Matt Fraser of ROCKFLESH catches up with The Overthrone at Sweden Rock Festival 2023. The chat ranges from melodic death metal to being as sour as a lime!
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Italy's Nanowar Of Steel love pound shops but don't think bacon belongs in carbonara. We spoke to Poto and Gatto to find out why.
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Who is the greatest band of all time? Mo'Royce of Tragedy thinks it's Tragedy of course. ROCKFLESH admires his sequins as we ask him about Lance, the Universe and Everything. Or we would have, if we'd remembered to.
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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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Matt Fraser bring you ROCKFLESH's craziest and most chaotic interview yet, with Cage Fight! No stone is left unturned as we talk about thrash, tattooing, excitement, hardcore punk, touring, Belgian beer and gibbons. Yes...gibbons.
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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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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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"If Pallbearer was a drink, what would you be? asked Matt. Watch the whole interview to find out!
The American doom metal band Pallbearer who released "Forgotten Days" in 2020 made it to No 22 in our TOP 100 Albums.
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It is the actual day of the Damnation Festival 2022 and our first interview of the day is with Tom from We Lost The Sea or is it Matt? Watch to find out! We Lost the Sea are a band from Sydney, Australia featuring soaring soundscapes and beautifully constructed instrumentals.
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And this time, just after their performance at the Damnation Festival 2022, Matt Fraser is chatting with Jim Hodge (Growls) of the miserable band from a miserable city”, the mighty hardcore grinding sludge metal (and let's not forget aggro) band from Hull, Mastiff!
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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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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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Stewart Lucas takes some time between bands to talk with Arctangent (and 2000trees) head honcho James Scarlett
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