UK Metal Gods Festival: Interviews, Part One

by Ali Blackdiamond

On a very hot Saturday 26th May 2012 at the Intake Club, Mansfield, England, the stage was set for a very metal all day festival. It was the second year of the festival organised by Mick ‘The Beard’ Staley of Metal Gods TV and partner of Metal Shock Finland.

The bands appearing were a great mix of all metal styles, two of them making very special trips just to play at the festival – Bulletsize from Sweden and Arctic Flame from the USA.

The bands who played are listed below, along with their show times:

Stage 2
Icons 12 – 12.30
Akarusa Yami 12.50 – 1.20
Limn 1.40 – 2.10
Deprevate 2.30 – 3
Lets Play God 3.30 – 4
Tripswitch 4.50 – 5.20
Marc Malone 5.50 – 6.20
Osmium Guillotine 6.50 – 7.20
Storm the Walls 7.40 – 8.10
Winter Storm 8.30 – 9
Bulletsize 9.20 – 10
Icon 10.20 – 11

Stage 1
Mirror Black 3 – 3.30
15 Times Dead 3.50 – 4.20
Black Acid Souls 4.40 – 5.10
Revolter 5.30 – 6
A Thousand Enemies 6.30 – 7
Def Con One 7.20 – 7.50
G.O.A 8.10 – 8.50
Stuka Squadron 9.10 – 9.50
Arctic Flame 10.10 – 11
Evil Scarecrow 11 – 12.20
Lockin 12.40 – 1 20

Despite the extreme heat and the bands busy either preparing for their sets or playing, I managed to conduct several interviews, the first being with Swedish thrash band, Bulletsize:

I also had a chat with Bane Holland from UK melodic rock/metal band A Thousand Enemies and found a much quieter and cooler spot in the car park, which was very welcome! Unfortunately the band only managed to play several songs of their set when it was cut short due to a member of the crowd collapsing and an ambulance having to be called. The man was ok luckily and you will hear Bane’s opinions on this and much more during the following interview!