Devin with Devin Townsend Project live at Powerstation in Auckland, New Zealand May 18 2017. Image via Ambient Light | onetakekate.com

Interview: Devin Townsend

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Feature Image by Doug Peters via Ambient Light. For an Ambient Light piece, I interviewed Devin Townsend in April 2017 and was delighted to talk to another person who I genuinely felt like I would have

WIN: 1 of 2 copies of DEATHGASM on Blu Ray!

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By Kate “One Take Kate” Taylor Brodie is the new kid in town. With a crack-addicted mum and an obsession with all things metal, he doesn’t fit in to his white-bread neighbourhood or with his

Saving Grace – The Urgency album review

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New Zealand’s worse kept heavy secret; Saving Grace return with their fourth full length album of solid home-grown metal and hard-core. Squealing ‘Wolfenstein’ guitar licks, huge rumbling breakdowns, it’s all here; and just when it’s easy to

Device album review

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Yip. I reviewed Device. I was actually pleasantly surprised by David Draiman’s range on this album. You can check out what else I thought about this self titled album on the Rip It Up website

Kvelertak – Meir album review

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This is a review, currently on the Rip It Up website here; for a band I truly, truly love! It’s a lovely thing when as a reviewer, the wonders of review copies for bands you’re only