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Wolfborne interview 01/11/14

Xander meets Lanning Kann from Canada’s rising stars, Wolfborne, and find out who and what they’re about!

American Head Charge interview 01/11/14

Xander met Ted, again!

(həd) PE interview 01/11/14

Xander meets Mawk Young and Jaxon Benge of crossover legends, (həd) PE, for a post gig chat over cake and beer!

TMTWNBBFN interview 31/10/14

Xander gets to the bottom of Steampunk which involves a passion for victorian culture, engineers, industry, goggles and hats! Oh and the band also features comedian, Andrew O’Neill!

Playlist 24/10/14

THE HELL DRIVE DEVIN TOWNSEND SPECIAL- TOTALROCK, 24/10/14

The Devin Townsend Band – Let It Roll (Synchestra 2006)

Strapping Young Lad – Velvet Kevorkian (City 1997)

Strapping Young Lad – Dire (Strapping Young Lad 2003)

Devin Townsend – ZTO – (Ziltoid The Omniscient 2007)

Steve Vai – Sex And Religion (Sex And Religion 1993)

-Devin Townsend – Devlab II – Devlab (2004)

Strapping Young Lad – Satan’s Ice Cream Truck (Heavy As A Really Heavy Thing 1995)

James Murphy – Since Forgotten (Convergence 1996)

Devin Townsend – Sinner (A Tribute To Judas Priest 1996)

-Devin Townsend – Devlab III – Devlab (2004)

The Devin Townsend Project – Rejoice (Z2: Blue Sky)

Strpping Young Lad – AAA (City 1997)

Punky Brüster – Metal Heads Are Punk Rockers (Cooked On Phonics 1996)

The Wildhearts – Kill Me To Death (Urge Single – 1997)

Ocean Machine – Life (Biomechanic 1997)

Devin Townsend – Bad Devil (Infinity 1998)

-RVP interview Pt1

-Terror Syndrome – Spinning Backwards (Terror Syndrome 2008)

Devin Townsend – Morwar (Ass-Sordid Demo’s 2000)

-RVP interview Pt2

-The Devin Townsend Band – Notes From Africa (Synchestra 2006)

Devin Townsend – Kingdom (Physicist 2000)

-RVP interview Pt3

-Protest The Hero – Sequoia Throne (Sequoia Throne Remix EP 2008)

Devin Townsend – Universal (Terria 2001)

-RVP interview Pt4

-Devin Townsend – Echo (Project EKO 2003)

The Devin Townsend Project – Deathray (Z2: Dark Matters)

-Devin Townsend – Devlab IV – Devlab (2004)

Stuck Mojo – Wrathchild (A Tribute To Iron Maiden 2001)

Paradise Lost – Two Worlds (Symbol Of Life 2002)

Lamb Of God – A Devil In Gods Country (As The Palaces Burn 2003)

The Devin Townsend Band – Random Analysis (Accelerated Evolution 2003)

Strapping Young Lad – Aftermath (Strapping Young Lad 2003)

Ayreon – Day Sixteen: Loser (The Human Equation 2004)

-Devin interview Pt1

-Steve Vai – Juice (Alien Love Secrets 1995)

Devin Townsend – The Greys (Ziltoild The Omniscient 2007)

-Devin interview Pt2

-Skinny Puppy – Worlock (Remix Dys Temper 1998)

Strapping Young Lad – You Suck (The New Black 2006)

The Devin Townsend Project – Sumeria (Deconstruction 2011)

-Devin interview Pt3

-Devin Townsend – Humble (Terria 2001)

The Devin Townsend Project – Grace (Epicloud 2012)

-Devin interview Pt4

-Devin Townsend – Devlab V – Devlab (2004)

The Devin Townsend Project – March Of The Poozers (Z2: Dark Matters)

Gojira – Of Blood And Salt (Sea Shepheard EP 2011)

Rammstein – Rammlied (Rammin The Stones Remix 2010)

The Devin Townsend Project – Resolve! (Addicted 2009)

Suburban Legends interview 19/10/14

Suburban Legends came for a sleepover, creating a brand new (occasional) feature; Bands Over Breakfast!

Threshold interview 17/10/14

Damian chats with Xander about living on a boat, setting fire to houses, getting arrested, dogging and pissing on tour busses!

Playlist 17/10/14

THE HELL DRIVE – TOTALROCK 17/10/14

Aerosmith – No More No More

Voodoo Vegas – No More

Aeon Zen – The Entity

Within The Ruins – Gods Amongst Men

Polyphia – 87

The Sun Never Set – One Drop Of Blood And We’ll All See Red

Of Alies – In Screens

Anaal Nathrakh – Monstrum In Animo

Winger – Better Days Comin’

Revoction – Madness Opus

This Wild Life – Concrete

Carl Verheyen – Bloody Well Right/supertramp

Alunah – The Mask Of Herne

Amulet – Bloody Night

Annominus – Lysergic Acid Diethylamide

BTBAM – Goodbye To Everything & Reprise

Centrix – Moist Purple Skin

Collisions – Believe In This

My Extraordinary – Bite The Bullet

Scar Symmetry – Cryonic Harvest

Bury Tomorrow – The Torch

Engraved Disillusion – Embrace The Flames

The Reaper – Mark My Words

Roughneck Riot – Parasites

Allusondrugs – I Should Have Gone To Uni

Amon Amarth – Deceiver of the Gods

Anthrax – In The End

Anti-Mortem – Truck Stop Special

Avatarium – All I Want

Aversions Crown – The Glass Sentiment

Meshuggah – Rational Gaze (Live)

Devilment – Even Your Blood Type Rejects Me

Amaranthe – Drop Dead Synical

Evil Scarecrow – The Book Of Doom

Foo Fighters –

Lordi – Nailed By The Hammer Of Frankenstein

Playlist 03/10/14

THE HELL DRIVE SONISPHERE SPECIAL – TOTALROCK, 03/10/14

Alestorm – Drink

-Alestorm Interview Pt.1

Alestorm – Wooden Leg

-Alestorm Interview Pt.2

Alestorm – Hangover

-The Black Dogs Interview

The Defiled – Infected

-The Defiled interview

The Defiled –

Devil You Know – Seven Years Alone

-Devil You Know interview Pt.1

Devil You Know – A New Beginning

-Devil You Know interview Pt.2

Devin Townsend Band – Vampolka

Frank Turner – Good & Gone

-Frank Turner interview

Krokodil – Shatter

-Krokodil   interview

Little Matador – Reasons

-Little Matador interview

Protest The Hero – Tandem

-Protest The Hero interview Pt.1

Protest The Hero – Bloodmeat

-Protest The Hero interview Pt.2

Reckless Love – Badass

-Reckless Love interview

The Safety Fire – Huge Hammers

-The Safety Fire interview Pt.1

The Safety Fire – Sections

-The Safety Fire interview Pt.2

The Safety Fire – Aphasic

TesseracT – Concealing Fate Pt.2: Deception

-TesseracT interview Pt.1

TesseracT – Eden 2.0

-TesseracT interview Pt.2

TesseracT – Hollow

Kobra And The Lotus interview 30/09/14

Xander caught up with Kobra Paige to talk about the new album and current plans!

Playlist 26/09/14

THE HELL DRIVE – TOTALROCK, 26/09/14

Aerosmith – Toys In The Attic

King 810 – Kill Em All

The Contortionist – Language I: Intuition

Devin Townsend – The Greys

Kobra And The Lotus – Barracuda

Scott Stapp – Crash

The Karma Party – World War

Hellbilly Club – WWIII 2.0

Cavalera Conspiracy – Bonzai Kamakazi

Devilment – Mother Kali

Terrorcaust – Human Scarifice

Amaranthe – Invincable

Hammerall – Hectors Hymn

The Cadillac Three – I’m Southern

John Garcia – 5,000 Miles

Godsmack – 1,000hp

(hed) PE – One More Body

Wolfborne – Livin’ the Life

Destrage – Are You Kidding Me? No.

Evil Scarecrow – Dance Of The Cyclopse

Dethklok –

Eluveitie – King

Satyricon – K.I.N.G.

Equilibrium – Wirtshaus Gaudi

Protokult – Get Me A Beer!

Alestorm – Drink

Expain – Aggressions Progression

Freak Kitchen – (Saving Up For An) Anal Bleach

IIIrd Alternative – Umbra

The Algorithm – Will Smith

Channel Zero – Duisternis

Blues Pills – High Class Woman

Every Time I Die – Decayin’ With the Boys

Bleed From Within – Uprising

Playlist 19/09/14

THE HELL DRIVE – TOTALROCK, 19/09/14

Aerosmith – Uncle Salty

Shades & Peters – Comin’ Around

Shotgun Revolution – Dissolve

Lancaster – As Wild As Tigers spanish

We Are Carnivors – T.O.W.I.C.S

Antropomorphia – Carved To Pieces

Cannibal Corpse – The Murderers Pack

Aghast! – Bang To Rights

Decapitated – Blood Mantra

Klogr – Failing Crowns

Road To Horizon – Faultlines

Wovenwar – Foreword

Wovenwar – All Rise

-Wovenwar interview Pt1

Wovenwar – Death To Rights

-Wovenwar interview Pt2

Wovenwar – Tempest

-Wovenwar interview Pt3

Wovenwar – Archers

-Wovenwar interview Pt4

Wovenwar – Identity

-Wovenwar interview Pt5

Wovenwar – Prophets

Senser –  Age Of Panic

Sonata Arctica – Kingdom For A Heart

Abaddon Incarnate – Yester Hara

Meshuggah – Do Not Look Down (Live)

Feed The Rhino – New Wave

Evil Scarecrow – Crabulon

DZ Deathrays – Gina Works At Hearts

Lock & Key – Down But Not Out

King Capisce – Shake The Dust

Ajenda – Dirty Rock n Roll

American Hi-Fi – Golden State

Audrey Horne – Out Of The City

BlackWolf – Kiss the Fire

Godsmack – Something Different

Buffalo Summer – Down to The River

Playlist 12/09/14

THE HELL DRIVE – TOTALROCK, 12/09/14

Aerosmith – Taste Of India

Flying Colours – Mask Machine

Hang The Bastard – Keeping Vigil

Brutality Will Prevail – Abandon

Wolfborne – Livin’ The Life

TRC – We Bring War

TNB – Terrified

4th Street Traffic – Bitter Sweet

Kobra And The Lotus – Hold On

Devilment – Mother Kali

Exodus – Salt In The Wound

Framing Hanley – Twisted Halos

Ocasan Dark Cloud

Threshold – Turned To Dust

Finch – Anywhere But Here

Lindsey Stirling – Shatter Me Ft. Lizzy Hale

Amaranthe – The Nexus

Aghast – Hells Bells

Wovenwar – Death To Rights

Vanir – March Of The Giants

Mr. Big – The Monster In Me

TRC – We Bring War

Soil – The Hate Song

Nonpoint – Breaking Skin

Lacuna Coil – Die & Rise

Earthwalker – In Hearts Wake

(hed) PE – One More Body

Hellbilly Club – WWIII 2.0

Equilibrium – Wirtshaus Gaudi

Godsmack – 1000hp

Freak Kitchen – Freak Of The Week

Every Time i Die – Decayin’ With The Boys

Alestorm – Drink

System Of A Down – Chic N Stu

Rammstein – Du Reict So Gut

Faith No More – Be Aggressive

Devin Townsend Project – Grace

Playlist 05/09/14

THE HELL DRIVE – TOTALROCK, 05/09/14

Aerosmith – Girls Of Sumer

Destrage – Purania

SikTh – Bland Street Bloom

Devin Townsend – The Greys

The Algorithm – Will Smith

TesseracT – Concealing Fate Pt.II

Arch Enemy – War Eternal

Devil You Know – A New Beginning

The Cult – Lil’ Devil

Marilyn Manson – Disposable Teens

Limp Bizkit – Nookie

The Prodigy – Mindfields

Chimp Spanner – Bad Code

Trebuchet – Collion

Faith No More – Be Aggressive

Dethklok – I Ejaculate Fire

Dethklok – Murmaider

Rammstein – Das Model

Rage Against The Machine – Fist Full Of Steel

Chimaira – Pure Hatred

Soulfly – Eye For An Eye

Raging Speedhorn – The Gush

Mudvayne – Dig

Slipknot – People=Shit

Mastodon – Iron Tusk

Bleeding Through – Anti-Hero

Caliban – The Beloved And The Hated

Meshuggah – Break Those Bones Who Sin

Gojira – Of Blood And Salt

Slayer – Bloodline

Mushroomhead – Solitaire Unraveling

Cilice – Mental Breakdown

Uneven Structure – Frost

Aliases – We Never Should Have Met

No Made Sense – Seeking Beyond

Wovenwar interview 04/09/14

Xander has a chat with the Hawaiian axeman about the new band, Wovenwar and surfing!

Playlist 29/08/14

THE HELL DRIVE – TOTALROCK, 29/08/14

Aerosmith – Get A Grip

The Peckham Cowboys – Not Guilty

Triptykon – Aurorae

Crowbar – Walk With Knowledge Wisely

Lacuna Coil – Die & Rise

EyeHateGod – Robitussin And Rejection

Earthwalker – In Hearts Wake

Obey The Brave – Raise Your Voice

Counting Days – This Life In Black

Every Time I Die – Dacayin’ With The Boys

Hostage Calm – Your Head, Your Heart

Rainbows Are Free – The Botanist

DragonForce – Ring Of Fire

Meridian – Everything That Kept Me Moving

Devilment –  Mother Kali

Scar Symmetry – Limits To Infinity

Stellify – Sin city

We Came From Wolves – A Bastard Son, A Brother To None

Crobot – Nowhere To Hide

Darkness Divided – The Hands That Bled

Fox And The Law – Cheap Talk

Empty Yard Experiment – Greenflash

The One Hundred – Downfall

Vintersorg – Ôverallt Och Ingenstans

Vanir – The Flames Of Lindisfarne

Fozzy – Bad Tattoo

Godsmack – 1,000cc

The First – Monster

Asking Alexandra – Moving On

A Mouth Full Of Matches – Young Blood

Equilibrium – Wirtshaus Gaudi

Eluveitie – King

Channel Zero – Duisternis

Cavalera Conspiracy – Bonzai Kamakazi

Ace Frehley – Space Invader

Blues Pills – High Class Woman

Playlist 22/08/14

THE HELL DRIVE – TOTALROCK, 22/08/14

Aerosmith – Same Old Song And Dance

Cavalera Conspiracy – Bonzai Kamakazi

Every Time I Die – Decayin’ With The Boys

The Order Of Israfel – Born For War

Crowsaw – Money

Vanity Blvd – Soulshaker

Sleepwave – Through The Looking Glass

Threshold – Watchtower On The Moon

Suicide Silence – You Can’t Stop Me

Halcyon Hope – Northern Lights

Sacred Wind – Metal And Curry

Dead! – Phantom

AC Angry – Hellrock Anthem

Audrey Horne – Out Of The City

Darkness Divided – The Hands That Bleed

TerrorcausT – Baseball Bat Divorce

Never A Hero – Hollow And The Crow

My Extraordinary – The Good Old Days

Hawkwind – Sonic Attack

Martin Barre – New Day Yesterday

Sparzanza – Underneath My Skin

Seven Deadly – The Wrath

Treason Kings – Unless You’ll Be There

Vintersorg – Ur Aska Och Sot

Create To Inspire – Halfway Home

Hammerfall – Hectors Hymn

DragonForce – Ring Of Fire

Freak Kitchen – Professional Help

Kobra And The Lotus – Hold On

John Garcia – Flower

ExPain – Bacchus / Aggressions Progression

Double Experience – Here’s Y

Dethklok – Murmaider II: The Water God

Faith No More – Smaller And Smaller

(hed) PE – One More Body

Non Point – Breaking Skin

Channel Zero – Duisternis

Playlist 15/08/14

THE HELL DRIVE – TOTALROCK, 15/08/14

Aerosmith – Just Push Play

Finch – Two Guns To The Temple

The Mutants – Rebel Radio

Hellbilly Club – WWIII 2.0

The Cadillac Three – The South

Electric River – Calling Out

Black Moth – Tumbleweave

Accept – Final Journey

– Face Back

Fire Red Empress – Left Unspoken

The Brew – Repeat

Revocation – Deathless

Wolfborne – Sex Sells

Freak Kitchen – (Saving Up For An) Anal Bleach

Lonely Kamel – I Feel Sick

Striker – Start Again

Recheck – The Hate Colony

Stench – The Vast

The Karma Party – World War

The Algorithm – Will Smith

Entombed AD – Pandemic Rage

Martyr Defiled – Lvcifer

Martydöd – Mer Skada Än Nytta

The Sixxis – Dreamers

-Trioscapes interview pt1

Trioscapes – Digital Dream Sequence

-Trioscapes interview pt2

Trioscapes – Stab Wounds

-Trioscapes interview pt3

Trioscapes – From The Earth To The Moon

-Trioscapes interview pt4

Trioscapes – Hysteria

-Trioscapes interview pt5

Trioscapes – The Jungle

Trioscapes interview 14/08/14

Xander has a chat with the progressive jazz bassist wizard, Dan Briggs, of Trioscapes and more known from Between The Buried And Me. What’s it all about?!

Playlist 08/08/14

THE HELL DRIVE – TOTALROCK, 08/08/14

Aerosmith – Attitude Adjustment

Kobra And The Lotus – Hold On

John Garcia – Flower

Antropomorphia – Nekrovaginal Secretions

Below – Bid You Farewell

Electric River – Keep The Engine Burning

Morgue Orgy – The Last Of The Summer’s Wine

Darkest Era – Beyond The Grey Veil

– Tattooed Rider

Of Alies – Play Dead

See You In Reno – Check

A Mouth Full Of Matches – Danger High

Decapitated – The Blasphemous Psalm To The Dummy God Creation

Dictated – The Basher

Einherjer – Nidstong

Entrails – Breath Of Blood

Hang The Bastard – Sex In The Seventh Circle

Heartstrong – Chasing Cadence

This Burning Age – Hollow

Escapethecult – Tired Of The Past

Maxdmyz – Grieve

Holy Holy – Holy Holy

Killer Be Killed – Melting Of My Marrow

Mercutio – Back To Nowhere

Black Wolf – Moving Mountains

My Extraordinary – Silly Little Things

Oslo Faenskap – Ni Skin, No Armor

Overkill – Bitter Pill

We Came From Wolves – Paradise Place

Little Matador – Reasons

Sacred Wind – Sacred Wind

Sanctorum – False Idols

1349 – Slaves

Freak Kitchen – Once Upon A Time In Scandinavistan

Playlist 25/07/14

THE HELL DRIVE – TOTALROCK, 25/07/14

Aerosmith – No More No More

(hed) P.E. – One More Body

Godsmack – 1000hp

Accept – Stampede

Alestorm – Drink

Brimstone Coven – Behold, The Anunnaki

Cannibal Corpse – Sadistic Embodiment

Eluveitie – The Call Of The Mountains

Fozzy – Do You Wanna Start A War

Hammerfall – Bushido

Kobra And The Lotus – Soldier

Judas Priest – Redeemer Of Souls

Red Fang – Malverde

John Garcia – My Mind

Goatwhore – Baring Teeth for Revolt

King Of Asgard – Remnant Of The Past

Electric Wizard – I Am Nothing

Skyhabor – Evolution

Double Experience – Who The Hell?

Pennywise – Violence Neverending

The Butterfly Culture – Black & White

Villains – Wicked Ways

Yes – In a World Of Our Own

Slydigs – Soul Ain’t Safe Round Here

Lonely The Brave – Backroads

Channel Zero – Duisternis

Nonpoint – Breaking Skin

Soulfly – Sprial

DeivlDriver – Gutted

Suicide Silence – Cease To Exist

KoRn – Hater

Black Star Riders – Valley Of The Stones

Dethklok – Kill You

Faith No More – Ugly In The Morning

Devin Townsend – Bad Devil

The Djentlemans Sofa – UK Techfest 2014

Playlist 04/07/14

THE HELL DRIVE DOWNLOAD SPECIAL – TOTALROCK, 04/07/14

Aerosmith – Let The Music Do The Talking

Skyharbour –

– Skyharbor interview

TesseracT – Nascent

Fellsilent – Immerse

Monuments – Atlas

-Monuments interview

Monuments – Admit Defeat

Destrage – My Green Neighbour

SikTh – Scent Of The Obscene

-SikTh interview

SikTh – As The Earth Spins Around

Sabaton – Resist And Bite

-Sabaton interview

Sabaton – Cliffs Of Gallipoli

Turisas – Battle Metal

American Head Charge – Just So You Know

-American Head Charge interview

American Head Charge – Loyalty

Limp Bizkit – Everything

Zebrahead – In My Room

-Zebrahead interview

Zebrahead – Playmate Of The Year

Faith No More – Cuckoo For Caca

Devin Townsend – The Greys

Rammstein – Du Riechst So Gut

Queen – The Prophets Song

Sepultura – Sepulnation

System Of A Down – Cigaro

Rage Against The Machine – Guerilla Radio

Queens Of The Stone Age – Feel Good Hit Of The Summer

Lamb Of Good – Beating On Death’s Door

Devin Townsend Project interview 03/07/14

Xander meets the drumming juggernaught of the DTP, RVP! Otherwise known as Ryan Van Poederooyen of the Devin Townsend Project!

Playlist 27/06/14

The Hell Drive – TotalRock, 27/06/14

Aerosmith – Monkey On My Back

Devin Townsend Project – Sunshine And Happiness

Faith No More – Get Out

Dethklok – Murmaider

SikTh – Another Sinking Ship

Destrage – Purania

Expain – Bacchus / Aggressions Progression

Devil You Know – a New Beginning

Dishonour The Crown – Gone To The Dogs

No Sin Evades His Gaze – Age Of Sedation

(hed) P.E. – One More Body

Allegaeon – Dyson Sphere

Belphegor – Gasmask Terror

DevilDriver – Gutted

KoRn – Hater

Madball – Born Strong

Overkill – Armorist

Soulfly – Spiral

Suicide Silence – Cease To Exist

Wovenwar – The Mason

Sister – Slay Yourself

Oslo Faenskap – No Skin, No Armor

Darkest Era – Beyond The Grey Veil

The Algorithm – Will Smith

Ace Frehley – Gimme A Feeling

My Extraordinary – Silly Little Things

Brimstone Coven – The Grave

Black Star Riders – Valley Of The Stones

Phoneys And The Freaks – Writing On The Wall

Bad Company – Can’t Get Enough

System Of A Down – Prison Song

Disturbed – Shout (2000)

Downer – Last Time

Queens Of The Stone Age – Someone’s In The Wolf

Sepultura – Ratamahatta

Kittie – Charlotte

Limp Bizkit – Counterfeit

Amen – The Price Of Reality

Chimaira – Nothing Remains

American Head Charge – Loyalty

 

Playlist 30/05/14

The Hell Drive – TotalRock, 30/05/14

Aerosmith – Pink

Electric River – Calling Out

The Answer – Spectacular (Samba Version)

The BossHoss – God Loves Cowboys

-Nekrogoblikon interview Pt.1

Nekrogoblikon – Friends (In Space)

The Alabama Black Snakes – Ol’ Doctor

Los Pacimonos – Our Favourite Things

The Peckham Cowboys – The Debt Collector

-Nekrogoblikon interview Pt.2

Nekrogoblikon – Nothing But Crickets

Xandria – Dreamkeeper

Arch Enemy – You Will Know My Name

Deathstars – Explode

Entombed A.D. – Bedlam Attack

Expain – Bacchus

Expain – Aggressions Progression

Destrage – My Green Neighbour

-Nekrogoblikon interview Pt.3

Nekrogoblikon – Powercore

Equilibrium – Wirtshaus Gaudi

Dethklok – Kill You

Amaranthe – Invicable

Krokodil – Shatter

-Nekrogoblikon interview Pt.4

Nekrogoblikon – Derailed

Chrysalis – Instant Silence

Counting Days – Life And Death

Bleed From Within – Uprising

Devil You Know – A New Begining

Killer Be Killed – I.E.D.

-Nekrogoblikon interview Pt.5

Nekrogoblikon – Giraffe

IIIrd Alternative – Dark Rift

IAmFire- Eyes Wide Open

-Nekrogoblikon – interview Pt.6

Blues Pills – High Class Woman

Bloody Hammers – The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Seven Hard Years – Angels Fly

Playlist 23/05/14

Playlist 25/05/14 – The Hell Drive, TotalRock

Aerosmith – Drop Dead Gorgeous

Citizen – The Summer

ANiMA – The Sun And The Moon

Stars & Fights – Moral Colour

Mind Museum – One Blood

Uriah Heep – One Minute

Seether – Words As Weapons

IIIrd Alternative – The Great Flood

-Sabaton interview Pt.1

Sabaton – To Hell And Back

…ASIWYFAF – D is for Django the Bastard

Follow You Home – Eyes Wide Open

I Am Fire – Eyes Wide Open

Vista Chino – Barcelonian

Rage – Anybody Home

Anti Mortem – Words Of Wisdom

Ferium – Mirror

Age of Sedation – No Sin Evades His Glory

Bleed From Within – Uprising

Seeking Akira – Paralysed (The Algorithm Remix)

-Sabaton interview Pt. 2

Sabaton – Resist And Bite

GraViL – Enemy Within

Avenged Sevenfold – Welcome To The Family

Judas Priest – March of the Damned

Kadavar – Eye Of The Storm

The Final Chapter – Sins

Sonic Syndicate – Black Hole Halo

Vader – Triumph of Death

Winger – Rat Race

Tankard – Fooled By Your Guts

-Sabaton interview Pt. 3

Sabaton – Carlous Rex (Swedish Version)

Flotsam And Jetsam – No Place For Disgrace

Blues Pills interview 21/05/14

Xander had a chat with the multinational modern psychedelic blues rockers, or at least tried to over a dodgy phone line!

Playlist 16/05/14

Playlist 16/05/14 – The Hell Drive, TotalRock
Aerosmith – Come Together

Turisas – For Your Own Good

Tyr – Hell Hath No Fury

Artillery – Chill My Bones

The Kandidate – The Kill

The Burning – Godless

IIIrd Alternative – Eye Against Eye

-Killer Be Killed interview Pt.1

Killer Be Killed – I.E.D.

Alabama Black Snakes – Lord Don\t break Me

Los Pacimonos – Mi Chorizo

Suburban Legends – Duck Tales

The Answer – Spectacular

Slydigs – Stiff Upper Lip

The Peckham Cowboys – The Debt Collector

-Killer Be Killed interview Pt. 2

Killer Be Killed – Melting Of My Marrow

Brendon Small – Triton

Krokodil – Shatter

-Killer Be Killed interview Pt. 3

Killer Be Killed – Snakes Of Jehova

Suicide Silence – You Can’t Stop Me

Kvelertak – Bruane Brenn

Kataklysm – Fire

Sepultura – Manipulation Of Tragedy

Raging Speedhorn – The Hate Song

Bury Tomorrow – Of Glory

Chrysalis – Instant Silence

-Killer Be Killed Pop Quiz Pt. 1

Killer Be Killed – Twelve Labours

-Killer Be Killed Pop Quiz Pt. 2

Buffalo Summer – She’s All Natural

Amaranthe – Invincable

Playlist 02/05/14

The Hell Drive – TotalRock, 02/05/14

Aerosmith – Love Me Two Times

Fozzy – Light Go Out

The Final Chapter – Sins

The Vintage Caravan – Midnight Meditation

The Taskers – Hogs From Hell

-Suburban Legends Storytime

Vice Squad – Punkrocker

Scorpion Child – Kings Highway

Mount Salem – Good Times

-Suburban Legends Interview Pt 1

Suburban Legends – You’ve Got a Friend In Me

Transplants – Come Around

Jackson Firebird – Red Hair Honey

Grand Magus – Steel Versus Steel

Electric River – In Your Name

Exit State – The Part Of Me

Bloody Hammers – The Town That Dreaded Sundown

-Suburban Legends Interview Pt 2

Suburban Legends – Beauty And The Beast

Los Pacaminos – Dont Make Me Wait Senorita

Bigelf – Alien Frequency

Black Wolf – Mr Maker

The Answer – New Horizon

-Suburban Legends Interview Pt 3

Suburban Legends – Duck Tales

Alabama Black Snakes – Drinking With Myself

Windhand – Orchard

-Suburban Legends Interview Pt 4

Suburban Legends – A Dream Is A Wish

Jurojin – Everyday

Vista Chino – Barcelonian

Sleepers Awake – The Augur

-Suburban Legends Quiz Pt1

Suburban Legends – Colours Of The Wind

-Suburban Legends Quiz Pt 2

Red Fang – Blood Like Cream

Orchid – Mouths Of Madness

Playlist 25/04/14

The Hell Drive – TotalRock, 25/04/14

Aerosmith – Love In Elevator

Suburban Legends – Kiss The Girl

Sabaton – To Hell And Back

Turisas – No Good Story Ever Starts With Drinking Tea

Isklad – Nidingsdad

Equilibrium – Erdentempel

Peckham Cowboys – The Debt Collector

Los Pacaminos – The Girl From Tennessee

-Devil You Know Interview Pt.1

Devil You Know – Seven Years Alone

Soilwork – The Living Infinite

Blind Guardian – You’re The Voice

Tuomas Holopainen – The Last Sled

Sonata Artica – Cloud Factory

Epica – The Essence Of Silence

Edguy – Sabre & Torch

Exist Immortal – Edge Of Infinity

Destrage – Where The Things Have No Colour

Krokodil – Shatter

-Devil You Know Interview Pt.2

Devil You Know – A New Beginning

Caliban – Devil’s Night

Mask Of Judas – Crown The Sun

Obsessive Compulsive – Soul Sucker

Uneven Structure – Eight

Nekrogoblikon – Nothing But Crickets

Brutai – Alpha

Let’s Meet Jesus – Explodo

Baby Godzilla – Trogloraptor

AMH – Sugars Of Someday

-Devil You Know Pop Quiz

Jurojin – Everyday

IIIrd Alternative – Defecit

Bury Tomorrow – Man On Fire

Scott Stapp interview 25/04/14

Xander has a good chat about life with Creed vocalist, Scott Stapp!

Suburban Legends interview 24/04/14

Vince and Brian chat with Xander about Disney and playing the UK!

Playlist 18/04/14

The Hell Drive with Xander, TotalRock – 18/04/14

2001: Space Odyssey OST / Carmina Burana – O Fortuna

Aerosmith – Back In The Saddle

Monuments – The Indulger

Baby Godzilla – A Good Idea Realised

Destrage – My Green Neighbour

Arch Enemy – War Eternal

Delain – Your Body Is A Battleground

Epica – The Essence Of Silence

The Vintage Caravan – Midnight Meditation

-Amaranthe Interview Pt.1

Amaranthe – Invincible

-Amaranthe Interview Pt.2

Soulfly – Master Of Savagery

Killer Be Killed – Wings Of Feather And Wax

Artillery – Chill My Bones (Burn My Flesh)

Iron Maiden – Wicker Man

Suburban Legends – Kiss The Girl

Jurojin – Everyday

Woland – Conquer All

Satyricon – Phoenix

Shining – How Your Story Ends

-Amaranthe Interview Pt.3

Amaranthe – The Nexus

-Amaranthe Interview Pt.4

Sabaton – To Hell And Back

Turisas – Greek Fire

Tyr – Hell Hath No Fury

Nekrogoblikon – Powercore

Gwar – Nothing Left Alive

Kataklysm – Fire

-Amaranthe Pop Quiz

Amaranthe – Burn With Me

Red Fang – Blood Like Cream

Mastodon – Black Tongue

Avatarium – Moonhorse

-Amaranthe Story Time

Mount Salem – Lucid

Playlist 17/04/15

The Hell Drive – TotalRock, 17/04/15

Aerosmith – Home Tonight

Rob Reed – Spectral Mornings

Therapy? – Screamager

Four Year Strong – We All Float Down Here

Klogr – Breaking Down

The Gentle Storm – The Storm

Idle Frets – Aftershow

Black Moth – Looner

Blues Pills – Jupiter

Silenmara – Carbon Dated

Vulgate – The One Who Knocks

Witchgrinder – Bloodlust

The Lovely Eggs – Magic Onion

Perfect Fault – Headstrong

Ginger – (What Ever Happened To) Rock n Roll

Venrez – Children Of The Drones

Defy All Reason – Midnight Train

Sumo Cyco – Fighter

Bearfoot Beware – Thick Black Warpaint

The Kut – I Want You Maniac

InMe – Ivory Elder

Zodiac – Holding On (Live)

Anti-Flag – Sky Is Falling

Eva Plays Dead – Wonderland

La Shark – AAA

This Wild Life – Bound To Break

Heidevolk – Vinland

Motorhead – Hellraiser

Kamelot – Insomnia

Unleashed – Defenders Of Midgard

Spitfire – Fuel To Burn

Civil War – Bay Of Pigs

Sirenia – Once My Light

Pvris – St. Patrick

Lower Than Atlantis – Words Don’t Come So Easily

Idiom – True Story

Thomas Nicholas – Security

Allusondrugs – Am I Weird?

Amaranthe interview 11/04/14

Xander meets Jake and Olof to find out what it’s about!

Amaranthe Q&A 05/04/14

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Xander: …Your videos, great videos to watch, but your top four (The Nexus, Burn With Me, Amaranthine and Hunger) have scored almost 16 million views, that’s astonishing!! What’s your secret?

Johan: Hahaha… I could tell you but I would have to kill you straight away! haha!!! No… seriously… I think our “secret” is that we dare to go all the way in and make this full production action like movies, not too many have done that and when it comes to us we simply wont do anything halfway, it’s 110% or not at all!

Read the full interview here at MetalTalk.net!

Killer Be Killed interview 21/03/14

Xander chats with Greg about the band formation and creativeness!

Sabaton interview 20/03/14

Xander catches up with Pär Sundstöm for a chat about touring, festivals and playing on exercise bikes!

Devil You Know interview 20/03/14

HoJo opens up to Xander about the issues that caused him to leave Killswitch Engage and the creation of Devil you Know!

Soulfly Interview 28/02/14

Xander meets a hero!! Having a chat with Max about Soulfly, Sepultura, Cavalera Conspiracy and Killer Be Killed!

Woland – ‘Hyperion’

*NORDIC NOIZE: VOLUME 28*

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24th February 2014

Indie Recordings

“Woland have brought light onto Black Metal, this is a debut to be proud of!” ★★★★★

Read the full review here at MetalTalk.net!

Nekrogoblikon – ‘Power’

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27th August 2013

“All round good family fun!” ★★★✦☆

Read the full review here at MetalTalk.net!

Destrage – ‘Are You Kidding Me? No.’

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3rd March 2014

Metal Blade

“Fuck me in the ear, I just found my new favourite band”. ★★★★★

Read the full review here at MetalTalk.net!

Triple Threat: Cilice @UKTMF

cilice2Triple Threat: Cilice interview, album and live review

Uk Tech-Metal Fest 2013, Peterborough

Read the article here at MetalTalk.net!

View my photo set here!

Avatarium – ‘Avatarium’

*NORDIC NOIZE” VOLUME 27*

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22nd November 2013

Nuclear Blast

“I don’t see any reason for anyone not to like this album” ★★★★★

Read the full review here at MetalTalk.net!

Týr – ‘Valkyrja’

*NORDIC NOISE: VOLUME 28*

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16th September 2013

Metal Blade

“An hour of awesome folk metal that should be in your lives!”  ★★★★☆

Read the full review here at MetalTalk.net!

Live: American Head Charge and RSJ

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The Met Lounge, Peterborough

24th November 2013

What a great night, UK metallers, RSJ, ripped it out and up! And great to see AHC back on stage with some new strong material too! Read the review here at MetalTalk.net! ★★★★☆

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Satyricon – ‘Satyricon’

*NORDIC NOIZE: VOLUME 26*

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SATYRICON – ‘SATYRICON’

9th September 2013

Road Runner/Nuclear Blast

“This album is pure doom!” ★★✧☆☆

Read the full review here at MetalTalk.net!

Interview with Kobra And The Lotus

INTERVIEW with KOBRA PAIGE from KOBRA AND THE LOTUS

1424410_10151712072471487_1570126854_nRock City, Nottingham  – 08/11/13

“I had a really bad one that my dad came in and shot all of my family members and I woke up hysterical!”

Read the full interview here at MetalTalk.net!

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