Unleash The Archers are one of the most interesting metal acts to emerge from Canada in the last decade. They play a very European brand of our genre but with transatlantic flair and sense of scale. Their current tour is in direct response to the keyboard warriors who proclaimed that a sole London show in february was not enough. We sat down with Brittney Slayes for an elongated chat about AI, tour mechanics, stalystic changes and how being in a metal band ain't going to make you a millionaire.

An Interview with Hippotraktor

ROCKFLESH grabbed a chat with Chiaran Verheyden and Kristof Du Jardin from the monumental Belgian metal band Hippotraktor. Everything is covered - from conceptual songs and introspective writing to statues of hippos driving tractors!

An Interview with Cobra The Impaler

Cobra The Impaler guitarists Tace DC and James Falck spent some time with Rockflesh on their latest tour of the UK. Amongst other things we chat about their musical influences, connecting with the crowd and a shocking headliner for their dream festival lineup!

InterviewAuthor : Matt Fraser18 April 2025Future YardCobra The Impaler, Birkenhead, 2025, Matt Fraser, Johann WierzbickiComment

An Interview with Hidden Mothers

We catch up with blackened post-hardcore maestros Hidden Mothers as they continue their headline tour for debut album "Erosion/Avulsion". In between talking music we also tackle the hard hitting questions regarding cutlery and pottery!

InterviewAuthor : Matt Fraser22 February 2025EBGBSHidden Mothers, EBGBS, Liverpool, 2025, Interview, Matt FraserComment

An Interview with Countless Skies

Countless Skies are proving remarkably resilient on this Valentine's Day. They are two members down but they have still hauled themselves up north to play the blisteringly cold Star and Garter. We caught up with Ross, Nathan and super sub Will to talk backing tracks, mythical new album and what makes a scene a scene.

An Interview with Pain

Peter Tägtgren, myth, legend and general renaissance man of modern metal. If you love an album of Scandinavia metal it is most likely that he will have produced it. He is back on our shores with his electro metal band Pain and we were lucky enough to get ten minutes in his esteemed company. So watch along and find out whether there are indeed different Peter's for Pain and Hypocrisy, how he ended up producing some of the most important albums of the last couple of decades and how he manages to balance all these competing priorities.

InterviewAuthor : Stewart Lucas26 January 2025Manchester Club AcademyPeter Tägtgren, Pain, Interview, Stewart Lucas, Manchester, 2025Comment

An Interview with The Halo Effect

In our first interview of 2025 we are lucky enough to chat to Mikael Stanne, vocalist with The Halo effect. We chatted about the pedigree behind this most super of supergroups, the ease of picking a set list when you only have two albums to choose from and how the hell he balances life with also being the front person of Dark Tranquillity and Cemetery Skyline.