I catch up with Josh Smith and Jon Deiley of Australian prog-meets-industrial metal band Northlane. We talked about their latest album Obsidian and its writing process - as well as synthesizers, cats and of course their dream festival which takes place in an imagined post-war Neo-Bergen.
Thumbnail photos by Kim Quint (he also loaned me the glorious lens as I broke one the day before. Lifesaver, thanks Kim!)

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