“It blows my mind that we can still connect” with new audiences, vocalist/guitarist Brandon Evans admitted in my New Noise interview ahead of the post-hardcore band’s performance in Texas.
City of Caterpillar Want Oblivion Access Set to Make People’s Skin Crawl
Posted in Interviews with tags City of Caterpillar on 06/14/2023 by Kurt OrzeckGodflesh’s Justin Broadrick: ‘I Feel the Same at 53 as I Did at 13’
Posted in Interviews with tags Godflesh, Justin Broadrick on 06/14/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCheck out the very rare and very recent interview I conducted with of the most legendary underground-metal musicians of all time, Godflesh and Jesu frontman Justin Broadrick, for FLOOD.
Cloak Frontman on Making ‘A Monumental Piece in the History of the Band’
Posted in Interviews with tags Cloak, Oblivion Access on 06/13/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCatch up with Cloak in my just-published New Noise interview with Scott Taysom, who spoke about the black-metal band’s game-changing new LP and Cloak’s gig tonight at Oblivion Access.
Cloud Rat Ready to Infest Oblivion Festival
Posted in Interviews with tags Cloud Rat on 06/13/2023 by Kurt OrzeckRead a preview of this year’s Oblivion Access festival in Austin through the eyes of punk-rock miscreants Cloud Rat, in my brand-new interview with them for New Noise:
Covet Leader Details Dark Chapter in Band’s Past
Posted in Interviews with tags Covet on 06/12/2023 by Kurt OrzeckRead this extremely intimate, recent conversation I conducted for New Noise with Covet leader Yvette Young, in which she opens up about enduring abuse in the band:
Pallbearer Done Recording New LP, Eying 2024 Release
Posted in Interviews with tags Oblivion Access, Pallbearer on 06/11/2023 by Kurt OrzeckCheck out the major scoop we got this week from Oblivion Access participant and doom-metal monarchs Pallbearer for New Noise:
Bosse-de-Nage to Debut New Song at Oblivion Access
Posted in Interviews with tags Bosse-de-Nage, Oblivion Access on 06/10/2023 by Kurt OrzeckNew Noise published two exclusive news stories from The Bad Penny this week, one of which came from a rare, new interview with Oblivion Access participant and experimental black-metal purveyors Bosse-de-Nage:
Teke::Teke’s ‘Hagata’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Teke::Teke on 06/08/2023 by Kurt OrzeckWitch’s ‘Zango’: Two Cent Review
Posted in Album Reviews, Reviews with tags Witch on 06/05/2023 by Kurt OrzeckOmnium Gatherum Vocalist Shares Secret to Staying ‘OG’ Melodic Death Metal
Posted in Interviews with tags Omnium Gatherum on 06/04/2023 by Kurt OrzeckOmnium Gatherum dropped a new EP on Friday that the band’s vocalist says bridges the gap between releases. While Jukka Pelkonen hinted at an evolution in Omnium Gatherum’s melodic death metal sound, he promised the Finlanders won’t abandon their “OG” metal roots. Read my extensive interview with him for New Noise.













