ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 2 JUNE, 2012 When last Loud spoke to Simon Berzerker of Assaulter, the band was about to do their first ever tour, hitting the east coast capitals with their own flavour of…
ANDY STRACHAN: Following the Sun
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 3 FEBRUARY, 2016 Best known as the drummer for The Living End, one of Australia’s greatest rock bands, Andy Strachan has been using the downtime offered by his band’s…
FRENZAL RHOMB: Indolence and Avian Assault
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 30 OCTOBER 2011 It’s Tuesday morning and Lindsay McDougall, radio host, occasional TV presenter and tattooed love-child guitar player for Sydney punk upstarts Frenzal Rhomb is calling in. Following…
EMBRACE ETERNITY: Forging Forever
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 18 OCTOBER 2010 Embrace Eternity is a Brisbane band that’s gone through some ups and downs and disbanded at least once before. Now they’re on track with a steady…
HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER: Southern Sludge From the North
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 18 OCTOBER 2010 High Plains Drifter is a stoner band from Brisbane. In late ’09 they released their debut album Heaven on Your Minds. Loud got Liam Guy to catch up with…
THE HARD-ONS: Back for the Attack
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 29 NOVEMBER 2012 “He still suffers from vertigo and it still affects his 3D vision and stuff. I don’t think you can treat head injuries lightly. Unlike a broken…
DREAM ON DREAMER: Dreaming No More
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 22 JULY 2011 Melbourne sextet Dream On, Dreamer has already had a busy 2011 and it doesn’t look like slowing down soon, either. With their album completed and a…
DEVOUR THE MARTYR: Crushing the Addicition
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 23 AUGUST 2012 Perth’s Devour the Martyr sprang up out of nowhere in 2011 with a scorching debut EP and before long were out on the national highways touring…
DEAD LETTER CIRCUS: Let the Carnival Begin
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 27 NOVEMBER 2012 Having completed their apprenticeship via extensive touring throughout Australia, Brisbane’s Dead Letter Circus blew the proverbial doors open with chart-topping 2010 debut LP This is the Warning….
DEAD IN A SECOND: The End of Fashion
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON 24 JUNE 2012 Dead in a Second is the new project from Thousand Needles in Red guitarist and songwriter Tristan “Trizo” Bouillaut. The axeman briefly talked to Loud about their new…