Set amongst the lush bushland confines of Dashville, in the Hunter Valley, Thrashville returns, ready for a one day explosion of punk, rock, metal and all in between, on the darkest, firiest day of the year, Saturday, June 27, 2026.
This years line-up is a cracker, with FEAR (USA), Disentomb, The Bennies, Dregg, Hybrid Nightmares, Turtle Skull, Good Sniff, Private Wives, Couch Wizard, Catpiss, Purple Disturbance, Pyrefly, Whisperhead, Happy Fuckin Family, Immortal Within, I Hate People and Shacked! all set to deliver a great weekend of live entertainment.
HEAVY sent each band a short Q&A in order to get to know them a bit better. Today we get better acquainted with Pyrefly.
HEAVY: THRASHVILLE 2026 is nearly upon us. Have you ever been to Thrashville before as a punter or performing?
PYREFLY: Never been, but always had a close eye on it! Going has been a bucket list item since it started, so its awesome that our first time is gonna be as players!
H: What does it mean to you to be playing Thrashville?
P: Being counted among such incredible acts both past and present feels pretty sick, not gonna lie. Every band to hit those stages to date have earned their way to those spots, and it feels like a career highlight to be one of those bands.
H: How important are festivals like Thrashville for Australian bands?
P: Thrashville in particular is important because of the roots in Australian music. We see so many festivals that come through with only a handful of Aussie acts, let alone local bands. Thrashville has the size and grandeur of any of those other festivals, but still maintains support for Aussie acts and bands finding their footing. It seemed once like there was this huge gap between top of the local scene and bottom of the international scene, but Thrashville bridges that gap perfectly.
H: Which bands are you most looking forward to and why?
P: Disentombed for sure. Those guys put on one hell of a show and I can’t wait to have my face melted in the front row. Whisperhead are another band to keep an eye on, they always deliver a sick performance and are a class act through and through.
H: It’s a long day of music. What will you be doing to make sure you will still be standing come your set time?
P: Lots of hydration, good food and maybe a sneaky tattoo to get the blood pumping before our set. Other than that, it’ll be conserving as much energy as I can for our set so we can hit the ground running.
H: Give me your Top 3 Festival survival tips.
P: One: Get in early and find yourself and your crew a good shaded spot you can call home base for the day. The earlier you get in, the better the view of the stage you’ll have when you need to take a breather.
Two: Drink heaps of water. Last thing you want is to pass out before your favourite band.
Three: Look out for each other in the pit. If someone goes down, pick them up.
H: Which band – other than yourself – do you think will get up to the most mischief on the day?
P: I haven’t heard of Catpiss until now, but something tells me they are gonna be cooked and hilarious.
H: What song do you think the crowd would want you to play to finish your set and what are you going to play?
P: We cycle through a few finishers, from Silver Tongue through the The Void, but this time I think we want violence. When we smash out The Void, we hope to see everyone armed with their bonk sticks and ready for war.
H: What one song would you tell festival goers to listen to of yours if they haven’t heard you play before?
P: Go hit up The Void on Youtube! We released a video clip alongside the album release, and really captures the raw and intense energy we try to bring to every performance.
H: What is your most recent release?
P: Our latest release is our debut album ‘Lost & Found’, available on all streaming sites and bandcamp. It was a huge undertaking, and captures every stage of our journey as a band in the years we have been together. We hope you hear it, and we hope you love it as much as we loved creating it.
H: Finally, what plans does your band have for the rest of 2026?
P: 2026 will see us hitting parts of the country we either haven’t been to much, or haven’t been to yet. We are taking ‘Lost & Found’ to roads less travelled and visiting heaps of regional spots on top of our regular haunts. After that, we start our work on album 2 😉
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