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Unwritten Law are no strangers to our fine country, having toured here plenty of times in their impressive twenty year career. Now with a new album 'Swan' on the way, the boys are heading back for another round of shows and Kill Your Stereo caught up with bass player Pat Kim to chat about the upcoming tour as well as a little reflection on their past.

After a successful tour in September with Nazarite Vow, Texas metal outfit Oh, Sleeper are set for a return to our shores this April as part of the Taperjean Records No Surrender Tour with fellow American metallers The Chariot and Aussie pop-punk outfit I Am Villain. Briefly stepping away from busily recording their third studio album, the band's vocallist Micah Kinard gave us some of his time for a rather incredible chat. Make sure you check them out in April!

Feeder have been around for a long time, rising to popularity in the late nineties as part of the indie/Alternate rock revolution. Many of their peers have since faded away but Feeder have hung on with constant touring and releases, the latest of which 'Renegades' came out at the end of last year, and another one will hit the shelves towards the end of this one. The band recently travelled the country as part of the Soundwave tour and front man Grant Nicholas was kind enough to chat to Kill Your Stereo about how the band have managed to achieve their longevity and what they have planned for the future.

Melbourne's House Vs. Hurricane are now well established as one of Australia's biggest hardcore/metal bands. They didn't get there without a lot of hardwork, establishing a recognisable and unique sound and supporting it with near constant touring. They now have 2008's Forfeiture EP and their 2010 debut album, Perspectives under their belt and are currently writing the follow-up. Vocalist Chris Dicker spoke to Kill Your Stereo about writing new material, the departure of long-term keyboardist Joey Fragione and where you can find the best coffee in Melbourne.

Melbourne hardcore outfit Warbrain started off as a outlet for the members to work on when they weren't busy with their other bands Carpathian and Hopeless, but they have quickly become a band to keep your eye on in the current Australian hardcore scene. The band is on the verge of releasing their debut 7" "Paranoia", through Trial And Error Records, and we caught up with the band's front man Lloyd to discuss the band.

One of the most popular bands in punk today, Pennywise shook things up back in 2009 when they announced that long time front man Jim Lindberg had decided to leave the band. Instead of throwing in the towel, the band picked up a new front man in Ignite vocalist Zoli Teglas, and since then have been working on material for their tenth studio album. I caught up with Zoli the day after their appearance at the Sydney leg of the Soundwave Festival to discuss the festival and their new album.

Featured in the 2010 Blunt annual as a band to keep your eye on in 2011, Northlane give us an insight into their upcoming album and G# tuning.

Love them or hate them, Bring Me The Horizon are pretty much the biggest name in heavy music right now. Having released their new album “There Is A Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There Is A Heaven, Let’s Keep It A Secret” which topped the ARIA charts, the boys have returned to Australian shores once again to tear up Soundwave festival. We caught up with bassist Matt Nicholls to discuss stealing gumball machines, Def Leppard and creepy haunted houses.

Early 80's thrash pioneers Flotsam and Jetsam have never shown signs of slowing down. In fact, their latest album 'The Cold' is being continually praised as one of their finest pieces of work to date. Australia is one of the very few countries that they haven't been able to make it over to yet. While that tour is hopefully on the horizon, have a read of our interview with drummer Craig Nielsen.

Just under 8 weeks before they take Australia by storm with Oh Sleeper on the inaugural No Surrender tour, genre-bending Christian band The Chariot have a chat with us about the tour and their brand new, highly-praised album Long Live.

Hard working Adelaide metal-core band Jack The Giant Killer have been kind enough to spare some time with us before their launch show this Friday at Fowlers Live