We were fortunate to grab some time with Spencer Chamberlain, vocalist of Floridian posthardcore giants Underoath and crooner for alt-indie outfit slo/tide.

Underoath’s tenth album, The Place After This One (out this week through MNRK Heavy), finds the quintet at the dawn of a new era, one forged in the search for creative freedom and a firm rejection of expectation.

Spencer chats with us about finding the right producer to realise the group’s collective vision, the tension between the risk of new music and familiar fan-favourite records, and how the last five years have changed his lyrical outlook for better and worse.

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Riding solo yet again this week, Owen dives into a banger selection of new tracks from Aussie indie punks, fuzzed-out shoegazers, straight-edge moshers, Steel City bruisers, and more. Grab a coffee, get comfortable, and dig in ☕😎

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Joining the show this week is none other than Travis Stever, resident shredder for esteemed prog-rockers Coheed and Cambria along with post-hardcore supergroup L.S. Dunes.

Travis chats about Coheed’s career longevity, how the band’s latest record–the expansive ‘Vaxis Act III: The Father of Make Believe’–represents a sonic “victory” for the quartet, working with producers like Zakk Cervini and Will Yip, the joy of listening to his “Dental Chair Vision Quest” roadtrip playlist, and the “endless flow” of creative chemistry among his brothers in L.S. Dunes.

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New week, new tracks, and we’re rounding them all up! Owen & Paige chat about curious TikTok trends before diving headfirst into some classic rock from Thornlie, Japanese-Korean metalcore, proggy death metal, and what several voices on the Internet have rather dubiously decided to label as “emo” (hint: it isn’t). Want new music? Well, look no further. LFGGG!!

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It’s finally here! We’ve got our Knotfest Australia 2025 supercut featuring artist interviews and backstage shenanigans with HEALTH, In Hearts Wake, Sunami, Polaris, and returning champions Enter Shikari.

We chatted about their touring highlights, writing new material, playing festival sets, and what it was like to hear headliners and fest namesake Slipknot for the very first time.

Shout out to Knotfest, Jake, (other) Jake, Joseph, Jamie, (third) Jake, Rob, and Rory for coming on the show; Janine, Tiana, Amy, Court, Sose and the Knotfest crew for all their help on festival day, and to the big man himself, Chris Roese, for holding it down on camera duties.

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With ERRA back Down Under once again for their headline run with Silent Planet and Resolve, we caught up with returning champion J.T. Cavey (also of Texas In July) for a very wholesome Dispatch Bay episode and Q&A backstage at The Forum in Naarm/Melbourne.

Sourcing questions from Reddit’s passionate r/Metalcore community, Owen put the hard word on J.T. about vocal patterns, Crocs, setlist decisions, album remixes, and much more.

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March rolls on and the new heaters show no sign of stopping. Owen & Paige get stuck into the week’s latest releases from metalcore team-ups and hardcore whip riders to alternative crooners and proggy cosmic death metallers.

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This week we have Chas Levi from Justice For The Damned joining the pod to chat about the band’s new era as they prepare to hit the ground at home for a bunch of coast-to-coast tour dates.

Chas talks about the challenges of writing new Justice material, the desire to streamline performance for maximum fun and crowd participation, the mental fortitude required for weeks of touring, and overcoming personal adversity. “Will you break down, or will you break through?”

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Stoked to have Zayna Youseff of Sweet Pill jumping on the pod this week as part of the 2025 lineup for New Bloom Fest alongside Basement, Balance & Composure, DRAIN, One Step Closer, and Glitterer.

Zayna talks Aussie slang, coping with anxiety and writer’s block, the realities of constant touring, and her undying love for RuPaul’s Drag Race.

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Follow New Bloom and grab tickets for 2025 dates (9-10 March) here: www.newbloomfest.com.au 

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Stoked to have Ryan Savitski of One Step Closer jumping on the pod this week as part of the 2025 lineup for New Bloom Fest alongside Basement, Balance & Composure, DRAIN, Glitterer, and Sweet Pill.

After returning from a huge UK run supporting pop-punkers Neck Deep on some their biggest ever shows to date, Ryan digs in to the band’s progression on last year’s exceptional ‘All You Embrace’ LP, playing floor shows versus arena stages, the importance of melody, and how best to fight jetlag.

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