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Covid lockdown caused a lot of people to do some very strange things! On the other hand it also saw some artistic people decide that it was a good time to become really creative.
That was certainly the case for Canadian band Beyond Deviation who decided that lockdown was a great opportunity to set out to set a new world record by featuring 400 vocalists on the one track – they recently chatted to Dave Griffiths about how they achieved the goal.
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From the moment Fijian-born musician Adrian Narayan heard metal music he knew he wanted to be a musician. In the early days he grew up on a healthy diet of Limp Bizkit and Korn today Narayan has been wowing Melbourne audiences with his prog/metal style and he recently released a new single titled Fight Friend Flee.
Now Narayan sits down and talks to Dave Griffiths about his debut EP – The Reptile Mind EP – which is set to be released on June 11th.
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The last couple of months have been a busy time for Byron Bay’s favorite sons In Hearts Wake. The band have finally been able to hit the road and continue their postponed tour, they have released new environmentally friendly vinyl and now the band have been added to the bill for the Full Tilt Festival alongside some of Australia’s premier heavy acts.
Recently Dave Griffiths had a chance to sit down and chat to Jake Taylor from the band to find out about everything that the band has been doing and to see how he feels about being able to play at Full Tilt.
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A pioneer of the industrial scene Julian Beeston has recently turned his attention to his new project Featured. The idea was to deliver a little bit of girl power by bringing in the best female vocalists from around the world to record Julian’s lyrics after his as normal brilliant beats.
As Julian talks to HEAVY Mag’s Dave Griffiths he chats about the project itself, why he chose the artists he chose to work with and what it has been like writing music for soundtracks in LA.
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It has been a wild ride for the boys from Brisbane metalcore outfit Revoid over the past 12 months. While the boys are prepping for big things to come in 2021 the success and interest in their single Cut Me Down saw the band go away and focus on the track so much that they begun to reimagine it.
Now after some pretty intense work the band are back with Cut Me Down (Reimagined) and this week while having car trouble they sat down and chatted to HEAVY Mag’s Dave Griffiths about the re-working of the track.
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The German rock scene has recently been pretty excited by the arrival of Ivy Gold – a band that seems to have found the perfect mix of hard rock and blues. So why the excitement? Well really this is an all-star band. Tal Bergman (who has played for Sammy Hagar and Billy Idol) is on the skins, Anders Olinder (Peter Gabriel) is on the keys while the whole project was put together by Avalon guitarist Sebastian Eder.
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2020 was a frustrating year for Chicago punk rockers Indoorsmen. The band formed and were all ready to go but then the dreaded pandemic hit. Instead of wasting time though the band put together some new music and the result will be debut EP Cleaning House Part 1 which is out now… and if you love the sound of that then get ready for Part 2 later this year.
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If you are a fan of Black Coast then the last month has been pretty exciting for you with the release of not one but two new singles – Paradise and Vodka Smile. The two singles are from the band’s forthcoming debut album that is due out later in 2021.
The band have used the last twelve months to do nothing but write, spurred on by the band’s recent signing to Blood Blast.
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Sydney alternative outfit Dip have given Australia the first taste of their soon to be released EP when they dropped their new single Fire Escape. Excited about the release band member Dil Harre recently sat down to have a chat with Dave Griffiths about the track.
Vocalist Dil Harre explains, “the chorus ‘sometimes I wish the world would explode so we could all die together’ was a one line poem I wrote that had this lovely irony: the happiest ending we could wish for is to all go together so we don’t have to miss each other.
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Australian brutal stoner groove masters Black Rheno return with a blistering new track and typically entertaining film clip for “Battle Ready”.
This is the band’s first release since unleashing their debut album Noise Smasher – a full-on assault of heavy groove-laden stoner riffs blended in with intense moments of grindcore laced with the most putrid of sludge ridden tones  – upon the world in late 2019.
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