To WACKEN And Beyond With DEPRIVATION

Interview by Kris Peters
Australian thrash outfit Deprivation have had a year to
remember.
Earlier this year the band edged out a strong heat of finalists to
win the Australian Wacken Battle Of The Bands competition which had
as its first place the opportunity to grace the stage at the
prestigious Wacken 2023 in Germany.
It was the crowning achievement for a band with over 15 years of
servitude to the Australian heavy metal industry and just rewards
for an unwavering passion and commitment to the scene.
HEAVY recently sat down with lead guitarist Lachlan and bass player
Jesse to find out more, starting with if their feet had managed to
touch the ground a couple of months after the event.
"Yeah, it's been a while now," Lachlan answered. "But it took a bit
to get off that high for sure."
"We were all a bit grumpy when we got back," Jesse added,
laughing.
We ask the boys to think back to the final in May and tell us if
they thought they had done enough on the night to win.
"I, personally reckon we absolutely killed it on the final," Jesse
nodded, "but there was some fantastic competition. There was that
whole what's gonna happen thing, and we all put on our A game, and
obviously it worked out well for us. It was a very tight
competition."
"We definitely played as good as we've ever played that night,"
Lachlan added. "So there was no reason not to think we didn't put
our best effort in."
In the full interview, Lachlan and Jesse run us through getting the
call to tell them they had won, how they raised the money to get to
Germany, how they were treated by other bands, the wet weather that
plagued Wacken this year and what it meant for them, the 'bonus'
international Battle Of The Bands where they came tenth, playing on
the main stage, the actual set and how they felt, what they took
from the experience, the live video for Burn recorded at Wacken,
new music and more.