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Shelby Lermo (Ulthar) interview
American extreme metal act Ulthar are releasing not 1 but 2 albums this Friday, Anthronomicon and Helionomicon.
Peter ‘Trendcrusher’ K spoke to vocalist/guitarist Shelby Lermo ahead of the release about the double album, writing and recording them, and even metal journalism.
Track played on this episode
Ulthar – Saccades
Horns Up albums to look forward to in 2023 episode – https://www.hornsuppod.com/the-podcast/episode/1d129f96/209-or-what-we-expect-from-2023
Check out Anthronomicon and Helionomicon
Written by trendcrusher
February 16, 2023 at 10:30 am
Posted in Interviews, Podcast
Tagged with Anthronomicon, Black metal, death metal, extreme metal, Helionomicon, Metal, Shelby Lermo, Ulthar
Favourite albums of 2022 – Part 1
This year I thought I’d do something different, before releasing my list of favourite albums of the year, I asked my friends what their favourite albums of the year were.
Here are the albums (in order of appearance on the episode)
Anurag Tagat + Seth Werkheiser – Ithaca – They Fear Us
Adnan M – Machine Head Of Kingdom and Crown
Andy Dowling – Idle Ruin – Valley Inferno.
Gautam K – Sigh – Shiki
Deepak aka Chuck – Playgrounded – The Death of Death
Joel – Kardashev – Liminal Rite
Alex from Undeath – Sedimentum – Suppuration Morphogénésiaque
Abbas Rizvi – Psycroptic – Divine Council
Aditya Rao – Gaerea – Mirage
Peter K – Wormrot – Hiss
Part 2 coming up soon!
Written by trendcrusher
December 28, 2022 at 10:56 am
Tagged with Black metal, death metal, Gaerea, hardcore, heavy metal, Idle Ruin, Ithaca, Kardashev, Machine head, Metal, metalcore, playgrounded, Sedimentum, Sigh, Wormrot
Adnan Mryhij (Unmuted)
Adnan Mryhij is one of the few people I have met who is equally passionate about the underground metal music scene.
Adnan has worn multiple hats over the past decade and in the past couple of years, he has built a Tribe across the world with this podcast, Unmuted.
Earlier this year, Adnan also started releasing music under the banner of Unmuted. I spoke to him about the evolution of Unmuted, how 2022 has been for him, upcoming plans for his band Svengali and more.
Tracks played on the episode
Nervecell – Vicious Circle
Unmuted – Creation
Svengali – Freight Train
Unmuted – Earth, Hell and Heaven
Adnan on Horns Up – https://www.hornsuppod.com/the-podcast/episode/2375e701/193-or-kill-marry-fuck-or-feat-adnan-from-unmuted
Written by trendcrusher
November 19, 2022 at 10:45 am
Posted in Interviews, Podcast
Tagged with Adnan Mryhij, Dubai, heavy metal, Metal, Nervecell, Svengali, Unmuted
Andrew Lee (Ripped to Shreds) interview
Last week, American death metal act Ripped to Shreds released their 3rd album Jubian (their debut on Relapse) to much acclaim.
I caught up with band founder Andrew Lee on the release date and spoke about the album, shred guitar, and also Asian representation in metal/hardcore.
Full interview on audio
Tracks played in this episode
Ripped to Shreds – Harmonious Impiety
Ripped to Shreds – Race Traitor
Written by trendcrusher
October 23, 2022 at 10:40 am
Posted in Interviews, Podcast
Tagged with Andrew Lee, death metal, melodic death metal, Metal, Relapse Records, Ripped to Shreds, United States of America
Shoi Sen (De Profundis) interview
I have been following UK death metal act De Profundis for the past decade and they have slowly evolved their sound. Their latest album, The Corruption of Virtue (out now via Transcending Obscurity) is their most potent one yet.
I spoke to De Profundis guitarist, Shoi Sen about The Corruption of Virtue, why it’s their angriest album yet, the changes in the music business, and also insights from being a guitar instructor.
Full interview on audio below
Tracks played on the episode
De Profundis – Weaponized Rape
De Profundis – Sectarian Warfare
Written by trendcrusher
October 16, 2022 at 9:47 pm
Posted in Interviews, Podcast
Tagged with de profundis, death metal, Metal, Transcending Obscurity Records, uk death metal
Rorik Brooks (Cloud Rat) interview
Yup, I am a Grindcore freak.
Cloud Rat is a band that I’ve been following for a few years now, they have been quite prolific with more than 20 releases since 2010. Their 4th full-length album, Threshold is out now via Artoffact Records
In this episode, recorded a couple of weeks before the album release, guitarist Rorik Brooks shared with me why he describes Threshold as “our best work so far.”, writing the album remotely, how he balances making music with his day job and other responsibilities and more
Tune in on YouTube
Tracks played on the episode
Cloud Rat – Babahaz
Cloud Rat – Perscome
Check out Threshold
https://www.facebook.com/cloudratgrind
https://www.instagram.com/cloudratgrind
Cloud Rat picture by Luke Mouradian
Written by trendcrusher
October 8, 2022 at 10:42 am
Posted in Interviews, Podcast
Tagged with Artoffact records, Cloud rat, Grindcore, Metal, Threshold
Hassan Amin (Zanjeer) interview
In 2014, I had interviewed Pakistani grindcore act Multinational Corporations and has since been in touch with vocalist Hassan Amin.
Hassan’s latest band is based in Germany and a punk act composed of musicians from Colombia, England and Germany. A couple weeks ago they released their debut release, ‘Parcham Buland Ast’.
I caught up with him to find out more about Zanjeer, the topics on ‘Parcham Buland Ast’, his hip hop projects and much more.
Full Audio interview
Songs played on this episode
Zanjeer – Nakhair
Daranti Group – Represent
Zanjeer – Taliban Murdabad
Buy Parcham Buland Ast on Vinyl here – https://symphonyofdestruction.bandcamp.com/album/parcham-buland-ast-7
Multinational Corporations interview from 2014 – https://trendcrusher.wordpress.com/2014/04/18/multinational-corporations-interview/
Article on Karachi Biryani on Fifty Two – https://fiftytwo.in/story/rice-fat-meat-streets/
A good interview about Hassan’s background and more on Unite Asia – https://youtu.be/-Sd4OGtVBuw
Hassan photo courtesy – Ramis Abbas
Written by trendcrusher
September 17, 2022 at 8:50 am
Posted in Interviews, Podcast
Tagged with Daranti group, Germany, Grindcore, hardcore punk, karachi, Metal, Multinational Corporations, Punk, Zanjeer
Ivan Belcic (Kosmogyr) interview
Vocalist/drummer Ivan Belcic is a man of many talents. His most recent act is Kosmogyr with guitarist/bassist Xander Cheng. Their split with Putrescine titled On Desolate Tides releases on 23rd September via Tridroid Records.
I’ve interacted with Ivan on Twitter a lot in the past couple years. I thought it would be a great time to get him on the podcast when the split with Putrescine was announced. We spoke about it, the Shanghai music scene and also music that he has been listening to this year.
Tracks played on this episode
Kosmogyr – Rise towards God
Boys Climbing Ropes – The Knitting Song
Spill your Guts – Pain Echoes Back
Pre order On Desolate Tides
Written by trendcrusher
September 11, 2022 at 10:02 pm
Posted in Interviews, Podcast
Tagged with Black metal, Ivan Belcic, Kosmogyr, Metal, On Desolate Tides, Putrescine, Shangai, Tridroid Records, We are Shanghai
Abaddon Incarnate interview
Irish grindcore act Abaddon Incarnate released their album, The Wretched Sermon last month via Transcending Obscurity Records. Their first release in 8 years.
I was introduced to the band many years ago by by Kunal Choksi as he know I was into grindcore.
I spoke to vocalist/guitarist Steve Maher and drummer Olan Parkinson about The Wretched Sermon, writing the album remotely and the impact it had and also about Irish metal acts.
For those who prefer the audio version
Check out The Wretched Sermon
Buy their cds and merch on
Written by trendcrusher
September 4, 2022 at 7:23 pm
Posted in Interviews, Podcast
Tagged with Abaddon Incarnate, death metal, Grindcore, Ireland, Metal, Transcending Obscurity Records
Ted Lundstrom (Amon Amarth) interview
It’s Melodic Death metal month on the podcast!
If you told teenage me that someday in the future I would be doing interview with bands like Soilwork and Amon Amarth, I would never believe you then. Still can’t believe that I get to interview some of the bands that I grew up listening to.
On this episode, I spoke to Ted Lundstrom – bassist of Amon Amarth about their latest album The Great Heathen Army, out via Metal Blade Records, the writing process and even beer.
Audio version for those who prefer it.
Read a transcribed version of this interview on The Metal Wanderlust
Listen to The Great Heathen Army – https://orcd.co/tgha
Picture courtesy – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:13-06-07_RaR_Amon_Amarth_Ted_Lundstr%C3%B6m_07.jpg
Written by trendcrusher
August 26, 2022 at 12:23 am
Posted in Interviews, Podcast
Tagged with Amon amarth, death metal, melodic death metal, Metal, Swedish death metal, The Great Heathen Army, Vikings