[Podcast] [Interview] with CHRIS & DAIF of STALKER (NZ) + Brutefest 2025 Photo Gallery!
We seemed to have wrought fire from the Gods, Prometheus-style (the Greek one, not the Ridley-Scott one) with this interview finally happening. And it was well worth it!
Circumventing issues around getting an in-vivo interview on the night of Brutefest 2025 and even multiple tech muck-arounds today, Chris, Daif and myself nevertheless persisted and had a fantastic conversation. We cover everything in our chat it seems - recent tours, the New Zealand music scene/comparisons with Australia, recent tour highlights, musicianship and process, musicianship and its’ relationship to mental health/wellbeing, ongoing songwriting and lots more!
Huge Churr-Bro and biggest thanks to Chris, Daif, Anthony of YourMateBookings.com (i.e. the man you can thank for this interview happening, as well as their recent Aus/NZ tour with Abigail (JP)) and everyone involved in what was a riotous tour!
Nick - I promise as a bassist, that drummer-sledging in your absence was kept to a minimum. Also, once again - ripping set on the kit at Brutefest, cous!
Okay. This is a big interview, and you’ve got some absolutely bang-up additional photography and footage from Brutefest 2025 (which Stalker headlined) to enjoy, additional to our recent review!
Peace, Love and Inter-ANZAC Metal Relations xoxo - Brady.
PART 1 - STALKER INTERVIEW:
VIDEO VERSION
(via our Youtube Channel, see below for podcast/audio-only links):
AUDIO-ONLY VERSION:
Note: ISC Podcast is also available on: Our Youtube Podcast Page, Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Castbox, GoodPods, iHeartRadio, PocketCasts and RadioPublic.
PART II, a.k.a.
GALLERY OF BREWICIDE III:
Brutefest 2025 @ The Tote, Melbourne (AU) - 17.05.25.
Note: These are additional photos not included in our huge coverage of Brutefest 2025, a review made possible care of certified professional dude-bro Anthony Blayney of Your Mate Bookings! Massive thanks to all staff involved at The Tote and on the tour - we respect your hustle, and the evening went famously!
Photography in both cases by the talented Richie Black Photography (Official Site/ Facebook/Instagram). Some are static images, however there’s quite a few embedded galleries as well.
Enjoy, and thanks Richie for your great work :)
Support the continuation of heavy music in Australia, NZ and beyond by supporting fine folks such as these!
Okay, enough talk.
Here’s some fantastic-quality photography from Richie, and some questionable-quality Shorts from Yours Truly, re: Brucefest 2025.
Links for all involved artists and stakeholders available in the above linked review - get you some good local and international metal samples!
BLACK JESUS (Melbourne, AU):
We weren’t able to get much in the way of photography for these guys - open offer for interested photographers and ISC followers/community to send us your snaps and we’ll add them here!
Clip of Black Jesus performing at Brutefest 2025:
Bonus - they also kicked all kinds of arse supporting Toxic Holocaust @ Northcote Social, 17.03.25:
BURNOUT (Melbourne, AU):
RESISTANCE (MELBOURNE, AU):
MORTUARY SICKNESS (GEELONG, AU):
SUFFERANCE:
(I can’t put this post up in good conscience, not without including this beauty - hi Paul! Nice Daft Punk death metal stomp, mate!):
PERMAFOG (TAS, AU):
VEXATION (Melbourne, AU):
CHOOF (Melbourne, AU):
BASTARDIZER (SYDNEY, AU):
PIZZA DEATH (MELBOURNE, AU):
ABSOLUTE MANDATORY VIEWING: Xavier The Human-Garlic-Breads’ Circle-Pit Sojourn:
And here’s a little slice of Mosh Lord Disappointment From The Legion itself! About the only moment I didn’t see this circle-pit-fiend sporting anything from a grin (sorry bro, I ate a slice).
Shoutout to Sammy ‘I Possess Subatomic Levels of Mosh Endurance’ O’Flynn, fellow Musolegion admin and Donkey Kong-tier mosh-maniac:
Bonus: Dude on the right, there. LOL. ‘Any lef- awwww.’
Look. TBH, how can you not film half a Pizza Death set? Dudes are relentless as they are funny:
ABIGAIL (TOKYO, JP):
(Squeezing in to say ARIGATO GAZAIMASU, you absolute nutcases! Sugoi!):
‘THANKYOUMELBOOOOOOOUUUURNE!’
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, YOUR CUZZIES IN:
STALKER (WELLINGTON, NZ):
A bunch of kings! Stalker + Abigail with their host-with-the-most, the super on-the-metal-ball Anthony of YourMateBookings. Whatta buncha cuties. <3
More Gallery of Brewicide content coming very shortly to this blog, right here! Like, soon!
Be sure to support each of the above artists, content creators and other stakeholders.
Big love to the whole international scene.
Peace, Love and Grindcore xoxo - Brady.