Holy Roar

In episode 46 Mazz chats to Connor Laws and Ben Pollard of Guildford punk rock record label ‘Failure By Design’. To celebrate their 4th year as a label, Ben and Connor talk about how they started the label as well as the highs and lows of maintaining it.

Music comes from Heavy Hearts their EP ‘On A Chain’, available via Failure By Design Records on the 28th of October.

In episode 45 Mazz chats to guitarist and producer Joe Clayton. Joe is a veteran of the Manchester Hardcore/Metal scene and is currently the guitarist/vocalist of Post-Rock titans Pijn. He talks about the demise of his band Old Skin, his experiences as a producer and what plans Pijn have for next year!

To celebrate IDYLLS' forthcoming third album ’The Barn’, Mazz has a chat with Billy and Chris from the band. Billy and Chris talk about what lead to the sonic direction this album takes. They explain what happened after the initial buzz of their first full length including praise from The Needle Drop. Billy and Chris also talk about Brisbane’s local punk scene and some of the ups and downs of touring down under.

In episode 43 Mazz chats to the Brighton hardcore act Up River. Up River have been a stable force in the UK hardcore scene for many years and have been through many transitions. The band chat about their beginnings and experiences touring the UK and mainland Europe as well as discussing their change in sound on their newest record 'If There Is A God Judging Me Constantly’.

As a celebration of all things Brontide and in conjunction with their last ever show Mazz has a chat with drummer of the band William Bowerman. William is now currently a session musician with some of the biggest pop stars but his beginnings were somewhat more simple. They discuss his first serious ventures into music as a career with his influential band I Was A Cub Scout - Will is honest and open about the bands demise and how it eventually led to the formation of Brontide.They then go onto discuss Brontide's career and their groundbreaking album ‘Artery’.....

In episode 41 Mazz chats with Oliver Edward Turner, Oliver played bass in a lot of fantastic bands including Cold Fell, Black Mass, Corrupt Moral Altar and the notorious and influential Grindcore act - Narcosis.

They talk about the early North West Metal/Grindcore scene in Manchester and Leeds and the influential artists that came out of them. Mazz and Oli also discuss the career of Narcosis and their demise.

Episode 40 is a special AMA edition of the podcast with Lewis Johns; engineer, producer and all around great chap. Mazz asks him your questions which he answers very honestly and openly. Mazz and Lewis give their opinions on this years’ 2000 Trees Festival as well as talking about his mindset towards producing and recording bands. They talk about his dog Olive, his thoughts on Creepers latest success, his favourite venues in Southampton and much more.

Mazz has a chat with long time friend Zen, vocalist of the UK screamo act Maths. They speak about how they originally first met when Maths got together, Zen shares some old Maths stories including being attacked by an international band on their own show....They go through the bands career and how the band has helped him with his own anxiety and depression.

Mazz is back in the driving seat with somewhat of a veteran in the UK hardcore/doom/noiserock scene. They muse about his past with his bands Bullet Union and Ursa, transitioning into becoming a booking agent and working with some of the worlds biggest metal acts. Jodie then became guitarist in ex-Botch/These Arms Are Snakes supergroup Narrows and played with Earth later on. A must listen!

Guest host Alex Leat catches up with the wonderful Maartje who runs Smithsfoodgroup records in the Netherlands.....