LUKE SEVEREID - Here To F**k Spiders
Metalhead comic Luke Severeid is about to come barreling towards our shores like a human cyclone of heavy metal, jokes and ADD. He blends his passion for metal with the insight of Bill Hicks, the volume of Sam Kinison, and the hair of Devin Townsend. The last time Sense saw Luke, we were flipping each other off during SLAUGHTER TO PREVAIL's set at KNOTFEST, so it was high time for another chat to find out why he's named his tour "HERE TO F**K SPIDERS".
BLACKWATER HOLYLIGHT - The Sunny Side of DARK MOFO
BLACKWATER HOLYLIGHT are bringing their massive psych-doom-rock riffs to Australia for the very first time, heading down to Tasmania for DARK MOFO and playing headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne. Sunny Faris talked some Sense about heading way Down Under!
JAY & LINDSAY: Pauline Hanson, Billy Corgan and the Absent Father of Punk Rock
Heading to Brisbane for the resurrected DEAD OF WINTER Festival, Lindsay McDougall of FRENZAL RHOMB took aim at Pauline Hanson, Billy Corgan, and reveals who he considers the "absent father" of punk rock itself.
REFLEKTA - “Fooasis Is What We’ve Been Describing Our Sound As.”
We chat with REFLEKTA about their debut album, Way Back Home, set for release this month, their influences, how they came to be a band and the process of rolling out their five singles this year and last as a pre-album launch, and more.
ASTRODEATH - “The Head Nod’s For Everyone.”
We catch up with Yoshi from ASTRODEATH to talk about getting heads nodding at their upcoming performance at Dead of Winter Festival, their tour with FLAMING WREKAGE soon after, working on new tunes in their new studio, Yoshi's influences, outing Tim's shady Hair Metal past, and more.
HAPPY MONDAYS - Celebrating 35 Years Of Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches
We catch up with Shaun from HAPPY MONDAYS ahead of their Australian and New Zealand tour celebrating 35 years of Pills 'N' Thrills And Bellyaches, getting paid to watch television with his best friend, the substances they experimented with in the past, how people are discovering them in the present, and much more.
BOOF HEADS - Bring Back The Biff!
They started last year's GOOD THINGS Festival with a boxing match onstage, and now BOOF HEADS are set to Bring Back the Biff at the resurrected DEAD OF WINTER Festival, so they tried not to incriminate themselves while talking to the same journalist who branded them "eshay-core". Get amongst it!
DESCENDENTS - BLACK FLAG, FRENZAL RHOMB & 30 Years of “Everything Sucks”
So Cal punk royalty DESCENDENTS are celebrating 30 years of "Everything Sucks" with a Run Down Under to Australia and New Zealand! Drummer Bill Stevenson sat down to talk some SENSE about drumming for BLACK FLAG, and tells us what to do if Jay & Lindsay from FRENZAL RHOMB step out of line at the DEAD OF WINTER Festival!
The Wired World Of HAIL THE SUN
We chat with Donavon from HAIL THE SUN about their first Australian Headlining Tour, the momentum they've gained from their latest record, Cut. Turn. Fade. Back., upcoming appearances at FURNACE FEST and NEVERENDER FESTIVAL, Donovan's involvement with KILL ICONIC, and more.
Hot Baths and Highballs with VALTOZASH
We chat with Andre and Simon from VALTOZASH about their upcoming shows at DEAD OF WINTER and NOWHERE FESTIVAL, what it's like wrangling a band with 14 members, the creation of the Braindeaded film clip, how they came up with the concept for a Heavy Metal Big band, and much more.
Horror Movies & Road Rash with EXHUMED
US gore metal legends EXHUMED are bringing their brutal new album "Red Asphalt" to Australia and New Zealand, and have just landed for their first time EVER in Aotearoa. So what did we talk to them about? Horror movies! What else?
PIZZA DEATH - The Ultimate Pizza
With Dougie out on deliveries, we're left talking with Kane from PIZZA DEATH about their upcoming appearance at DEAD OF WINTER, the end of the domestic leg of their World Doughmination Tour, and the beginning of the European tour, what kind of pizza Kane would have made for WWE Hall of Famer The Ultimate Warrior, and more!
BEANFLIPPER - New Music In The DEAD OF WINTER!
When NECROSONIC's Kent Bartley resurrected Melbourne grind legends BEANFLIPPER for last year's festival, we were happy enough, but now SENSE can confirm that the band has been working on new music! What do they have in store for the return of DEAD OF WINTER?
SPARTA - "I've Never Known A Record More, Before I've Made It."
We catch up with Jim from SPARTA about their new record, Cut A Silhouette, recording it with J. Robbins, collaborating with Frank Iero from My Chemical Romance, and other contributors and guests on the album, reconnecting with their audience, and much more.
Want A Free Show? F.U.C. Yeah!
A riotous blend of thrash, mankinis and immaturity, Brisbane "nu thrash" duo F.U.C. (Forests Under Construction) are playing a free show at a brand new venue! Auditory Attack Vol. 1 kicks off at the Kerwick Hotel in Redbank QLD on the 30th of May from 6pm featuring GUTTERFIRE, 308 and LIGHT EATER, and if you miss out, you'll be more upset than Toddy's drum stool when he's wearing a mankini! We cornered Queensland drumming legend Todd Hansen to talk some Sense...
DZ DEATHRAYS Easing Out of Control at DEAD OF WINTER!
About to headline the DEAD OF WINTER Festival in Brisbane alongside MAMMAL, Shane of DZ DEATHRAYS talked some Sense about the reactions to their latest album "Easing Out of Control", and who would win in a grudge match between DZ and MAMMAL ...
INGRANIMUS - The Album Ten Years In The Making!
Brissie prog rock crew INGRANIMUS have released "Halo Bound", an album a decade in the making, so it seemed like the perfect opportunity to talk some Sense with Hadley Spence about the story that took ten years to tell.
BEETLEJUICE The Musical - The Juice Is Loose!
BEETLEJUICE The Musical is rolling into Brisbane, and we've got the Deetz! Sense sat down with Australian actress Karis Oka to talk about fitting into the combat boots of goth icon Lydia Deetz, and dishes on the musical that explores the lighter side of death....
The Dawn Of The WITCHGRINDER
We catch up with Travis from WITCHGRINDER to talk about their upcoming appearance at Dead Of Winter, their plans for future releases, their most recent release, Nothing Stays Buried, and the Evil Dead inspired videoclip they made for Dead By Dawn, the beginnings of WITCHGRINDER and the origin of their name, and heaps more.
Greg Ginn: “I’ve Never Had So Much Fun Playing With BLACK FLAG”
50 years after forming BLACK FLAG in 1976, guitarist Greg Ginn is returning to Australia with a brand new lineup and their first ever female vocalist, Max Zanelly (in her first EVER band!). What makes this lineup the most fun? What keeps him going? And has he finally read "Get in the Van"? Greg talked some SENSE...