HEAVY has followed with interest the recent musical trajectory of New Zealand rock outfit Checaine. We first interviewed the band about 18 months ago and since then have spoken with them a number of times about various releases, which has culminated in the recently released EP Black River. The album is a rock lovers delight, […]
Words by Andy Parkinson Haling from Nashville, Tennesse, All Them Witches could lay claim to being one of the most consistently hard-working and all-round fucking amazing bands to have come out this side of the Y2K. Since forming in 2012, the band has released a staggering six LP’s, three live albums, a small arsenal of […]
Florida rockers Mayday Parade have just added two more shows to their upcoming Australian tour after current shows sold out in record time. With the initial run of dates focusing on the band’s third, self titled album, Mayday Parade have changed things up a bit with the freshly announced shows, opting to play their debut […]
German death metal powerhouse Defeated Sanity have announced a co-headlining tour of Australia with Brisbane death outfit Disentomb. Known for pushing the parameters of their chosen genre and experimenting in ways that some purists might consider blasphemous, Defeated Sanity are a band who live and die by their own sword. They are an enigma in […]
JOE SATRIANI will release a brand new studio album on April 8. The Elephants of Mars marks the legendary guitarist’s 19th studio album in his 35+year career in music. This album also marks the debut of his new label partnership with earMUSIC, the international rock label of entertainment group Edel. The album’s first single, Sahara, is available now […]
Elsewhere on the Gold Coast, Mo’s Desert Clubhouse is hosting more bands from Halloween Hysteria tonight (Friday), with Bare Bones, Mountain Wizard Death Cult, The Black Swamp and Strange Fiction warming your ears up for the main event tomorrow. Gig doors open at 7pm. $20/$25 Tickets (limited capacity). FREE ENTRY if you show your Halloween […]
Melbourne rockers Fight The Sun trade in a brand of hard rock that mixes monster riffs, soaring vocals and even bigger choruses. Their new track Friends are Enemies is an undeniably catchy track that shows the band are destined for big things. Friends are Enemies delivers big riffs, a huge chorus and gang vocals that will have you banging your […]
Platinum-certified recording artist Masked Wolf has shared his new genre-bending single Fallout featuring chart-topping, GRAMMY® Award-nominated rock band Bring Me The Horizon. Masked Wolf and the group originally joined forces in the summer of 2021 to record the track, which is complete with the rapper’s skilful verses and a massive chorus spotlighting frontman Oli Sykes’ […]
Metal United Down Under is an annual metal event which takes place in various cities all over Australia in the same night under the same banner. This year’s musical extravaganza will take place on April 2. The aim is to create a bigger exposure for underground bands and strengthen the community character which metal is […]
“We’ve got a long way to go and no time to get there”, so the song goes! Long Way To Go (Live From Daisyland) is the third release from The Dead Daisies, taken from the LIVE series recorded at the world-famous venue Rock City in Nottingham, England during the bands’ Like No Other Tour in […]
This week Charvel launched new Pro-Mod Series models: DK24 2PT, San Dimas® and So-Cal. The Pro-Mod Series continues upon Charvel’s storied legacy of innovative excellence in high-performance guitar design, offering the latest technology and top-notch features that today’s modern players need. Check out the videos below for a more in-depth look at these products.
Belgian extreme heavy metal frontrunners EVIL INVADERS drop another bomb by delivering epic anthem and third single Die For Me – the last harbinger of cutthroat energy released before the band unleashes their newest album, Shattering Reflection, this Friday. Evil Invaders on Die For Me:“’Die For Me’ was the first video script I actually wrote […]
Australian heavy metal force FROM CRISIS TO COLLAPSE have hit hard with the long awaited release oftheir brand new single titled NEEDLEPOINT, which is available worldwide on April 1 via BMM/MGM. NEEDLEPOINT showcases a world-class level of heavy metal production and a rather new angle on theband’s songwriting prowess – whilst still injecting the familiar […]
German genre-fusing visionaries LORD OF THE LOST return in 2022 with a new EP, The Heartbeat of The Devil! Out May 6, 2022 via Napalm Records. The EP not only features two versions of its title track, which was first released on the band’s most recent full-length – the conceptual masterpiece JUDAS – but three cover songs encompassing the band’s […]
Sydney outfit Bad Absalom have released their latest album plus a film clip to go with it. Bad Absalom are a beer-drenched 4 piece based in Sydney, Australia; forming a coagulated mix of groove-laden stoner and ferocious punk rock. The band have taken to some of Sydney’s most iconic stages in support of an independently […]
February 25, 2022 saw German melodic and power metal act SERIOUS BLACK release their sixth studio album, entitled Vengeance Is Mine, via AFM Records. One of the new songs on the record is called Album Of Our Life and hits the nail on the head in several respects. On the one hand, the band succeeded in creating what […]
Boisterous Hungarian Celtic-punk pirates PADDY AND THE RATS throw an unforgettable pirate party with their second offering, Everybody Get Up, cut from their sixth album, From Wasteland To Wonderland. The gripping new track invites the listener to join in a celebratory drink on the high seas. Everybody Get Up promises catchy dance and sing-along tunes, delivering another taste of the upcoming […]
Recently signed to Crusader Records / Golden Robot Records, South African sleaze rockers L.A. COBRA have released their first single for the label, She’s My Prison, which is available now on all digital platforms. Formed in November 2005, L.A. COBRA is the only sleaze/glam/hair metal band on the African continent. They are the “sleaze rocking hair metal stars” from Pretoria (home of multi-platinum […]
November 26, 2021 saw Italy’s symphonic metal kings RHAPSODY OF FIRE release their 13th, critically acclaimed studio album Glory For Salvation with AFM Records. While RHAPSODY OF FIRE already released one of their bonus tracks, Un’Ode Per L’Eroe, on the day of the album release, they are now presenting a brand new video for the English album version of the […]
With an incredibly successful back catalogue of ten records under their belt, and a recent signing with powerhouse label AFM Records, Austria’s symphonic metal force EDENBRIDGE has announced the first details about their upcoming, new album. Shangri-La will be released on August 26, 2022 and is featuring nine epic tracks, seeing the band to deliver their most diverse album […]
Due to overwhelming demand, CATTLE DECAPITATION have released LP re-issues of their classic albums – To Serve Man (2002), Karma Bloody Karma (2006), and The Harvest Floor (2009) via Metal Blade Records. All three albums were mastered for vinyl by Dave Otero at Flatline Audio, and are available now with brand new merch designs. Due to a manufacturing error, the re-issue for Humanure (2004) […]
ZZ Top has reached back to its very early days with the first track to be released from their forthcoming RAW album, out July 22 from Shelter Records, through BMG. Brown Sugar was a key cut on the very appropriately titled ZZ Top’s First Album that was released in January of 1971 and is the opening track on […]
Chart topping, Sacramento sextet, Dance Gavin Dance have dropped their first new music in almost 2 years today, with the release of brand new single, Synergy featuring guest vocals from Rob Damiani of Don Broco. The track comes accompanied by an official music video and is the first to feature fan favourite guitarist, Andrew Wells, as an official, full-time member of […]
The Damnnation attacks with their debut album, releasing a versatile sound that mixes multiple strands of extreme metal and brings old school thrash to life. Way Of Perdition will be released on May 6, 2022 via Soulseller Records on CD, LP and digitally. In Brazil, the album will be released on CD by the Xaninho […]
Bad Wolves, the critically acclaimed and multi-platinum rock band, premiered a new visual for their song If Tomorrow Never Comes (featuring Spencer Charnas of Ice Nine Kills) via Better Noise Music. Last week, the band released their new EP titled If Tomorrow Never Comes, after earning their sixth number one single at active rock radio at the end of 2021 with […]
Fresh from a sold out, 22 date UK headline tour at the end of 2021, Inglorious are delighted to announce the release of their first ever live album. Vocalist Nathan James says, “This album is a real true representation of what this band is now. After the 18 months of doing no shows, I believe you can […]
Platinum-certified Los Angeles quintet, Hollywood Undead return with their blazing new single Chaos, produced by WZRD BLD (Lil Wayne, Bullet For My Valentine, Lil Peep). The track is among the heaviest to ever be released by the group, yet still combines dynamic elements of rap, hard rock, & alternative, in a way that is authentically Undead. Chaos offers the first […]
Brisbane metal machine Void Matter are not only dropping their latest music video, Wildfire, but the band is also readying for a run of dates, starting in Far North Queensland! Lyrically Wildfire is about believing in yourself and feeding the fire inside to leave a scorch mark on the world. Sometimes people’s dreams or ambitions […]
Hardcore’s brainiest brawlers Kublai Khan TX release their new EP, Lowest Form of Animal, on April 1 via Rise Records. Today, the band has shared the visualizer for Taipan. It’s just over a minute, and it’s a brutally efficient and metallic blast that the band is known for. Watch and listen below.
Symphonic death metal masters Septicflesh have revealed a new video for their magnificent new single Neuromancer. The track thunders along with a fierce groove whilst allowing for flourishes of otherworldly atmosphere to permeate the seemingly impenetrable wall of sound. Watch the video below.
Sydney Sludge/Hard Rock duo Astrodeath today release new track and clip for Ceremonial Blood as premiered by Triple J’s The Racket, AndrewHaug.com and HEAVY Magazine. Experimenting with dark melody in this offering whilst still staying true to their big riff style and aggressive delivery, the band have dropped their third album single off upcoming release Vol.2 (Tuff Cuff Records/Black Farm Records) to coincide […]
Grabbing you from the opening vocals of Rat Detective and refusing to let you go until the final sing-along chorus of Return To Mars, Melbourne punk-rock 5 piece Captives thrill on their sophomore album Return To Mars. Lyrically on Return To Mars, the band lean into various themes about power, relationships, greed, living through the […]
Karnivool are sadly moving their 2022 UK and European tour back to January and February 2023 The band comments: “Having already rescheduled our European shows once, we have tried every which way to make them happen this year, but we are in the unavoidable position where we must move The Regeneration Tour – again. We could put out […]
Of course, we all know the bigger bands they are in now, but what about the “other” bands? The ones that your favourite musician was in before joining their current band that has delivered what observers like to refer to as success? The black sheep of the relationship. The mistress. Starting today and continuing every […]
April 8 South African metal outfit Truth Decayed are looking to make an impact with their upcoming album Faded Visions I. After impressing with debut EP Modern Day Illusion, Truth Decayed have given a glimpse into their musical psyche, but promise to pit fans head to head with their inner demons this time around. The […]
Out Now Words by Jimmy Glinster Ghost are a band that’s known as possibly the best non-metal, metal band ever. So, are they metal, or is it just pop with spooky costumes? Who really cares, I don’t, I’m just here to tell you if the new album Impera is any good. I’ll be honest straight […]
Out Now Words by Jimmy Glinster When I got the last-minute call-up to throw in a quick review of some work by Dave Grohl, I was expecting to get my hands on the latest dad rock newy from the Fooeys. Fuck me, was I in for a shock. What I received was a filthy looking […]
April 1 Words by CocoLeSexBomb After a 27-year hiatus, The Violent Inzident emerges from their 1995 hibernation and with that we have Tiny D, C-Man, Bin Man, Adidasshole, Monkeybird and General Jerkhov back at it again for the first time to release to you… the world, their debut album This Is Nu Metal!, an album […]
Words by MetalV Pix by Ivan Scheffer Images So…Victoria’s open again for the time being, and now eager and willing music lovers of all genres are not running in fear at the prospects of attending a “super spreader” event! Well several thousand of those wonderful and unified punters that stepped out for a perfect Saturday […]
Pix by Mitchell O’Rourke Words by Dylan Clarke After what’s felt like a lifetime and then some, we’re finally reunited with what has to be the best weekend us metal/emo/rock heads could ask for. We’ve been longing for connections with not only our favourite Australian bands, but with our friends we likely haven’t seen (in […]
Frontiers Music s.r.l. 8 April 2022 Inglorious have been far from idle while parts of the world around them have crumbled. Following the release of We Will Ride in February last year, Inglorious rounded out 2021 by releasing Heroine, a covers album showcasing songs sung by vocalist Nathan James in honour of some of the […]
Out Now Spotify New Zealand rockers Checaine are an old school type of rock band. No bullshit, no fillers, and loads of grunt. After releasing four of the five songs on Black River as singles, Checaine have now packaged them together for your listening pleasure, so to celebrate I thought I would have myself a […]
Words by Jimmy Glinster Pix by Squirty G Third time lucky for this little ditty. I was planning to go to this both times, it got cancelled due to the filthy Rona, but I’d totally forgot about it this time around. That’s until I got the call up to get myreview boots on and get […]
Atomic Fire 1 April 2022 Words by Metal V Here in the ongoing shit show we acknowledge as 2022, Sweden’s maestros of extreme musical excellence, Meshuggah, are nine studio albums into their metal genre-defining career and STILL as relevant today as they were when their first release Contradictions Collapse was unleashed upon our unsuspecting existence […]
Paramount Pictures have released the final trailer for the upcoming blockbuster Sonic The Hedgehog 2, which is out on March 31. After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is ready for more freedom, and Tom and Maddie agree to leave him home while they go on vacation. But, no sooner are they gone, when Dr. Robotnik […]
The original Sonic movie was a rarity. A movie based on a video game that was both entertaining and kept the gamers happy. For once it seemed that the filmmakers behind a film actually had a vast knowledge of the game they were bringing to life and had incorporated as much from ‘game play’ as […]
Amanda Jane Pritchard swung by this week to chat about her new show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. And for anyone heading along to see the show this weekend $2 from every ticket goes to Bipolar Australia. You can listen to the full interview right here:
Mohamed Karim chats to HEAVY Cinema about what it was like working with Bruce Willis on his brand new film A Day To Die. Take a listen to the full interview right here:
Korean thriller Escape From Mogadishu is in cinemas now and this week we sent Dave Griffiths to go and check it out. You can listen to his review here:
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of TOPGUN graduates for a specialized mission […]
Today, Disney+ announced FX’s “Pistol,” the limited series about the legendary Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones, directed by Academy Award®-winner Danny Boyle, will premiere Tuesday, May 31 exclusively on Disney+ in Australia, under the Star banner. The premiere will feature all six episodes. Based on Jones’ 2017 memoir Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol, “Pistol” was created and written by […]
Over one day across the streets of L.A., three lives will change forever. In this breakneck thriller from director-producer Michael Bay, decorated veteran Will Sharp (Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Candyman, The Matrix Resurrections), desperate for money to cover his wife’s medical bills, asks for help from the one person he knows he shouldn’t—his adoptive brother Danny (Oscar® nominee Jake […]
Brand new documentary Anonymous Club explores the life of Australian singer/songwriter Courtney Barnett. This week Dave Griffiths reviewed it and his review can be heard right here:
Brand new documentary Carbon: An Unauthroised Biography opens in cinemas this Thursday so we sent film critic Dave Griffiths along to check it out. You can hear his review right here:
Filmmaker Daniela Ortega chats to HEAVY Cinema about her brand new documentary Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography which is released in cinemas this Thursday. You can take a listen to the full interview right here:
Cinematographer David Richardson talks to David Griffiths about brand new doco web-series Incoming: Words Of War. Take a listen to the full interview right here:
Rose Callaghan is bringing her Young, Dumb And Full Of Mum show to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and this week she gave us an insight into what people can expect. You can listen to the full interview right here:
Isaac Haigh is bringing his Tell Me I Suck show to this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival so this we sent Dave Griffiths to chat to him about it. You can take a listen to the full interview right here:
One of the more interesting shows at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival is Cab Suave which mixes comedy and circus. This week Dave Griffiths sat down for an interview with one of the cast members Latonya Wigginton. Take a listen to the interview right here:
It is often said that cinema needs something fresh. In a world where it often seems that it is Marvel vs DC or a reboot from the past it is very, very refreshing when something like The Bad Guys comes along. This may be an animated film but it is well written, comical yet somehow […]
Disney+ has announced plans to introduce Sing-Along versions of beloved fan-favourite musicals, beginning with Walt Disney Animation Studios’ critically acclaimed film “Encanto” on Friday, March 18. On average, “Encanto” streamers have watched the film five times with the title accumulating over 180 million re-watches globally since launch. Disney+ subscribers really can’t stop streaming “Encanto!” The […]
