“We just didn’t want to set any limitations on ourselves for this one”. The Ghost Inside Topping their last self-titled album was always going to be difficult for Californian metalcore outfit The Ghost Inside after it was named one of Loudwire‘s Best Rock and Metal Albums of 2020. The accolade was richly deserved for a […]
“It’s a collectible thing. It’s yours. The thing is with digital music is it’s whilst you’re sort of like dipping in and you’re listening to it orally, there’s no and you can look at a picture. It’s not yours.” Richie Lewis Tumbleweed have been a mainstay on the Australian music scene for over three decades, […]
“There’s a few things on this album that we haven’t really done before.” Dave Lupton For the last decade and a half the name Flaming Wrekage has been synonymous with hard, thrashy and brutal Australian music. Since forming in Sydney in 2009 the band have raised the bar for touring and commitment in this country, […]
Australian self-proclaimed metal diva Billie-Jade is counting down the days until the release of her debut EP XI:XI, an album both raw and unapologetically honest full of attitude and spunk while still maintaining an air of vulnerability. After releasing her first single Horror Haus not long after electing to perform as a solo artist back […]
After the disappointment at having to postpone their debut Australian tour in 2023, US death metal outfit Jungle Rot have stuck true to their promise of making it out here as soon as possible with the news they managed to find suitable dates with German black metal pioneers Rotting Christ this May. While Rotting Christ […]
The 2024 APRA Music Awards have finally gone metal! With this year’s event introducing the new Most Performed Hard Rock/Heavy Metal category, Australian lovers of hard and heavy music are being welcomed into the annual extravaganza as five of the countries leading rock/metal bands of the last couple of years battle it out to claim […]
Some of the most iconic acts in rock and roll will make history at Pandemonium Festival as it sweeps across Australia’s east coast from this Saturday! Pandemonium is a rock fans dream come true, with an unparalleled line-up of rock legends featuring: Alice CooperBlondiePsychedelic FursWheatusWolfmotherCosmic Psychos Local openers have been confirmed and they are: MELBOURNE […]
Metal United Down Under (MUDU) proudly announces its upcoming milestone event, marking a decade of relentless metal mayhem across Australia. This year, the celebration promises to be nothing short of epic, with 21 cities hosting 118 bands, showcasing the vibrant metal scene Down Under. From Adelaide to Sydney, Brisbane to Sunbury, metalheads can rejoice as […]
Organisers of Pandemonium Festival have made the following statement: “Palaye Royale have announced that they are unable to travel to Australia to tour with Pandemonium festival. Please read their statement below”. “It is with heavy hearts that we are cancelling our performance at the upcoming Pandemonium Festival. We have encountered a family emergency that requires […]
Korn‘s Jonathan Davis was so excited by ORGY that he created his own record label in order to sign them and fund their debut album. Not to be outdone, Limp Bizkit‘s Fred Durst discovered a very young COLD and threw his considerable weight behind them. Both Nu Metal giants’ intuitions were well vindicated when Orgy‘s […]
After an impressive and successful debut in 2023, Electric Eye Heavy Fest returns for its second year as it prepares to discharge 9 hours of heavy music mayhem at Freo.Social, Fremantle on Saturday, October 5, 2024. This year’s line-up features a diverse range of top-tier bands, including Tasmanian technical-death metal kingpins PSYCROPTIC, who return to […]
Sydney-based label and rock music specialists XMusic began in 2020 and have grown to include nine brilliant acts from all across Australia, with 4 more soon to be announced. Across April and May, the label are hosting XMusic Live, a series of gigs in Sydney and Melbourne to showcase their extraordinary roster. Melbourne icons, Sisters […]
The Beasts are out on the road on their National Alive Tour, performing Beasts of Bourbon classics, fan favourites, and more. Featuring James Baker, Tex Perkins, Kim Salmon, Charlie Owen, and Boris Sujdovic, these will be the last shows ever for this line-up…not to be missed. The national run winds up in Melbourne this weekend, […]
Grammy Award Winning U.S. Rock act GRETA VAN FLEET are set to make their highly anticipated return to Australian and New Zealand shores this August for the first time since 2019. GRETA VAN FLEET will open their tour at Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane on August 21 before heading to Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on August […]
Oli Sykes from Bring Me The Horizon invited Australian trap metal legend J-Figure (The Weight Of Silence) on stage in Sydney earlier this week to sing Antivist, and he had the entire 20,000-strong audience eating out of the palm of his hand. Halfway through the song J-Figure encouraged the crowd to split down the middle, […]
Independent music and arts festival SLEEPLESS FESTIVAL is set to take over Melbourne’s inner west this May with a vibrant showcase of music, performance and art and installation. SLEEPLESS’ 2024 festival will build on its success in 2023 by celebrating the depth of culture and talent existing in Melbourne’s West, and highlighting the suburb’s potential […]
Based in Canberra, Australia, ST.SINNER are a high-octane emo metalcore band. The three piece formed in 2020 and take inspiration from acts like Bring Me The Horizon, Void of Vision and Grandson. With a sound that is ever-evolving, their unique brand fuses heavy riffs and poignant lyrics with a high-energy and charismatic live show that […]
Raw, ferocious and oozing with caustic dexterity, come and witness the high-octane new single Empty from metalcore mavericks Void Of Vision, officially out today via UNFD. Following the quartet’s transmutation via the razor-sharp 2023 single Angel Of Darkness, Empty is a sweltering blend of pummeling beats and oscillating melodics, complete with jagged riffs, voracious vocals […]
Melbourne hard hitters Cicadastone are back with another slab of Seattle-infused rock in the shape of Last In Line. With its huge vocal harmonies, driving riffs and emotive guitar fills, Last In Line harks back to a time when songs like this were all over the radio. Last in Line is a song about forms […]
The cooler months may be imminent, but things are only heating up for Melbourne band RUN, returning today with a brand new single Summer featuring Trophy Eyes frontman John Floreani. An emphatic addition to the ever-growing RUN sonic universe, Summer layers cascading drumwork, emotive melodics and searing vocals, with frontman Lochlan Watt trading vehement moments […]
Feel like something is missing in your life? Feel like you haven’t heard enough blaring sirens, deafening chants or seen enough bar climbing and megaphones? Maybe you can’t get enough of Electric State… Well wait no longer, after the band’s tour in Japan they have hit the studio again to unleash their new single Can’t […]
Wollongong based rocker Taime Marsh has released his debut single called Hey Everybody. Hey Everybody is a contagious, high-energy, modern rock track with a horror-punk twist, which showcases Taime’s natural gift for melody. “My inspiration for the song is derived from bands such as Misfits and Blitzkid,” Marsh said. “The lyrics are unequivocal and to […]
Anthemic, stirring and vehemently raw, the brand new single Self Help from Melbourne quartet Banks Arcade is a powerfully resounding sonic pivot. Following on from their earlier 2024 EP, DEATH 2, Banks Arcade once again rewrite their own destiny with Self Help through nuanced instrumentation, hazy electronic hues and chest-thumping choruses amplifying vocalist Joshua O’Connell‘s […]
Richie Weed (the moniker of Tumbleweed frontman Richie Lewis) has announced the release of his debut solo album Strays, and with it gives a second taste of the record in the form of the new single Lady Of Avalon. Scheduled for release on May 24, Richie says of Strays, “I was compelled to make this […]
Eora/Sydney-based alt-rock shapeshifters RedHook are bringing saxophones to the circle pit on their joyous new release Breaking Up With – produced by Stevie Knight (Stand Atlantic) and mixed by James Paul Wisner (Underoath, Paramore). Delivering infectious funk grooves and lashings of horns over their trademark heavy guitars, slick synth production and gargantuan singalong hooks, Breaking […]
Photos by JD Punisher Photography (Brisbane) Richie Black Photography (Melbourne) As a massive Slipknot fan the one thing I was kicking myself about after the very first Knotfest Australia last year was the fact I didn’t get a chance to check out the Knotfest Museum that is a featured – but separate – part of the travelling metal extravaganza. But that […]
19/04/24 Described as Australia’s first heavy metal diva, Melbourne’s Billie-Jade is readying herself for the release of her debut EP XI:XI this Friday, April 19. Having only released the one track – Horror Haus – previously, there isn’t a great deal of research to be had into Billie-Jade so the best thing to do is […]
Pix by Sarah Gilpin Despite the bleak outlook painted by the weather bureau, rock fans in South East Queensland united as one last weekend, as Lookout Festival shed its label as new kids on the block when they finally got the opportunity to showcase their debut line-up consisting of Live, Incubus, Birds Of Tokyo, Eskimo […]