Zombie Coffee?!

I want some!

Playlist for 27th December 2010

SYSTEM OF A DOWN- Peephole (request)

TURISAS- Stand Up and Fight (From an upcoming new 2011 album, of the same name- i think)

RAMMSTEIN- Du Hast (request, & appearing at the 2011 BDO.)

BLACK SABBATH- The Writ (request)

FIREWIND- The Yearning

THE AGONIST- ... And Their Eulogies Sang Me to Sleep

UNIVERSUM- Sum Of The Universe

MNEMIC- Fate

OVERKILL- Bring Me The Night

GWAR- The Bloody Pit Of Horror Part 1: Zombie, March! (Quite possibly THE band that stood out in (the later half of) 2010, for us in NZ)

FEAR FACTORY- Mechanize (Of course, the band visited the NZ shores twice in 2010, City of Fire was due to play in Sept, making Burton C Bells third visit in the year, but alas they bailed)

CARNIFEX- Angel of Death (Slayer Cover)

MOTÖRHEAD- Born to Lose (touring Australia in 2011, fingers crossed for a NZ date.)

ONWARD- To the Westboro Baptist Church (Hugh, the man behind this song is also in East of Eden, and this song features vocalist of east coast NZ hardcore legends, Saving Grace. Btw, the song 'doggs' on the church)

SEPTICFLESH- The Vampire from Nazareth (From an up coming, much anticipated new 2011 album)

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN- Room full of Eyes

SWASHBUCKLE- We Are the Storm

ROTTING CHRIST- Aealo

HEAVEN SHALL BURN- Combat

DAATH- Exit Plan

DEATHSPELL OMEGA- Wings of Predation

We're finishing 2010 off with a cast of songs that were released in 2010, not exclusively or that extensively as 2010 was (as any given year tends to be) a big year for metal releases. (all the txt's and emails we received during the show being a testament to that)

A final tally of the year has revealed the HFH show has played 999 songs, averaging 19 and a bit songs per show.

Bane of Isildur, black wings tour

NZ band listed on international site

From metalunderground.com
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Exordium-Mors/83105635941

Free Relapse Sampler

I just quickly check my facebook feed during my lunch break and saw this:
http://www.facebook.com/RelapseRecords
'like' the page on facebook & follow the instructions to download a massive free sampler

NZ band linked by international.... Sanaz

Playlist for 20th December 2010: Jesse Leach Interview Played

Playlist for 20th December 2010: Jesse Leach (vocalist for Times of Grace, Ex-killswitch Engage) Interview Played
PANTERA- Pyscho Holiday
STEEL PANTHER- Sexy Santa (Free for download: http://www.hardfastheavy.com/2010/12/free-steel-panther.html)
MOTORHEAD- Brotherhood of Man
MUSTASCH- Mine
*NZ* DREAMS OF THE DEAD- Dragon Slayer
ZIMMERS HOLE- Anonymous Esophagus
TIMES OF GRACE- Live in Love (From upcoming new album)
LAMB OF GOD-Contractor (Requested similtaneously by two listeners- one asking for the song, the other asking for the band)
SANCTITY- The Shape of things
AN ALBATROSS- Sacred Geometry
*NZ* DARKLIGHT CORPORATION- Down in a Hole (From upcoming new album, & are playing in Auckland again- jan 8th 2010 at the Kings Arms)
KILLDOZER- The Pig was Cool (Request)
SLIPKNOT- (sic) (Request)
TIMES OF GRACE- Stength in Numbers (From upcoming new album)
*NZ* THE MARK OF MAN- Bete Noire (Gig: Kings Arms, Jan 22nd )
*NZ* FRACTURED- Failure of Natural Selection (Gig: Kings Arms, Jan 8th)
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE- Fixation on the Darkness
*NZ* DISSOLUTION- Thrash Hammer (Gig: kings Arms, Jan 14th)
*NZ* BLOODLETTING- Beauty of the Slain
Thanks to the caller, who requested Killdozer and called back near the end of the show to request another song, but said I was the best DJ  he's heard (on radio) in ages: granted he was inebriated on something, but the compliment was put out there and I'm gonna take it, they're so few and far between.
Though, all throughout the show I had a mysterious office dweller just around the corner to the studio, this esteemed broadcaster instilling in me the sense similar to the boss looking over your shoulder, but who did get excited and caused a bit of havoc at the mention of the Kyuss NZ gig details.

Playlist for 13th December 2010: Interview with Brendan Small (Co-Creator of Metalocalypse) played

Playlist for 13th December 2010: Interview with Brendan Small (Co-Creator of Metalocalypse) played tonight: can be listened to by checking out: http://www.95bfm.com/default,198097.sm

SLAUGHTER OF THE BLUEGRASS- Twilight of the Thunder God
MANOWAR- Heaven and Hell
PANTERA- God damn Electic
GWAR- You are my Meat
ELECTRIC WIZARD- Black Mass
DETHKLOK- Go forth and Die
PRO-PAIN- Road to Nowhere
DAWN OF AZAZEL- The Flames of Failure
DETHKLOK- Laser Cannon Deth Sentence
SKELETONWITCH- Bringers of Death
CRADLE OF FILTH- One foul step from the Abyss
DETHKLOK- Thunderhorse
THE HAUNTED- Sacrifice
BRAIN DRILL- Monumental Failure
FACELESS- Legion of the Serpent
THE OCEAN- Sewers of the Soul

Free Dying of the Light song

Local band, that recently featured on Stoner fest 2010, Dying of the Light, have made their song "Rapture in Black" available for free download.
to download the song, check out: http://dyingofthelight.bandcamp.com/
To let them know what you think f the song, check out; http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=265276529075

New Turisas album cover & free song.

Turisas's new album, “Stand Up And Fight” will be available in Australia/NZ: March 4th, 2011.
For the free song, http://www.centurymedia.com/specials/turisas/ you'll need a twitter or facebook and email for this.

Check out other Album Covers at: http://www.hardfastheavy.com/search/label/album%20cover

Parkway drive's Winston HFH interview

Dale from the Hard Fast and Heavy show calls up Winston, vocalist from Aussie band Parkway Drive in early september 2010 before their headlining September NZ shows.

DALE: How’s your slice of paradise at the moment with Parkway Drive?
WINSTON: It’s really really nice, first day of spring, sun’s out, it’s uh, yeah- really good day.

DALE: Funnily enough, sounds like you could be in NZ, for once it’s a sunny day
WINSTON: *laughs* For once, you’re not England, you’re New Zealand, New Zealand’s nice- we have very good memories of that place.

DALE: Well, you seem to come to NZ after an album, and it tends to be this time of year any way (referring to Southern hemisphere summer)
WINSTON: Yeah, and the other times we’ve, well I’ve ever been to NZ is around this time of year ‘cos we like to go snow boarding. Yeah I guess I can only judge NZ from Spring slash winter time.

DALE: Some of your upcoming (September 2010) NZ gigs are all sold out, does that come as a shock to you, or is just F**k yeah we sold out..
WINSTON: Yeah, it’s kinda bizarre. I think it’s the first time we’ve sold out a show in NZ, so I …I don’t know what’s changed since the last time we came- it was definitely awesome last time, coming over to New Zealand, it’s a place we love playing but to sell a show out this time, it’s mental- we’re definitely looking forward to that gig.

DALE: I found out a few hours ago that wellington’s also sold out, making 2 outta 3
WINSTON: Really? I didn’t even realise that, ok, two out of the three that’s a nice average *laughs*
DALE: Don’t quote me on it, but I’m sure I read you sold out Wellington
WINSTON: Cool, Rippa. That’s insane.

DALE: After your September shows, you’re coming back…
WINSTON: Yeah we are on the No sleep til tour, which is, I think December. So it’s pretty insane- we haven’t been to NZ in I think 2 years, and all of a sudden we’re gonna be there two months-two times in two month’s pretty decent… making up for it, yeah, nice, looking forward to it.

DALE: What was the decision to be attached to that? ‘cos from a vague observers point of view, you’d be back overseas: Europe and the states, around that time of year, maybe..
WINSTON: It was just a… we’re back in Europe before that, we go to Europe in November, and then we just.. I don’t know it’s an amazing lineup and the people putting it on are friends of ours and it was just one of those situations that we thought ‘this looks really really fun’ so it’s not every day where we get to do a tour like that, especially in Australia and NZ- we don’t have the opportunity to be apart of the Big Day Out or anything and Soundwave doesn’t want to put us on so yeah as soon as we get that chance we’re gonna take it.

DALE: Sweet, are you looking forward to sharing the stage with GWAR?
WINSTON: We’ve done that once already, actually! It’s insane, if anyone’s never seen that live show it’s definitely one to see, like it’s.. I’m not even familiar with their music and I sat there and watched the whole set, like its.. its.. yeah *laughs* It’s one to be seen, out it that way.

DALE: I read somewhere that after a mere four hours of “Deep Blue” being released onto iTunes Australia it reached number 2
WINSTON: Yeah, it’s pretty bizarre isn’t it. *laughs* I don’t even know what to make of that kind of stuff. It’s one of those things where… it’s been three years since we put out a record and we wrote something we’re definitely proud of but then to see your name associated with numbers like that, it’s kind of surreal I guess- all of a sudden your name’s in charts and things like that you kinda go “really?” like is that actually happening? What does that mean, it kinda doesn’t make sense especially with the kinda music we make so yeah, I guess.. It might make sense when we start playing shows and we can, like, garner I guess the crowds reaction to the newer songs or something like that. But at the moment it’s kind of surreal.

DALE: Working on the album, you worked with Joe Barresi, he’s worked with some big names: Clutch, Tool, The Melvins, what was it like working with him?
WINSTON: Amazing! umm, he worked in a completely different manner to what we’re used to and that’s exactly what we were aiming for, and he’s definitely.. as you can see from the types of bands he’s done, he’s done a lot of different bands, massive bands- there’s no two bands that sound the same put it that way and he definitely has a very old school approach to the way he works, and it’s not so much digitally based which is what we’re looking for, so, he pushed us very hard to actually be musicians as opposed to being props for a computer to do the work on the recording side of things, so, we used a hell of a lot of his old vintage gear, and just basically worked our arses off. He was the kinda guy that said ‘here’s the tools to make the record, it’s up to you what sounds come out, I’ll show you how to make what you’re interesting in but I’m not gonna tell you what to do’ so it was a very interesting recording experience. To be honest it was the only time I actually felt like a musician being in this band, so it was pretty amazing to be apart and to be honest it’s my favourite record we’ve ever made and I think it will probably always be that way.

DALE: Regarding Adam D, he did your last two albums, didn’t he?
WINSTON: Yeah yeah, when I speak so highly of joe it’s definitely not a situation were like, “Adam sucks, we’re never gonna work with that guy again” we actually tried working with Adam and we couldn’t get our schedule to align and then, I guess we came to the conclusion it was never gonna happen so we had to work out who else to work with, stuck with no ideas and the idea of working with Joe came around it seemed so far from what we were used to that all of a sudden it made sense to go in that direction and go to the complete opposite of being comfortable, so that’s why it worked and whether or not we work with Adam again in the future or Joe remains to be seen, but I’d love to work with both of them again, or something.

DALE: Has the process of putting an album together, now that you’re a more globally recognised band, changed at all?
WINSTON: Umm, not.. well actually this album did change and it wasn’t so much because of I guess the band playing different places or anything like that, it was more the fact that we tried to write a record in a different manner and we tried to record it in a different manner as well. That being- we tried to write an album, it sounds weird but I guess when we’ve written in the past we’ve always just written songs and we get to a certain number of songs and say ‘yep, that’s enough for a record’ and as opposed to doing it that way we said ‘ lets write x amount of songs and we have to have one song that sounds like this and it has go into the next song that sounds like this, this kinda feel, and the next one has to have this kinda feel to match the one before it, and basically took everything into account when we were actually writing the individual songs as to how’d they’d work with one another, as opposed to getting to the end and putting it in order and chucking them on a record, kinda thing. So that was the way we tried to write this record and it was definitely something different and it lead to a different way of writing and recording as well, so I think that’s why this record came out sounding a little different to everything else.

DALE: With a title like “Deep Blue”, is it the closest thing you’re gonna put out that’s a hint to Byron Bay, surfie record or anything like that?
WINSTON: Maybe, maybe the title actually came from the ocean and one specific experience to cut a long story short we ended up, myself and our guitarist Luke, ended up in a boat looking for another boat about.. would’ve been several kilometres off shore to the point were you couldn’t see land and it was a crystal clear day, the water was absolutely perfectly clear but at the same time was the darkest, most ominous looking thing that I’ve probably ever seen in my life and at the same time it was completely still. It was just one of those things were it puts everything into perspective and you realise how small you are in relation to everything; I’m someone who’s spent my entire life being on the ocean and swimming and surfing and what not, it was the calmest day in the world and I felt that if I even touched that water I’d drown, so yeah that’s were the title came from.

DALE: Fair enough
WINSTON: *laughs*

DALE: With all the big tours and shows you’re doing, with big names, you just came off the Warp tour
WINSTON: Yes we have, still in recovery mode from that one
DALE: All these sort of things, something you take in your stride or are there moments were you can’t help but reflect on where you are..
WINSTON: It’s pretty insane that tour, there’s a lot of moments where you do say ‘wow look what I’m doing’ and then theres… it’s literally 45 shows in a row and a couple of off dates in the middle, which you then play off date shows on, and it gets to the point where after 2 months of playing you almost forget where you started and there’s so many good shows that top the one before it, or something insane happens, like there’s so many stories from that tour it’s ridiculous but you have trouble remembering them all. It’s one of those things where someone will tell you something and you’re like oh yeah that happened on this tour and it’s still going. So it was a mental, mental tour to be apart of, it’s kind of boot camp for bands- it’s ridiculously hot, ridiculously long and very intense.

DALE: To recap, you’re coming to New Zealand- in September and December
WINSTON: Yep
DALE: have a new album out
WINSTON: Yeah, got a new album out and pretty much everything new for us. It’s the first time we get to play a bunch of new songs, have a new album out, haven’t been to New Zealand for a couple of years, so it’s a lot to be excited about for us, so we’ll see how we go now- all that remains to be seen is the shows

Take heed!

Malevolence, Diocletian, Nullifier At Thirsty Dog 18th December 2010, onjly $10 on door!

Free Steel Panther

http://www.myspace.com/steelpantherkicksass/blog
Check out the link above, put your (or an) email address into the widget and check said email account for a confirm and download link/button.

Free song "Sexy Santa", while it is a christmasy song, probably not one to play for the fam on dec 25th, leave it for the drinks with the mates

Big project for 2011

With only 2 shows left for the hfhshow in 2010, I've been pondering what I can do to make the next year interesting.
My idea;
ON THE ROAD TO BECOMING A TRUE METAL HEAD
Basically, I started in metal just before the big nu-metal craze, and though I was never fully immersed in said craze I was certainly influenced by it. Meaning, I didn't (or don't) have the background of many of the classic legends of metal, Black Sabbath eluded me for years, Judas Priest still does, I have a greatest hits of Iron maiden cd and that's about it.
I've been fermenting on such an idea for a while, till finally whilst taking a late night crap I came up with this.
The idea being that I will check out albums from the great nay, classic, nay legendary bands that sculpted the melting pot we call a genre.
Each week will (hopefully) bring a new album/ band and I'll progressively work my way through years of monumental listening.
The first show in 2011 will focus on the album that (most people say) started it all: Black Sabbaths 1970 self titled album.

I don't know what I'm expecting the outcome will be, but I will be taking advice from all of my interviewees next year and whenever an international act is announced to play NZ I'll take time out to check out a pivotal  album from them.. 

Stay tuned to the show and hardfastheavy.com to checkout what happens.

First slayer house lights, then this?

Aussie band with big name connections at KA

From the facebook events page, http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=167543766616700

RIOT! ENTERTAINMENT, HEADLESS MANAGEMENT
& RARE BREED RECORDS PRESENT:


OUR LAST ENEMY NZ ALBUM RELEASE TOUR
‘FALLEN EMPIRES’ - 2010
...
After extensive touring for the last 3 years, the band is ready to release the long awaited debut album ‘FALLEN EMPIRES’ (Riot! Entertainment/Warner Music). The tour has ventured all over Australia now heading to New Zealand before hitting Japan.


After a big year in ‘09 including support slots for STATIC X, DOPE and HANZEL UND GRETYL, signing with Australia's biggest
metal label RIOT! ENTERTAINMENT/WARNER MUSIC and moving to LA to record the album with Christian Olde Wolbers (Fear Factory)
2010 has been to be even bigger.


Our Last Enemy now features new members BIZZ from legendary cult Florida industrial metal band GENITORTURES on guitar and
new keyboardist CRAIG. With a new lineup that raises the bands profile to a truly international level, the stage is set for a huge tour.


Recently playing an opening slot for FOZZY (USA) in Australia the boys are ready to unleash their power throughout New Zealand.


Our Last Enemy will be performing at Medusa Bar in Wellington on January 7th and Kings Arms in Auckland on January 8th. Start the year off with some amazing music and an intense stage show…

Amon Amarth covered by bluegrass band that's not Hayseed Dixie

http://www.sotb.se/SOTB%20-%20Twilight%20of%20the%20thundergod.mp3
Swedes, Slaughter of the Bluegrass also cover At the Gates & Dark Tranquility. check out http://www.sotb.se/

C.O.B & others cover art

I know there's a lot of Children of Bodom fans out there, so if you haven't seen it yet; here's the cover art for their upcoming new album "Relentless reckless forever" due out march 8th 2011

Devil Driver's new album due out mid-late Feb 2011:



Korpiklaani's new album due out early Feb 2011

Crowbar's new album, "Sever the wicked hand" due late feb 2011

Deicide, "To hell with god" due early Feb 2011

Belphegor's ""Blood Magik Necromance" due out Jan 2011

Times of Grace's "The Hymn of a Broken Man" due out mid Jan 2011

Most Precious Blood's Do not Resuscitate due out Early Feb 2011

Metalocalypse season 3

http://www.madman.co.nz/catalogue/view/13569/metalocalypse-season-3-bluray

What to do now? Only 6hrs of HFH left for 2010

After the mammoth build up (of interviews and excitement) for No Sleep til Auckland, which has moved on to Australia (starting in Perth) what is there to do or more to the point- talk about, as everyone winds up for the holidays/new year.

As ever: HARDFASTHEAVY SHOW IS NOT TAKING A BREAK, we'll truck on thru.

Anyway, on the show we have interviews with Brendan Small (Co-creator of Metalocalypse) and Jesse Leach (Times of Grace, ex-Killswitch Engage) to air on the shows leading up to the demise of 2010.
Last shows are: December- 13th, 20th, 27th. Then January 3rd

If you're stuck with the horrors of a massive family get-together with all the aunts and uncles, or whatever normal folk do over the holidays, simply make sure you can get to a radio (if in Auckland) or internet and we'll sooth away the yuletide the best way possible, with metal
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tweets

A pair of Tweets I recently read, spelling good news for a return? I hope so!

A look forward to 2011

New albums/ material from all over the place; Many of the No Sleep til Auckland bands I talked to, Arch Enemy, Inflames, The Haunted, Opeth, Lamb of God, Machine Head, Amon Amarth, Ulcerate, Origin, Obscura, Cavalera Conspiracy, Hate Eternal, All Shall Perish, Unearth, Converge, Devin Townsend, Septic Flesh, Testament, Children of Bodom, Devil Driver, Darkest Hour, Deicide, Turisas, Korpiklaani, Winds of Plague, Mastodon, Megadeth, Bleeding Through,
And the list goes on...

Also, System of the Down (I remember a few years ago, Random guy, my brother and I were out with a few of my mates at a favourite bar of my mates, when we decided to leave for cheaper beer. As we left, we had to side step an american couple excitedly talking to another american chap. As we got to the end of the road my borther turns around saying "That guy seems familiar" without breaking step and simultaneously Random Guy & I say "Yeah, It's Serj Tankian from S.O.A.D" "Oh, really? holy shit I got one of their cds" my brother replies, "He's metal isn't he? don't you wanna go talk to him?" again we reply "meh") and possibly more importantly (for me), At the Gates are both 'reforming' probably just for a limited run of big festival dates.

Judas Priest is winding up, apparently retiring in 2011.
The Melvins with High on Fire are lined up to visit and play several dates in NZ.

Disturbed with Trivium and As I Lay Dying are here in May, nothing interesting here, they've all visited relatively recently and often more than once. I missed As I Lay dying when they came last, but I hoped there be atleast a song from Austrian Death Machine...

In hilarious but "hmmm, could be interesting" news but  January, Kenny Rogers is playing Vector Arena (I had a good long hearty laugh when I heard this, which continued when my brother tells me he's excited that he's got his ticket to it..), a week or so later (or something) same with Joe Cocker & George Thorogood and the destroyers, ZZ Top in April- don't really know the ZZ Top details too much but they are touring Aussie with Rose Tattoo.

What lays ahead in terms of international metal acts visiting, and whether or not No Sleep Til fest returns, or whether the mammoth Soundwave fest announce they'll eventually have a NZ show- is all a mystery to me, but there's a lot of new albums with a lot of touring opportunities.

cartoon strip on metalheads

Gotta laught at this, no doubt scenes very similar to this can be viewed the big fest in greenlane this friday and all around the world all the time.

It's from the website: http://wulffmorgenthaler.com/

Playlist for 6th Decemeber 2010, montage of No sleep band interviews played.

Playlist for 6th December 2010

PRIMAL FEAR- Metal is Forever

GAMMA RAY- To the Metal

HELLOWEEN- Are You Metal?

KISSIN' DYNAMITE- Addicted To Metal (feat. Udo Dirkschneider)

PANTERA- Cemetery Gates (Request)

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD- Far Beyond Metal

FIRST BLOOD- Preamble

COBRA KHAN- Shutter (Request)

3 INCHES OF BLOOD- Call of the Hammer

SUICIDE SILENCE- Disengage

IN DREAD RESPONSE- Call of the Carrion (appearing at "Dancing till Death at Dawn")

STRAPPING YOUNG LAD- Exciter (Request, kind of- a Judas Priest Song was requested.)

FRANKENBOK- Dig

FRANKENBOK- fukenkunt2

HUMAN- Centrifugal Skin Removal

8 FOOT SATIVA- Exeunt (There's news from the 8 foot camp, something about a new album- part compilation part new songs.)

BRIAN POSEHN- More Metal Than You

DROPKICK MURPHYS- Kiss Me I'm shitfaced (Not strictly a metal song, but they're playing in NZ at no sleep & it's a good ol song that most of ya'll metal heads can relate to..)

NSTA bit

I'd previously promised (on air) to piece together a big montage-esk segment containing clips from interviews and songs from bands appearing at the big No Sleep Til Auckland show this coming Friday.

I don't know how I'm gonna organise it, whether I file through the bands one at a time, or mix and match based on questions...

Either way, tune in this Monday (i.e. tommorrow) for some (hopefully) interesting radio..

Don't forget, there's still a "We came as Romans" interview- yet to be played. It's gonna be a jammed packed 2 hours.

Playlist for 29th November 2010: Mitch, vocals Suicide Silence Interview played.

CHROME DIVSION- Sharp Dressed Man (ZZ Top are coming to New Zealand, playing down in Hamilton, April next year for the V8's)
SABATON- Metal Ripper
ACCEPT- Beat the Bastards
VAN CANTO- Sing a Metal Sing
GWAR- School's Out
GWAR- Tick-Tits
DEVIL DRIVER- I've Been Sober
PANTERA- Cowboys from Hell (Request)
MEGADETH- A Tout le monde (This is a special mash-up version, featuring both the 2007 & 1995 versions of the song- mashed up locally back in 2007)
SWASHBUCKLE- The Gallows Pole Dancer
SUICIDE SILENCE- Wake Up
SHINING- The Madness and the Damage Done
THE ELITE- New Religion
DEATHSPELL OMEGA- Malconfort
AMON AMARTH- Live for the Kill (new album "Surtur Rising" due out March 29th 2011.)
FEAR FACTORY- Controlled Demolition
DARKLIGHT CORPORATION- Nailbomb (Caught these guys at the Dogs Bollix over the weekend)
TURMION KATILOT- Paha Musta Veri
ZAO- Awake?
3 INCHES OF BLOOD- Night Marauders

Metalocalypse interview

I am lined up to interview (phone) Brendan Small, co-creator, composer and voice actor for the infamously awesome cartoon series, "Metalocalypse".
He's in Australia for the release of season 3 on DVD & Blu-ray of Metalocalypse.
Wikipedia says he voices Nathan Explosion, Skwisgaar Skwigelf, Pickles, and Dethklok manager, lawyer, advisor Charlse Offdensen.

GWAR's Oderus Urungus Interview Transcript.

Dale, host of the Hard Fast and Heavy show calls Oderus Urungus from the band GWAR, on the 26th October 2010 about many things, including their appearance at No Sleep til Auckland. Aired on the show on the 1st of November 2010.

ODERUS: Hello!
DALE: Hi, this is Dale speaking from New Zealand, am I speaking to... the ... man from GWAR?
ODERUS: Yes, yes, you're talking to Oderus from GWAR.

DALE: Oderus from GWAR, so how has your time with GWAR been?
ODERUS: Well right now we're engaged in a... act of assault against the population of the planet Earth through our musical, metallic, mutated, mayhem, metal horror show! Our new album is out next month! The Bloody Pit of Horror! We're currently on tour in the United States, getting ready for that cataclysmic event, and getting ready to come to New Zealand and Australia for the very first time and expose the peoples of your fair countries To... The... Sickest.. Band... In Rock n Roll History!

DALE: Excellent, now: you're in Ohio at the moment and tomorrow you're gonna be in East St Louis, I'm assuming the states is a big place, so it must help being a war-mongering space alien with all the travel you have to do?
ODERUS: Oh no, we enjoy it. Allot of people don't realise the human cities are linked with sub-terrainian tunnels that honey comb your planet, and there's often a very convenient, kind of, like, little jet cars you can drive around on. So, we've got a whole system underneath the planet where we just kind of pop up from various cave entrances, right before we play. Doesn't seem like a lot of time goes by.

DALE: Sweet, so coming to New Zealand isn't gonna be a problem then?
ODERUS: Not at all, and it's just, uh... it's really all we've ever done with our lives, is go from one place to another, you know, set up our war camp, begin our savage sounds, draw in the humans, slaughter them, fight giant robots, and finally feed our pet dinosaur Gor-gor. So everything is going to be wonderful, we'll just have to see what happens when we get to New Zealand: there's always some super-powered A-Hole trying to shut the party down, that we have to deliver some swift kicks to the ass.

DALE: Hell yeah, now recently you were Grand Marshall at the Toronto zombie walk & awarded Harvard Lampoon's Most Terrible vile disgusting disturbed yet revoltingly awesome band ever: such things must be quite the ego rush for you..
ODERUS: No, not really. I see them as completely meaningless accolades, bestowed upon us by a retarded child, and that would be the human race, that we created by fucking apes- I might remind you of that. So, uh, pitiful attempts to assuage our boundless wrath and, you know, if they think you're gonna get off any easier because of these awards they keep heaping on us, they are completely wrong.

DALE: Now as you mentioned, you have "Bloody Pit of Horror" coming out soon, and I personally couldn't get enough of "Beyond Hell" and thought "Lust in Space" was pretty cool, do you think I'm gonna enjoy your new album?
ODERUS: Yes I do, I think people are really gonna enjoy it, like all GWAR albums it sounds completely different to the one before it, but it's heavy as hell and even tuned down and very extra nasty to the point where it literally sounds like the guitars are throwing up- in a good way. But anyway, it's a throbbing pulsating kinda sound, it's a very dirty, very nasty sound. I think people are really gonna enjoy it.

DALE: What is the process of putting together a GWAR album? I imagine it being rather sticky and involving more than a few human sacrifices...
ODERUS: Well, it's very violent. You know, a lot of fighting and arguments, breaking of equipment over peoples heads, and stuff like that. But at the end of the day we've got our metal, you know we just get in there and yell and scream at each other and they record that and they make music out of it. I'm not sure what the hell it is, I just know we get there in front of the people, plug those guitars in and everything goes crazy!

DALE: Awesome, you're coming to New Zealand on a big tour package that's headlined by Megadeth, is there anything, mudslinging you can say about him, Dave Mustaine?
ODERUS: I haven't met him yet, so I'm not going to talk shit about him until i have the chance to observe his habitat. Actually, I have to admit I'm actually quite a big Megadeth fan and I'm really looking forward to seeing him play on this tour, so I'm gonna save my mudslinging for Rob Zombie and Lordi.

DALE: Excellent, generic question here, but are you looking forward to slaying a Kiwi crowd?
ODERUS: Yes, we fully expect kiwis to taste different, we've heard you're 9 feet tall, that should be interesting. You know, it's a new eco-system to destroy and hopefully the entire island.

DALE: I understand you were trapped in a frozen tomb down in Antarctica, given New Zealands close proximity to your former prison, is that a reason why you haven't been here before?
ODERUS: Well, we went straight from Antarctica to America, we were flown there by our manager Sleazy P. Martini, we've been living there pretty much ever since. We tried to get to New Zealand a few times, but we simply got lost- it wasn't until Google Earth that we managed to figure out this world geography, kinda thing. So, after 25 years of searching we've finally gonna make it.

DALE: Excellent, Now we are the land of the "Lord of the Rings" has or will your tour manager try and steer you away from partying, or slaying too many Orcs?
ODERUS: Actually, you know, we were hoping to face-rape some Hobbits. That's just kind of a tradition in the GWAR camp, is to take Hobbits and rape their faces off, fill those chubby little cheeks with our filthy man-prods, rooting about in retched abandonment and just chewing these Hobbits faces off. Few creatures deserve death more than those little fuzzy footed fucks.

DALE: So I take it, you're not a fan of Elijah Wood?
ODERUS: Oh... Oh he's such a... No i Don't Like Him At All!

DALE: (laughs) I noticed your shows integrate quite a few elements [i.e political], not just the crazy metal thing, in a country, you're heading to New Zealand were we've have 2 female leaders, Rastafarian, gay and trans-gender members of parliament [i.e different to the United States] is that something GWAR could work with?
ODERUS: Oh.. I salute the people of New Zealand for having trans-gender council members I encourage them to have more trans-animal, kinda necrophiliac, bestial activity. Making our animal friends happy, by giving them public sex in government buildings. Animals are often made to live out-doors, in little sticks, like little houses made of sticks and stuff, it's terribly unfair, and, uh, dogs do appreciate it when you suck them off. I'd like to see more of that for the people of New Zealand and hopefully after our show we will bring this to you people, the gift of necrophiliac, anal, bestial, dead dog sex.

DALE: I don't suppose you've heard the sheep shagging jokes, down here?
ODERUS: Oh, we heard all about it, and we're hoping it's true.

DALE: I noticed you seem to have quite a sense of occasion, I'm referring to your appearances on Fox news as compared to a youtube video interview I saw with you swearing your mouth off.
ODERUS:Well, they do give me tranquilisers before I appear on the air and they throw a big metal canvas kind of chain mail blanket over the Cuttlefish of Cthulu. So yes they've managed to knock me down a peg or two, but quite frankly the drugs and the sex and the power that I get from appearing on Fox news, and the parties later with Bill O'Reily, CIA opperatives Osama binladen, it more than makes up for it. They're pretty much gonna to cut out whatever I say that doesn't work for them anyway, so I just try... I play my mental.. i play my little game with them, you know. I think I get away with some pretty edgy shit, but you will notice I am the most foul mouthed person on the show and huge sections of my appearences are usually silent.

DALE: Well there's no such editing on this show, you can say whatever you want...
ODERUS: I like that, and it makes me much more comfortable.

DALE: I imagine setting up a gig must be quite the ~Ziltoidian~ effort, no?
ODERUS: Well no, we wear these clothes all the time, in fact they're not clothes so much as our birthday suits, born in them even, as it were. I've never washed or cleaned myself, so that makes everything stick to my body in great rancid heaps, so uh, it's how we roll, it smells really bad but the fans love us.

DALE: Now, you mentioned Gor-gor, he's coming to New Zealand, am I right?
ODERUS: I'm not... oh, oh, oh don't lock me down to that because I do believe he'll be showing up in Australia, I don't know if he'll make the swim out to kiwi-land or not.

DALE: Now a few years ago you worked with Devin Townsend, how do you get along with his Ziltoid?
ODERUS: We never met him exactly, he was up zipping around in his interstella space craft! whatever the fuck it was! No, we just dealt with Devin and really that was more than enough

In GWAR news...

As the awesome news of the no sleep til Auckland set times being released hit us last night- GWAR have announce (via facebook) that their pet dinosaur Gor-Gor "has arrived in Perth, Australia, to prepare for the coming of GWAR!"

To the casual observer this news might not bare the same oomph, but to realise the full force of GWAR is unable to be present in New Zealand deflates my massive enthusiasm to see the band, for a second.

This is, of course, just confirmation of what Oderus Urungus told me during my interview with him a few weeks ago, he suggested Gor-Gor might not make the swim to NZ. Confusing, because the band apparently used a network of underground tunnels to move from show to show.
To quote Oderus, from my interview:
"...the human cities are linked with sub-terrianian tunnels, that honey-comb your planet and there's often very convenient kind of jet cars you can drive around on..." This begs the question Why Gor-Gor couldn't make it to NZ, maybe he's too big for the tunnels, or a bit claustrophobic, who knows...

To be Fair, this is what Oderus had to say
DALE: "Gor-Gor's coming to New Zealand, am I right?"
ODERUS: "I'm not... oh, oh, oh don't lock me down to that because I do believe he'll be showing up in Australia, I don't know if he'll make the swim out to kiwi-land or not."

Here's a recent shot of Gwar I found on the internet.

Timetable for No Sleep til Auckland released

After a tense Friday afternoon, where there was an announcement that the timetable would be released on Friday, it happen to come out just after I walk out the bar to go check out Darklight Corporation, Just One Fix Mutangent and Tainted at the Dogs Bollix.

Don't bother trying to organise your day by what times to be where- there are no clashes as there are two stages, so- like the BDO arrangement, as one band plays, the next band is setting up on the other stage- this means constant music from 12.20 to 10pm!

Fornax chemica opening for the Melvins

While the Dunedin and Wellington supports have been finalised (Dunedin- Mountaineater, Soulseller. Welly- Beastwars, Neon Bastard)
The Auckland & Chch supports have yet to be announced, but on the bands facebook page, Fornax Chemica have stated they're supporting the melvins, probably in Auckland, but could also be in chch as well- who erally knows (And I'm not feeling up to trawling through the various forums where the answer might just been hiding)

My new Gig shirt: mobile- self-shameless- plug

Did anyone else have the problem of not having many/any metal shirts etc when you started to go out to metal shows?
I remember back in the day, all I had for ages was a solitary Sepultura shirt that I managed to get from Real Groovy or something. I wore it out to any and all gigs I went to, because I figured as a relatively wide genre spanning band (i.e. starting as death metal) it was a safe bet.

So, with this new 'dot com' site I have running now, I got a shirt (cheaply) printed up and it shall now serve as my gig shirt.

Timetable for No Sleep til Auckland released Friday.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=153370468008487
If my keen deductionary skills are correct in telling me: the timetable for the big Megadeth headlined gig will be out on friday (26th Nov.)

Hardly news, but if you haven't already- check out the facebook events page for it: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=153370468008487

I'm very much looking forward to GWAR, despite the fact that I know they'll play a set consisting of songs from throughout their long 25 year career and I'm only really digging the songs off the 3 latest albums, that I actually have (Beyond Hell, Lust in Space, Bloody Pit of Horror)

Playlist for 22 November 2010

GWAR- You Are my Meat (GWAR are coming to NZ Dec 10th for No Sleep til Auckland, and have a new album out, "Bloody pit of horror", which is getting good reviews from me and my ears & is available in music stores- 'cos I saw a copy in one..)
ROB ZOMBIE- Sick Bubblegum (Rob Zombie side-shows to Soundwave in Melbourne announce recently have served nothing more than to provoke my jealousy of all those who will witness him live)
3 INCHES OF BLOOD- Rock in Hell (These guys are also coming to NZ for No Sleep, and when I talked to guitarist Shane Clark, he pretty much confirmed that if the band gets an awesome response at No Sleep, they'll be keen to come back for their own headlining tour)
ENGEL- Feed the Weak (New album "Threnody")
GOD DETHRONED- Under the Sign of the Southern Cross (Album titled song from the new album)
THE SIGN OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS- The South is Rising
SODOM- In War and Pieces (Album titled song from the new album)
UNDEROATH- Catch Myself Catching Myself (new Album "Disambiguation")
THE OCEAN- She was the Universe (New album, "Anthropocentric")
A DAY TO REMEMBER- You be Tails, I'll be Sonic (New album, "What Separates Me from You")
ATHIEST- Tortoise the Titan (New Album, "Juptier")
ARSONISTS GET ALL THE GIRLS- To Playact in Static
PARKWAY DRIVE- Sleepwalkers (Catch these guys (again) at No Sleep til Auckland, Dec 10th)
DEATHSPELL OMEGA- Wings of Predation (New album, "Paracletus")
BLEEDING THROUGH- Your Abandonment
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE- Pazuzu for the Win
HIGH ON FIRE- Snakes of the Divine (Coming to NZ with The Melvins in 2011; Feb 19th @ Kings Arms; 20th Feb in Dunedin; 21st Feb in Chch; 22nd Feb in Wellington)
BEHEMOTH- Demigod
KATAKLYSM- Numb and Intoxicated
SUICIDE SILENCE- Suffer
THE AUTUMN OFFERING- Death Mask

Consolidating and expanding my stings

Over this last weekend, I've been hunting down old radio-stings (i.e "I'm >band member< from >band< and you're listening to the hard fast & heavy show" that kinda thing) from the many interviews I've conducted over the years, with the intention of creating my own sting-bank.

It's not as simple a task as it may sound, original (digital) versions of many are long gone, several CD  versions (i use to play on air) are all over the place, if not lost. And in some cases all I have is the raw version- straight from the phone line.

With all the glorious interviews I done in recent times, especially those stemming from the no sleep tour, I want to have a defined place for all these stings- so you, our audience, won't forget I talked to Oderus from GWAR, or Slayers front man etc..

But I'll also be looking to expand this 'sting-bank' especially with local bands- so if you're a kiwi band that gets air time on my show but don't seem to have a sting with me- get in touch, or I might get hold of you, for 15-20 minutes of one-on-one chatting over the phone lines (recorded for radio, or course..)

Interview with Jesse Leach (ex-KSE, Times of Grace)

A few days ago I had a phone interview with former Killswitch Engage, now current Times of Grace vocalist, Jesse Leach. It went well and he (as with everyone I talk to) was awesome. I had to rush back to my day-job as soon as the interview was done, which is why this post is coming now & not straight afterwards.

On the next show I'll be playing my interview with Mitch, Vocalist for Suicide Silence, the Jesse Leach interview will be aired on the show after that..

btw, Jesse's the one with the beard & hat.

Playlist for 15th Novemeber 2010: 3 inches of Blood interview played.

Playlist for 15^th November 2010: Shane Clark of 3 inches of Blood interview played
GRAVEWORM- I Need a Hero
MISS MAY I- Swing BAK- Pay
THE BROWNING- These Nightmares
TURMION KÄTILÖT- Verta Ja Lihaa
5 STAR GRAVE- Pet Sematary
LAMB OF GOD- Dead Seeds (request)
3 INCHES OF BLOOD- Destroy the Orcs
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE- Numbered Days
CRADLE OF FILTH- Forgive Me Father (I Have Sinned)
ZIMMERS HOLE- Hair Doesn`t Grow On Steel
TIMES OF GRACE- Strength In Numbers
3 INCHES OF BLOOD- Cities On Flame With Rock and Roll
BRING ME THE HORIZON- Anthem
RAZORWYRE- Suspiria
DAATH- Indestructible Overdose
WITHIN THE RUINS- Versus
WE CAME AS ROMANS- Broken Statues
THEM MARTYRS- Laying Still
YOUR DEMISE- Miles Away
DEATH BREATH- Lycanthropy

Gig update

Remember that gig I posted about, regarding an Auckland show with Dissolution & Exordium Mors: http://www.hardfastheavy.com/2010/11/dissolution-in-auckland-early-2011.html

Well...
It is now Hellstorm of Fire and Chaos: Presented by Chaos NZ
featuring Dissolution, Exordium Mors, Nullifier, Winter Deluge, Burning Solitude.
All at the Kings Arms, Jan 14th 2011
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102940663111670

Does this finalization of the details of the gig tell me I shouldn't jump the gun and post sh^t as it comes across on facebook etc... nah, screw that...

Whammy bar gig Dec 16th

Playlist for the last hfhshow is coming, I'll put it up soon- but till then here's a gig to go to; with a band that sent their EP up to the show and I liked it: Oilbarrons.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177769142235404
"Yellow Kayak presents: Another awesome Thursday night out.
A Heavy Whammy Xmas details on the poster as follows

Mothra featured on international website

Progressive, rock/metal instrumental 3 piece, Mothra, who've opened for the Devin Townsend band & have featured on the hfhshow, feature on a Germany based promotions website.
http://www.trendxl.de/mothra-prog-rock-new-zealand

December 17th, Rising Sun.

Here's the poster for the gig, who's title sounds like a mash of movies names ;p

November Metal Hammer

I just managed to pick up the November issue of Metal Hammer, I don't normally buy magazines, and when I do I go for Terroriser mag.
However, the November issue of Metal Hammer has a Dimmu Borgir Badge & beanie, a talking opening cover that says "Unlock and open the gates HAHAHA" i don't fully understand why this is, a) funny and, Secondly- scary (as the hype on the front cover would suggest)

Upcoming (phone) interview with Jesse Leach

We have been awarded the opportunity to interview (phone) Jesse Leach- former/original vocalist for metalcore heavy weights Killswitch Engage and currently in a new band "Times of Grace".

My call goes through next week so stay tuned near the end of the month for me to air it on the show.

I might be showing my age a bit, maybe, but I remember when "alive or just breathing" came out, I own a physical copy of their 1st self-titled album, not the re-released version & Howard Jones still seems like the new guy.
I found them out in my usual random, but not kinda way- I came across Zao first- I picked up their '98 album "Where Blood and Fire Bring Rest" from Utopia Records in Sydney (when it was across the road from the George St Cinemas) and I guess when you dig one of the bands credited for being an orginal member of a genre (metalcore) then the band that brings it to the masses isn't that hidden from view..

Melvins & High on Fire tour NZ

The first (I think) of next years NZ sideshows to Aussies mammoth Soundwave festival.

MELVINS / HIGH ON FIRE - New Zealand Tour 2011 -
Saturday February 19th - The Kings Arms, Auckland.
Sunday February 20th - ReFuel, Dunedin.
Monday February 21st - Al's Bar, Christchurch.
Tuesday February 22nd - Bodega, Wellington

Formerly free song still available.

A few weeks ago, we posted that original Killswitch Engage vocalist, Jesse Leach, and current guitarist Adam D have formed a band (Time of Grace) together and in that post we mentioned they had a song (Strength in Numbers) up for a free time-limited download and that their album (The Hymn of a Broken Man) comes out mid January 2011.
If you missed the free download, but still wanna check out the song, literally, months before the album's released- search for it on iTunes, it's on there now.
I dear say, it's odd that the song's still available- many other time-limited downloads are only available (as far as I can usually tell) during the specified time frame, afterwards you seem to have to wait to the album release...

New Albums: 2011's looking pretty damn good.

Skindred, a Welsh ragga-metal band are releasing "Union Black" May 2nd 2011. We've played a few Skindred songs on the hfhshow over the years..

Unearth are getting, famed metalcore producer and Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam D to produce their new album.

hfhshow folk metal favourites, Korpiklaani will be releasing a new album, "Ukon Wacka" Feb 4th 2011. Ukon Wacka was an ancient .."pagan sacrificial feast... which a special made beer richly flowed. As can be expected from the title, this album has an ancient and very folky feel and is totally in finnish" (English translations will be supplied with CD)
A song, "Tequila" especially written for South American fans of the band.

All Shall Perish are writing a new album, after "...successful tours at home and abroad..." (I guess abroad didn't extend as far as NZ's shores).

Hate Eternal have been in pre-production for the past couple of months for a new album, which is due to be one of their "...heaviest, most twisted, evil, melodic and insane albums yet..."

Playlist for November 8th 2010

Sam for Sinate in studio to talk about Sinates upcoming NZ tour: check it out here.

SOUR- Am I Evil
MERCYFUL FATE- Welcome Princes of Hell
MANOWAR- Wheels of Fire
VAN CANTO- Rebellion
ALL THAT REMAINS- Won't Go Quietly
THE BROWNING- Standing On The Edge
DAATH- Accelerant
*NZ* SINATE- Pain Blood Death
MARDUK- Into Utter Madness
EARTH CRISIS- To The Death ("To the Death" is [or was ;p] the name of Sinates new, upcoming Third album)
GWAR- Let Us Slay
AT THE GATES- Nausea
DEATHSPELL OMEGA- Devouring Famine
TRIPTYKON- Shatter
CRYOPSIS- The Wall of dreams
*NZ* RAZORWYRE Battleshark (Download Free E.P "Coming Out" at http://www.razorwyreband.com/)
OCEANO- Weaponized
AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH- One Of The Swarm
*NZ* WARD 10- What It's Like
*NZ* SINATE- Hollow Hatred

Playlist for 1st November 2010

Interview with GWAR front man, Oderus Urungus played.
GWAR- Lust In Space

HELLOWEEN- Are You Metal?
JALDABOATH- Bash the Bishop
ATREYU- You Give Love A Bad Name
PENDULUM- Self vs. Self (feat. In Flames)
CRADLE OF FILTH- Retreat of the Sacred Heart
THE ELITE- March On Toward the Mountain (New side project from Chimaira guitarist Rob Arnold)
GWAR The Ultimate Bohab
MEGADETH- Rust In Peace...Polaris
AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE- Gotta Go (Agnostic Front cover)
ILL NINO- Scarred
A BAND OF ORCS- Into the Maelstrom
DAATH- Arch (Enemy) Misanthrope
DEVIN TOWNSEND- Ziltoidia attaxx!!!
GWAR- Gor-Gor
ULCERATE- Dead Oceans (Download this for free at: http://www.ulcerate-official.com/)
THE RED SHORE- The Seed Of Annihilation
GOJIRA- Vacuity (Gojira in the studio soon to record an E.P for the charity Sea Sheppard)

Mothra, live- Nov 26th!

Click poster to check out the facebook event page for this gig:

Dissolution in Auckland early 2011

Chch thrashers, Dissolution just announced an Auckland date at the Kings Arms with Exordium Mors on the 14th of january 2011.

If you want to get ready for this gig, check out http://www.dissolution.bandcamp.com/ for their free download of their album, Plague of Violence.

This week on the show: 8th Nov 2010

On the show this week we'll be having Sinate up to discuss their upcoming NZ tour, and all other things Sinate related.

Tune in to hear some new Daath, Oceano, some thing new from Tom G Fischer's Triptykon, Neaera, All That Remains, Deathspell Omega, and as many more that we can fit into our 2hours.

University exams are coming to an end for me- my last is tommorrow (tuesday) but I'm still doing the show, how's that for dedication.

Happy B'day to brothers, Sam and Jamie: if it weren't for facebook I'd have no idea when anyones birthdays were.

Septicflesh finish recording.

Popular amongst listeners of the hfhshow, Greek muso's Septicflesh have finished recording their new album, due out early 2011, you can be sure we'll be spinning a few tracks from it!

An email update from record label, Seasons of Mist reads:

Greek demons SEPTICFLESH just finished recordings the successor of 2008's "Communion". After a long period of intense work in Athens, Prague and Sweden, the evolution of the band's Symphonic Death sound has been achieved with the help of the Filmharmonic Orchestra of Prague and well known artist / producer Peter Tägtgren.


130 musicians were involved in the recording process. Besides the traditional classic orchestra instruments, this time SEPTICFLESH incorporated harpsichord, some bizarre ethnic instruments and a boy soprano to their sound, pursuing a more "horror soundtrack" approach. Of course, the guitars will still shred you to death!

The release of the forthcoming 10-song album is expected for the first quarter of 2011. In the meantime, a brand new song will be available worldwide as an exclusive digital download single from this December 17th on."

Periphery writing new material

Another band we've talked to this year, Periphery, are working on a new E.P and 2nd full length album.
the band released their self-titled debut via Roadrunner records & they were in the australia R.R offices when we talked. They're about to start a big US tour with Darkest Hour thru November & December.


 Their update reads as follows:
“Periphery is well into the writing process for our upcoming EP. We have tracked most of the instrumentation and vocals and are making final tweaks on everything but you guys are in for a treat. There will be some re-tweaked material, some rare material and some brand new material on it so there will be something for everyone.
We have also been working on material for our second full-length now, so that we can have as much time to refine it before we record the final product. Be sure to check our MySpace and Facebook pages regularly for our updates. Our goal with our music is to cover as much ground as possible while staying true to our sound, and hopefully evolve from previous work all at once. It’s a tall order but a fun challenge nonetheless, and we are doing our best to ensure that the new material will fulfill that goal.
We want to thank all of our fans for their love and support. We would be nowhere without you and we want to be able to meet you all and thank you in person, so be sure to come out to the shows and hang out with us.”

The Sword are back

As you all know, a little while ago (now former) Drummer Trivett promptly departed from the band, for personal reasons. Weeks before this we at the hfhshow had talked to Trivett ahead of The Swords supporting slot for Metallica down in Chch.
but news from the bands facebook page reads as follows:

We are pleased to announce the Warp Riders 2010 U.S. Tour Mk. II, beginning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on November 27! These performances will feature the formidable skills of notorious intergalactic bounty drummer, Kevin Fender. A veteran of the Austin music scene, Mr. Fender is best known for his devastating work with... Texas hardcore legends Employer, Employee.

HFH Show 3 Inches of Blood Phone Intervew

I just finished talking to Shane Clark, guitarist for Canadian battle/heavy metal band 3 Inches of Blood, while I was calling from the heart (or almost, certainly central) Auckland, he was on an Idyllic sounding Vancouver Is.
My phone bill this month is gonna be a hefty one, what with all the international calls to Canada, America, Sweden etc etc.

We have Sam from Sinate coming up to the show this coming Monday, he'll be telling us all about their overseas exploits, upcoming tour and new album.
Which means we'll be airing the 2 as-yet-unaired interviews (i.e. Mitch from Suicide Silence and This one, Shane from 3 Inches of Blood) on later shows- but December 10th is creeping up quickly so no mucking around: if you haven't gotten your ticket, get one now! (to No Sleep til Auckland, that is..)



Now, thanks to google image search, here's a shot of Shane Clark (3 Inches of Blood)

Here's one, soon, for our gig section

Those who went to/ remember a gig on Easter this year at the Transmission Room, Black FKN Friday, which featured Auckland & Christchurch bands (and Cripple Mr Onion, who I imagine could call both cities home) as well as a debut (I think) performance from The Mark of Man, and a band who came dressed in dresses...

But Chch's Zerstiren performed that night, and they are making the hike back up to the big smoke for a show at the Kings Arms on the day after the BDO (Jan 22nd), this time bringing:

Blindfolded and Led to the Woods (BALTTW) who made news by appearing on Tween show hosted by someone called Erin Simpson.
And;
The Murderous Seth, which is made up of 2 guys from Blindfolded and led to the woods, with the other two coming from Athenic and Word of God (both now ex members of those bands).

The night's rounded off by The Mark of Man & Mt Eden massive: Anabyss.


Zerstiren, themselves, have their debut album, Ave Pangenitor, being mixed and mastered in Austria!
Tracklist:
1.The Conquered Commiserate
2.Ley Lines (feat. Ben Read)
3.Human Flesh
4.The Earth will Shake
5.Dirge to Bloodlust
6.Agnosis
7.Kallisti
8.Hyperion
9.I - Death Vibration Mantra
10.II - Quantum Confluence
11.III - The Great Dictator 

Razorwyre offers EP for free download

A little while ago we got an email from the band regarding this new website of theirs, now that they're publicising it:
Go here to download their EP for Free: http://www.razorwyreband.com/

The band formerly known as 'Gaywyre' are working on writing a debut full length, but offer their EP for free. If you're thinking you remember the name- they opened for Exodus & played at Galatos the day after exodus, with Dreams of the Dead, recently.

Tonight's show is gonna be one for the books.

I'll be airing my interview with GWAR vocalist Oderus Urungus and accompanying it with a mildly fitting "The Ultimate Bohab" (listen to the song/ google the lyrics& you'll understand why I'm happy with my phone interview) 

Tune in to hear Oderus on Megadeth, Hobbits, New Zealanders, Sheep shagging, being on Fox News & so much more..
 **WARNING** Some of the interview may offend some people, guidance by a decent adult or other metal head is recommended. Oderus Urungus is a heavy metal space monster, and acts as such**

We also feature new music from Rob Arnold of Chimaira fame's new side project- The Elite, also New Daath, Cradle of Filth. Helloween, Atheist, Ill Nino & N.Z's Ulcerate.

Dimmu Borgir go to Japan

They've just announced shows in late February 2011, along side those in Australia at the awesome looking Soundwave traveling festival, but unfortunately there's no sign of a New Zealand show..

They recently released another studio album "Abrahadabra", songs from which you can hear on the next hard fast heavy show (1st November) along side our GWAR interview, a band who are coming to NZ.

If you're looking for it at the shops, here's what the new album cover looks like:

HFH show GWAR phone Interview!

I have just finished my (phone) interview with the infamous space monster that heads the equally infamous metal band GWAR
I can say without a doubt that Oderus Urungus is THE most awesome gruesome war mongering space monster I have ever had the privilege of speaking to.

After conducting the interview, I have no hesitation in broadcasting this interview on the next show, this coming monday night (Nov 1st) my interview with Suicide Silence's vocalist Mitch will be aired the show after.

 If you don't know to whom I spoke (i.e. Oderus) here are two pics I found of him via google image search. i hope to have my own shots, come No Sleep Till Auckland- December 10th at the ASB showgrounds.
I think he was in full get up, as you see below, as I caught him just prior to a show in Ohio, on their tour throughout the states.

New Ulcerate, on international blog

From: http://www.invisibleoranges.com/2010/10/new-ulcerate-music/
It's weird hearing news on a local band and their upcoming releases on an international blog, but I guess it's nothing that's not on their website
The last I remember hearing of the band, was of a massive European tour supporting Nile and Krisiun.
Check this link out to download a free song of theirs: http://soundcloud.com/ulcerate/dead-oceans/download
The new album, "The Destroyers of All" will be released via Willow tip records Jan 25th 2011.

Playlist for 25th October 2010

MISS MAY I- Swing This song comes courtesy of Doug, co-host of HARDcore.hard
AUGUST BURNS RED- ... opps I did it again
(F)ARTHEMIS- Paparazzi
MINISTRY- Rehab
BLIND GUARDIAN- You're the Voice
GWAR- Metal Metal Land
GWAR- Where is Zog?
BRING ME THE HORIZON- Blacklist
EXODUS- Blacklist
SINATE- One Day Closer
DIMMU BORGIR- Renewal
MELECESH- Defeating Giants
SLAYER- World Painted Blood
KATATONIA- Liberation
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD- Force Fed
THEM MARTYRS- Rendered Empty  Vessels http://themmartyrs.bandcamp.com/album/french-extremity
3 INCHES OF BLOOD- Assassins of the Light
MASTODON- Hail to Fire

Playlist 18th October 2010

Playlist 18th October 2010 with members of Dakota Scream, Mothra, Ace and Dreams of the Dead in the studio to plug their sh*t.
JALDABOATH- Axe Welding Nuns
KORPIKLAANI- Bring Us pints of Beer
KREATOR- Warcurse
WHITE WIZARD- We Rock
DAKOTA SCREAM- Dead Weight http://www.myspace.com/dakotascream/
ROB ZOMBIE- Devil's Hole Girls and the big Revolution
RAZORWYRE- Fuck You Tonight http://www.myspace.com/razorwyreband
ACE- Them Pretty Ladies
MINISTRY- Iron Man
DIMMU BORGIR- Born Treacherous
MOTHRA- Elements of Sleep (live) http://www.myspace.com/mothrasound
TIMES OF GRACE- Strength in Numbers
BAPTIZED IN BLOOD- Last Line Lady
PANTERA- Cowboys from Hell
BRING ME THE HORIZON- Fuck
MELECESH- Illumination: the Face of Shamash

Interview Mitch (Suicide Silence)

I just got off the phone with Mitch, the vocalist of Deathcore metal band, Suicide Silence. The band are currently on a headlining tour in the states (he was in Colarado when I talked to him) they're heading off to Europe and Russia for bit, before heading to NZ and Australia for the No Sleep til tour.

We'll keep you updated as to when we'll broadcast the interview, as we are due to give Oderus Urungus the infamous leader of GWAR a call, and we'll have the tough decision to make whether to play Gwar straight away or let it fester for a week or two as we air our Suicide Silence interview 1st...

Here's a pic I found thanks to google image search