We might be in and out of lockdowns but this month really has seen the return of one of Australia’s best thrash metal bands – Desecrator.
Nearly two years ago the band were on a mega high – they were touring Europe with Airbourne and while that sounds like a big deal within itself the band’s lead singer Riley Strong recently told HEAVY Magazine’s Dave Griffiths that that was also the time when the band started the genesis that would become its greatest album ...
New Zealand rock outfit Shihad sound younger and fresher on their upcoming album Old Gods, much more so than a band who have been around for just over three decades should!
Shihad have continuously churned out the hits, with songs like My Mind’s Sedate, Home Again, Pacifier and Bitter reaching another level on the live circuit, which is where Shihad surpassed many over their contemporaries with each outing.
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While there have been countless books written about AC/DC and former frontman Bon Scott, seldom has a body of work focused solely on Bon Scott as a person, musician and entertainer.
His story – as that of the band – is legendary but too often tales of his life and music serve merely as appetisers for his unfortunate demise.
With his recently released book Bad Boy Boogie, The True Story Of AC/DC Legend Bon Scott, Australian author Jeff Apter has elected to shine the light more so on Bon ...
Kaosis are back with a killer new track that goes straight for the jugular.
The single, Push Me, is a b-side from Kaosis’s sophomore album due out next year and draws on the band’s nu metal influences. Kaosis stated they were listening to more nu metal, alt metal and 90’s industrial music during lockdown, which has inspired the deviation away from the strictly metalstep sound they have been synonymous with in the past.
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Perth’s indie four-piece Death by Denim are back and determined to get you on the dancefloor with their new single and clip Cause A Scene.
The song is a pulsating and high energy party-starter inspired by the various instances of social and environmental activism seen over the past few years and the need for significant reform-where it’s not enough to stand and commentate from the sidelines.
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legendary Melbourne punk rock band Bodyjar drop their new single Get Out Of My Head.
For nearly 30 years now, Bodyjar have built their local & international following with relentless touring demonstrating their blistering high energy live shows, that have made them one of the most respected punk rock bands in the world.
New single Get Out Of My Head sees Bodyjar return to the up- tempo catchy punk rock the band are renowned for.
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Melbourne-based heavy outfit THE LAST MARTYR return with a vengeance with new single “Afterglow”, a hard-hitting and nostalgic bop about young love and reflection through rose coloured glasses. The track itself features a huge chorus with a twist in the middle via a trap second verse.
Vocalist, Monica Strut, shares the story behind the tune: “Afterglow was written as an apology to a past lover whose heart I kind of trod on.
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Independent 2-piece outfit The Nuremberg Code have released their latest single and accompanying video for Revolution.
The track ignites a fire deep inside, quickly erupting into an energetic anthem to say the least. With a style reminiscent of the 90s, yet fresh enough to have a modern day vibe, The Nuremberg Code’s music is an exciting hybrid of metal, electronics and all the fun things in between.
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Sydney-based post-hardcore group Isotopes have today returned with their thunderous new single Die Alone.
Opening with atmospheric keys, Die Alone launches into action with frantically syncopated drums and soaring distorted guitars, before making way for the enunciated vocals of frontman Justin Miller. Provocative lyrics intertwine with airtight instrumentation as the song’s emphatic chorus is accentuated with angst and grit. Dynamics rise and fall before a commanding breakdown initiates a ...
You can’t keep a good festival down, and this year one of the Gold Coast’s best alternative and longest-runningindependent festivals, the indomitable Wallapalooza returns November 20 with an eye-watering line-up for the ages!
Headlined by heavyweight rockers Grinspoon, Wallapalooza is back and bigger than ever!
Wallapalooza features a stacked line up and epic sets from alt-metal outfit The Butterfly Effect and alt-rockers DeadLetter Circus, with both acts not having played a ...
As the fallout from COVID continues unabated, the harsh reality is that some businesses in the music industry are hanging on by the barest of threads. These business not only provide live entertainment to the public, they also provide jobs to countless people and a place of comfort to many more.
“The Bendigo Hotel isn’t just a pub, it’s our home for music, and it has provided thousands of bands and punters a place to celebrate the live music that we love, for over a decade.
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Inspired by all the Music Gods of the past from the soul – bending Aretha Franklin to the dimension – shifting Led Zeppelin, the Heavenly sounds of Freddie Mercury to the dark Evil of Black Sabbath, the Rock N’ Roll power ofAC/DC and the calm sounds of Otis Redding, Sydney based rock outfit The Cloud Surfers are stepping back in time to bring their music into the future.
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The UNIFY Gathering is officially back in 2022 and the festival is stoked to announce the stacked lineup of all-Australian artists that will be taking over Tarwin Meadows for one monumental weekend of heavy music chaos.
From promising up and comers to triple j mainstays; nostalgic singalongs, guitar legends and striking storytellers to unapologetic punk-rockers and earthshattering breakdowns, UNIFY 2022 is serving up a plethora of heavy sounds that Aussie music fans can be proud ...
Born out of lockdown but raging with the fires lit in the 1990s, Vulgar Display of 90s is the ultimate tribute show to the music that has moulded a generation of metal lovers.
Covering bands such as Slipknot, Machine Head, Pantera, Deftones, Rage Against The Machine, System Of A Down, Korn, Tool, Refused and Sepultura, Vulgar Display Of 90s plunges you fist first back into the sweaty and pit stained music of your youth in an 80-minute display of power that dares you to not get ...
Gold Coast alt/prog rockers The Silencio have brought a Tarantino-esque flavour to their new single I Know What We’re Not, a haunting track which meanders through melodic verses and powers into the mesmerizing chorus.
The song is a good representation of their newly evolved sound, with experimental elements punctuated with heavier moments, with acoustic guitar meeting synthesized soundscapes taking you on a 4-minute emotional journey.
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After a couple of aborted attempts, Melbourne masters of metal Frankenbok are hoping the Metal Gods are finally smiling on them with a planned three-day smash and run visit to Queensland.
After heading up the coast to Eleven Dive Bar on September 10 and headlining Moondoll Festival the following day (more details to come), Frankenbok finish the run of shows with a Sunday afternoon of metal at Mo’s Desert Clubhouse with PistonFist, Odius and Beast Machine.
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Words by Jimmy Glinster
There is nothing quite like being summoned late on a Saturday night to review an Australian thrash metal band. That is of course except for being at a metal show which is fucking near impossible with the filthy Rona still lurking about. But here we are, and here we have the latest release by Desecrator who can hopefully follow through with their tour plans by somehow bypassing the filthy state of roaches after a snap state lock down was enforced earlier ...
Words by Matt Gabites
It has to be said, that no matter where you are from, these past 18 months have indeed been strange times. And if you happen to hail from Melbourne, you would have every right to double down and claim it to be strange, strange times.
Fortunately for us, The Ugly Kings do reside in Melbourne, and they have fashioned the absurdity and frustration of the day into 10 brand-new songs of hard rocking power blues.
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Words by Jimmy Glinster
Buckle-up punks because Buckled are about to take us on a 10-minute party starting, cocktail drinking, trouble making journey. At least that’s what this punk outfit from my hometown of the Gold Coast are telling me! I’m always up for trouble making, especially when it includes cocktails and a party, so let’s see if this 4-track release lives up to the self-proclaimed hype.
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