We catch up with blackened post-hardcore maestros Hidden Mothers as they continue their headline tour for debut album "Erosion/Avulsion". In between talking music we also tackle the hard hitting questions regarding cutlery and pottery!
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Countless Skies are proving remarkably resilient on this Valentine's Day. They are two members down but they have still hauled themselves up north to play the blisteringly cold Star and Garter. We caught up with Ross, Nathan and super sub Will to talk backing tracks, mythical new album and what makes a scene a scene.
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Peter Tägtgren, myth, legend and general renaissance man of modern metal. If you love an album of Scandinavia metal it is most likely that he will have produced it. He is back on our shores with his electro metal band Pain and we were lucky enough to get ten minutes in his esteemed company. So watch along and find out whether there are indeed different Peter's for Pain and Hypocrisy, how he ended up producing some of the most important albums of the last couple of decades and how he manages to balance all these competing priorities.
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In our first interview of 2025 we are lucky enough to chat to Mikael Stanne, vocalist with The Halo effect. We chatted about the pedigree behind this most super of supergroups, the ease of picking a set list when you only have two albums to choose from and how the hell he balances life with also being the front person of Dark Tranquillity and Cemetery Skyline.
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Proper death metal for a proper death metal crowd, we got to spend a few minutes in the illustrious presence of legend Karl Willetts. He was on fine form, buzzing from their set and ready to tackle all the big questions of the day. We talked about politics, the healing power of death metal, day jobs, minimalism and even whether Bolt Thrower are completely finished.
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Alex Williams is the breakout star of the last few years. She produces metal that isn't metal. She was the first up on the main stage at this year's Damnation Festival and we spoke after her set about the show and her extraordinary rise to fame. We covered tours with the Sisters Of Mercy, releasing an album during a global pandemic, songwriting, whether Nine Inch Nails are more influential than Nick Cave and how much an artist can see from the stage.
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Direct from Damnation Festival's “A Night of Salvation”, ROCKFLESH grab a chat with Ash Tubb from Bristol's unpredictable and superb Sugar Horse. They chat about key influences, lessons learnt and cloning Ash himself!
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In “An Empire”, Swedish duo A Swarm Of The Sun have produced one of the albums of the year. Our Stewart is quite rightly obsessed with it. When we meet Jakob Berglund and Erik Nilsson at the Damnation Festival preamble “A Night Of Salvation” Stewarts wanted to know all about its genius and how they planned on replicating it in a live environment. We also got on to how touring is for a non touring band and the complexities of being a six piece on the road. Listen up!
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Direct from Damnation Festival's Night of Salvation, ROCKFLESH catch up with Victor Kaas and Rasmus Furbo from the wonderfully post-apocalyptic blackened hardcore band LLNN. They talk about unbelievable fan interactions, film influences and what exactly LLNN means!
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Lena Scissorhands from Moldovan metal maestros Infected Rain took some time to chat with Matt from Rockflesh. They talk about everything from touring the world to the benefits of having your tonsils out!
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One of the wonders of Bloodstock is you don't know who you will bump into. We grabbed hold of Winterfytheth guitarist and lead growler Chris Naughton. We spoke about their rather spiffing new album, the fact that folk fanatics love "The Hallowing Of Heirdom" and whether there is the possibility of more stuff from Atavist.
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Last year we chatted with Vicki. This year we got 2 for the price of 1 with Vicki and Simon. We discussed how Motörhead still exist in all our hearts, Wacken stealing their thunder, how Gojira are currently the biggest band in the universe and whether they were even tempted to book Papa Roach.
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Our very own Stewart Lucas catches up with Semprah, the Death Metal act that won the Polish Metal 2 The Masses before their set at the Bloodstock Festival 2024.
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ROCKFLESH caught up with groovy thrash death band Lethal Evil at Bloodstock Festival 2024. We talk about everything from how they write their songs and the great reaction they got for their set, to how their sound is influenced by their South American roots and who they’d have headline their own festival.
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ROCKFLESH managed to catch-up with New Blood Stage band Straight For The Sun after their Bloodstock Festival 2024 set. Amongst other things, we chat about how it went, how much it means to play a festival like this, what drink would best represent them as a band, and what the future has in store for them.
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ROCKFLESH managed to catch-up with New Blood Stage band Dead Flesh before their Bloodstock Festival 2024 set. Amongst other things, we chat about their deathcore sound, the influences that go into that sound, and balancing the emotions of nerves and excitement before an opportunity such as a Bloodstock slot.
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Southampton’s Grove Street spares some time to chat with Matt from ROCKFLESH before their set at Bloodstock Festival 2024. We talk about their blending of hardcore and thrash, being likened to Suicidal Tendencies, the frustrations and satisfaction from writing, and how they keep bring the energy and fun to all their gigs.
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ROCKFLESH managed to catch-up with the fantastic instrumental prog-metal band Divided By Design before their Bloodstock Festival 2024 set. Amongst other things, we chat about pushing the boundaries of musical creativity, how Liam creates melodies on guitar that a singer could never deliver, and how that 3-piece dynamic allows Tom and Sam to demonstrate their full potential as a rhythm section.
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ROCKFLESH managed to catch-up with New Blood Stage band Akkadian before their Bloodstock Festival 2024 set. Amongst other things, we chat about being a tech-metal band in the current scene, the drink they had created and named in their honour, and who would play them in a film of the band’s rising success.
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Soen play the most sumptuous metal you have ever heard. It's beautifully curated melodic rock at its best. We chatted with Joel Ekelöf and relatively new boy Cody Lee Ford. We discussed their unique sound and the merits of life on the road.
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