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HEAVY Music Interviews

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All the latest music interviews from the team at HEAVY Magazine.

HEAVY interviews the worlds leading rock, punk, metal and beyond musicians in the heavy universe of music.

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  • Putting On A Show With TOM KIELY From PATIENT SIXTY-SEVEN

    Putting On A Show With TOM KIELY From PATIENT SIXTY-SEVEN
    Apr 3 2026
    Interview by Kris Peters
    Patient Sixty-Seven have become one of the most compelling and community‑driven voices in modern metalcore - a band built not on hype or industry shortcuts, but on heart, resilience, and the belief that heavy music can be a lifeline. Emerging from the isolated but fiercely creative city of Perth, Australia, P67 have spent the past decade turning personal struggle into connection, and connection into a movement that now has reached metalcore fans across the globe.
    From their earliest releases, Patient Sixty-Seven stood out for their emotional honesty - songs that didn’t shy away from fear, grief, or self‑doubt, but instead embraced them as part of the human experience. That vulnerability resonated deeply, helping the band build a loyal, engaged, and heartfelt community long before the industry took notice. Fans didn’t just listen; they shared stories, found comfort in the lyrics, and formed bonds with each other that extended far beyond the music.
    Now, Patient Sixty-Seven are stepping into their most significant chapter yet. In May this year, the band will join Of Mice & Men and Crystal Lake on a major Australian tour - a career‑defining moment that places them alongside some of the most influential names in modern heavy music. It’s a testament to how far they’ve come, and a signal of where they’re headed next.
    HEAVY caught up with vocalist Tom Kiely to find out more. One of the topics of discussion is how the band approaches major International supports. Do they go out there to warm the crowd up and play a role, or do they attack it with more vigour and go out there with a view to blowing everyone else off stage?
    "I think for us, we just want to be ourselves," Tom measured. "I think obviously we want to make sure that we bring a high level of energy and intensity, because we know that ultimately our role on the tour is to get the crowd warmed up; to get the crowd moving; to get the crowd excited for the bands that are coming after us. By doing that it leans nicely into what we like to do anyway, which is play with a lot of energy and get the crowd involved. We try to be interactive and try and bring that spark to the stage and after our set's finished, hopefully people are even more excited for the next few bands.
    Opening is always tricky because you know the crowd's definitely still getting warmed up and maybe not moving as much, so it's our job to shake off any cobwebs people have if they haven't been to a show in a while. We do what we can to get people banging their heads and maybe getting a mosh pit going. We find that a lot of the times once you start talking to the crowd and interacting with them there's a lot of people who are ready to get moving. If we can get a few mosh pits going, that'll be a highlight for sure (laughs)."
    In the full interview, Tom talked more about the run of shows with Of Mice & Men and Crystal Lake, where they fit in with the line-up, what to expect from their live show and what three songs concert goers can listen to in order to get to know the band before the shows.
    He also spoke about curating a set list to appeal to fans of the headliners while also playing their strongest material, how far advanced work is on their new album, what direction it is going to take musically and more.
    Of Mice & Men 2026 Australian Tour Dates With Crystal Lake
    Tuesday 5th May – PERTH, Magnet House
    Thursday 7th May – ADELAIDE, Lion Arts Factory
    Friday 8th May – MELBOURNE, 170 Russell
    Saturday 9th May – SYDNEY, Manning Bar
    Sunday 10th May – BRISBANE, The Triffid
    Tickets https://thephoenix.au/of-mice-and-men/


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    13 m
  • Ready To Rock With JACOBY SHADDIX From PAPA ROACH

    Ready To Rock With JACOBY SHADDIX From PAPA ROACH
    Apr 2 2026
    Interview by Kris Peters
    Australia and New Zealand, big things are coming! In just a matter of days, two musical heavyweights will begin a colossal arena run, with Florida hybrid heavies A DAY TO REMEMBER and California mainstays PAPA ROACH joining forces for the BIG ROCK TOUR, joined by special guests LANDMVRKS.
    Set to commence on Saturday, April 4 in Perth, A DAY TO REMEMBER and PAPA ROACH will journey the BIG ROCK TOUR through Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane arenas, before closing out in Auckland on Wednesday 15 April.
    Two-time GRAMMY-nominated and Platinum-selling rockers PAPA ROACH have perfected evolution and raw power over the course of 30 years. Hailing from Vacaville, California and forming back in the early 90s, PAPA ROACH embody resilience in every sense of the word.
    Teaming up with The Used in 2023 for a double-header Australian run, PAPA ROACH balanced fan-favourites with plenty of surprises for their Aussie fans. And if the walls could talk at any of the countless venues PAPA ROACH have played throughout their careers across the globe, both as the main event and alongside Red Hot Chili Peppers, Limp Bizkit, Eminem and more, the resounding sentiment would be that PAPA ROACH aren't just revered for their longevity; this is a band who can adapt, survive and thrive, brandishing an underdog spirit with prime-time appeal. And they'll be bringing it with spades alongside A DAY TO REMEMBER.
    HEAVY sat down with frontman Jacoby Shaddix to chat more.
    "It's gonna be a banger of a tour, man. We're super excited about it," he beamed. "I've been anticipating this one for a minute, so it's great to be here in Australia, and great to be on the Big Rock Tour - I love that name too (laughs)."
    We ask what has changed with Papa Roach since they were here last with The Used in 2023.
    "Oh man…" he measured. "A bunch of new music. We've been writing new music and we've got something that we're really excited about. We've been releasing new music and we've had some great successes recently worldwide that are just blowing my mind. We've got this song right now, Wake Up Calling, that's in it's third week at number one in the rock charts in America which is awesome. To be stepping into 2026 and kicking it off here in Australia is going to be amazing. We've got a big year planned ahead of us so there's a lot of good things going on in the P Roach world."
    Down the track we dive deeper into the history of Papa Roach, touching on the success of their second album Infest and what his initial thoughts of the album were.
    "It was special to us," he recalled, smiling "I really feel that we thought we had something special, we just didn't know the world was gonna connect with it in such a way that they did. We thought we were gonna put out an album, tour in a van and maybe sell 150, 200 000 records, and that's not what happened (smiles). We put out an album and it was like a rocket ship ride to the top. I didn't know how to handle fame. I didn't know how to handle success, and it was just a very wild time for us. I'll tell you this, we had a lot of great times in that era and a lot of big wins and a lot of big moments. I look back upon that time of my life with a lot of… there were great moments that I was proud of, and then there were moments that I was like 'man, I regret that'. There's no handbook to becoming famous. There were moments that I handled it gracefully, and moments that I just went at it like an idiot."
    In the full interview, Jacoby talks more about the tour and what to expect, the three bands on the Big Rock Tour and how they compliment each other, the early days of Papa Roach, the success of Infest, sticking to their own path musically, mental health and more.
    Tickets from www.destroyalllines.com


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    13 m
  • Embracing Perpetual Selection With FERDI From VANTA

    Embracing Perpetual Selection With FERDI From VANTA
    Apr 2 2026
    Interview by Kris Peters
    Perth based melodic death metal outfit VANTA returned with their debut full length album Perpetual Selection on March 13, a cinematic andconcept driven record that explores humanity’s darker instincts through the lens of cosmic horror, mythology and dystopian sci-fi.
    Perpetual Selection is a sonic and visual journey inspired by Indonesian dark folklore and survival horror games to the brutal sci-fi landscapes of Dune and Warhammer 40K, transforming real world anxieties into symbolic narratives of monsters, collapse and rebirth. At its core, the album honours melodeath roots by fusing the aggression and heaviness of modern american death metal with the folkiness and melodic sway of early euro death metal.
    The band literally ‘breaks down’ trauma, inner collapse and humanity’s obsession with forces it barely understands in songs like Stillwater and Sacred Light. VANTA’s creativity and experimentation in different extreme sub-genres can be heard throughout this album and is a bold statement that the pack are not afraid to push the boundaries and even make some of you...uncomfortable. As well as their sound, their art, lyrics and their symbolic music videos such as Kuyang, Empty Shells and Alchemy mirror the reality that is currently unfolding before us.
    HEAVY spoke with drummer Ferdi to find out more, asking him to dive deeper into the musical side of the album.
    "We want to explore the darker side of humanity and just where we're heading in general," he began. "Like you see all the things unfolding before our eyes and just around us. Compared to our Gravemind era, we sort of like touched on that more traditional Euro mellodeath sound. Like the Gothenburg riffs, the kind of early Children Of Bodum sound, and a mix with Dahlia nuance.
    But with this album - because we wanted to explore more into the whole narrative about collapse and rebirth and just where the society is heading in general, we wanted something more extreme, more aggressive. And the three of us all love black metal very much. We love the early Dimmu Borgir gear, the Belphegor sort of sound, and the early Behemoth riffs. But all in all, the core sound is still MelloDeath and just blending it in more with modern influences, I would say."


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    11 m
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