Since playing their last gig at Breaking Bands Festival in Bromsgrove in 2015 – in a move which shocked their fans worldwide – Breed 77 have been but a whisper, despite persistent and hopeful rumblings that the band would once again rise to prominence. Those whispers gained traction earlier this year when the band began teasing about something new and big from the Breed 77 camp, culminating in a 48-hour countdown which ended on February 10 with the acoustic film clip to their ...
Northlane are emerging from the post-COVID musical landscape perhaps quicker than other Australian bands, mainly due to their headlining status on the travelling Fult Tilt Festival which recently included a Sydney date to add to the Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide shows. Not only will the band be headlining those four dates, but they have also released their latest single “Clockwork” in the lead up so things are really starting to ramp up for the band and their ...
Pennsylvania thrashers Bushido Code have released the video for their single “Aftermath”. The song is from their upcoming release The Ronin which will be released via Upstate Records on April 16. Watch “Aftermath” below: Continue reading BUSHIDO CODE With New Tune at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Sydney metal outfit Black Rheno have been strangely subdued during lockdown, but all of that is about to change with their imminent East Coast tour and now the announcement of their latest single “Battle Ready” “Battle Ready” will be premiered on April 5 through HEAVY but for those who can’t wait here is a sneak peak of the track. Continue reading BLACK RHENO To Premiere New Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
“Under The Sun” is a track taken from Areis‘ upcoming debut self-titled album Areis. The album will be released during 2021 via Wormholedeath. Watch “Under The Sun” below: Continue reading AREIS With Debut Album at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
A Killer’s Confession, the band led by former Mushroomhead vocalist Waylon Reavis have released a brand new song “Light To Darkness” via Wake Up! Music Rocks (a division of Wake Up! Music). This is the second song to be released and is from the band’s highly anticipated third album coming out later this year. Continue reading A KILLER’S CONFESSION With New Song at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
British metal outfit Heavy Sentence have premiered their new track “Cold Reins”. The song is the second released from the band’s debut album Bang To Rights which will be out on May 28 via Dying Victims Productions and Crypt Of The Wizard. Watch “Cold Reins” below: Continue reading HEAVY SENTENCE With New Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Nightshadow returns in 2021 to offer up a slab of infectious strong-hearted power-punching metal from their forthcoming full-length Strike Them Dead . The album is due out May 7 with the first single “Ripper” out now. The track is a story from the point of view of the malice mind of Jack The Ripper. Continue reading NIGHTSHADOW Return With New Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Hardware, the third solo album from ZZ Top frontman Billy Gibbons, has wrapped recording and post-production and is set for release June 4 by Concord Records. The album was recorded at Escape Studio in California’s high desert, near Palm Springs, and was produced by Gibbons along with Matt Sorum and Mike Fiorentino with engineer Chad Shlosser providing additional production. Continue reading BILLY GIBBONS With Solo Album & Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal ...
Carolinas based heavy rock band The LA Maybe -fronted by lead singer Alvi Robinson, made famous when he was nearly selected to front the legendary band AC/DC in 2016 -have released the official music video for “Oh Sugar”. Directed by Ridge Beck, “Oh Sugar” is the electrifying third track off of the band’s debut LP, Dirty Damn Tricks, and the kind of rock n’ roll tune that comes together when you combine the down and dirty riffs of AC/DC with an ...
Atreyu will release their new album Baptize on June 4 via Spinefarm Records. The band has just shared the video for “Underrated.” “We’ve never been handed a golden ticket and never been given a free ride to the top of the mountain,” the band says about the song and clip. Continue reading ATREYU Announce Album & Video at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Horror loving metal outfit We’re Wolves have dropped the debut single from their upcoming album Evil Things. The album will be released on October 14 and is a totality of works based on Dante’s Divine Comedy featuring the sins that captivate us all. Watch “Wasteland” below: Continue reading WE’RE WOLVES With Debut Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
With chugging riffs, pounding drums and snarling vocals, “Time’s Up” is like a spooky horror movie condensed to three minutes and twenty seconds. The visual accompaniment, directed and edited by Adelaide filmmaker Curtis Brownjohn is a playful deviation from standard doom metal aesthetics and looks at the trio’s final hours together before an impending doom wreaks chaos. If you’re looking for the classic 10-minute doom epics, you won’t find it with Rocky’s Pride ...
The debut album of Silver Lake by Esa Holopainen is available on May 28 via Nuclear Blast Tonträger Produktions- und Vertriebs GmbH and comes not only with the legendary guitar riffs of Esa Holopainen from Amorphis, one of Finland’s biggest guitarists and metal songwriters, but also seven famous rock and metal vocalists such as Jonas Renkse (Katatonia), Einar Solberg (Leprous), Björn “Speed” Strid (Soilwork), Anneke Van Giersbergen and many more, that dive you into ...
Dreamshade have released the video to their track “Safe Harbour”, the opening song from their recently released fourth full-length album A Pale Blue Dot. The album has been celebrated by both fans and media, with industry tastemaker site Metal Insider calling it “a hard-hitting, cohesive album filled with emotive melodies and thought-provoking lyrics.” Watch “Safe Harbour” below: Continue reading DREAMSHADE With New Single at HEAVY ...
Lamb Of God is celebrating the release of the live edition of last year’s critically acclaimed self-titled album with a new lyric video for the bonus track “Hyperthermic/Accelerate”. In addition to the lyric video, the band also debuted a new live quarantine session video for the track “Routes”, featuring a guest appearance by Testament vocalist Chuck Billy. Continue reading LAMB OF GOD Release Two New Videos at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music ...
After the recent surprise release of the single “Devestation”, Ohio based rock outfit Beartooth have done it again, announcing details of their latest album Below. Below will drop on June 25 via Red Bull Records and can be pre-ordered HERE The band have also released another single, “The Past Is Dead”, which can be viewed below: Continue reading BEARTOOTH Announce Album & Drop Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Karpenter will drop their debut album Sleepless this May via Rockshots Records. The album will be a gateway to a hostile and tormented world, where space and time are perceived in a distorted way. Each track hides a story, and a tale steeped in fear all inspired by horror movie themes and characters such as “The Manor” for Army of Darkness, “Perfection Valley” for Tremors, “No Vacancy” for Alfred Hitchock‘s Psycho, and their first ...
Enveloped in mystery and shrouded in mystique, Brisbane’s Xen0christ is a musical enigma. By embracing the darkest corners of his musical psyche Xen0christ has quickly established himself in the Australian underground rap/trap scene with his blending of rap and metal showcasing a taste for the obscure and macabre that many artists scratch the surface of but few manage to embrace. He is self-produced, highly motivated and has a thirst for the extreme, accentuated in his ...
Logan Grimm is an ambitious young artist seeking to take on the world as the creator of Grimmreaper. He has developed an intense backstory for a multimedia project that explores the very human realities of tragedy and suffering, and the choices they present, from nihilism and resentment to transcendence and courage. In the process of this, as a solo artist, he has crafted music that fuses the influences of highly technical bands like Dragonforce and Meshuggah with the work of ...
Swedish melodic death metal outfit Silent Verdict are proud to release their video for “I Am Forsaken”, taken from the band’s upcoming album Condemned which will be released via Wormholedeath worldwide. Watch “I Am Foresaken” below: Continue reading SILENT VERDICT Drop Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
International All-Stars melodic death metal band Act Of Denial have unleashed their fourth single “Slave”, featuring ex-Soilwork guitarist Pete Wichers. “Slave” is available for streaming and orders on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and Amazon. Act Of Denial are lead guitarist and songwriter Voi Cox (Koziak, Victim), guitarist and lyricist Luger (Benighted, Koziak), vocalist Bjorn Speed Strid (Soilwork), bassist Steve Di Giorgio (Death, ...
Gothic rock/melodic metal outfit Everlust have released the lyric video for their song “Land of Dreams”. The song is taken from the band’s upcoming album Diary of Existence which will be released on May 7 on all streaming platforms and later on CD format via Wormholedeath. Watch “Land Of Dreams” below: Continue reading EVERLUST With New Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Brisbane metal outfit Diskust have announced yet another date on the road to Kilfest in Melbourne, with the band securing a show at Crowbar in Sydney on April 29. Diskust will be bringing Gold Coast melodic metal machine Awake In Time for the show, with Sydney metalcore band Through It All and locals Engraved rounding out the line-up. Continue reading DISKUST Announce Sydney Show at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Megadeth bassist David Ellefson and Sons of Apollo vocalist Jeff Scott Soto have been collaborating on some new material recently under the moniker Ellefson-Soto. The Ellefson-Soto version of the Riot classic “Swords & Tequila” released via Ellefson’s Combat Records on www.ellefsonmusic.bandcamp.com and across all digital streaming outlets. The song was originally featured on the 1981 Riot LP Fire Down Under (Elektra). Continue reading ELLEFSON-SOTO With New Single ...
Bristol melodic hardcore outfit Immerse have definitely used their time in isolation to explore varying degrees of their musical psyche with their new album The Weight That Holds Me Here. It is an ambitious and experimental take on the hardcore genre, combining softer, more precise moments with testosterone-fuelled aggression that surprisingly feeds off each other well. Vocalist Archie Hatfield handles both clean and harsh vocals and it is a credit to his vocal prowess ...
With their recent offering Resident Human, progressive rock outfit Wheel feel as though they have reached a critical, yet successful, juncture in their career. This album is everything prog is meant to be and more. Much more. It is the type of album that commands repeat listens and one which threatens to envelop more of your subconsciousness with each passing moment. Continue reading WHEEL: Resident Human at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Hidden Intent’s latest album Dead End Destiny is a return to the thrash roots that so many bands try to emulate but few manage to pull off effectively. With all of the sub-genres emerging these days it is easy for bands to get lost in a myriad of sounds and labels – with many succumbing to the temptation – but for me the purest form of the term is generally the best. Continue reading HIDDEN INTENT: ‘Dead End Destiny’ at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music ...
Australian filmmaker Michael Bentham chats to HEAVY about his brand new film Disclosure which is in cinemas now. Take a listen to the interview right here: Continue reading DISCLOSURE – Michael Bentham Interview at HEAVY Cinema.
In the second episode of A Critic’s Journey Dave Griffiths goes right back to where it all began and takes a look at The Fast And The Furious. He discusses whether the film holds up today and how it went about kick starting one of the biggest franchises in cinematic history. Continue reading A Critic’s Journey Ep #002: THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS at HEAVY Cinema.
GROFilm Production is excited to announce that their latest release, mystery thriller Sensation, will be available on digital download from 16th April. Sensation is the second film from Director Martin Grof, following his award-winning hit Excursion. Boasting an exciting cast, the film stars Eugene Simon (Game of Thrones, Genius) & Emily Wyatt (Hurricane, Rise of the Footsoldier: The Heist). Continue reading SENSATION To Get VOD Release at HEAVY Cinema.
Brand new horror comedy film Witness Infection has now been released on VOD so this week HEAVY’S Dave Griffiths sat down and gave it a good old fashioned watch. Check out what he thought about it right here: Continue reading WITNESS INFECTION Review at HEAVY Cinema.
The trailer for Spiral: From The Book Of Saw has just been released. The film is directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and stars Chris Rock, Max Minghella, Marisol Nichols and Samuel L. Jackson. It will be released on May 13th. Continue reading SPIRAL: FROM THE BOOK OF SAW Trailer Released at HEAVY Cinema.
Check out the brand-new trailer for Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Bad Batch,” an original animated series launching exclusively on Disney+. “Star Wars: The Bad Batch” makes its debut on Tuesday, May 4, with a special 70-minute premiere, followed by new episodes every Friday starting on May 7. “Star Wars: The Bad Batch” follows the elite and experimental clones of the Bad Batch (first introduced in “The Clone Wars”) as they find their way in a rapidly changing galaxy in the immediate ...
Gone are the days when a film can get away with senseless violence without there being some kind of ‘art’ to it. I don’t say that because of cancel culture or anything to do with morals or something like that. I say that because of what audiences expect from films these days. I can remember a time when audiences would happily sit through, and enjoy, films that were pretty much just an action hero blowing away bad guys for 90 minutes – story was optional. Continue reading NOBODY Review at ...
When I first heard that a new Tom & Jerry movie was on the way, my first thought was – how could this possibly work? Yes the mischievous mouse and cat have been entertaining audiences for over 70 years, but I have come to realise over recent years that what the new generation finds funny compared to what I found funny as a child 30 years ago is vastly different. So, I’ll be completely honest – I thought the chances of this being a Tom & Jerry film that would appeal to all ages was ...
There is nothing quite like sitting down to watch a film that relies heavily on its screenplay. Yes, I love my action blockbusters but the screenwriter in me just laps up films like The Ice House and Blackbird that rely on a brilliantly written script and character-driven dialogue to make the film work. Given how many great dramas Australia has produced it is surprising that we haven’t brilliant character-driven films, but I guess that just makes films like brand new drama Disclosure even ...
No film has ever punched me in the stomach as hard as The Father. There were times throughout this film were it felt like I had been punched in the stomach, not just lightly but to the point where I was struggling to breath as I watched this film play out. Dementia is no light subject matter in my family. I watched my once vibrant Grandmother go from being an award winning lawn bowler to not being able to recognise her own children all within just a few years. Continue reading THE FATHER ...
“Obi-Wan Kenobi,” the new Disney+ special event series starring Ewan McGregor as the iconic Jedi Master, will begin shooting in April. The story begins 10 years after the dramatic events of “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” where Kenobi faced his greatest defeat, the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker turned evil Sith Lord Darth Vader. “Obi-Wan Kenobi” is directed by Deborah Chow, director of two critically acclaimed episodes of “The ...
Welcome to the Jam! NBA champion and global icon LeBron James goes on an epic adventure alongside timeless Tune Bugs Bunny with the animated/live-action event “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” from director Malcolm D. Lee and an innovative filmmaking team including Ryan Coogler and Maverick Carter. This transformational journey is a manic mashup of two worlds that reveals just how far some parents will go to connect with their kids. Continue reading New SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY Posters Released ...
The trailer for Wrath of Man has just landed. Written and directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Jason Statham, Scott Eastwood and Josh Harnett the film lands in cinemas on April 29th. Continue reading WRATH OF MAN Trailer Released at HEAVY Cinema.
