Wall Of Sound: Interviews

Rock icon Phil Campbell is set to bring his band of Bastard Sons down under for the very first time in September and our very own metal bogan Duane James grabbed the iconic guitarist for a chat all about their impending tour, Motörhead memories, the ongoing scattering of Lemmy's ashes and Black Sabbath's final bow.

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The French metalcore scene is a thriving metropolis of brutal soundscapes with bands like LANDMVRKS, Novelists and ten56. leading the charge, but keep your eyes and ears on Arising Empire's dark horse Resolve, who recently made their way through Australia touring with Erra and Silent Planet.

Backstage at Melbourne's iconic Forum, Wall Of Sound's Ricky Aarons was joined by Anthony Diliberto (vocals) and Antonin Carré (guitarist) to disucss their first trip across the country and to dive into their heavy collab with Paleface Swiss and ten56. Following the success of 2023's album Human, it's only a matter of time before Resolve become a household name in heavy music - so listen to our interview and jump on the bandwagon stat!

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German metalcore prodigies Half Me made their Australian debut supporting thrown and Wall Of Sound's Ricky grabbed Christopher Hesse and Christopher Zühlke for an alleyway chat about their Aussie experience, the Euro metalcore scene and the new music they're all but ready to unleash upon the world. 

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From the ashes of their previous musical venture rose House Of Protection - a genre-blending alternative rock outfit made up of scene staples Aric Improta and Stephen Harrison. The duo - along with producer Jordan Fish (ex-BMTH) - turned their departures into a fierce display of musicianship on debut release GALORE and have taken the scene by storm.

Browny chats with the duo ahead of their Australian debut with Bad Omens and Poppy - discussing their approach in studio, the perils of starting again and a sneaky collab on ARCHITECTS' upcoming album... 

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Steel Panther have been regular travellers to Australia ever since their inaugural trip down here for the Soundwave Festival in early 2012 and the subsequent Brazzers sponsored tour later again that year. In the lead up to their return to Australia this October, Wall Of Sound's Duane James was lucky enough to have a hilarious and heartfelt chat with legendary drummer Stix Zadinia. 

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Metal Mayhem ensured when Wall Of Sound's Browny and Duane ran headfirst into Knotfest Australia chatting with the likes of Disturbed, Halestorm, The Hu, Wage War, Windwaker, King Parrot, Thy Art Is Murder and Asking Alexandria at the 2024 run in Brisbane. Who has new music on the way, who's coming back soon and who was the loosest band to catch up with? Listen now.

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Alpha Wolf's curated music festival CVLTFEST made its triumphant debut in Brisbane and Wall Of Sound's Browny, Ricky and Adam ran head-first into the event to catch up with the likes of Diamond Construct, VILIFY, ten56 and the big bad wolves themselves, Scottier & Mitch of Alpha Wolf.

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Meet Duane - Our resident heavy metal bogan and lover of all things heavy from Australia's underground. We sent Duane to catch up with Youngy from King Parrot prior to their departure to the US, where they'll be supporting the likes of Pantera, Lamb Of God, and Weedeater and the pair got chatting about new music, the Aussie scene and more - hook into Duane's World Issue 6!

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With their newest album, Datura, out in the world, Ebony catches up for her yearly chat with Boston Manor's vocalist, Henry Cox. We find out about the process of making an album that deals with dark and honest themes, creating an album around life events, and what the album's second part is going to look like next year.

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Australia's very own Parkway Drive are back with album number seven Darker Still - which finds the band honing in on a heavy metal sound that's going to catapult them to Metal Icon status - playing amongst the greats of the industry. Frontman Winston McCall joins Browny to chat about their journey, their progression from metalcore kings to metal gods and where they'll head from here... 

Interviewer: Paul 'Browny' Brown @brownypaul

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