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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.  

Thrash metal gig,headlined by Brazilian trio, which you could easily call a thrash metal girl power. For the first time Nervosa invading Glasgow. To make it even more fun, four local thrash metal bands were invited to make this Glasgow thrashathon, as it was called. The idea of seeing these …

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

Buckcherry released their seventh studio album ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ today. I chatted to Keith Nelson, guitarist and one of the founding members of Buckcherry about how the songs were crafted and recorded.  A bit about their own record label F-Bomb and other ventures. Hello Hello. How are you? I’m fine …

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.

In my many years of loving music and attending concerts of all types of genres and artists, I have not yet seen a band with more  enthusiasm and stage presence then that of Black Nevada. The 5 piece band from North-East England played at Make A Scene Festival on 15th …

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.

Have you ever gone to gig where one band started the headline set and another finished it?  Well, that’s what happened – more or less – this past Saturday evening, when Million Dollar Reload played their last ever gig (coincidentally at one of their favourite venues), and midset transmogrified into …

Formed in the mid-Ulster area in late 2011, upstarts Donum Dei have spent the intervening period ripping up stages across Northern Ireland and establishing themselves as perhaps the singularly most impressive young thrash act in this part of the world, going from copycat Metallica wannabes faster than some of their …