Andrew Mckaysmith Presents: Scars And Guitars

Saki (Amahiru, Mary's Blood). Frédéric Leclercq (Kreator, Sinsaenum, Ex-Dragonforce) joins Saki (Mary’s Blood) join forces on Amahiru. The self-titled debut album Amahiru will be released on November 27 2020. Saki talks about the collaboration and her shredding guitar performance.

Steve Riley (L.A. Guns). Renegades is the brand new album from L.A. Guns (Steve Riley, Kelly Nickels, Scott Griffin, Kurt Frohlich), available for pre-order/save now and out on Friday, 13 November, 2020, through Golden Robot Records.The great Steve Riley is available to chat about the album and his outstanding career performing in rock'n'roll bands.

Lance Lencioni (Macabre). Carnival Of Killers is out on 13th November 2020 via Nuclear Blast and Lance is on hand to talk about the album, and his career performing serial killer inspired heavy metal.

Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan/ Killer Be Killed/ the Black Queen). Here he is, the artist behind my album of 2020! The incomparable Child Soldier: Creator of God is so good, I'm calling AOTY early. On this episode we dive into the albums many textures. Enjoy!

Troy Sanders (Mastodon/ Gone Is Gone/ Killer be Killed). Killer be Killed is Max Cavalera (Soulfly/ex-Sepultura), Ben Koller (Converge/Mutoid Man), Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan/The Black Queen) and Troy Sanders (Mastodon/Gone Is Gone). Troy is on hand to discuss the band’s forthcoming album is called Reluctant Hero , out Nov 20, 2020 via Nuclear Blast Records.

Joseph D. Rowland (Pallbearer). Forgotten Days is the name of the new album from Pallbrearer, and the band's bassist Joseph is on hand to discuss amongst a heap of other worthy subjects. One the podcast interviews of 2020.

Keelan Butterick (Silent Eyes). Newcastle, NSW, based roots/ rock artist Keelan Butterick has composed five cuts that comprise his debut EP. He's on hand to discuss!

Ryan Felton (Chaos Divine). Perth metalcore outfit Chaos Divine have released a new album for 2020, titled Legacies, and guitarist, Ryan Felton, is on hand to discuss.

Yossi Cascun (Lamalo). Yossi joins Andrew to talk about Lamalo's epic disco/ house music, as the group have four single now available in-market in 2020. Definitely check them out of you love well composed dance music.

Dirk Verbeuren (Megadeth/ Cadaver). Norwegian Death Metal legends Cadaver are back and release their new album Eder & Bile via Nuclear Blast on November 27 2020. Dirks available to discuss the album, Megadeth and all things extreme metal!

Daz Brookes (Benediction). Legendary British grind Gods Benediction are back and their new album Scriptures drops on 16th October via Nuclear Blast. Baz talks about the album and a heap of other subjects.

Phil Campbell (MOTÖRHEAD/ Phil Campbell and The Bastard Sons). Phil Campbell and The Bastard Sons featuring legendary MOTÖRHEAD guitarist Phil Campbell release their new album We're The Bastards via Nuclear Blast on 13th November 2020. Phil is on hand to discuss!

Silenoz (Insidious Disease/ Dimmu Borgir). Dimmu Borgir guitarist and songwriter Silenoz talks about Insidious Disease's new album Total Death, due for release via Nuclear Blast on 30th October 2020.

Ivar Bjørnson (Enslaved). Utgard is the name of the new album for 2020 from Enslaved, due for release on October 2. Ivar is on hand to discuss.

Marlon Wolterink and René Aquarius (Plague Organ). The surprise package of 2020, the duo from Dutch band Plague Organ unleash one of the releases of the year with Orphan, a dense and macabre journey into vast blackened soundscapes.

Morgan Joanel. Perth based singer/ songwriter Morgan has released a pair of epic singles "Disappear" and "Wind Me Up", both taken from her forthcoming album. She talks all about her music and what inspires her. A very enjoyable conversation with a gifted artist!

Kimmo Kuusniemi (Split Screen Films). Kimmo talks about his experience as an independent film maker, and his partnership with Korpiklaani via two new road based documentaries: LIVE IN JAPAN and MADE IN RUSSIA, both out now and available via Vimeo pay per view: https://vimeo.com/user63908991 . You can catch the YouTube edit of our chat here: https://youtu.be/9vkgRs4UHZk

Mike Greenblatt (Metal Maniacs Magazine). Mike Greenblatt talks about his tenure as the editor of Metal Maniacs magazine on this special edition audio documentary. The publication was issued from 1989 to 2009, and it had a massive impact on the global metal community. Also, his book Woodstock: Back to Yasgur's Farm, has just been published. (NOTE: This podcast is licensed to play music under agreement with the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society Limited via the "Podcasts (Minimal Music): A < 110,000 Downloads p.a." licence. Invoice No: OL-1166. Date: 03 Jan 2020).

Jaco Pastorius career retrospective. Originally broadcast on Brisbane's 4ZZZ Zed Digital on August 22 2017, Andrew McKaysmith curates a comprehensive deep dive into the performances of the man that many consider the greatest bassist of all time. Almost two hours of music and commentary.

David Freiberg (Jefferson Starship). With the band releasing their long awaiting EP Mother Of The Son on Friday 21st August 2020 via Golden Robot Records, David joins Andrew to talk about the collection as well as his long and distinguished career.