Conquering Time And Space With BEN ZILLA From GOATZILLA

Interview by Kris Peters
Gold Coast punk, thrash, hard rock outfit Goatzilla are one of
those bands that don't really care if they are liked or not, they
will still turn up to annoy the living shit out of you in the name
of fun.
It's perhaps a bonus then that these guys are not only a whole
bunch of fun, but they also sound pretty fucken good too!
After terrorizing the general public with their cracking debut
album Muthafukasaurus in 2019 - which featured the irresistible
track Drop Bear - Goatzilla have been a touch more measured in
their approach, popping up sporadically to play a show so that
people don't forget who they are while working diligently behind
the scenes to create new music and secure that elusive success in
the music industry of getting signed to a good label.
All of that would suggest that 2024 is the year of the Goat(zilla),
which just so happens to be true. Today, the upstarts release the
audio for their awesome new single Alien Nation, with next Friday
seeing the music video follow suit.
The boys are out on the road as we speak showing off the new song,
which happens to be the title track for their next album which will
be out in August. And to top it all off, the gang recently signed
with rapidly rising new Aussie label XMusic.
Things couldn't be going any better with Goatzilla at the moment,
so HEAVY thought we would try and challenge that thought when we
tracked down frontman Ben Zilla to find out all the juicy
details.
"Really, really pumped," he enthused when asked how he was feeling
about the single coming out now and the album in the near future.
"This has been a long time coming. We started this whole process
during COVID, and things just stretched and changed. It's taken a
long time to get to this stage, but it's been worth it. We had Pete
Jansen, our other guitarist, take on the job of mixing and
mastering the whole thing and has done an absolutely phenomenal
job. The songwriting we're really happy with, it's sounding great.
It's a level up from Muthafukasaurus and the single is a lot of
fun. Very, very excited."
In the full interview, Ben talks more about the single Alien Nation
and it's frenetic pace, the upcoming music video and what to
expect, how the new album is a step up from their debut, the
musicality of the whole album and the alien theme and how it
relates, their blending of genres to create a punk/metal hybrid
that is bold, loud and infectious, their current tour and what to
expect, signing to XMusic, future plans and more.


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