stuart has a brief chat with Karl Sanders of the American death metal band Nile in Manchester while on the 37 dates Vile Nilotic Rites 2022 European tour.
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Krisiun is a Brazilian death metal band, founded by brothers Alex Camargo, Moyses Kolesne and Max Kolesne.
Alex Stuart catches up with Max before their set at Rebellion in Manchester on the 2022 tour, supporting the release of their lates album "Mortem Solis"
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Day 38 of The Vintage Caravan European tour, the Icelandic band have a chat with Alex Stuart.This interview almost did not happen due to Manchester traffic but the band was most accommodating and manage to slot us in before Empyre start their set or so we thought!
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While on their 2022 current UK tour, Within Destruction stop at Rebellion Manchester. Matt Fraser of ROCKFLESH catches up outside the venue with guitarist Howard Fang to discuss tour, gear, the new album "Lotus" and much more.
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While on their 2022 UK tour, Monster Truck stop at the O2 Ritz in Manchester. Johann Wierzbicki of ROCKFLESH takes some time with Jon Harvey to ask the questions that matter to him.
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‘Live and unshaved’, a brief interview with Levy Seynaeve of Wiegedood on their current 2022 European and UK tour supporting their latest album "There's Always Blood At The End Of The Road". Johann ‘The Overlord’ met with Levy at the downstairs bar of the Star and Garter in Manchester. Enjoy and come back here for more interviews in the near future.
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When Delain roll into town they have a history of bringing interesting and exciting support acts with them and tonight is no exception. This time around they have the melodic supergroup Cyhra with them and our illustrious leader Johann meet up with vocalist Jake E to shoot the breeze and discuss ABBA, backing tracks and being bigger than Iron Maiden.
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Thy Art Is Murder have returned to Manchester tonight, and ROCKFLESH sent their very best… erm… well they sent Sarah… to have a chat with guitarist Andy Marsh. Here’s what the deathcore legends had to say about politics, pills, and THAT Michael Jackson moment. I’m greeted by an exchange of Advil between band members…
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