Whatever Comes Next with Tom Osman

Scotty Heath has been running Tankcrimes for half his life. The underground label, dedicated to grimy punk rock and metal, has just put out new EP Noxious Concoctions by monstrous death metal entity Ghoul and this Thursday the band, alongside label-mates Necrot and Dead Heat will join Municipal Waste for the Brainsqueeze 2024 tour, celebrating 21 years of the latter’s debut album Waste ‘Em All.Scotty and Municipal Waste go way back, with Scotty having been involved with the band in one capacity or

For the latest episode of Whatever Comes Next I talked with vocalist Vincent, guitarist Heddy and drummer Mathieu of French, chaotic-hardcore unit Something Animal to discuss the five piece’s newly-released EP, Bestial Curse Pt. 1.Having released their first EP, Urban Zoology, back in 2019, Something Animal found their plans disrupted by the global pandemic and subsequent lockdowns in France. The band made the best of a less-than-ideal situation, writing a clutch of songs and bringing in their

As soon as I listened to a promo copy of Without Motion (the newly-released debut album by post-punk band Feral Family) I knew I wanted to promote it somehow. I’ve been listening to the album regularly over the past weeks. The band’s mix of gothic guitar-driven rock, satisfyingly propulsive bass lines and moody imagery came as a welcome change of pace for me amid a lot of noise rock and extreme metal that I’ve been listening to recently. Talking with Oscar and Jamie (two thirds of the band,

On this latest episode of Whatever Comes Next I talk with Pej Mon, until recently a powerful and versatile drummer who made a major decision prior to the creation of his latest project Sätyäsenä. Pej decided he didn’t want to just be the drummer, he wanted to be the main creative force and songwriter. The issue? Pej operates within the varied permutations of guitar-driven rock music (of the dark, psychedelic, sometimes avantgarde variety), but had zero guitar training. The solution? Well, Pej

Bronson Arm is a noise-rock duo based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, comprising Blake Bickel on vocals and baritone guitar, alongside Garrett Yates on drums. With their debut, self-titled, full-length album set for release on 12 January (Learning Curve Records) I caught up with the pair to talk about the forthcoming record and their experiences making music together. Everything about Bronson Arm generates a certain feeling of unease, from the song titles, to the album artwork, the band name and the music

Well, here we are. This is my interview with Peter Stahl of Scream. It’s also the first episode of my new podcast. The name? Yes, you guessed it: Whatever Comes Next. Branding is important, no?I don’t want to repeat too much of what I say in the intro to the interview, but to quickly contextualise this post, I interviewed Peter and Franz Stahl and Enoch Thompson of Scream for New Noise Magazine a couple of months ago. Originally making a name for themselves in Washington DC in the 80s, Scream was a