PipemanRadio Interviews Baelfyr at Bloodstock Open Air 2025

0:04 Hey you have Lunt, Yes, that's true. W cray you. This is the pipe Man here on the Adventures pipe Man W four c Y Radio. And I'm here with Tom and Alan from Belfair. Nice here at Bloodstock. You're even wearing a Bloodstock shirt with your band name on it. How bad ass is that'll be done? You've gone sick? Oh my god? Like fuck? What's it feel like playing here at Bloodstock? And being here at Bloodstock? It's incredible. It's the biggest crowd we've ever played too. It's difficult to put into words really, so. I think we've all dreamed of playing on a massive stage and it is a dream come true for sure.

0:49 Standing on stage just watching out and sort of taking it all in. It's been brilliant. What a feeling, right Like before you were Melody Masses, you probably didn't even think this was gonna happen, right. We ended Metal with the Masses to like get another gig, so you know, oh we can gig in Leicester, that's great. And then we won the heat and we've got another gig in Lester that's awesome. And then we won the semi final and like, oh this might actually happen now, So. That's like the common stories that I get, Like most of the winners all think they did it, weren't gonna win, and they just wanted a gig. Yeah, I mean, we were just wanting to get our names out there, get some more gigs, get some more fans, and all of a sudden it turned into wow, we can actually play Bloodstock, and the dream came true and it was an incredible feeling playing on stage.

1:43 I believe the reason bands like you are playing at Bloodstock is that attitude right there, like your true musician's due ours. You just want to play a gig. That's it. That's all we want to do is just play music. Get our music guy there. It's not even about get rich and famous, is just making people aware and making art for them. And what I've found to your point, I found out in my lifetime of metal is that the ones that set out to be rock stars are the ones that fade away and are gone. The ones that. Are the true artists that they just have no other choice but to play music because they love it so much, They're the.

2:27 Ones that become the icons. Absolutely I agree with that. So how do you top this now? How you top this now? How do you do better than Bloodstock? We played new Blood Stage this year, Sophie Stage next year, main Stage. The year after. I like love it. We love it. If it came true, I like it. So I got your EP in my hand, and I have to say I'm a big person of and people have to go and they'll have to check out the CP because I'm all about the artwork too, man, Like I come from a time where you bought an album based on what it looked like. Yeah, no fucking clue what it sounded like? Stoor Yeah, yeah, you just oh that looks cool, I'm gonna get it, and then you kind of force yourself to like it no matter what because you spent your hard earned teenage money on it.

3:19 So I'm gonna listen as shit at this. But it was like experience. I would put my headphones on and just look at all the details. And that's some badass artwork on your EP. Like I know it's right off the bat when you handed it to me, that part there with the head and it just looks like it's blowing up or a combo of blowing up, or like computer disintegration, like AI disagration of this person. It's something that we wanted to make sure we got right, working with right artists. They've done an amazing job on the artwork, and we ourselves grew up going into record stores having a look at the art work, going that one looks cool. I'm going to get that, and that's why we're here playing metal today. So we just wanted to make sure our work was awesome as.

4:07 Well, no doubt, no doubt. And it's called Empowered by Hatred. I think that's the world right now. Okay, Like no truer words could be And it blows my mind twenty twenty five that we should have this right now. But that's why we need people like you playing music, because that's our only outlet. That's our therapy, that's our escape from what's going on in the world. And there's way too much and a lot to write about. Yeah right, yeah, well there's playing to fuel the writing process. For sure. Exactly. It's not boring for sure. And so where did this musical journey start for each one of you? Like when was that moment where you're like, this is what I need to do for me.

4:52 I was a metal fan anyway, and I just was singing along to other people's songs and going I quite like to do my own songs and set out and tried to form bands. And this was eighteen years ago at that point. So for me that this is like a combination of eighteen to twenty. Years of work. I love that. So it's a big payoff and hopefully it continues to pay off. And how about you, Yeah, personally, I've been playing guitar for now fifteen sixteen years, listening to the music. The dad was originally listening to ac DC and Iron Maiden and things like that. I just really wanted to learn guitar to the more I learned guitar, the heavier my interests got, the more I wanted to play heavy music.

5:37 And yeah, I want to make my own music too. I want to make the music that I love and saw of being an addict to metal has really helped put me with the right people to be in an awesome band and create awesome music. That's way cool. And you know what's cool about today is your story because in my day. Was like the fuck is this shit okay? And like you you. Can't play that in this house or what he used to call me, my friends, the Motley Crew leather jacket spikes and like, what the fuck blah blah blah. I actually got my some my original music days from my older brother, but it wasn't even a c DC.

6:24 It was stuff like The Doors, the Rascals. Led Zeppelin like cause he was from that time. And then I remember I was in seventh grade and I met this new friend who was and became my best friend, and he showed me this album. It was black with white writing with red writing and white lightning bolts for the ses, and I. Was fucking sold, okay, And then. I started going to show and then was that Slayers first show ever, Metallica's first show ever.

7:05 And it's great to see people like you guys. Because when I went to those shows, there was nobody that was over eighteen even at those shows, nor would they be, And was like, we kind of had to discover metal because there was no metal. So it makes me so happy to hear nowadays and be here at like a bloodstock where there's so many metal heads here of all different ages. I mean, back then you had gray hair. We weren't going to your gig right, you know, And to see what happened at back to the beginning, with these kids and all ages going to see Sabbath and Ozzy like it's just a beautiful thing, a.

7:50 Briches old Devid's age, gender, rice, everything, it doesn't matter. There's no outsiders here. That's why I love about metal too. Like I first fell in love with the music, the scene wasn't necessarily like it is now. Who's more Gatecaper bullshit, But now there are no outsiders. You go to a festival, anybody can be whoever they want, whatever they want, no judgment, know nothing. We're one big, happy family that all love each other and the rest of the bullshit going on the world does not exist. And that's why metal's grown into such a huge genre that anyone from anywhere I can listen to it and everyone's there for the same purpose to listen to that band at that time, and it's just brilliant, right.

8:35 And then you have like situations like Young Blood doing changes that now like there's good there's people out there that are now Sabbath fans that never would have been Sabbath fans as an example, and then go Jira, who's playing the mighty go Jira playing here at bloodsnot played the fucking Olympics. Incredible. If you have asked me. In nineteen eighty when I started my battle vest that go Jiro would be playing the Olympics, I always said, you're fucking nuts, you right. So I'm glad you're here at Bloodstock.

9:17 I'm glad that you made it through metal to masses because we need. More bands like you. They are true musicians that love to play for the art of the music and not the rock star bullshit. Because there are no rock stores anymore. It doesn't exist. So I ain't banned like you that plays. Now you're doing it for pure heart and love because gain rich and famous ain't gonna happen even if you wanted it to, right, So tell everybody how they reach out to you, how they connect with you on socials, how they buy your merch because they can't listen to my show. And let's say, buy your merch because that's the only way you get.

9:58 To the next gig. So tell me Richie. Well, we're on all there even platforms, so you can find us there band camp, you can buy our music, you can buy our merch. We prefer you do that because that keeps us going. Yeah, you can see us on YouTube, most important thing you can do is come out to a gig. We always advertise our gigs on socials. Find us on socials, Belfare bands on practically everything, follow us and check out when we're playing next and where well. I love it. Thanks for making it here to Bloodstock, and thanks for being on the Inventor's pepement. Thank you very much speaking to us. Michelle Kerr was my press officer for my entire fucking career here in the UK, my entire career with Machina.

10:47 She recently passed away and it was a very, very sad day. And I can tell you the reason that I'm going to tell this story because she was family. She was Bloodstock family. She was heavy metal UK family. Most of the. Balls that you know and love you probably heard of because of that woman right there. Slip Knots, Slayer, Machinehead, Trivium, Killswitch, Engage, Hey Reed, you name it. She helped lift everybody up, man, She helped lift everybody up, and in so many ways, she helped make this entire music scene, this incredible, beautiful community that lives here at Bloodstock.

11:34 Man, she helped make it. So, ladies and. Gentlemen, please make some noise. From Michelle Kerr, Thank you For listening to the Adventures of plate Man on w for CUI Radio.