Voyager: “The dream will be to make it sustainable for all of us . . . so we can keep it up for another 25 years!”

There are few rock and metal bands who can boast not only the chance to appear in the Eurovision Song Contest but to go on and appear in the final, bringing their music to a worldwide audience of millions. Generally seen as novelty acts, metal as a genre goes largely unrepresented even though Finnish ghouls Lordii won the contest in 2006 with their hit single “Hard Rock Hallelujah.” 2023 saw Australian progressive metal band Voyager hustle their way onto the contest and into the hearts of millions with their brilliant entry “Promise.” Progressing all the way to the final, eventually finishing in a respectable ninth place, the band capitalized on the momentum built by releasing their new album Fearless in Love. In our latest Cover Story, V13 spoke to drummer Ash Doodkorte to learn about the...

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