Here at The Launch Pad we believe in having fun, yes, even metal doesn’t need to be serious! We also love cheesecake and we want to know what the stars favourite flavour of cheesecake is! You’d also be surprised at how passionate these hairy sweaty metal heads are when it comes to the awesome power of this baked desert, so; What is their favourite Cheesecake?..
Daniel Henderson (Aghast) – “I’m a big fan of the classic fruit cheesecakes and when it comes to baked cheesecake it has to be berries, but for normal cheesecakes, if its not a chocolate brownie cheesecake it would probably be a banoffee pie cheesecake, which has a lot to do with not being able to choose between toffee and fruits!”
Leah Woodward (Aliases) – “My two downfalls are curry and cheesecake mmm
I like toffee and cream cheesecake with white chocolate flakes, blueberry orrrr raspberry with a toffee biscuit base & burnt sugar top!”
#1: CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE: (11)
- Zoltán Farkas (Ektomorf)
- Kory Clarke (Warrior Soul)
- Internal Conflict (Unanimous)
- Sky (King Lizard – Chocolate Brownie)
- Dale Chapman (Imicus) – A well made double choc cheesecake is heaven in a cake tin!
- Nicholas Plews (Aghast!) – Literally ANY cheesecake! But if I have to choose – double chocolate cheesecake
- Vicky Gregory (Bloodstock-Open-Air) – if its not chocolate I’m not interested!
- Somi Arian (Mortad)
- Matt Hayday (OutCryFire) – “Chris’ Outrageous Cheesecake” – Layers of Moist Chocolate Cake, Chewy Brownie, Toasted Coconut-Pecan Frosting and Creamy Chocolate Chip Coconut Cheesecake……. GET… IN …. MY …. BELLY!
- Lisa Coverdale (Hold Tight! PR) – Nigella Lawsons triple chocolate indulgence cheesecake. It’s amazing, you can put on three stone just looking at it!
- Billy Grey (Fozzy)
#2: STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE: (10)
- Sean (The Blackout)
- Zack (Affluenza)
- Frank (Anterior) – & Banoffee
- Melinda Gareh – Strawberry Cream Cheesecake
- Agamoth Abgott (Abgott) – with McVities cookies
- Dan Baker (Imicus) – closely followed by toffee
- Maurizio Iacono (Kataklysm/Ex Deo)
- Tom (Motherload)
- Steve Williams (Power Quest)
- Ant Knight (Gehtika)
- Hans (Inner Eden)
- Milena (Shush)
- Lora Leigh (Siren/ex-Fuel Girl) – from LA
- Amy “Hag” Harris (Nympherno) – with Chocolate on a chocolate biscuit base. Ridiculously good!!
- Natalie Caulton (The Smears) – It’s smooth and glides sensually down your throat without any nasty after tones…
- Mike Pitman (Xerath)
- Mark Halls (Fei Comodo)
- David Ryder-Pragley (Rachel Stamp)
- Hayley Leggs (Nypherno/Bloodstock Radio)
- Kevin Letford (Red Enemy) – the perfect combination for a stroke!!
- James Rayment (Oaf)
- Chris (Gehtika)
#3 BLUEBERRY CHEESECAKE: (6)
Robin Guy – any is good though, I’d also rock some Banoffee. Also free Cheesecake andJack Daniels Cheesecake. I’ve never tried it, but if someone wants to make it…- Gary Holt (Exodus/Slayer) – Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream!
- Leanne James (Model)
- Kylie Olsson (Presenter)
- Ryan Waste (Municipal Waste)
- John Campbell (Lamb Of God)
- Lauri Ylönen (The Rasmas)
- Myke Gray (Skin)
- Velvet (Affluenza)
- Chris Dale (Sack Trick/Tank)
- Scott Allen (Gehtika)
- Pach Pawar (of-the-i)
- “Animal” Andy Spence (Starseed/The Spindle Sec) – or Nutella; receipe
- Omar Abidi (Fightstar) – served @ Square Diner, Corner of Varick & Leonard, TriBeCa, Manhattan… Nothing quite like it!
- Peter Ellis (Monument)
- John Boecklin (DevilDriver) – hard cheese
- William & Nick (William Control) – Cheesecake Factory!
- Mark Hunter (Chimaira) – with Chocolate!
- Nicolas Soteri (Inner Rage) – and fudge
- Vikka Spit (Spit Like This) – with chocolate
- Rob Clensom (Fei Comodo) – from ASDA
- Helena Linder (Model) – from a restuarant in Lowestoft: with Banana ice cream and passionfruit sauce! Lush!!
- Clare Noizee (AntiProduct/Joey Ramone) – cannot be beaten for decedent deliciousness!!!! With a larger helping of banoffee pie after!!!!
- Matt Church (Against The Flood)
- Jeff (The Dillinger Escape Plan)
- Roxanna Shirazi (Writer)
- Mick Tucker (Tank) – monchou with a topping of sour cherries erruugg lekker
- Chris Jericho (Fozzy/WWE)
RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE: (4)
- Ian Slack (Drugdealer Cheerleader) – with vanilla, yum yum!!
- James Monteith (TesseracT)
- Alex Kane (AntiProduct) – with tuna of course
- Connor Meighan (Mia Klose) or summer fruits

MANDARIN CHEESECAKE: (3)
- Paul Ortiz (Chimp Spanner – pic)
- Simon Hall (Beholder) – with Elderflower and Lychee sprinkled with those hundreds and thousands things – you know the ones that break ya teeth.
- Sarah Firebrand (ex-Firebrand/ex-Tiger Tailz)
CHOCOLATE CHIP CHEESECAKE: (3)
- Corey Pierce (God Forbid) – with fudge & cinnamon on top
- Tim Millar (Protest The Hero)
- Phil Bozeman (Whitechapel) – with cookie dough
KEY LIME CHEESECAKE: (3)
- Nick Magee (Sanguine) – although it has ‘pie’ in the title…..it aint no pie….its a filthy limey cheese cake that ‘wants it’
- Nathan Phillips (Basick! Records)
- Dom Lawson (Oaf)
MUMS: (2)
- Bobby Burns (Soulfly)
- Merlin Alderslade (Metal Hammer)
PLAIN CHEESECAKE: (2)
- Cletus (Affluenza)
- Dave Sherwood (Amulet/ex-Virus) – with a strawberry in the middle
MINT CHEESECAKE: (2)
- Anthony (Eights N Aces) – mint chocolate
- Philly (Gamma Bomb) – mint areo
VEGAN CHEESECAKE: (2)
- Mia Klose – with berries
- Karl Middleton (earthtone9)
BLACKFOREST CHEESECAKE: (2)
- Chirs Clark (Xerath)
- Darrin South (Sacred Mother Tongue)
BLACKCURRANT CHEESECAKE: (1)
- Kelli Compulsive (Obsessive Compulsive)
CARAMEL CHEESECAKE: (1)
- Jeff Scott Soto –Cheesecake Factory
CHOCOLATE & BANANA CHEESECAKE: (1)
- Dan Miller (Imicus)
LEMON & GINGER CHEESECAKE: (1)
- Louise Brown (previously editor of Terrorizer – receipe)
MANGO & RASPBERRY CHEESECAKE: (1)
- Laurance Meade (Hero In Error) – Exclusively purchased at “Avoca” in Dublin City!
CREAMY CHEESECAKE: (1)
- Kelly Sundown Carpenter (Firewind)
VANILLA & STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE: (1)
- Jack Doolan (Cypher16)
PISTACHIO & HONEY: (1)
- Dan (Motherload)
ANY/ALL CHEESECAKE: (1)
- Rich Thomson (Xerath)
NECTARINE CHEESECAKE: (1)
- Owen Williams (Xerath)
PECAN CHEESECAKE: (1)
- JF (Kataklysm/Ex Deo)
Random Cheesecakes:
- Municiple Waste – Period Blood Cheesecake
- Axeman (Wolf) – The one in my fridge right now or one from Israel – Citrus
- Andy (Shush) – Any as long as it has a biscuit bass
- Dean (Shush) – Starbucks)
- Keef Gibbs (Dead Identities) – Gregg’s London Cheesecake
- Gerald Gill (Starseed) – Beer!!!!!!!!
- Paul Rooney (Vice Squad) – Yorkshire Pudding Cheese Cake with Guinness & Onion Gravy!
- Beki (Vice Squad) – Johnny Depp!
- Jay Postones (TesseracT) – Meat!
- Spencer Sotelo (Periphery) – Red Velvet cheesecake for sure!
- Willy Norton (NeonFly) – White Shark
- The Earls Of Mars – Gunniess
Can’t Eat/Won’t Eat:
- Kieron Fensome-Deane (Showgirl Suicide) – I hate cheesecake!
- Vikki Blows (Model )– Don’t like cheese!
- JJ (The Stranglers) – Don’t like cheesecake
- Pablo (Breed 77) – Can’t eat dairy
- Chris R. Wright (Actor) – Like cheese and cake, but not cheesecake. Maybe lemon?
- Anne (Knob Rock) – not a huge fan!
- Benji Webbe (Skindred) – Don’t like it
- Lord Zion (Spit Like This) – I don’t eat cheesecake but, if I did, I would want it to be sweet & sour chicken flavoured
- Oz (Motherload)
Xander: New York Cheesecake with chocolate chip.
C Bass (The Launch Pad @ Hermitage FM): The Cheesecake Company Cookies & Cream Cheesecake or Mongy’s Chocolate & Vanilla Cheesecake.
Thrash Hits posted a crazy article about some jack ass being the greatest rock star at the moment. I thought it was a bit weird that they liked him but no one responded if it was a joke – turns out it was, phew! But it got me thinking as to whom really is pretty damn awesome and deserves the credit?..
Mr. B-O-A-holder himself, SIMON HALL!
See why here at MetalTalk.net!
The Junction, Cambridge
Wednesday 24th October 2012
Read my live review here for the DTP warm up gig for The Retinal Circus!
KORN – LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM
4th September 2012
Shout! Factory
“…a great of selection of tracks and apart from being there yourself there’s not really anything else you could ask for.” ★★☆☆☆
Read the full review here at MetalTalk.net!
28th September 2012
Nuclear Blast
“After many listens ‘X’ hasn’t exactly grown on me. It’s not a rubbish album but it doesn’t grasp my attention…” ★☆☆☆☆
Read the full review here at MetalTalk.net!
23rd July 2012
Roadrunner
‘Antennas To Hell’ is the perfect compilation and exactly what I wish for from a ‘Greatest Hits’. ★★★★★
Read the full review here at MetalTalk.net!
27th August 2012
Century Media
“…this is the tightest band you will ever here and what you hear here is how they do it live. The chugs are insanely accurate with instant muting – no sustain here!” ★★★☆☆
Read the full review here at MetalTalk.net!
17th August 2012
Nuclear Blast
“…there’s no doubt that you should get this album and those who are fond of folk Metal but get easily bored, this could be the band for you!” ★★★☆☆
Read the full review here at MetalTalk.net!
4th June 2012
CENTURY MEDIA
“Without a doubt there is no reason you shouldn’t have ‘Prisoners’ in your collection as it will appeal to all Metal fans, especially of Mathcore and Metalcore. ★★★★★”
Read the full review here at MetalTalk.net!
Copenhell as a festival really is a blooming product from Live Nation, this festival was kick ass and the lineup and performances were seriously good.
Read the full review here at MetalTalk.net!
Yup, been every year! Too much to highlight just a few things so you’ll just have to go read the whole article here at MetalTalk.net!

TesseracT – Perspective’ [EP]
21st May 2012
Century Media
“The EP has a groovy vibe and has a larger presence of an ambient atmosphere than previous releases.”
Read the full review here at PureRawk.com!
MUSTASCH Interviewed @ Voxhall, Aarhus, 14/03/12
During their promotional tour for new album “Looks Like Hell, Sounds Like Heaven”, Xander met up with guitarist, David, and new drummer, Jejo, at Voxhall in Aarhus, Denmark.
Xander: Drink of choice?
David: What do you call this? (holding a bottle of Ceres)
X: Umm, beer?!
(laughs)
D: Haha yeah ok, I like beer.
Read the full interview here at PureRawk.com!
November 2011
“Now here is some good energy… This is one hell of an album!” ★★★☆☆
You can read the full review here at PureRawk.com!
ROADRUNNER RECORDS
24th January 2012
“There is nothing BAD about Resolution, there is just nothing especially good about it…” ★✩✩✩✩
Read the full review here at PureRawk.com!
MASTODON & Red Fang live at Voxhall, Aarhus – 17/01/12
Tonight sees a first for the city as days after their 12th anniversary, progressive metal giants, Mastodon, come to town.
“What a gig to start the new year off – and the hairiest night since the Vikings left!”
Read the full review here at PureRawk.com!
MIDNIGHT REALM – SOLARIS (Single)
Polarissima EP
2012
“Well it’s about time the great north gave us another quality act…” ★★★★☆
Read the full review here at PureRawk.com!
SILENT SCREAMS – WHEN IT RAINS
Ghost Music
24th October 2011
“…massively tight and the quality of this album is stella!” ★☆☆☆☆
Read the full review here at PureRawk.com.
Basick Records
31st October 2011
“The musical love child of Devin Townsend and TeseracT!” ★★★★☆
Read the full review here at PurerRawk.com!
The digital release of IIIA is availble on iTunes or Bandcamp as a ‘name your price’ download – http://www.iiirdalternative.bandcamp.com.
What the press says…
“An incredible album that cannot be ignored” Jake Rivett, Culture Bomb
“This album is purely a masterclass” The Sludge Lord
“IIIA is a creative and powerful delight and a wonderful showing that music does not need words” The Ringmaster, Reputation Radio
“An instrumental album that draws on the dense neck-jarring grooves of Russian Circles and one that drops off to envelop you like so many other purveyors of dark, progressive and thickly ambient music.” JohnSkiBeat
Basick Records
27th June 2011
“…one of the best things I’ve heard all year, you really need this!” ★★★★☆
Red the full review here at PureRawk.com!
7 HORNS 7 EYES – CONVALESCENCE
Basick Records
12th July 2011
“Structurally thought out and melodically thorough…” ★★★★☆
Read the full review here at PureRawk.com.
MISHKIN – ROW AWAY FROM THE ROCKS
6th June 2011
“I like the (vocal) variation which gives diversity to the tracks. The guitars are perfectly written…” ★★✦☆☆
Read the full review here at PureRawk.com.
I actually almost feel like it is my duty to keep an eye on Monuments as I have been lucky enough to share many of the bands moments, so I want to get to the root of things and find out what’s going on ahead of their next performance at the tech metal festival, Euroblast…
Read the full interview here @ PureRawk.com.
Euroblast: Volume 7 happens on October 21st & 22nd in Köln, Germany. For the full lineup and tickets visit the festivals website: www.euroblast.net.













































