Collapse Interview – Camden, London UK
Interviewer: Danny Draper
Photos: Altercarnated Photography
London UK based metal band Collapse formed in 2009 by guitarist Andy Ongley and vocalist Duncan Wilkinson, with current members; bassist Andre Purvis, guitarist Charlie Webster and drummer Scott Harris.
In February 2010 Collapse entered the studio to begin recording their EP in March saw the band opening up the Hammerfest festival and April saw them being asked to record their own take on Judas Priest’s classic ‘Between the Hammer & the Anvil’ for Metal Hammer magazine.
The completion of their debut EP ‘Scar the Silence’ with Rohan Onraet (Slipknot/Machine Head) signalled that Collapse were about to carve a very big name for themselves and it was on the strength of this material that the band were requested to play the second stage at the UK’s Bloodstock Open Air festival.
Drawing from the European melodic metal of acts such as The Haunted and Carcass, but infused with the crushing grooves of US bands like Lamb of God and Pantera, Collapse are proud torchbearers for the future of Heavy Metal and everything that it means to the legions of fans worldwide, we managed to meet up with the guys for a catch up…& a few beers!
