Pop punk titans Sleeping With Sirens earlier this month released their latest album Complete Collapse via Sumerian Records. It is an album that is at times heavier than anything the band has released in the past, with collaborations with some heavier vocalists such as Underoath‘s Spencer Chamberlain adding to the intensity. The band is also […]
German outfit The New Roses have been steadily building their fan base across four previous albums, but have struck gold with their latest offering Sweet Poison, which is out on October 21 via Napalm Records. An album full of rock goodness, Sweet Poison embraces 1980s Retro style rock with enough lashings of modern day angst […]
British outfit The Animals are one rocks most defining acts, ever. Period. Starting in the 1960s around the same time as The Beatles, The Animals revolutionised public perception of rock music, churning out hits like House of The Rising Sun, We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, Boom Boom, Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, I […]
The Devil Wears Prada certainly don’t mess around. Following 2019s album The Act and 2021s EP ZII, the band quickly entered the studio again and have recently released album number eight, Color Decay. Created in remote hideaways in Wisconsin and Desert Hot Springs, California, Color Decay is cited as a metalcore masterpiece and a defining […]
Summer’s comin’, and what better way to melt into the warmer months of a new year than with an Australian tour from guitar lord Plini? Announcing a seven-date run covering Sydney, Newcastle, Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, Plini will be bringing his astonishing live show alongside some very special guests, Canadian prog metallers Protest […]
Slay bells are about to ring, as three-time Grammy-nominated hard rock heavyweights and platinum-selling band Killswitch Engage have announced a trio of holiday season shows. The band will play at the Starland Ballroom in Sayreville NJ on December 28; at The Paramount in Huntington, NY on December 29; and a hometown show at The Palladium […]
Roundhouse Entertainment, Frontier Touring and The Killers are thrilled to announce the special guests for their Imploding The Mirage Tour 2022 – the genre-busting pop narrator Alex Cameron with his full band, and Australian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer Jack Ladder. Joining the line-up in the Barossa Valley will be alt-pop faves Floodlights. Kicking off next […]
The bloodiest date on the calendar is back for one last swing of the axe. HALLOWEEN, Sunday October 30. Dress ups are mandatory, so be in it to win it…. $250 plus Frankie’s Merch Pack for best n’ worst dressed. ABOUT THE BILL; All the way from the Ancient Sumerian banks of blood & bonhomie, […]
Raised on a diet of Marshall stacks, Gibson Guitars, Jack Daniels and weed, NASHVILLE PUSSY is the bastard offspring of foul-mouthed, demented, hillbilly, ice-cream man Blaine Cartwright and tractor driving, nude art school model, guitar prodigy Ruyter Suys. Born deep in the Baptist Bible Belt of Kentucky, USA – Blaine Cartwright used the Ramones and […]
Australia’s biggest alternative travelling music festival, aka Good Things Festival is almost upon us and it’s the biggest one yet! We’re thrilled to announce Good Things Festival in Melbourne is SOLD OUT with Brisbane and Sydney not far behind. We’ve been warning you to grab your ticket, so don’t miss out as tickets fly out […]
After finally getting back on stage earlier this year to headline the Our Party! Festival in Brisbane, Industrial metal stalwarts OUR LAST ENEMY (SYD) + WITCHGRINDER (MELB) have decided to take the show on the road and hit up Sydney and Melbourne. “After the huge response our bands got in Brisbane, we thought why not […]
Rounding off a special anniversary year for the band (35 years since foundation of the group as well as launching the debut album Animal House) and its fearless leader and voice Udo Dirkschneider (who turned 70 this April), November 18 2022 will see iconic heavy metal act U.D.O. release a career-spanning ‘best of’ compilation, entitled […]
The crew at Vamped Up who are putting on the Rock Gods Cruise next year have put the call out for people to be involved in the shoot for a promotional video to be shot in Brisbane on November 9. Read the full statement below. “AWESOME OPPORTUNITY! ~ for the right actors to play as the […]
Peaceville is proud to reveal the signing of RUÏM for a forthcoming masterclass in unnerving and eerie black metal brutality, set for release in 2023. RUÏM was formed by the iconic former Mayhem guitarist, Blasphemer (Rune Eriksen), in early 2020, driven by a firm desire to revisit the style of music he has dedicated himself […]
Today, the blistering and beautiful new chapter for Lorna Shore arrives via the release of the group’s new album, Pain Remains, out now via Century Media Records / Sony Music Australia. Pain Remains is the product of the same struggle and deluge of personal and creative hells that has marked Lorna Shore’s entire career. “This […]
Since officially leaving Mushroomhead in 2018, Jeff Hatrix has focused his creative talents into another project, Jeffrey Nothing. Since then, Nothing have released nine separate singles, with 1,000 Years rounding that number up to double figures. Musically, Hatrix’s DNA is all over the project, taking the best parts of what he is known and loved […]
Evergreener are back to serve up a heavy-hitting cocktail of punk/grunge/post-hardcore with their new track Sinking. The Naarm/Melbourne-based group are set to release the track on Oct 21 with its equally epic music video, and have announced their debut EP After Thoughts, which is slated for release on Nov 18. Sinking will blow listeners right out […]
R3VO have just released their latest single, Fireflies. Fireflies is the second single of R3VO’s debut EP of the same name. It follows Artificial Pleasure, and it avails itself of extremely catchy choruses and an explosive electronic outro. The EP be out on November 16.
Rising Newcastle-via-Athens quintet October Ends recently announced their new album PHASES, which arrives on October 28 via UNFD. Today, the band has shared the video for Call Me Before I’m Dead. As always, the video was produced and directed by the band, who like to keep things on the DIY tip. The song, described by […]
Rising Brisbane hardcore outfit Till Ya Dead are today releasing the music video for their single Draw The Knife. Draw The Knife is the debut offering from Till Ya Dead and highlights the band’s aggressive approach to music beautifully. Written during COVID basically as a Fuck You to everything that was going on in the […]
Bad Wolves surprised fans with a cover of Mama I’m Coming Home today, premiering a new official music video for the cover via Better Noise Music. The track will be arriving on digital streaming platforms later this month. This fall, the band will be lighting up stages across the UK and Europe, accompanied by Volbeat and […]
Pounding riffs weighing several tons? Check! Catchy choruses and symphonic flashes? Check! Relentless eruptions of chaotic, yet catchy modern metal? Check! Passionate performances by elaborate musicians? Check! The new masterpiece from the Finnish powerhouse LOST SOCIETY, If The Sky Came Down, has finally been released via Nuclear Blast Records. Frontman Samy Elbanna comments: “It feels […]
Industrial metal outfit Jeffrey Nothing have released their latest single 1,000 Years. Inspired by current world conflicts and the meaningless nature of war, 1,000 Years is dedicated to Save22.vet which is an organisation that fights to prevent veteran suicides. It is a typically diverse song from the band, combining elements of industrial metal and heavy […]
Brisbane based metalcore lords Among The Ruined have just released their new single and music video Common Creature, which was premiered via HEAVY Mag. Common Creature is the title track from their forthcoming album. The album was completely self-produced and was mixed by Justin Aufdemkampe (Miss May I). “Lyrically Common Creature talks about the deepest […]
Yuranga/Mildura-formed, Naarm/Melbourne-based indie-rock band Loose Bricks have just revealed their shimmering new single Right Now, produced and mixed by Oscar Dawson (Ali Barter, Holy Holy, Alex Lahey), and mastered by Leon Zervos at Studios 301. A fuzz-laden intro ignites the track, before the melting vocals of frontman Levi Smith provide fluorescent melodies that polish the […]
Sydney rockers Whiteford have released their new single She’s Amazing via XMusic. The track comes off the band’s forthcoming acoustic EP, to be released November 11. Frontman Zarz says of the track ‘She’s Amazing is about celebrating the women in our lives. The ones that always stand by you, comfort you and always have your […]
THE 69 EYES are unstoppable at the moment and have returned with yet another new song today – the first one off their upcoming, still untitled new album that will see the light of day in early 2023. Gotta Rock lives up to its name. This new banger is a cover from the famous Finnish […]
Evol Walks have shared their brand-new symphonic metal ballad Saints And Sinners alongside Stockholm metalcore act Defueld. Rock ‘n’ roll queen and lead vocalist Leah Martin-Brown works in tandem with Defueld’s Chris Wetterstrom to navigate the narrative of a dystopian future through melodic guitar riffs and yearning and energetic harmonies. Much like the mighty phoenix, […]
Renegade Flamenco Rock Rumba Punk ‘n’ Roll pioneers Gypsy Pistoleros have released a brand new single The Ballad of Tommy Shelby (Good, Mad & Beautiful) via Off Yer Rocka Records. It includes a most amazing, not to be missed special guest vocal contribution from Tommy Shelby himself. Order on link below, which includes the ‘Peaky Blinders’ […]
Doomswitch; a term used to describe a theoretical mechanism where an online poker site inflicts bad luck on a player. And, as of today, the very moniker sparking the start of a brand new chapter for Perth metalcore outfit Make Them Suffer, with their new single Doomswitch showcasing a renewed sonic spirit for the group, […]
3x Grammy® nominee Gojira have shared a new single Our Time Is Now which is available now on all streaming platforms. Originally announced as part of EA Sports’ NHL 23 soundtrack, Our Time Is Now is a call to action in our most dire hour. Gojira’s Joe Duplantier elaborated on the intentions of the new […]
After finding sonic heaven on earth via their EP CHRONICLES II: HEAVEN earlier this year, Melbourne’s Void Of Vision unforgettably spiral headfirst into the the abyss with a brand new single HELL HELL HELL. Stepping fearlessly beyond their previous works into more caustic and clear-cut new territory, HELL HELL HELL is a ferocious extension of […]
French underground avant-gardists CELESTE have released a new music video for their song (A), taken from their sixth studio album Assassine(s), released back in January of this year. The striking video expresses the essence of the song, both visually and emotionally, adding another level of depth to the already charged piece. (A) is CELESTE’s most […]
NYTT LAND releases the second single from their upcoming EP, Ritual: Blood of the West, to be released digitally via Napalm Records on November 18 2022. Song of U-Gra was originally released on their latest album Ritual, and has been reworked in western-inspired ways. This new interpretation once again immerses powerful throat singing with the […]
Emerging blackened death metal quartet BLACK LAVA will release its debut full-length, Soul Furnace, on November 25, 2022 via Season of Mist. Black Lava was founded by drummer Dan Presland (Vipassi, A Million Dead Birds Laughing, ex-Ne Obliviscaris) and guitarist Ben Boyle (Vipassi, AMDBL, Hadal Maw). They draw influence from old school death and black […]
German rockers THE NEW ROSES return with another jab, the passionate My Kinda Crazy from their upcoming fifth studio album, Sweet Poison, out this Friday via Napalm Records. Within this glittering piece of classic stadium rock, the band pushes past all limits, delivering one hit after another. Supplying tracks that would make even Bon Jovi […]
Finnish disco metal powerhouse TURMION KÄTILÖT have announced their tenth studio album Omen X for release on January 13 through Nuclear Blast Records. Pre-order Omen X on various formats now from: (local Pre-order coming) https://turmionkatilot.bfan.link/omen-x To mark the announcement the band have released the video for the album’s first single, the thumping industrial metal anthem […]
The Intergalactic Warlords of GWAR are currently desecrating North America on their Black Death Rager World Tour in support of their latest release, The New Dark Ages. The tour stops in Orlando, FL tonight and runs through November 3 in Baltimore, MD. The band has been featuring many new tracks from the album in their […]
Out NowWords by Jimmy Glinster Now, before you all get your testies in a tangle about it not being Skid Row because Sebastian isn’t in the band, just shut the fuck up, because The Gang’s All Here! Well, a version of it anyway, so let’s not judge before we listen. I sure as hell won’t […]
Century Media Records Out NowWords by Jimmy Glinster Lacuna Coil, what do I know about them? Fuck all, really. I do know that they’ve been around a hell of a long time, since 1994 in fact, and that I’ve probably even seen them a couple of times here or there at the odd festival. I’m […]
Out Now Words by Jimmy Glinster I thought Sleeping with Sirens was an Australian band that I’d run into somewhere on the hardcore scene. Turns out I’m wrong about that, and they are actually from Orlando, Florida. Who knows who I thought they were, but never mind, I’ll get on with reviewing their latest Post-Hardcore […]
Out Now Words by Jimmy Glinster I’ve always struggled with the basis of my interest in Orianthi. Is it because she plays well, or because she’s not too shabby to look at? Well, either answer would be correct, but the real question is who wears their PRS better, Orianthi or I? Anyway, after a short […]
Pix by Squirty After months of anticipation, the Metal Gods Tour – featuring Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens and Simon Wright – hit Australia last night for the first show of the tour at Brisbane’s Mansfield Tavern. The crowd was massive before opener Motorized hit the stage and kept growing from there, and it was great to […]
Out Now Apocalyptic Witchcraft Recordings I came across the magnificent The Antichrist Imperium by complete accident in 2017. Seeing guitarist Matt Wilcock sporting the band’s debut album t-shirt whilst playing guitar for Abramelin at their reunion show, appearing at the still memorable Metal for Melbourne Fest at the Corner Hotel. It was the cover to […]
The comic-book juggernaut continues with DC entering back into the game… this time with a character that is very fresh and new to the cinema going audience. That character of course is Black Adam, a character that has had a couple of false starts with plans originally to bring him into the universe in either […]
Belli Ciao is a fish out of water buddy comedy starring the popular Italian comedy duo of ‘Pio & Amedeo’. Friends since childhood Pio D’Antini and Amedeo Grieco (credited under their own names) always had their eyes set on bigger things. While Pio wished to be a success in the world of business, Amedeo aimed […]
Barbarian is a horror thriller which stands out from the pack. It follows Tess (Georgina Campbell) who travels to Detroit for a job interview. Arriving at night she discovers her AirBnB rental property is already occupied by Keith (Bill Skarsgård). Surprising at first it appears to be an accidental double booking and the two eventually […]
Aussie filmmaker Corey Pearson chats to Subculture about his new film The Spy Who Never Dies which is available on STAN now. Take a listen to the full interview below:
Everything in Between is a romantic drama based around two lost souls. Set in Sydney Australia it follows depressed 18 year old Jay (Jordan Dulieu) after a foiled attempt at committing suicide. While at a brief counselling session in hospital he is approached by 28 year old free spirit Liz (Freyja Benjamin). Liz’s globetrotting backpacking […]
Australian filmmaker Nadi Sha chats to Dave Griffiths about his new film Everything In Between which is in cinemas now. Take a listen to the ful interview below:
Films that mix food with cinema often don’t work, but does A Taste Of Hunger buck the trend? Dave Griffiths takes a look. Take a listen to his review below:
This week Dave Griffiths was lucky enough to sit down with Tearepa Kahi and Tame Iti to chat about the powerful new film Muru which is in cinemas now. Take a listen to the interview right here:
The darkly comedic horror SISSY, from writer/directors Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes, is set to arrive in Australian cinemas just in time for Halloween on Thursday October 27. Starring Aisha Dee (The Bold Type, Look Both Ways) in the titular role, the satirical nightmare received its world premiere at SXSW earlier this year and is […]
The Last Glaciers is the newest addition to IMAX screens across Australia. Designed to inform the next generation it’s focus is on the causes and effects of climate change. Craig Leeson and crew battle the elements to venture to the peak of diminishing glaciers worldwide to witness first hand the damage dealt. Along the way […]
Beyond the Dream is an incredible story of two aspiring teachers who create a college readiness program to help students in El Paso, TX achieve their college dreams. Releasing October 18th, “Beyond the Dream” is the true story of two high school teachers who started a program to take students from El Paso on a journey […]
This may well be one of the biggest surprises of 2022. Take a listen is Alex First, David Griffiths, Greg King and Peter Krausz say Mona Lisa And TheBlood Moon is one of the films you need to check out.
Tickets are now on sale for Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” the action-packed feature film that ventures back to the kingdom of Wakanda where a new threat emerges from a hidden undersea nation called Talokan. A brand-new trailer and images also debuted today. Fans counting the days to the film’s November 10 release can purchase […]
