PipemanRadio Interviews Ireosis at Bloodstock Open Air 2025

0:04 Hi you then too, Yes, that's true for see wowra you you. This is the pipe Man here on the Adventures pipe Man W four c Y Radio and I'm here with Irosis Nice here at bloodstock Man. How exciting is that? Extremely We're overwhelmed to me back. I love this fucking fest same, So that's also your back. So that means you did really fucking good that they break it back right. Yeah, we played twenty two on the New Blood and then now we're here, I'll playing the Sofie stage.

0:45 So that's a cool stage to play. Yeah, this is kind of a dream for us, to be fair nice. Yeah, So tell us what makes it a dream for you? I mean we're all from originally different bands, and we've brought this together. Saw a super group of the ground world, I guess. And basically this is something that we've always wanted in our other bands, right, and now we're finally here and we're hoping that this is the first step on the ladder to the big things in the future. That's I love it. And so how did you guys come together from being from other bands? How did this magic happen? Well, basically, we started the band in twenty twenty. It was some other members and the obviously time Shifted members have had to leave health issues things like that.

1:31 So truth be told. I stole people odds, that's the gods honest truth. I love it. I love it. I found Joel from a band and I loved his voice. I found Ben It's to Kill a bassist. Mark was already in the band with me anyway, and yeah, here we are. So that's cool. That's pretty cool. So what is it that made you pick them? The fucking brilliant I love it? Right. So now do you feel like you have that solid core now that is going to take you everywhere? Yeah? Yeah, I definitely think we do. I'm gonna let somebody else talk. I'm talking to, but yeah, I have a god.

2:15 Yeah. I think we've all got the same intentions that we're bringing a lot of different influences from each other. And we're not all blammelers, we're not all prom mellers. We have loads of different stuff that we're bringing. Me personally, I think of bring a bit of groove to it, that Rex Brown edge, because that's what I modeled my beast turn on. And it's just. A band of good people that's the most working up each other. We're there for each other, and it shows, I think, because we have fun when we do it. Well, that's the key. I say that all the time, Like I can look up and I can tell if those people like each other and if they're having fun. If they're not having fun, how am I having fun? I say, that's exactly right. And that's the way that you've got to approach it. You say what you do seriously, you don't to yourself seriously. Yeah, and then that shows and then you just have a good time with it.

3:04 I think you were saying about having different influences. I talk about that all the time. In fact, we were just chatting about when Jasmine came up. There's so many metal bands nowadays unlike in the beginning that it's almost like they use a formula. If your metal core, this is what you have to do. If your death core, you have to do this. If you're thrash, you have to do this. I'd rather have a band like you, guys, that brings different elements to the table, so you can be unique and stand. Out and not sound like anybody else. Cool. Yeah, yeah, I think the key with it is if when you're writing together. If it sounds good, likely that it is. And if you enjoy playing it, people a gonna enjoy watching it. Don't matter if you strict thrash or this oatur the other or something changes or pieks and trust within a song and it comes from different genres or whatever, donmar Yeah, as long as it's as long as it's fun to play and people enjoy it, that's the main thing.

4:00 And I think also when you're writing the songs, you each have different input. So if you have like four metalcore people there may think that song is badass because they all have the same opinion. But not everybody out there has the same opinion. So it's kind of like dealing with the audience that they're all gonna have different opinions, so you can all bring something different to the table to make the song that'll appeal to the masses. Yeah, one hundred percent. When there picked a few of us, obviously from different bonds, it chows us from different types of metal, and I think when we do bring that sit table, we do really mix it up.

4:41 Sometimes we even look at a song and go, let's. Redo that in a different way, in a different light, and it comes out really differently, And it's nice to be able to experiment a little very as well. That's a key word right there. Like it's funny when I was a teenager playing guitar and my dad's like, well, you better give that up because you suck, and what he didn't realize what I was doing. I was just experimenting with the sound. I wasn't really playing songs. I just wanted to see what I could do with the guitar. You know, crazy you are to Pat right, yeah, exactly like and that makes it fun too, because I remember, I don't want to fucking do scales. That's boring as ship. So I just like, what noises can I make come out of this thing? Say that?

5:25 To say it in the mic? I still don't know any scales right there? And see there you go. I love it. How about you? Well, me, what what do you feel about? First of all, when he recruited you cru oh yeah, you were together. You were together. So what about when you recruit these guys? How you feel the difference is now compared to what's before? So good? I think WAMAR have a more a fine sound. Actually, I'm listening to what the other members and what they're into that's kind of formulated what we are now. Yeah, definitely amazing, amazing, it's been great. List only been recent though, it's only been over the past six months. Would put some things together.

6:15 So that's pretty cool. That's pretty cool. And so how would you guys without a genre? How would you guys describe your music to listeners have never heard you before? Horrible? That would make me go to a show, right. Lots of horrible, nasty words. I could say, I don't know, I know right for me, it smell there you go wherever genre you're into stor. Well, see that's the key too, Like there's still any micro genres, subgenres, it gets ridiculous already. Tease you to stick to the bigger umbrella in the east, right.

6:57 And then you're not put in a box as an artist like you take bring me a Rise, And everybody has given them a lot of ship for changing their music, and all is like, why do I want to write the same song over and over again? Things evolved? Yeah, well you've got to. You've got to move with stuff. And if the writing changes a bit, it's called you can't pidgono yourself too much. I mean, you look at one of my favorite bands who people call a metal band, and let me said, we play fucking rock and roll. Don't matter what you want to call yourself. If as long as people enjoy. It, that's the key, and that you guys enjoy it, because then if you enjoy it, you're gonna make great music and we're gonna enjoy it. How would you guys describe your live show?

7:38 It's so difficult on't it. I would say our live show is a four lads on stage, massively weirdly obsessed with aliens and horrible noises. And that's it basically. And going back to what you said before about the genre, I don't know, I agree with Ben. Maybe just Mel. You've got thrash, Meto, death metal, black Mouth, you've got. There's even one called beauty Chords. Yeah, I know, I know it gains stupid Mel right, well, and do you know what you can label us what you want? I mean, it is. Game stupid, like even like it's so fine. And I remember, okay, so I was at Metallica's first show ever.

8:19 Wow. Nice, there was. No such thing as slash metal. Yeah, and after the show, I don't know, it was like like thirteen or something, Dave Mustaine walks up to me and hands me his business card and it said Metallica power Metal today. That was on the back of the Yeah, but listen there. Our nickname for them was Alcoholica. So you gotta be a pretty bad alcoholic to get kicked out of Alcoholica for alcohol Yeah yeah, yeah, but see, like nobody would think of Metallica as power metal. But basically that's how stupid the genre name. It's like because, like you said, just playing metal. Yeah yeah, And so how do people reach you on socials on the web. Check out your music by your merch because they can listen to my show and let's say, buy your merch.

9:13 Well I agree with that. That's brilliant. Yeah right, yeah, awesome. I've got to be agree on So yeah, Facebook, Instagram, We've got website, IROs dot credit Ka, Bandcamp, We're on every streaming platform. We've got a very very healthy YouTube channel. We recently did a song with Kyle Thomas from Exoder in Trouble. That song went onto YouTube and just exploded. Wow, like literally he's I mean, we're hugely grateful to Kyle for doing it with us, but it's also helped us massively because it's the band is just so cool. Yeah, he's amazing. He's especially we're all fans of him, but Joel, he's a big aer for Joe, and to be fair, Joel actually sawed it out. But yeah, I mean it's it's awesome. He's really raised that profile. So we're always going to be grateful to him.

10:00 Very cool. I love it. I love that your ear at Bloodstock and man, you guys kill it and thanks for being on the Adventures Pipe Man. Thanks for having us, dude you. Michelle Kerr was my press officer for my entire fucking career here in the UK, my entire career with Machine. She recently passed away and it was a very very sad day. And I can tell you the reason that I'm gonna tell this story is because she was family. She was Bloodstock family, she was heavy metal UK family. Most of the. Bars that you know and love you probably heard of because of that woman right there, Slive, Knots, Slayer, Machinehead, Trivium Kills, which Engage, Hey Breed, 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 Man.

11:10 She helped make it so. Ladies and gentlemen, please make some noise. From Michelle Kurt, thank you for listening to the Adventures of Platemn on w for CUI Radio