Cover photo and article photo by Ian Ritter The Bendigo Hotel in Melbourne is stamping its mark on the live music scene from early in the New Year when it hosts Robot Rocks Presents, a showcase event of bands and artists aligned to the Golden Robot Records label. The brainchild of Kim Bencic, Robot Rocks […]
Interview by Jimmy Glinster HEAVY had the honour of conducting backstage interviews with a selection of bands for the final Good Things Festival show in Brisbane recently, which we are going to drip-feed you just because we can! While all of the interviews on the day were special for their own reasons, ones like the following chat with […]
Interview by Simon Russell-White HEAVY had the honour of conducting backstage interviews with a selection of bands for the final Good Things Festival show in Brisbane recently, which we are going to drip-feed you just because we can! One of the beautiful things about festivals like this – aside from the musical diversity – is the fact that […]
SoCal punk outfit Unwritten Law vow to keep you up all night as they embark on an extensive Australian tour. Be transported to balmy nights under Californian skies as the ’90’s punk outfit perform their brand new album The Hum over 17 dates, 5 states and a night overflowing with new music and nostalgia. The […]
A message from Angry Anderson from Rose Tattoo: “Brothers and sisters, over recent weeks we have been deliberating as to whom might come into Rose Tatt’s line up to fill the position left by Bob’s departure… Well, the wait is over as we have decided on our replacement. I am very pleased to announce our […]
Black Rheno kick straight into gear for 2023 with The Summer Of Sludge Tour hitting stages across NSW. After a blistering 2022 with headline tours along the east coast and appearing at heavy fests including Thrashville, The New Dead Fest, Halloween Hysteria and the ultimate heavy metal pilgrimage held in the country’s red center, Blacken, […]
Eventually there comes a time when the hype about a band becomes superfluous, and their status alone speaks volumes. Such is the case with EMPEROR, the black metal gods hailing from Telemark, Norway. EMPEROR has become known as one of the originators of symphonic black metal that Norway is internationally renowned for. EMPEROR’s first Australian […]
Sydney hard rock outfit Temtris are ready to release their seventh studio album, Khaos Divine on March 17, 2023 through Wormholedeath records, including another special Japanese pressing through Wormholedeath Japan. Khaos Divine is a stunning, modern metal concept album, which plunges the listener into a tale of a dark and troubled dystopian city where a […]
Adelaide’s ultimate metal fest Churches Of Steel will be held in 2023 on January 21 at the Unibar in Adelaide. The first line-up has dropped and it’s a ripper! Mat Maurel will be performing a full set of Mortal Sin tunes, with Whisky Harbour, Odius, Catalano, Emergency Rule, Shattered Hourglass and Broken Loose all announced […]
It has been a massive year for British rockers Don Broco. Their new album, Amazing Things, landed at #1 in the UK charts plus they have an upcoming sold-out UK headline tour with support bands Papa Roach and Dance Gavin Dance, a European headline tour supported by Sleeping With Sirens, and they were invited to […]
Dark Metal artist THE HATE CLUB (Alex Poe) has released the official music video for Burn in Hell. Pairing phenomenal animation, vivid story-telling, and brutal metal riffs, Burn in Hell showcases the enigmatic artist’s mastery of visual and auditory intensity. Check it out below.
Enoch has been active in the music scene in Auckland, New Zealand since 2017. In addition to releasing their first EP in 2018 and a subsequent single in 2019, Enoch developed a sound brimming with vitality and overflowing with fresh ideas. The band have just released their new song SEASONS, a fresh slab of metal […]
Sydney-based metal outfit Lotus Born stand out amongst Australia’s growing scene of heavy bands. Combining a blend of catchy choruses, soaring leads and driving riffs, the band takes influence from a variety of local and international bands including Polaris, Crystal Lake and Architects. Public Enemy is the latest addition to the Lotus Born line-up, maintaining […]
Photos by Kaotic Images Words by Kyra-Jade Coombs Editor’s note: The third – and final – leg of Good Things 2022 in Brisbane was a special occasion for HEAVY. For the first time since I took over the horns from Carl Neumann HEAVY had the honour of conducting backstage interviews with a hand-picked selection of […]
Words by Simon Russell-White Pix by Rashid Alkamraikhi Although I have lived on the North side of Brisbane for almost 10 years now, it will never not feel strange to call the Eatons Hill Hotel “my local”. You see I come from a really small town, and as a young person, Tuesday nights were boot-scooting […]
