After five years of no ‘new’ music from EPICA the Dutch symphonic death metal band was supposed to return in 2020 with their brand new album Omega. But then of course Covid hit and the album that the band are so proud of had to wait on the shelf a little longer. Of course, the mere fact that we even have an album from the band is a feat upon itself. Continue reading The New Omega of EPICA at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
When you are one of the most creative bands in the world what do you do when a pandemic forces you into a nearly year long lockdown? You get experimental. That was certainly the case of UK alternative rockers Shape Of Water who decided that during lockdown they would take of some their fan’s favorite songs and re-imagine them. The result was the brilliant EP Locked Down On Mars which is out now through Eclipse Records. Continue reading SHAPE OF WATER Get Locked Down On Mars at HEAVY ...
With the imminent release of their latest album Escape of the Phoenix on February 26, Swedish progressive metal outfit Evergrey have created a heavy, melancholic and thought-provoking album that is made all the better by its ability to cover fresh territory after the completion of the band’s bold concept trilogy on last album The Atlantic. Frontman and founding member Tom Englund joined HEAVY for a chat earlier this week to discuss the album. Continue reading EVERGREY Rise ...
With A Day To Remember set to drop their latest album You’re Welcome on March 5 the music world is once again abuzz at the bold, fresh stance taken by the band. They continually push the envelope with each release and have a blatant disregard for convention or expectation, which is perhaps part of the band’s universal appeal. Guitarist Kevin Skaff joined HEAVY from lockdown where he has spent the better part of 12 months to talk us through You’re Welcome and A Day To ...
Stoner fuzz outfit Indus Valley Kings have released their self titled debut album. Collecting rave reviews from Greece’s Music Life (Editor’s Choice) and Deathrattle podcast (Top 12 albums of January 2021), Indus Valley Kings sound has been compared to Kyuss, Corrosion of Conformity, Helmet, Queens of the Stone Age and ‘70s era Black Sabbath. Continue reading INDUS VALLEY KINGS Release Self Titled Debut at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Noisy Atlanta duo ‘68 shared the latest single “Bad Bite”. The song is lifted from the band’s highly anticipated full-length album Give One Take One, which is due out on March 26 via Cooking Vinyl. Watch “Bad Bite” below: Continue reading ’68 With New Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Heavy metal titans Gojira have announced their latest album Fortitude will be released on April 30 via Roadrunner Records. Fortitude will be Gojira’s first album in half a decade and is the follow up to the Grammy-nominated 2016 album Magma. As a treat for fans the band have released the lead single “Born For One Thing” which can be viewed below: Listen to “Born For One Thing” HERE Pre-order Fortitude at Gojira Fortitude Continue ...
After teasing with a release date earlier this year, Andrew W.K has now dropped his anticipated new single “Babalon” through Napalm Records. The song deviates from the party fuelled rock anthems made popular by Andrew W.K in the past and instead showcases a more controlled and deliberate sound from the mind of the multi-instrumentalist. Watch “Babalon” below: Continue reading ANDREW W.K drops New Track at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music ...
Brutal death metal outfit Vilemass have unleashed the lyric video for their single “Beast Of No Land”. The song is taken from the band’s full-length album Gore Weed Distortion which is due out on February 27 via Cult Of Parthenope. Watch “Beast Of No Land” below: Continue reading VILEMASS Release Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
HEAVY Interviews Band Influences Playlist 1 With the multitude of bands interviewed by HEAVY each month we got to thinking why doesn’t anyone ever ask them about their personal tastes in music? Not being able to come up with an answer we decided to ask them ourselves and as such have assembled Spotify playlists chosen by the artists themselves. We have asked each artist interviewed to provide three songs for a playlist: one of their own they would like people to ...
Swiss heavy metal coven Burning Witches and Nuclear Blast Records are delighted to reveal the magnificent cover artwork and the tracklist for the band’s fourth full-length The Witch Of The North, which will be released on May 28. Pre-orders for The Witch Of The North will start on March 19. The band commented: “We are happy and proud to announce the new album already and show you the terrific cover art! Continue reading BURNING WITCHES Reveal Cover Of New ...
Finnish metalcore metal band I At Last have released a new single, “Wake”. The track is taken from the upcoming debut EP Magenta which is released on March 26 via Inverse Records. Watch “Wake” below: Continue reading I AT LAST Release New Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Italian metal outfit Secret Sphere have announced the release of their latest album Lifeblood for March 12. The album sees the return of original vocalist Roberto Messina, with the band dropping the single “The End Of An Ego” to celebrate his return. Watch “The End Of An Ego” below: Continue reading SECRET SPHERE Reunite With Original Vocalist at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Incendium and Heavy Metal Entertainment announce the launch of Maledictus Athenaeum, a Cradle Of Filth comic book anthology series, under all-new music-focused OPUS imprint. In the ruined halls of the Maledictus Athenaeum lie occult histories, sealed records, and cursed artifacts – this unholy archive explores the far corners of Cradle Of Filth’s musical legacy, a vast universe of Ageless Vampires, Mythical Creatures and Vengeful Gods. Continue reading CRADLE OF FILTH ...
Fuath, the atmospheric black metal offshoot of SAOR’s Andy Marshall, has premiered new song “Into the Forest of Shadows”. The track is taken from the upcoming full length II, which will be released via Season of Mist Underground Activists on March 19. Watch “Into The Forest Of Shadows” below: Continue reading FUATH With New Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Nuclear Blast‘s newly signed, masters of death metal Gatecreeper will make their long-awaited return to the stage for their very first Livestream concert, taking place live from the Crescent Ballroom in Phoenix, AZ on February 20 (Australian Time) at 1:00 pm AEDT. Tickets are on sale now at Gatecreeper.com Please note that a video on-demand period will take place directly after the Livestream finishes and will be available until 22nd February at 6:59 am ...
Colorado’s Stone Deaf have released their latest single “The Velvet Hammer” via Coffin & Bolt / Golden Robot Records. “The Velvet Hammer” comes off their upcoming album ((Killers)). Listen to “The Velvet Hammer” HERE Continue reading STONE DEAF Release Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Swiss-Italian progressive metal masters Virtual Symmetry have just released the stunning video clip for the new single “Safe”. The song is taken from their sophomore full-length album Exoverse released on June 30 last year. Watch “Safe” below: Continue reading VIRTUAL SYMMETRY Drop “Safe” at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Death metal outfit Oldskull is a studio solo project founded in 2020 by Portuguese musician Paulo Soares. Oldskull are preparing to drop their debut 10 track album and have released the single “Time To Kill” which can be viewed below: Continue reading OLDSKULL With New Tune at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Swedish groove metallers Mara are proud to release the single and video for “Blessed Shores”. This is the second track taken from the band’s upcoming album Djävulstone which is out now via Wormholedeath. Watch “Blessed Shores” below: Continue reading MARA Release New Track at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
The Lion’s Daughter have released their latest single from upcoming album Skin Show which will be out on April 9. “Sex Trap” is out now and is a cinematic and eerie tune that gives an insight into the remainder of the album. Watch “Sex Trap” below: Continue reading THE LION’S DAUGHTER With New Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Neonfly have announced their worldwide signing with German powerhouse label Noble Demon, who will release the band’s highly anticipated upcoming full-length record, The Future, Tonight, on June 18. With two critically acclaimed albums under their belt, Neonfly have been storming festival main stages and touring as the main support band for some of rock’s biggest names, including Alice Cooper, Dragonforce, Anvil, Gamma Ray and Magnum since 2011. Continue reading NEONFLY ...
Hard rock outfit Prey For Sunday have released the single “Don’t Let It End”. The song is lifted from their self-titled EP that is out now. Watch “Don’t Let It End” below: Continue reading PREY FOR SUNDAY Drop Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Texas alt-rock band Post Profit return with their third single “When You Think It’s Right.” The powerful yet ethereal track will appear on the band’s upcoming debut album When You Think It’s Right It’s Always Wrong, expected this fall. Watch “When You Think It’s Right” below: Continue reading POST PROFIT With New Song at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Lisbon metallers All Against have released the music video for their single “I Am Alive”. The track is lifted from the band’s upcoming album of the same name. Watch “I Am Alive” below: Continue reading ALL AGAINST With New Track at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Established in 2000 in the heart of the SoCal punk scene, Chaser made a name for themselves playing fast, catchy and melodic skate punk. The band’s latest single “A New Direction” is blast of timely and politically charged punk rock and follows on the heels of their single “2020” which has been getting major spins on Sirius XM’s Faction. Watch “A New Direction” below: Continue reading CHASER Release New Track at ...
Joel Hoekstra, best known to rock fans as the current guitarist for Whitesnake and Trans-Siberian Orchestra (and also known for his work with Night Ranger and the Broadway show Rock of Ages), returns with his second album, Running Games from his electrifying solo project Joel Hoekstra’s 13. Joined by Russell Allen (vocals), Tony Franklin (bass), Vinny Appice (drums), and Derek Sherinian (keyboards), Joel and company pick up where his debut, Dying To Live left off. Continue ...
Breaking In Sequence, which features former Korn drummer David Silveria, have released their cover of “Midlife Crisis” from Faith No More. The video re-creates the original, frame-by-frame as a way to “faithfully pay homage” to Faith No More. Watch “Midlife Crisis” below: Continue reading BREAKING IN SEQUENCE Release FAITH NO MORE Cover at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
For just over a decade The Pretty Reckless have been a band on the precipice of global success. Their music has promised so much – and delivered for the most – but for some reason failed to resonate on a universal level. By no means is that a reflection on their ability as a band. Through albums Light Me Up, Going To Hell and Who You Selling For, The Pretty Reckless have swaggered their way through, courting controversy and displaying an honesty and openness ...
Led by the powerful yet soulful vocals of Nathan James, Inglorious are perhaps the best band you have never heard of. At least I hadn’t until their single “Medusa” landed in my inbox last month, opening up a whole new, refreshed world of rock that I had until then thought long forgotten. With a hard rock take on blues-infused dual guitar work, Inglorious sound like a band that have been transported here from the very birth of hard rock and left as a message to all of ...
Nicolas Cage Fighter prove that they are more than just a catchy name with their five-track EP Cast You Out. The EP is relentless from start to finish, barely pausing long enough to inhale much-needed air into your lungs before delivering another knockout blow time and time again. If you are a fan of the band – and if you aren’t what the fuck is wrong with you? Continue reading NICOLAS CAGE FIGHTER “Cast You Out” at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music ...
HEAVY Cinema chats to producer Ahmet Zappa about the brand new documentary Zappa that chronicles his father’s life. Zappa opens in Australian cinemas tomorrow. Continue reading ZAPPA- Ahmet Zappa Interview at HEAVY Cinema.
Filmmaker Sonia Bible sits down and has a chat to HEAVY Cinema about her brand new documentary The Witch Of King’s Cross which is in cinemas now. Continue reading THE WITCH OF KING’S CROSS – Sonia Bible Interview at HEAVY Cinema.
The poster and trailer for the brand new Australian film June Again has just landed. In the heartfelt comedy JUNE AGAIN, a twist of fate gives family matriarch June (Noni Hazlehurst) a reprieve from a debilitating illness. Much to their amazement, June re-enters the lives of her adult children, Ginny (Claudia Karvan) and Devon (Stephen Curry), and learns that ‘things haven’t gone according to plan’. With limited time but plenty of pluck, she sets about trying to put everything, ...
HEAVY Cinema’s Dave Griffiths joins Alex First and Peter Krausz to take a look at the brand new sci-fi thriller Synchronic. Continue reading SYNCHRONIC Review at HEAVY Cinema.
As a film-lover I have nothing against a ‘nice’ film, I do have a problem though with films that are not creative. Of all the Australian films that have been released over the past few weeks few have received as much mass media attention as Long Story Short. Radio and television have been all over the film’s director and co-star Josh Lawson (The Little Death), not surprising considering his popularity on a number of Australian TV shows over the past few years. Continue reading LONG STORY ...
After the disaster that was Buddy Games you could probably understand why I was a little nervous about sitting down and watching another film about middle aged men getting up to drunken hi-jinks with Another Round. Of course I didn’t factor something major into the equation though – Buddy Games of course came from that merry old country of the USA while Another Round hails from Scandinavia… a region of the world known for its brilliant cinematic pieces. Continue reading ANOTHER ROUND ...
RIALTO DISTRIBUTION has put horror front and centre in Australian cinemas with 2021’s WRONG TURN, the seventh film in the WRONG TURN franchise. The film has become a box office hit, earning over $600,000 since opening on February 4th (including sneak previews), firmly placing it as the 2nd highest earner per screen of any film in wide release at the moment. The film is doing a lot of the heavy lifting at two of the biggest cinema chains in the country. Continue reading WRONG TURN A Box ...
Australian cinema has never skirted away from current day topics. Romper Stomper shocked audiences by exposing the racist, skinhead gangs that brought fear to Melbourne streets while the controversial Everynight Everynight took us behind the scenes at the notorious Pentridge prison. Now we have a new film that plucks a topic directly from modern day culture and allows its audience to understand it a little more. Unsound doesn’t show its audience what it is like to be a member of a certain ...
Sean Young (Blade Runner, Wall Street) and Ed Asner (“Cobra Kai”, “Dead to Me”) star in the powerfully moving RAIN BEAU’S END, available on global video-on-demand (VOD) service LesFlicks on March 8, 2021. Janelle Snow, Amanda Powell, Christian Stolte, Melanie Chandra and Kirk Kelleykahn also star in the Tracy Wren-directed film, an intimate drama set in the late 1990’s depicting how a progressive lesbian couple’s relationship is tested when their ...
Anthony Scott Burns’ new sci-fi thriller, Come True, will be released on Digital March 17 in Australia and New Zealand by Lightbulb Film Distribution. Come True, which celebrated its World Premiere at Fantasia, stars Julia Sarah Stone (Honey Bee, Weirdos) and Landon Liboiron (Truth or Dare). The film was produced by Vincenzo Natali (Splice, In The Tall Grass) and the score was composed by Canadian synth-pop duo Electric Youth and Burns (under the moniker Pilotpriest). Continue reading COME ...
