The Downbeat
Long-form interviews with people from all corners of the heavy music world.
- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 98 minutes
- Episodes
- 135
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Jeremy DePoyster (The Devil Wears Prada)
My guest this week is one of my favourite people on planet earth Jeremy DePoyster. Jeremy is the guitarist/vocalist of iconic metalcore band The Devil Wears Prada. We talked about the business of met…
01:44:42 |
Thu 02 Nov 2023
Brendan Murphy (Counterparts)
My guest this week is internet funny man and your problematic fave Brendan Murphy. Brendan is the vocalist of the metalcore band Counterparts and grind/math/doom/whatever band END. We talked about my…
01:27:48 |
Thu 26 Oct 2023
Tom Williams (Stray From The Path)
My guest this week is Tom Williams, guitarist of my band Stray From The Path, as well as multi-band manager, father, businessman and one of my best friends. We talked about the risks we as a band too…
01:21:56 |
Thu 12 Oct 2023
Matt Garstka - Animals As Leaders
My guest this week is the phenomenal Matt Garstka. Back for his THIRD episode. Matt is the drummer for Animals As Leaders and generally considered to be one of the best drummers of his generation. Ba…
02:30:09 |
Fri 29 Sep 2023
Emma Boster (Dying Wish)
My guest this week is Emma Boster, vocalist of Dying Wish. We talked about the creation of their STUNNING upcoming album Symptoms of Survival (and our Downbeat exclusive vinyl variant) as well as a v…
01:45:38 |
Thu 14 Sep 2023
Jay Weinberg (Slipknot)
My guest this week is Jay Weinberg, drummer for Slipknot. Coming from a musical background, (his Dad is Max Weinberg of The E Street Band) Jay is a super humble, hospitable human and phenomenal drumm…
02:35:18 |
Thu 24 Aug 2023
Connie Sgarbossa (SeeYouSpaceCowboy)
My guest this week is Connie Sgarbossa, vocalist of SeeYouSpaceCowboy. We talked about the creation of their upcoming as-yet-untitled new album as well as her history in the myspace-adjacent music sc…
01:27:26 |
Thu 10 Aug 2023
Kublai Khan TX (Matt Honeycutt + Isaac Lamb)
My guests on the podcast this week are Matthew Honeycutt (vocals) and Isaac Lamb (drums) of Kublai Khan. We talk the decline of chipotle, living in a trailer, movies, and much more.
01:40:00 |
Thu 27 Jul 2023
Static Dress (Olli Appleyard + Sam Ogden)
My guests this week are Olli Appleyard (vocals) and Sam Ogden (drums) of Static Dress. We talked about the sometimes unfortunate downfalls of being unapologetically yourself, their recent signing to …
02:20:35 |
Thu 13 Jul 2023
Monuments (Andy Cizek + John Browne)
My guests this week are Andy Cizek and John Browne from progressive metal band Monuments. We talked quite a lot about the increasing frustration around trying to make a living as a musician - includi…
01:36:18 |
Thu 29 Jun 2023
Cannibal Corpse (Paul Mazurkiewicz)
My guest this week is Paul Mazurkiewicz, drummer and founding member of death metal LEGENDS Cannibal Corpse. We spoke about everything from being asked personally by Jim Carrey to feature in Ave Vent…
01:09:09 |
Thu 15 Jun 2023
Alpha Wolf (Sabian + Mitch)
My guests this week are Sabian and Mitch from Alpha Wolf. We talked about why their band is so good and heavy, why Australia leads the way in modern metalcore, and I ask Chat GPT to write a romantic …
01:32:48 |
Thu 25 May 2023
Steve Judd - Karnivool
I sat down with Steve Judd of Australian progressive titans KARNIVOOL to talk drums, how he has his eggs, passing off live mistakes as simply 'Jazz', pizza...and diabetes (unrelated).
01:38:58 |
Mon 15 May 2023
Enter Shikari (Rou Reynolds + Rob Rolfe)
My guests this week are Rou Reynolds and Rob Rolfe of Enter Shikari. We talked extensively about their new album 'A Kiss For The Whole World' which is out now, as well as how they like their (often p…
01:38:37 |
Wed 26 Apr 2023
Alexander Jones (Undeath)
My guest this week is Alexander Jones, vocalist of Rochester, NY Death Metal band UNDEATH. We talked on DAY ONE of their first european tour AT LENGTH almost EXTENSIVELY about everything death metal:…
02:05:46 |
Thu 13 Apr 2023
Nick Folio - Bad Omens
My guest this week is Nick Folio of hottest-band-in-the-world right now Bad Omens. We caught up about half way through their sold out UK/EU run to talk fishing, drums, motorbikes and having a tiny li…
01:46:32 |
Fri 31 Mar 2023
Shadow Of Intent (Bryce Butler + Chris Wiseman)
My guests this week are Bryce Butler and Chris Wiseman of Shadow of Intent. I caught up with them on their mostly sold out FIRST time in Europe to find out why they're so bleeding good. Enjoy.
01:53:16 |
Thu 16 Mar 2023
Mario Duplantier (Gojira)
My guest this week is none other than Mario Duplantier of French metal titans GOJIRA. One of my favourite bands and drummers of all time, he spilled insane and humble knowledge about everything it ta…
01:08:14 |
Fri 03 Mar 2023
Jack Bergin (Void Of Vision)
My guest this week is Jack Bergin, singer of Australian metalcore band Void of Vision. We talk about their series of EPs 'Chronicles' as well as the RIDICULOUS Downbeat variant of the vinyl, Jack's a…
01:18:07 |
Thu 16 Feb 2023
Jon Deiley + Josh Smith (Northlane)
I catch up with Josh Smith and Jon Deiley of Australian prog-meets-industrial metal(core?) band Northlane. We talked about their latest album Obsidian and its writing process - as well as synthesizer…
01:38:33 |
Wed 01 Feb 2023
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