![[Podcast]: Ep. 66 - [Interview] w/ NICOLAI BUSSE of MØL (Denmark).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1769134577047-58YTHXMXB0TM3OSCML85/Ep66MOLband.jpg)
[Podcast]: Ep. 66 - [Interview] w/ NICOLAI BUSSE of MØL (Denmark).
[Podcast] Ep. 66 sees myself joining Nicolai Busse from Denmark’s incredible post-black/alternative metal outfit MØL to discuss the bold new album Dreamcrush (out 30th Jan via Nuclear Blast), songwriting, influences and more. Check the link for interview (video/audio-only versions) plus ‘Young’ music video, album details, artist links and more!
![[Podcast]: Episode 62 - [Interview] with MILLE PETROZZA of KREATOR.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1765938202805-S81JUD3I2PFDE6QX9J8U/ISC+Podcast%2C+Ep.+62+%5BInterview%5D+with+MILLE+PETROZZA+of+KREATOR..png)
[Podcast]: Episode 62 - [Interview] with MILLE PETROZZA of KREATOR.
[Podcast]: Wow, what an incredible opportunity! Pulled up on the side of the road, ISC host Brady gets a last-minute call for a once in a lifetime thrash-metal fan dream - an opportunity to speak with influential Teutonic thrash lord Mille Petrozza, of German kings Kreator! See link for video interview/audio-only podcast version, recent singles links, Krushers of The World preorder links and more. Das ist sehr gut, danke Mille!
![[Podcast] Ep. 61: [Interview] with ERIC JARRIN of DESPISED ICON (CAN).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1761302077625-CF6VOLMPBXMD3QPHGM76/image003.jpg)
[Podcast] Ep. 61: [Interview] with ERIC JARRIN of DESPISED ICON (CAN).
[Podcast]: Canada’s premiere melding of death metal and hardcore made manifest, Despised Icon are both influential spearheads and distinctly their own act. Here to chat with me on the podcast is guitarist Eric Jarrin. Tune in via the link for both video and audio-only/podcast versions plus Shadow Work (out Oct 31st via Nuclear Blast) pre-order links, latest single ‘The Apparition’ and more! Get your slam on.
![[Podcast] Ep. 60: [Interview] with NOAH SEE of CONJURER (UK).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1760964693004-AYJFEKCQSOU9LY44MD7T/matthieugill_conjurer.jpg)
[Podcast] Ep. 60: [Interview] with NOAH SEE of CONJURER (UK).
British progressive post-metal/doom heavyweights Conjurer are a few days from releasing third full-length LP Unself on Oct 24th, via Nuclear Blast Records. It’s an incredible record and one drummer Noah See and I discuss together alongside drumming, touring, collaboration and more. See within for video/audio podcast links, artist/album bio, preorder links and more. Get sludged!
![[Heavy News] KREATOR Announce New Album KRUSHERS OF THE WORLD + Release Video For New Single 'Seven Serpents'.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1759478983628-9J5OYF3TWOEVM0SVYUKP/kreatorband.jpg)
[Heavy News] KREATOR Announce New Album KRUSHERS OF THE WORLD + Release Video For New Single 'Seven Serpents'.
[Heavy News] - You kan’t keep a good krusher down, ‘least of all veteran Teutonic thrash-titans Kreator! They’re back with latest single ‘Seven Serpents’ plus preorders, bio and details for 16th LP Krushers of The World. The album drops Jan 16th via Nuclear Blast Records - check the link for details and to secure a spot!
![[Heavy News] SOULFLY Release Music Video For New Single 'Nihilist' Feat. Todd Jones OF NAILS](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1759391498186-T7H52739VY7VYI0FYQTN/sfmerc.jpg)
[Heavy News] SOULFLY Release Music Video For New Single 'Nihilist' Feat. Todd Jones OF NAILS
[Heavy News]: Cavalera and Co are back at it again! Max and crew demonstrate their unwillingness to rest on laurels, pushing Soulfly’s heavy-factor to new heights with Chama. Check out the link for details/video/stream link for latest single ‘Nihilist’ (feat. Todd Jones of Nails) plus all the relevant links for the upcoming LP, out October 24th via Nuclear Blast Records.
![[Podcast] Ep. 58: [Interview] with CHUCK BILLY of TESTAMENT (US).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1759213470283-L6C9TPTLAU73B149A67U/testamentband.jpg)
[Podcast] Ep. 58: [Interview] with CHUCK BILLY of TESTAMENT (US).
Check out our interview from yesterday on Music Monday with Chuck Billy, the powerful veteran frontman/vocalist of iconic Bay Area thrash metal heroes Testament. With Para Bellum due for release on Oct 10th via Nuclear Blast Records, we discussed the upcoming LP, touring, musicianship and much more. Also included are recent singles, album preorder details, artist statement/links and more!
![[Heavy News] PERTURBATOR Shares Menacing New Single 'Mors Ultima Ratio' From New Album ‘Age of Aquarius’.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1757668066163-NVYHKLCZ0VLVRIE3KOWR/perturbatorphoto.jpg)
[Heavy News] PERTURBATOR Shares Menacing New Single 'Mors Ultima Ratio' From New Album ‘Age of Aquarius’.
Critically acclaimed for both his live show, electronic and other multi-instrumental material, Paris-based James Kent aka Perturbator has teased yet another track off the upcoming LP Age of Aquarius in latest single ‘Mors Ultima Ratio’! Peep this slice of heavy doof, get the scoop on both album and artist details, preorder links, single music videos and more within.
![[Heavy News] SOULFLY Announce New Album CHAMA + Release Lyric Video For New Single 'Storm The Gates'.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1756807512221-IOHVFNPM8A7CM34Q4QEP/soulflyphoto.jpg)
[Heavy News] SOULFLY Announce New Album CHAMA + Release Lyric Video For New Single 'Storm The Gates'.
[Heavy News, Tue 2nd Sept]: SOULFLY Announce New Album CHAMA + Release Lyric Video For New Single 'Storm The Gates'! Brazil’s most metal família keep it tribal with a crushing new single and accompanying kaleidoscopic music vid. You can check out both here, with more details/bio on Chama, artist statement/links, merch/LP preorders and more! Groove on.
![[Podcast] Ep. 57: [Interview] with NICK HOLMES of PARADISE LOST (UK).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1756204146536-3Y57GH7LUEUD56NCM060/ISC+Podcast+Ep.+57+%5BInterview%5D+with+NICK+HOLMES%2C+of.png)
[Podcast] Ep. 57: [Interview] with NICK HOLMES of PARADISE LOST (UK).
[ISC Podcast] Far from the stereotypes you might associate with a nickname like, well, Old Nick, our latest vocalist-interviewee Nick Holmes was candid, mirthful and excited in our midnight chat (very goth-coded, I know) ahead of Paradise Lost's 17th (!) studio opus Ascension. Due for release on September 19th via Nuclear Blast Records, we caught up with Nick to discuss said album, but also branch out into directions ranging from the practical (touring, songwriting, etc) all the way through to the existential.
![#MusicMonday 18.08.25]: Upcoming Release Radar.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1755517641521-QRGGO6BKWJ50E8ZMYQRM/%5B%23MusicMonday%2C+18th+August+2025%5D+Upcoming+Release+Radar.png)
#MusicMonday 18.08.25]: Upcoming Release Radar.
Another Music Monday, another great selection of album releases happening over the next couple of months! See within for artist/album info/links, music videos, preorder links etc for upcoming LPs from: Norwegian post/blackgazers Sundrowned, Australian blackened disso-death brutality via Hebephrenique, UAE/Jordan melodic death-doom collab Falling Leaves, psychedelic blackened US robot-metallers Electromancy and Norwegian hardcore/psych/post-punks Haraball!
![[Heavy News] DESPISED ICON Reveal New Album SHADOW WORK, Release Music Video For New Single 'Over My Dead Body'](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1754910917272-UA39NGJT2LSULIJ86IGL/image006.jpg)
[Heavy News] DESPISED ICON Reveal New Album SHADOW WORK, Release Music Video For New Single 'Over My Dead Body'
Heavy News/ Music Monday, 11.08.25: Oh hell yeah dude, I am all about this! Montreal-based deathcore mainstays Despised Icon are back in the saddle with their first album in six years with Shadow Work, via Nuclear Blast. Check the link for crushing new music video for ‘Over My Dead Body’ feat. Matt Honeycutt of Kublai Khan TX, album info, preorder/artist links and more!
![[Podcast] Ep. 53: [Interview] with TOMI KOUVISAARI & JAN RECHBERGER of AMORPHIS (FIN).](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1753424523208-9QS1SUYW5WLWI7IHUGWL/ISC+Podcast%2C+Ep.+53+%5BInterview%5D+with.png)
[Podcast] Ep. 53: [Interview] with TOMI KOUVISAARI & JAN RECHBERGER of AMORPHIS (FIN).
In our third podcast interview for this week, your host Brady was recently joined by two great dudes in Tomi Kouvisaari (Guitars) & Jan Rechberger of influential metallers Amorphis! We discuss latest album Borderland, touring and much more. See link for video/audio-only versions plus album preorder/info, artist bio/links, latest music videos ‘Bones’/’Light & Shadow’ and more!
![[PODCAST] Ep. 51: [Interview] w/ ANDI DERIS, Vocalist of HELLOWEEN.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1752917876003-7LWFNTDUD7QMQHPJ9M8A/helloweenbandpic.png)
[PODCAST] Ep. 51: [Interview] w/ ANDI DERIS, Vocalist of HELLOWEEN.
One of three (yes, three!) powerful vocalists for the enigmatic, long-enduring and influential power/speed metal band Helloween, Andi Deris was kind enough to join us on the podcast to discuss upcoming album Giants & Monsters, discuss his experiences with the band and music industry at large, and more! Link also contains album preorder link, music video links, artist links and more. Get your pumpkin on!
![[HEAVY NEWS] Roundup 09.07.25 Part I: Recent/New Releases.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1752143595357-QG3OAWQA2CLNETGGH4V2/clawfingerband.png)
[HEAVY NEWS] Roundup 09.07.25 Part I: Recent/New Releases.
(Featured Image: Clawfinger (US)). For Heavy News this week, we’re rounding up a whole heap of recent/new/upcoming releases! Featured: Star Wars themed US metal act Galactic Empire, Swedish post-punk/DM duo Floating, Spanish solo prog/psych/power project Phantom Spell, US alt-metal heroes Clawfinger, and Finnish black metal crew Mourniaty.
![[HEAVY NEWS] Buncha Newly-Released/Upcoming Heavy Albums for #MusicMonday.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1751283306096-D04O13O0TZYT9UIRVIOS/bruxistband.jpg)
[HEAVY NEWS] Buncha Newly-Released/Upcoming Heavy Albums for #MusicMonday.
Featured Image: Bruxis (AU).
And to top off our recent Music Mondays roundup for recently released singles, be sure to also check out artist/album bio, single videos/streams and more for recent/upcoming LP’s from: US thrashers Condition Critical, Greek heavy prog-rockers KOKKINIÀ, Aussie crust/d-beat underground act Bruxis, plus a death-metal duo from Transcending Obscurity Records for Abyssalis and Unaligned!
![[Heavy News] PARADISE LOST Announce ‘ASCENSION’ LP Out SEP 19th; First Single 'Silence Like The Grave' Streaming Now](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1750060154549-E9MZ72598W88KNGOPKLO/paradiselostband.jpg)
[Heavy News] PARADISE LOST Announce ‘ASCENSION’ LP Out SEP 19th; First Single 'Silence Like The Grave' Streaming Now
It’s shaping up to be a very busy week for today’s #MusicMondays / Heavy News features. Of the lucky few making the cut for today are gothic-doom icons Paradise Lost. These venerable stalwarts are slated to release 17th LP Ascension 19/09/25 via Nuclear Blast. Check link for preorder, full album details, video/stream links for first single ‘Silence Like The Grave’ and much more.
![[Heavy News] Five Diverse Singles: BEAST IN BLACK, AGE OF RUIN, BRIAN CAMPEAU, LENAX and SLUNG!](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1746015904348-WJXYVUTB2FBVW00QOZN6/rsz_lenax_march_2025.jpg)
[Heavy News] Five Diverse Singles: BEAST IN BLACK, AGE OF RUIN, BRIAN CAMPEAU, LENAX and SLUNG!
After a bit brief lull in the Heavy News cycle, we’re back - this time, with something a little different. It is hump-day for a lot of you out there. I’d like to ease that whatever-2025-is overarching sensation of dystopia with a nice spread of music singles to nibble on. Check out the picnic basket (actually a link) for: Gaming-OSTs-Go-Metal (Beast in Black/Activision Blizzard), Modern Metal/Hardcore (Age of Ruin), Artsy psych-pop from the UK (Slung), progressive Australiana singer-songwriter Brian Campeau and finally, US black metal outfit Lenax. Bon appetit! Don’t overdo it - plenty more coming soon!
![[Podcast] EP. 42: Interview with NAMELESS, a.k.a. DENNIS MIKULA of GHOST BATH.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1744606324746-KD2QQR7FYWCP9Z9ST498/490419555_1194344442094526_1069534723043154103_n.jpg)
[Podcast] EP. 42: Interview with NAMELESS, a.k.a. DENNIS MIKULA of GHOST BATH.
Atmospheric black metal (aka blackgaze, post-black metal) has experienced rapid growth - to the point of oversaturation. One artist who retains a strongly unique musical aesthetic is, of course Nameless (aka Dennis Mikula) of US black metal unit Ghost Bath. See link for Youtube video interview, audio-only version, recent singles, artist/album preorder links, an extensive artist release statement and more!
Featured Image: via Ghost Bath’s official Facebook profile.
![[Podcast] Ep. 41: [Interview] with ALEX TAYLOR, Vocalist of UK Metalcore Bruisers MALEVOLENCE.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67738900deaf1a5f243892aa/1743774539831-NJMFEDJQ47LVZH7UYSN8/Podcast+Ep.+41+%5BInterview%5D+with+ALEX+TAYLOR+of+MALEVOLENCE..png)
[Podcast] Ep. 41: [Interview] with ALEX TAYLOR, Vocalist of UK Metalcore Bruisers MALEVOLENCE.
Rounding out a trio of UK heavy-music interviews for the past week is Alex Taylor, enigmatic and passionate vocalist for UK's fast-rising metalcore bruisers Malevolence. We had a wide-reaching conversation, covering everything from the process of writing and recording for upcoming LP Where Only The Truth is Spoken (including recording in the infamous Studio 606, owned by Dave Grohl!) up to touring, the UK metal scene's recent string of successes, the upcoming Australian tour and much more!