AnthraxReported 2005
Frank Bello and the reunion-era interview
Frank Bello spoke to PyroMusic ahead of Anthrax’s 2005 reunion tour.
Read the background →FROM THE EARLIER PAGES
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These are newly written, sourced background notes on historical coverage. Original interviews, review text and photographs are not reproduced.
Interviews
All 25 ↗The people behind the riffs. Background on conversations cited by the old metal press.
Armored SaintReported 2009
Joey Vera: recording plans and band priorities
Joey Vera’s PyroMusic conversation caught Armored Saint preparing to record again.
Read the background →Bleeding ThroughReported 2010
Brandan Schieppati: a new-album conversation
Brandan Schieppati discussed Bleeding Through’s next record with PyroMusic’s Brendan Crabb in an interview excerpted on 4 April 2010.
Read the background →Blood DusterReported 2007
Jason PC: rock, grind and doing it themselves
Goreripper spoke with Jason PC on 7 May 2007 about separating Blood Duster’s different musical interests into rock, grind and drone material.
Read the background →Record notes
All 8 ↗Albums that left a trail. Record backgrounds and listening questions from the earlier pages.
50 LionsReported 2007
Time Is the Enemy: record background
50 Lions’ debut album Time Is the Enemy arrived through Resist Records in 2007, following the Byron Bay band’s earlier seven-inch and EP releases.
Read the background →Black HarvestEarlier coverage
Mute: the original 2005 record review
The recovered PyroMusic page identifies Mute as Black Harvest’s independent 2005 album. Its six-track listing and review by Pyro resolve the earlier backlink-only record.
Read the background →GojiraEarlier coverage
From Mars to Sirius: record background
The archived PyroMusic review identifies From Mars to Sirius as Gojira’s 2005 album and credits Krozza. The official artist page confirms its twelve-track sequence.
Read the background →IEarlier coverage
Between Two Worlds: record background
I’s Between Two Worlds was originally released in 2006. The licensed Edged Circle edition credits Abbath, Ice Dale, Armagedda, TC King and lyricist Demonaz.
Read the background →Live & festivals
All 9 ↗Australian rooms, touring bands and the Bloodlust festivals.
Bloodlust IVReported 2004
Blacktown, 2004: an Australian festival record
Bloodlust IV brought Psycroptic, Deeds of Flesh and Australian extreme-metal acts to Blacktown RSL on 3 July 2004. A contemporary report records PyroMusic’s 64-photo gallery.
Read the background →Bloodlust VReported 2005
Blacktown: a day of Australian extreme metal
Bloodlust V took place at Blacktown RSL on 9 July 2005. Contemporary reports document a changing bill, 17 performers and more than 200 PyroMusic photographs.
Read the background →Cannibal CorpseReported 2006
Gaelic Theatre, Sydney, 8 October 2006
The original PyroMusic page places Cannibal Corpse with Plague and Psycroptic at the Gaelic Theatre, Sydney, on 8 October 2006.
Read the background →CryptopsyEarlier coverage
Sydney, 4 May 2006: the original live-media record
PyroMusic’s original page dates the Cryptopsy show to 4 May 2006 in Sydney, with Fuck… I’m Dead and Enforce also on the bill. It advertised photographs and twenty minutes of footage.
Read the background →Image records
All 3 ↗Credits and context for old image addresses. Original photographs are not reproduced.
Amon AmarthEarlier coverage
Johan Hegg: a historical image reference
A preserved backlink identifies the subject of PyroMusic image 31_1 as Johan Hegg of Amon Amarth. The photograph and its photographer remain unavailable.
View the image record →Anaal NathrakhEarlier coverage
Dave Hunt: a historical image reference
Pasifagresif’s 20 July 2009 Anaal Nathrakh article linked PyroMusic image 92_3 under Dave Hunt’s name. The original photograph is not reproduced.
View the image record →Unidentified imageEarlier coverage
Interview image 74_2: an incomplete credit
A forum post links PyroMusic image 74_2 as a visual reference for a custom flag, but does not identify the pictured person.
View the image record →KEEP THE MUSIC ON
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