Peter Mahoney (Workers Comp, Unwell) gets honest about grief, DIY ethics, and what it really costs to keep playing.
TubeFreeks frontman Paul Van Valkenburgh joins Lance Marwood on MAKE // BREAK to talk band longevity, touring setbacks, vocal coaching, and how co-writing sharpened the new...
Testament founder Eric Peterson joins MAKE // BREAK to talk Para Bellum, four decades of thrash, touring burnout, AI and creativity, and how horror movies, strange...
"How the cult of infinite possibility turned my ADHD into a feature, then a weapon. On productivity culture, complexity, and survival in the maze."
Kelsey Maree Dower is a symphonic metal vocalist/composer behind “Rage” and the upcoming Rebirth project. On MAKE // BREAK with Lance Marwood, she talks orchestral writing,...
Little Bihlman unpacks touring with dUg Pinnick in Grinder Blues, why technique serves songs not ego, and the Emmy-winning drummer's pivot to his solo chapter on...
Aaron Farrell on discipline, creative survival, and killing perfectionism. The Welsh writer unpacks fatherhood, martial arts as writing method, and Barcelona on MAKE // BREAK.
Veteran bassist and producer Dave Fowler (Dolly Parton, Dr. John) joins Lance to talk craft, humility, and building a lasting career in the music business.
Frontman Garrett Barbuto (Garrett Barbuto & The Hot Pursuit) joins MAKE // BREAK to talk rock revival, DIY grit, and finding your rhythm between passion and...
Author Aaron Farrell (’The Lost and Found’ and ‘ArtBeat’) on turning hard travel into sharper writing, sustainable habits, and the realities of indie publishing. He’s also...
Ger Carriere joins MAKE // BREAK to talk music, identity, and the wild courage it takes to stay true to yourself.
Robert E. Stahl is the Dallas-based horror author behind Show Me Where It Hurts (JournalStone, 2025), a debut collection of 30 short stories and poems exploring...
Brandon O’Neill, of Wine & Warpaint, discusses recording with producer Kyle Black (Paramore, Pierce the Veil), the mental shifts that come with travelling for art, and...
Garrett Anthony Rice speaks candidly about craft, industry saturation, and his belief that music must carry both truth and weight. He pushes back against formula and...
Collin Young is the guitarist and co-founder of ONE HUNDRED MOONS, Toronto’s rising force in shoegaze and dream pop. Collin opens up about the creative process,...
Kentucky is the musical project of Canadian artist Jordan Holman, whose debut album ‘Second Chance Music’ weaves together near-death experience, hard-won clarity, and a refusal to...
Cousteau Christopher is the Santa Barbara musician behind Djentrified, a project fusing djent, metalcore, and deathcore with cinematic and political storytelling.
Authors of Fate make jagged, blackened metalcore out of Los Angeles. Guitarist Elan Mlgenovich joins MAKE // BREAK to discuss the EP ‘Seat’s Taken’ with producer Taylor...
Brings Psychological Suspense and Supernatural Horror to Life
Dive into Lance Marwood’s debut novel ‘The Cherale,’ a chilling supernatural thriller out March 1st. Join Michael Abney’s fight against an ancient curse in this exclusive...
Debuts with First Book in ‘Path to Pro’ Series
An author who distills chaos into clarity, crafting stories that cut deep, whether through industry insight or unsettling fiction.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] NEW ROLE IS PART OF V13 MEDIA’S GROWTH STRATEGY THIS YEAR, EXPANDING SOCIAL MEDIA, MEDIA RELATIONS, UPCOMING PROJECTS Toronto, ON – January 12, 2023 –...
Want to time travel back to 2007 and relive all the hardcore, punk, metalcore and emo glory of the Canadian “scene”? Well, too bad, that shit...
We recently spoke with trending hardcore band MTXS wherein frontman Paul Collins discusses the group’s beginnings, new album Ache, and how this momentum has all come...
Heavy is the currency of the future, and MTXS are gonna be rich. Check out Ache, the most intense thing to come out of England since...