Andrew Mckaysmith Presents: Scars And Guitars

Innocent. Perth based hip hop artist Innocent has released his superb debut album, titled Anthems of a Life, he's on hand to tell us all about it!

Luna Vexa. King of Eve is the new album for 2020 from Melbourne based artist Luna Vexa, and she's on hand to tell us all about it!

Steve Di Giorgio (Death/ Control Denied/ Sadus/ Testament). Steve posted a new video of him performing his bass line to Death's "Overactive Imagination" from Individual Thought Patterns ('93), so it was an opportunity to catch up with him and talk about his superb career as the most excellent bassist in extreme metal!

JF Dagenais (Kataklysm). Unconquered is the name of Kataklysm's new album and its due for release on 25th September via Nuclear Blast, ahead of the album launch JF Dagenais joins Andrew to discus why this album is one of the bands best!

Kragen Lum (Heathen/ Exodus). Having already spoken to David White from Heathen why not speak to the fellow who wrote the band's excellent new album, Empire of the Blind, due for release via Nuclear Blast on September 18th, 2020!

David White (Heathen). Empire Of The Blind is Heathen's first album in 10 years and their first for Nuclear Blast, David is on hand talk all about and aspects of his career!

Frank Ferrer (Guns N' Roses, PSSR, The Psychedelic Furs) . Ahead of the release of PSSR's debut album the great Frank Ferrer is on hand to talk about PSSR and his exceptional career.

Zack Anderson (Blues Pills). Sweden's outstanding rock n' soul outfit Blues Pills have a new album for 2020 called Holy Moly, have a listen to what guitarist Zack Anderson has to say about it!

Stacey-Ann Duff (Segers). I Was Never Lost Without You is the name of the new EP from Segers, Stacey-Ann is on hand to tell us all about it!

Hayden Smith (Locked in Lummo). Hayden is the singer in Sydney band Locked In Lummo and they have two singles in-market. A bright future is ahead for the band!

Andy Kite (Descend To Acheron). Adelaide based Andy Kite discusses the new EP from Descend To Acheron, titled The Transience of Flesh, as well as his role as a studio owner and producer.

Björn Gelotte (In Flames). The classic album Clayman was originally released in the year 2000 and it turns 20 this year. The album receives the re-release treatment and will be available in late August. Bjorn is on hand to chat all about it.

Eddie Hermida (Suicide Silence). The band has planned a stack of shows throughout July 2020 with a 39 date "Virtual World Tour", and Eddie is on hand to tell us all about it. We also chat about the USA Presidential elections this year, BLM and a heap of other subjects under the broader banner of news and current affairs.

Frankie Palmeri (Emmure). Ahead of the release of the killer new album from the band on June 26 2020, called Hindsight, Frankie discusses the album and his career in the biz .

Tom Naumann (Primal Fear/ Sinner). Ahead of the release of the new album for 2020 from the band, called Metal Commando, Tom is available to talk about it and a heap of other subjects, just as long time listeners have come to expect!

Tim Aldridge (Abramelin). One of Australia's supreme extreme metal outfits are back! Guitarist Tim Aldridge is on hand to talk about the new album Never Enough Snuff, and a heap of other subjects.

Metallica- Load through to St. Anger (1995 to 2003) career retrospective. To rock and metal fans Metallica are the iconoclasts. 1995 to 2003 is the most critically maligned era for the band. On this special episode the broadcast that went to air on 4ZZZ Zed Digital on November 7th 2017 is repurposed for the podcast series. (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).

Trey Azagthoth (Morbid Angel) career retrospective. Originally aired on 4ZZZ Zed Digital on 15th August 2017, this special broadcast takes a look at Trey's career up to the 2017 album, Kingdoms Disdained.

Robyn Ferguson. Robyn is a supremely talented South African guitarist and vocalist, her new EP of instrumental cuts is called Falling Forward, and Robyn shares her thoughts on the collection and the arcane nature of life.

Garry Gary Beers (INXS) & Jimmy Khoury (Beth Hart) from AshenMoon. Garry's newest project is AshenMoon, with an album on the horizon two singles have been launched: “Dustbowl” and “Mosquito”. Jimmy Khoury joins Garry and Andrew top discuss the releases.