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A few years ago Paul would have been writer most likely to go to Amsterdam on a moments notice to watch 10 goregrind bands play and report back after sampling some of Holland's finest. Now he is happy to report on the easy listening delights of the most brutal death metal (and Dark Quarterer perversely) from his London homebase as he's busy cultivating a future generation of heavy metal maniacs through the miracle of reproduction (with the consent of his wife, Louisa, obviously)

Paul’s Posts:

11PARANOIAS: PSYCHEDELIC DOOM PATHFINDERS UNEARTH THEIR RELIQUARY FOR A DREAMED OF WORLD

Back in Iron Fist #11 (Summer 2014) Paul Schwarz met with Bong’s Mike Vest to find out about the beast that was 11 Paranoias. Now back with their latest report from the frontiers of heavy psychedelic rock, the trio of Adam Richardson (Ramesses), Mike Vest (Bong) and Nathan Perrier (Satan’s Wrath) have once more aroused gargantuan … Read More

KING HEAVY INTERVIEW: “THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI IS PURE DOOM”

A South American band with a Belgian singer, King Heavy have a story as inspiring as their doom-drenched heavy metal. That the four-piece assembled in one place for the first time back in 2014 to tour Chile, Peru and Ecuador – vocals and music for both 2012’s ‘Horror Absoluto’ EP … Read More

Necrophagia – White Worm Cathedral

Delay amplifies expectation. Two years on from when it was originally slated, Necrophagia‘s fifth full-length since their 1998 resurrection by the riffs of an initially incognito Phil Anselmo is finally with us. Taking its cues from the stunning sidestep that was 2003’s ‘The Divine Art Of Torture’, ‘White Worm Cathedral’ … Read More

INTO BATTLE: NIGHT DEMON

“I may lose a lot of underground cred and some hipster points here, but I believe in being completely honest.” Jarvis Leatherby isn’t kidding about honesty. Corresponding with us by email from the three-piece’s 60-date headlining tour of the US, Night Demon‘s bassist and vocalist is big enough to admit that … Read More

INTO BATTLE: GHOLD

On September 11th, 2011 a beast called Ghold was born. Well technically it was called The Judas Ghoat, but even that name came later. Two aspiring guitarists got together and started playing, writing and recording music. They wrote with more people in mind, but in the long-run, they would be … Read More

MOTÖRHEAD INTERVIEW: “WE STILL INTEND GOING FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE”

When we knew MOTÖRHEAD were coming out with a new album, despite all the rumours of Lem’s ill health, we knew we wanted to catch up with the band that gave us our name for our birthday issue. PAUL SCHWARZ got to talking ‘Head with guitarist PHIL CAMPBELL and found … Read More

VOLTURE INTERVIEW: “MAKING THIS ALBUM WAS LIKE A ROCKY TRAINING CAMP”

“We got drunk with Satan, man! It was pretty cool.” You read Iron Fist, so the fact that Ryan Waste of trad metallers Volture is referring to the NWOBHM legends and not the dark overlord surely doesn’t make this story any less enticing. “Wings Of Metal in Montreal, that’s the festival I … Read More

HIT THE LIGHTS: VOIVOD + DOOM

VOIVOD + DOOM LONDON GARAGE Tonight is all about surprises. Special guests Doom surprise by delivering a digestible set. Firmly crust – they lack the necessary graft and craft to be grind – it’s nonetheless obvious why these British veterans influenced so many. Loud and explosive, a battering attack of dreadlocks, black … Read More

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