Inner-Strength Check Podcast
Inner-Strength Check Podcast is a multi-platform (podcast, blog, streaming) project, aimed at exploring all things arts, hobbies, music and mental health. From music and hobby news through to gig/festival/album reviews, essays, our own creative content and much more.We're a passionate team of creatives looking to support other artists, as well as the communities which they serve! LINKS: Website: www.innerstrengthcheckpodcast.comYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@innerstrengthcheckFB: www.facebook.com/innerstrengthcheckIG: https://www.instagram.com/innerstrengthcheck_/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/innerstrengthcheck.bsky.socialTwitch: www.twitch.tv/innerstrengthcheck ISC Podcast is available on: Our Youtube Podcast Page, Amazon...
Ep. 57: [Interview] with NICK HOLMES of PARADISE LOST (UK).
Far from the stereotypes you might associate with a nickname like, well, Old Nick, our latest vocalist-interviewee was candid, mirthful and excited in our midnight chat (very goth-coded, I know) ahead of Paradise Lost's 17th (!) studio opus Ascension.
Due for release on September 19th via Nuclear Blast Records, we caught up with Nick to discuss said album, but also branch out into directions ranging from the practical (touring, songwriting, etc) all the way through to the existential.
For the video version of this interview + more info on the fantastic upcoming LP, single/music videos, artist...
Ep. 56: [Interview] with PAULA & NIK of Melbourne's KÜNTSQUAD.
Heading towards burning the midnight oil alongside myself on Friday night, I was joined on the podcast by Paula Damzal (vocals/guitar) and Nik (aka Nikronomikon Satanik - lead guitar) of incessantly guttural, HM2-soaked purveyors KÜNTSQUAD.
With a renowned live show and the release of perennially family-friendly-titled LP Satan's Cock dropping on a scene increasingly interested in the old-school, we discussed both the above plus navigating challenging life circumstances to celebrate successes, reception to the latest LP (both live/on disc), the finer points of Melburnian/Aussie death metal and more.
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Ep. 55: [Interview] w/ SIMON CALABRESE of DAYSEND, Ahead of The ‘Revisiting Severance’ Tour.
A massive privilege and honour to have frontman Simon Calabrese of influential Australian melodic death metal legends Daysend, ahead of their upcoming national tour revisiting the massively-acclaimed album Severance.
We discuss Simon's thoughts on said tour, stepping back into the band for the first time in 19 years and more! Check out the link below for tour info and links/RSVP for each of the tour dates across Australia.
Massive thanks to Anthony from YourMateBookings for facilitating such a phenomenal opportunity - this is a rare Aussie metal treat you won't cop...
Ep. 54: [Interview] with IAN AHLES & WILL TOWNE of AHLES.
Link to Video Version (via our Youtube Channel).
Yesterday, for Music Monday at ISC I caught up with Ian Ahles (Vocals, Guitar/Lute) & Will Towne (Guitars) from up-and-coming Brisbane-based progressive metal outfit Ahles.
We had a fantastic, fun and insightful chat about the project, merging the worlds of classical music/academia, the songwriting process behind recently released LP Between Dreams And The Waking World and more!
Great chat with two skilled yet humble musicians.
You can check out full details on the artist, additional bio details to those below...
Ep. 53: [Interview] with TOMI KOUVISAARI & JAN RECHBERGER of AMORPHIS (FIN).
In our third podcast interview for this week, your host was recently joined by two great dudes in Tomi Kouvisaari (Guitars) & Jan Rechberger of influential metallers Amorphis! We discuss latest album Borderland, touring and much more.
See link for video/audio-only versions plus album preorder/info, artist bio/links, latest music videos ‘Bones’/’Light & Shadow’ and more, over at:
www.innerstrengthcheck.com/blog
Many thanks to Tomi, Jan, Amorphis and Reigning Phoenix Media for facilitating another fantastic interview opportunity on the podcast!
Borderland will be unveiled to the world on Sept 26th, 2025...
Ep 52: [Interview] with ISAIAH MITCHELL of EARTHLESS (USA).
Another splendid interview with a chill heavy musician! I was joined this morning by Isaiah Mitchell, guitarist of influential psych/space-rock heavyweight whilst he was on a summer's eve walk to discuss the upcoming tour of Australia/Europe/USA, thoughts on playing an iconic show at Uluru, the Australian music scene, live improvisation, his respect for First Nations peoples and more.
You can find the full press release with details of the upcoming Aussie tour plus additional media, artist links and more info at:
www.innerstrengthcheckpodcast.com/blog.
See...
Ep. 51: [Interview] with ANDI DERIS, Vocalist of Power-Metal Veterans HELLOWEEN.
With an illustrious return to form with the highly acclaimed and record-selling self-titled release only a few years prior, the triumphant march of Helloween's progress shows no signs of slowing over the fourth decade! Especially not with one of their most bombastic and ambitious studio efforts slated for release within just a few weeks' time.
I was fortunate enough to be joined by one of the bands' three (yes, three!) vocalists, Andi Deris, on our podcast.
Don't let the sunny setting or the man's equally cheery demeanour fool you - Andi has some great thoughts...
Ep. 50 Special! [Interview] with DAN CATANIA, Director/Owner of HEADBANGERS AUSTRALIA.
Note: For those just joining in on RSS.com, we have just migrated over to this site as our new podcast hosting platform!
Link to original blog post, which contains video version of our interview with Dan Catania:
https://www.innerstrengthcheckpodcast.com/blog/50th-ep-interview-wdan-catania-headbangers-australia
50 episodes!
Most statistics show that the vast majority of podcasters (usually 60-80%) never make it past the 3rd to 5th episodes. And what better representation of our slogan 'Hobbies, Riffs, Mental Health' than this extensive chat with an up-and-coming rising star in the Australian heavy...
[Announcement] ISC Have Left Spotify as Podcast Host + Update
(For those of you viewing this link via our new podcast-host profile page on RSS.com - note that existing episodes are still in the process of being automatically imported from Spotify, and may take some time to populate. Apologies for any confusion!)
Recently, as your host for ISC Podcast, I uploaded a vlog to our Youtube channel + website blog and socials, advising we are leaving Spotify for Podcasters as our host for the past four years.
See here for link to relevant video.
Today's mini-sode is more for existing Spotify listeners, and...
