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Canada’s “Cancer Bats” have been causing a ruckus in their homeland since their inception in 2004. For the uninitiated, their mix of punk, metal and straight up southern rock is something that you NEED to hear. Even though he’s right in the middle of a huge tour with Bleeding Through, vocalist Liam was able to spare a few minutes to chat with us…

On the eve of their Australian tour Underoath drummer/vocalist Aaron Gillespie filled us in on touring, being a part time front man and his love of country music…

With a new album under their collective belts and an ever growing fan base, Anberlin are at the forefront of the indie/pop rock (or whatever you want to call it) explosion. Front man Stephen Christian spoke to us about “Cities”, their upcoming tour with Copeland and why naming your songs after “the city of churches” is a good idea.

Copeland have been an underground favourite for a few years. With more than 200,000 combined CD sales and a recent move to a major label it won’t be too long before the mainstream catches on… Bryan (Guitar/Keys) was kind enough to answer the following questions for us…

It seems like every time I open a magazine or log into MySpace there’s some new band that I “NEED TO KNOW ABOUT”. We’re constantly getting inundated with groups who claim that their mix of aggression and melody is both genre defying and original. Fortunately we have Alexisonfire. Free from gimmicks and armed with a storming live show, AOF are about to hit Australia for the 3rd time! George Pettit (vocals) kindly donated some of his time off to talk to us…

Vanna are one of the heavier bands that Epitaph has signed recently. With their new album “Curses” hitting Australian shelves this week, vocalist Chris Preece was kind enough to chat to Killyourstereo’s Cameron Chambers... Chris was definitely one of the nicest and most friendly dudes I’ve spoken to so a massive thanks for the interview time and thanks Emily Kelly at Shock Records for setting the interview up!

Between screaming for The Amity Affliction and doing design work for half the bands down the east coast, Joel Birch is a busy man. Lucky for us, he took some time out to answer these questions

No one ever interviews the bass player. So we at KYS figured that Garth from Melbourne's own Behind Crimson Eyes – being the insanely good human that he is – deserved a few minutes in the spotlight. Here's what he had to say…

Dave from Carpathian kindly took time out of his band's intense touring schedule to chat with Killyourstereo's Cameron Chambers about the band, touring and other random topics of conversation.

I conducted this interview with Horsell Common bass player (and sometime vocalist) Luke Cripps in the comfy confines of “The Queensberry” pub – only a few hundred metres up the road from one of Horsell Common’s local stomping grounds, The Arthouse.

For those of you that have been living under a rock, Misery Signals are one of the greatest things to happen to heavy music in the last decade. Their combination of punishing riffs, creative but driving drumming and melodic, almost space like interludes has rocketed them to the top of the metalcore pack. What separates Misery Signals from the rest of the mosh-worshipping hordes? They can actually write songs…..

We managed to catch up with Tiger Army not long before their first trip out to Australia. Tiger Army guitarist Nick 13 had plenty to say on Psychobilly, Aussie bands and Tiger Army fans.