The Dillinger Escape Plan were named the greatest live band of all time in a Revolver survey, beating out Metallica, Iron Maiden, Tool, and Pantera. For anyone who’s seen them live, it wasn’t a surprise. Guitarist Ben Weinman chats about the Australian Tour and more.

“The inspiration is my life, and sometimes I just get a spark, that brings the song – a spark of inspiration,” said Zora Cock. “It can be frustrating at times. I cannot write for six months – writer’s block – and then other times, like this album, it just all came out the lyrics and the melodies”. Zora Cock and René Boxem open up about Blackbriar’s new chapter, ‘A Thousand Little Deaths’

“Yes. Our signature sound is there, but we do change it up a bit,” said Matt Barlow. “This record has a darker tone. We found ourselves going back to our roots in music. My roots are in the trash metal I loved. For Freddie, it is his love of death metal”. We caught up with Matt Barlow to talk all things New Messiahs.

“If you want a good night out. If you want fun, a bit of stupidity with guitar riffs and drinking…where you enjoy and party to guilty pleasures - embrace your youth.…then, that is what our live shows are like”. Peej and Stead took a break from their packed schedule to discuss their upcoming Australian tour.

“It's very hard to curate a singles tour,” stated Steve Kilbey. “The Church’s singles always started life as songs – as part of albums. Then, if the record company or radio thought the song was good, they became singles, because somebody thought that they would be.” Steve Kilbey spoke about singles, tours, and new music.

“We want to come back to Australia” says Stevie D. “But we just need to make sure the timing is right – so early 2026 – looks likely. We are really proud of the new album and we want to play it for our Australian fans. We think our sound is raw, dryer, mature – it’s a guitar riff album – it has the Buckcherry sound. We hope that people will enjoy the songs”. We spoke to Stevie D about their new album and more.

“For us [A Skylit Drive] we will be delivering a variety of music. Yes. Wires will be a focus, but we have four other albums, many new singles, some covers we love playing and by November we are hopeful for really new music – hopefully going into a new album”. We caught up with Michael Jagmin to chat about their upcoming Oz tour.

“Lyrically, I wanted to dive into issues around my mental health and life – you know song writing - it’s a way to heal off stage so you can be better on stage as a performer and musician. If I can write songs, that give voice to experience and help someone else, or let others know, that I get what they are going through – then I have reached out and hope we can help each other through the music.” Leigh Kakaty gets real in our latest interview.

“The new record is done... we’re handing in the masters the day we fly to Australia.” Testament’s Eric Peterson caught up with Cecilia to talk about the upcoming tour, the new album, and a few surprises along the way.

While on tour in Colombia, Jay Grob spoke with Cecilia about what fans can expect from Burning Witches’ Australian shows. “The setlist for the tour will have a few key songs from each album that will hopefully introduce fans to songs and tracks they have never heard before. It’s a good overview,” she explained.