Queensryche

Just a quick reminder that the Queensryche "American Soldier" tour hits Perth tomorrow night, Thursday the 27th of August. The show is at Capitol so you can grab tickets at the door. Support acts Voyager and Darker Half will provide covering fire.  Check out the gig guide for more details.

Western Front Awards - Epilogue

Thanks to everyone that came down to help populate Metropolis Perth with a sea full of metalheads. It was a great show, with all the bands putting on good performances on the big stage. I hope everyone enjoyed it and had a good night.

There are already a few reviews up of the show - I've put one up done by none other than Western Front co-founder, Warmaster, who graced us with his presence, so check that out here.

There is also a review on the Metal As Fuck site, and on Faster, Louder so follow those links to read them as well.

The results of the awards are as follows:

Best Band: Lacrymae

Best Release 2008: Gallows For Grace, for A Process For The Destruction Of Tomorrow

Best Bassist: Alex from Noctis and Voyager

Best Keyboardist: Jessie from Claim The Throne

Best Drummer: Louis “Disaster” from The Furor and Mhorgl

Best Vocalist: Francesco and Agostino - Dual vocals from Lacrymae

Best Guitarist: Mark from Psychonaut

You can see the full results of the placings in the polls on the forum in the Western Australian news section.

Amorphis AM Interview

Check out the latest Anger Management interview featured on Western Front. In this edition Deryk talks to Tomi Koivusaari from Amorphis. While you're there you can catch up on interviews you may have missed with Morbid Angel, Cradle of Filth, Death Angel and east coast metallers Hatchet Dawn. Head over to the Audio Interview section to listen to them all.

Morbid Angel Down Under Domination

Morbid Angel are of course about to start their tour of New Zealand and Australia so we have a new audio interview with Dave Vincent - thanks to Deryk from Anger Management. Check out the gig guide for dates and more details about the shows!

Audio Interviews

Thanks to Deryk Thomas and the Anger Management Radio metal show (Monday nights 9pm (W.A.S.T) on 107.3 Heritage FM or listen online live: http://www.heritagefm.net/) we have a new feature for Western Front in the form of audio interviews. Currently we have the interview with Death Angel from when they toured in March, and also the Cradle of Filth interview that went to air on last nights show to tie in with the tour happening this week.

Look forward to more interviews in the future and perhaps some past ones being added. To check them out either click on the Interviews menu item and then the Audio Interviews sub-menu or follow this link.