Audio Interviews

Michigan mosh starters Battlecross last month released their latest album, ‘Rise To Power’, to great fan and critical acclaim, not least from ourselves here at PlanetMosh. We tracked down guitarist Hiran Deraniyagala to Poughkeepsie in New York, during their stop off on band’s current North American tour with GWAR and Butcher …

Draconian recently played their first ever U.K. show at the Boston Music Room in London. Planetmosh were there to review the event, and also talk to Johan about the show, the forthcoming album ‘Sovran’, recent and future live shows, etc  

Bass legend Rudy Sarzo returns to the UK later this month, with a string of tour dates alongside Tracii Guns in Gunzo. PlanetMosh hooked up with him to talk about the band, what to expect on the forthcoming tour, the Devil City Angels (in which he also plays with Guns) …

The wonderfully mad lads and lady from Wretched Toad joined me for a chat at Bloodstock to talk about farts, their unique mish mash of styles, their logo, artwork and their new album release.

Legends Anders and Richard from Wolf took some time to have a chat with me during the festival about the band’s name, their candy rider, The Guide to Bloodstock Video and their own ale.

Victorian Whore Dogs’ Danny meet me backstage for a quick chat about the band’s experience at that point at the festival, future plans and dogs dressed in corsets.  

I had a chat with Soulborn at Bloodstock about how their write their tracks, reactions to their latest release, their recording process and upcoming shows.

Backstage with Overoth on Sunday we had a chat about the origins  of the band name, their Behemoth love, the appreciation of the underground at Bloodstock and their future plans for their next album which is waiting to go.

Killer Hurts had a chat with me in the VIP Area of Bloodstock about the festival, their set, their sound and influences.  

Incipit discuss with me their Bloodstock experience, winning Metal to the Masses, the upcoming album and their own studio.

The lovely Hell Puppets lads came and had a chat with me Sunday about their wide range of influences, the performance aspect of their shows and the band logo.

I sat backstage with the legend that is Grutle Kjellson at Bloodstock to talk about the evolution of the band over the years, the inspiration behind the band name, celebrating two decades of music and Kiss candy.  

The lovely Gabrielle and Ralph from Destrange joined me for an interview at Bloodstock this year. Hints at the progress of the new album, using a different approach to recording and individual member’s influences were some of the discussed topics.

Dave, Nick, Mathew and Donna Bloodyard, the winners of Metal to the Masses met up with me to talk about how they felt when they realised when they won, female fronted bands and the balance of live performances and recording.

Myself and my good friends David and Tom from Blackened Ritual headed backstage to have a chat about the band, including looking for a vocalist for 5 years, winning the Scottish Metal to the Masses and playing down South.

Battalion took some time to have a chat to me about their Bloodstock experience, lyrical inspiration and fan’s reactions to their newest release.

I met up with Craig from Bast at Bloodstock 2015. Our chat features an Egyptian goddess, custom gear (the mighty ‘Nostromo’) and playing in Rome.  

I met up with Darren from Animator who won Metal to the Masses in Ireland to talk about the band’s experience so far, their plans for the future, drinking and his first festival experience.

Because of interview schedules, there are very few bands I get to actually see play at Bloodstock but one band I was determined to catch was Triaxis, flying the Welsh flag for the third time at this years event, they totally nailed it. A faultless performance, if you could bottle …

Surely one of the most anticipated sets at this years Bloodstock Festival came from Trepalium, and boy did they deliver, leading many to put them in their top sets of the entire weekend Planetmosh had a quick chat before the set to talk about the festival, the current E.P. and …