It has taken well over a decade, 9 albums, multiple fan petitions and even a support group for Australian fans upset at not having a tour, to finally get one of the greatest live bands in the history of heavy music to Australia. Renowned for legendary performances, ludicrous levels of skill as musicians and a seemingly endless catalog […]
You Me at Six are due to start their Australian tour for the first time in 5 years this July in Perth on the 9th and finishing up in Melbourne on the 16th. It’s been a long-awaited return for the band and fans alike. HEAVY took the chance to catch up with Josh Franceschi to […]
King Parrot have always epitomised the working class of Australian metal. Brash, confident, unflinching and honest to the core, the boys have never wavered from their passion, bringing to the surface a newfound generation of Australian music that has its roots deeply entrenched in laconic Aussie humour laced with massive doses of pent up attitude […]
With six of eight shows sold out on their national Easy Detention tour, iconic Aussie rockers Grinspoon have today announced second and final shows for Perth, Adelaide and Melbourne, with limited tickets still available in Hobart and Newcastle. The tour will make its way around the country later this year in October, November and December, […]
Devin Townsend is a relentless force, fearlessly pushing the boundaries of artistic expression. A genius, an eccentric mastermind, an orchestrator, and a comedian all rolled into one. His ability to seamlessly transition from creating crushingly heavy sounds to crafting ethereal and otherworldly ambience is not merely a display of immense talent; it lies at the […]
After a tumultuous couple of years of cancellations and determined reschedules, the ‘slightly heavier’ music festival Thrashville is ready to take a stand, delivering its biggest line up in its 6 year history, with heavyweight progressive rock three-piece COG headlining the festival in 2023. Whilst COG will headline the stacked Saturday program, the Friday will […]
It’ll be a never ending run of magic this November when iconic UK folk-punk troubadour FRANK TURNER and his band THE SLEEPING SOULS return to New Zealand and Australia for The Never Ending Tour Of Everywhere, alongside special guests MOM JEANS and EMILY BARKER. This marks FRANK TURNER’s biggest Australian headline tour. As one of […]
Frontier Touring are thrilled to announce Scottish indie icons Teenage Fanclub will return to Australia and New Zealand in March 2024, performing their first live shows down under since 2019. The renowned Glasgow five-piece – led by founding members Norman Blake and Raymond McGinley, with drummer Francis Macdonald, bassist Dave McGowan and keyboardist Euros Childs […]
Following on from a huge first announcement of conference speakers – which will see top industry tastemakers from around the globe descend on Australia – BIGSOUND has officially dropped the mic and unveiled over 140 artists set to showcase in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley from September 5 – 8. Now in its 22nd year, BIGSOUND has […]
A colossal storm is brewing! Brace yourselves for an unforgettable night of mind-bending music as three titans of progressive metal unite for a tour of epic proportions! Picture this: the air crackles with electric anticipation as Australia’s revered progressive wizards Ne Obliviscaris return home on the back of their new album ‘Exile’ for their first Aussie tour […]
Yours and Owls will be throwing the housewarming of all housewarmings this October, and they invite you all to help them christen their new home for the next three years, The University of Wollongong. B.Y.O willingness to lose yourself in the music, the moments, own it, and never let it go for two whole days. […]
Following their latest self-titled studio album in 2020, hard rock power metal titans FIREWIND have announced the release of an upcoming live album/BluRay, titled Still Raging. The release, that comes as a special BluRay and 2CD edition, will be available on September 1, 2023 through AFM Records. Since more than twenty years, the iconic band […]
Nourished by nightmares and the throbbing pulse of pragmatic terror, CARNIFEX have returned with their ninth full-length studio album, Necromanteum, out October 6 via Nuclear Blast Records. After existing as a band for over 18 years, CARNIFEX continue to experiment with fresh song arrangements, and adding a unique sense of atmosphere to their inherently deathcore […]
Sydney’s Dirt City have emerged onto the scene with their debut single Squelch by reclaiming and reintroducing the industrial roughness absent in modern heavy rock. Squelch fearlessly embraces the grit, angst and dirt that defines Dirt City’s sound. Produced by Nathan Sheehy (DZ Deathrays) and mastered by Grant Berry (Stand Atlantic, Fangz), Squelch showcases the […]
Melbourne rock trio Sisters Doll are having the times of their lives right now! Their just released new single Change is their third #1 single on the Australian iTunes Rock Chart with the track AND the music video debuting in the Top Spots upon release today. With its driving bass, perfect tempo, soaring chorus and […]
Alternative rock band To Kill Achilles will drop their new album, Recovery, on August 11 via Arising Empire. Recovery will be available as CD and limited colored vinyl, together with special merch options at the band and Arising Empire Shop. Today, the band has released their new track The Cave. Consisting of 11 tracks, the […]
Australia’s WINDWAKER have dropped the video for their brand new single SIRENS. SIRENS is like a sonic grenade — the musical tension, urgency, riffs, and beats build quickly and explode with a delirious fury. Shifting from clean vocals to earth-shattering screams amid a firestorm of guitars and synths, the Australian band will hurl you headfirst […]
Meanjin/Brisbane-based alternative-metal artist Machine on a Break has just unveiled her mesmerising new single Honestly. Honestly opens with sombre piano, eerie soundscapes and seamless backing vocals that compliment Machine on a Break’s rich melodic delivery. The verse percolates with intricacies, bursting to life through a full-throttle chorus, fuelled by bludgeoning drums and growling guitars. The […]
Globally lauded Mongolian rock sensation THE HU are excited to release the deluxe edition of their acclaimed 2022 second album Rumble Of Thunder via Better Noise Music. The extended album includes seven new tracks, four of which the band have shared over the past few months including two acoustic versions of Bii Biyelgee and Mother […]
Bearings have announced their third album The Best Part About Being Human, due for release on August 18 via Pure Noise Records. Produced by Sam Guaiana (Silverstein, Between You & Me), the new album features the most tightly honed songwriting of Bearings’ near-decade career, instantly nostalgic for sweaty summer festivals and finger-pointed singalongs while serving […]
In 2022 – while working on their second album – IOTUNN decided to finish the song Mistland first. They went to Fascination Street Studios in February 2023 and got the song mixed and mastered by Jens Bogren (Amon Amarth, Paradise Lost, Kreator, Enslaved). The artwork and video for Mistland was created by acclaimed artist Costin […]
Chart-cracking Finnish melodic death metal band BEFORE THE DAWN reveal third new single The Dark, together with an official music video. The band’s highly anticipated comeback record Stormbringers is out now. The Dark catches instantly with an intense intro and – as with the whole album – a wild ride between calmer parts, intense growls […]
On the blazing heels of their highly-lauded 2021 debut album, Sermons Of The Sinner – which debuted within the Top 20 on charts in the United States, the UK, Germany, Sweden, Finland and more – KK’S PRIEST return to sin again with their savage sophomore offering, The Sinner Rides Again, out September 29, 2023 via […]
Prague formation STELLVRIS have released a new single called Who’s the Target Now, on which they worked again with the American producer Jonathan Dolese from KonKrete Studios (Cane Hill, For the Fallen Dreams). This single is the hardest effort the band has made so far. This year we can look forward to a debut album […]
Yorkshire melodic metallers, Caskets, who recently announced their new album, Reflections, for an August 11 release on SharpTone Records, have today released an affirming new single, Better Way Out. Speaking of the track, frontman Matt Flood says, “Better Way Out is a song that relates to suicidal thoughts and tendencies. It’s a song about noticing […]
Naarm/Melbourne-based alternative-heavy act Future Static make their hotly anticipated return in an unexpected yet utterly electrifying fashion with a turbo-charged, metal fuelled cover of Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee‘s 2004 global reggaeton hit, Gasolina. Electric front-woman Amariah Cook, born in Melbourne and raised in Barcelona, unites the vastly different metal and reggaeton worlds of her […]
For almost three decades, the US/French Canadian-based melodic death metal syndicate KATAKLYSM has delivered unapologetic waves of powerful sound across the entire globe. On August 11, 2023 the band’s fifteenth full-length studio album Goliath will be unleashed unto the masses via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, KATAKLYSM releases the second single, Die As A King. The […]
It’s been a few years between drinks, but Sydney punks Ebolagoldfish have returned with the first taste of their new album. Powers is out now in the form of a storm chasing video and on all streaming platforms. A slick piece of work that sees the group continuing their musical journey, Powers will appear on […]
Following the success of their first two single releases Save Your Breath and Robin The Hood, GLASSHAWK have released a new single titled Never Wanna Wait in the lead up to their debut EP Kolorblind. The latest single showcase’s the diverse musical journey this band has to offer, with the lyric video using a combination […]
Forever Soldiers Of Esther is in memory of guitarist and songwriter Yngve Andersen‘s now deceased mother Ester Andersen (1951-2015). The Andersen family belonged to something that for outsiders could remind them of a cult, and the siblings got to feel that on their body every day as it was a little village and everyone talked. […]
Following their recent, worldwide signing with powerhouse label AFM Records, French alternative rock force ONLAP has shared a lyric video for their new single Crawling In The Dark. “After 15 years of a full indie model, we’re really glad to start this new journey with AFM Records,” the band recently said. “We really love the […]
Words by Jimmy Glinster Napalm Records Release date: July 14 I guess you could say that England and thrash metal kinda go hand in hand with the whole New Wave of British Heavy Metal thing that happened back in the early 80s with the likes of The Big Four. All of which were American bands […]
Words by Jimmy Glinster Out Now PLEASE NOTE. THE EP WAS SENT IN DIGITAL FORM AND NOT IN THE CORRECT ORDER OF SONGS It’s not too often you get an email at 5:30 in the morning asking if you want to do an EP review, and to be honest it was the last thing I […]
Words Jimmy Glinster Out Now Have you ever had that Sicksense that you’ve completely forgotten about something? Well, I just did after realising that I forgot to review the Fools Tomorrow EP that I so eagerly hassled Vicky Psarakis for an early copy of a couple of months back. If you think that name sounds […]
Thanks to our good friends at Monster Fest we have double passes to giveaway to the screenings of My Bloody Valentine 3D, Silent Madness 3D and Amityville Horror 3D in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Simply private message us through our Subculture Entertainment Facebook page and let us know which film you want to see […]
Thanks to our good friends at Sony Pictures we have 10 double passes to giveaway to brand new film Sisu. During the last desperate days of WWII, a solitary prospector (Jorma Tommila) crosses paths with Nazis on a scorched-earth retreat in northern Finland. When the Nazis steal his gold, they quickly discover that they have […]
TOM CRUISE, HAYLEY ATWELL, SIMON PEGG and POM KLEMENTIEFF, along with Director CHRISTOPHER MCQUARRIE lit up the red carpet at the Australian Premiere of MISSION:IMPOSSIBLE – DEAD RECKONING PART ONE at The Darling Harbour Theatre at ICC Sydney.
Monster Fest Weekender 3D kicks off in Melbourne this weekend before then heading to Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth so today Dave Griffiths spoke to one of the curators of the festival Jarret Gahan to find out a little more about it. Take a listen to the interview right here:
ABOUT DUNE: PART TWO Director: Denis VilleneuveCast: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling and Javier Bardem The saga continues as award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve embarks on “Dune: Part Two,” the next chapter of Frank Herbert’s celebrated novel Dune, with an expanded all-star international ensemble cast. The […]
Dave Griffiths says that You Hurt My Feelings is a thought provoking drama that will have you talking about it after the credits roll. Take a listen to his full thoughts right here:
One of the things that Pixar have excelled at over the years has been putting heart into their films. Whether it be a story about misfit toys or monsters learning that humans aren’t evil the studio’s filmmakers have always managed to put a massive amount of emotion into their stories… so much so that many […]
Grab the hat and whip because the man, the legend, Indiana Jones is back in Indiana Jones And The Dial of Destiny. The film itself may have been put on the backburner for some film lovers due to the saturation of ads for Mission Impossible and Barbie but this rightfully should be one of the […]
The Popcorn Conspiracy Radio Show Ep #017 is now online. In this episode David Griffiths, Harley Woods, Kyle McGrath and Lee Griffiths review Red, White & Brass, No Hard Feelings, Cats In The Museum and The Ordinaries. They also preview Metro Comic Con 2023 and chat to filmmaker Alice Maio Mackey about Bad Girl Boogey.
