Andrew Mckaysmith Presents: Scars And Guitars

Lord Ahriman (Dark Funeral). Mikael Svanberg (AKA Lord Ahriman) joins Andrew to talk about the bands September tour of Australia with Immolation!

Danté Peluso (IV DANTE). An outstanding musician and composer, Danté Peluso shares his thoughts on the two singles out by the band: “#800080” and “Napping In Night Clubs”.

Fredrik Åkesson (Opeth). Ahead of the release of the new studio album for 2019, the simply brilliant In Cauda Venenum, Fredrik and Andrew have far too little time to discuss the album, the December 2019 Australian tour and guitars!

George Lynch (KXM/ Dokken). The guitars master himself joins Andrew to discuss the 2019 album from KXM, Circle of Dolls. Expect a heap of other conversation with George about his extraordinary career.

Marty Friedman (Solo, ex- Megadeth, ex- Cacophony). Ahead of his December 2019 Australian tour, Marty dives deep into his catalogue and discusses the tour.

Tony Kakko (Sonata Arctica). With a new album due for release on September 6 2019, Tony and Andrew about that and a heap of other cool topics. Definitely a conversation to listen to when you want a laugh!

Christian Martucci (Black Star Riders/ Stone Sour). Christian is an excellent guitarist who through patience and perseverance has made a name fro himself playing hard rock in two word class bands! He's on hand to chat about his career and the new album fro 2019 from Black Star Riders, Another State of Grace.

Andy Dowling (Lord). With a superb album to promote, Fallen idols, Andy talks all about the album and whats been happening in the Lord camp!

Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe). The great Whitfield Crane talks about his appearances in the Orchestra Of Doom shows happening in Sydney and Melbourne in December 2019

Gene Hoglan (Dark Angel, Death, Testament, Strapping Young Lad, Devin Townsend etc). The Buddy Rich of heavy metal drumming and percussion joins Andrew to discuss Dark Angel's September 2019 Australian tour.

Joacim Cans (HammerFall). Andrew and Jocaim discuss the August 16, 2019 release Dominion, as well as interesting subjects throughout HammerFall's career.

Tarja Turunen. Tara talks about her new album for 2019, In the Raw and her outstanding career.

Scott Gorham (Black Star Riders/ Thin Lizzy). The great Scott Gorham from Thin Lizzy talks about Black Star Riders new album for 2019, Another State of Grace .

Scott Lewis (Carnifex). Ahead of the August 2nd, 2019 release from Carnifex, World War X, vocalist Scott Lewis joins Andrew to discuss career and the new album.

Schmeir (Destruction). Andrew's third conversation with the legendary bassist and frontman of Destruction. Schmier talks about the new album for 2019, Born to Perish, his recollections of the late (and great) Ralph Santolla and a heap of other subjects!

Bill Hudson (Northtale/ I Am Morbid). The great Bill Hudson talks career and the debut album from NorthTale, Welcome to Paradise.

Dregen (Backyard Babies). The October 2019 Australian tour is discussed and Dregen discusses career in a great rock 'n' roll band.

Rick Webster. Perth based Rick chats to Andrew about musicianship and his new album, Long Story Short.

David Moran (The Date). Andrew and David cover a heap of ground on this instalment fo the podcast. The Date have released a single for every month of 2019 and David talks about that as well as a heap of other interesting subjects!

Anthony Lomma (Joey Heaven). Anthony is the drummer in Perth based rock superstars in waiting Joey Heaven, he's a fine example of a young musician perfecting his craft! The band have an album out that was released in May 2019 called Burn Bright.