Headbore One Year After Branded
The underground metal scene has a particular energy to it — the kind that smells like hot amps, stale beer, and the faint promise that something chaotic might happen at any moment. That energy is exactly what you get when talking to Adam Fisher, the frontman of Adelaide heavy hitters Headbore.
I recently sat down with Fish for a conversation that started with their album Branded, and quickly spiraled into stories about brutal vocal sessions, touring disasters, broken ribs, and the strange realities of life in a working metal band. The album has now been out for about a year, but for Headbore the cycle hasn’t slowed down — if anything, the band are about to throw fuel on the fire.
On March 21 they hit Metal on Murray, and rather than just cherry-picking a few songs, they’re planning to run the entire Branded album live. No shortcuts, no nostalgia set — just the full record delivered the way it was meant to be heard: loud and physical.
During the interview Fish talks about the madness of recording the album — including tea every twenty minutes to keep his voice alive and bandmates yelling for him to hold screams longer — and the kind of tour stories that only seem normal once you’ve spent years inside the metal scene. Somewhere between discussions of stage chaos, influences like Metallica, and the strange art of surviving life on the road, one thing becomes very clear: Headbore aren’t interested in playing it safe.
If you want the full story — the recording chaos, the touring insanity, and what’s coming next — watch the full interview with Fish. Just don’t expect it to stay calm for long. 🤘
This is the gospel.
I bite crowd surfers.
Killer.
