US rock outfit Soil are credited by many as being the pioneers of a genre that has birthed bands of the calibre of Godsmack, Spineshank and Mudvayne. Regardless of whether you subscribe to that theory or not, one thing that is undeniable is the impact Soil have had on the music landscape since bursting onto […]
Thirty years is a long time in the music industry, and as such these milestones should always be celebrated. And what better way to do that than by bringing the band over to Australia, which is exactly what Irish rockers Ash plan to do this March. “We were still kids that hadn’t learnt to play […]
These days the music industry is a beast unto itself. While the music is, and always will be the cornerstone of a band’s success, it is also the way you spread and promote your music that has a large bearing on your career. “Obviously each piece of new music is going to grow on what […]
For the first time in 13 years US post-hardcore outfit Saosin are packing their bags and making the trek to Australia for an epic run of shows that will also be the first time since forever Aussie fans will get the chance to see the band with original vocalist Anthony Green back out the front. […]
Pop punk quartet So Long, Space Girl was formed by bassist Paul Coppock and drummer Anina Barrett in 2019. Joined by frontman/guitarist AJ Willis, they beavered away on a host of demos, refined their line up, and played a handful of gigs. Stuck at home due to the pandemic, they knuckled down and focused their […]
Interview by Erin Eddy As the emo kids of the 2000s have exited their 20s and are now in their 30s (and some sailing into their 40s) there’s a wave of nostalgia surfacing. Just as nu-metal has resurfaced and is being embraced with fondness, so is the emo and pop-punk genres. Story Of The Year […]
Heilung are more than just a band, they are a sonic and visceral extension of life itself. Since their inception in 2015 and through albums Ofnir (2015), Futha (2019) and Drif (2022), Heilung have traversed the musical landscape, describing themselves more as a ritual collective than a band, with their music described as amplified history. […]
Moondoll 2023 just got bigger and better with the second and final band announcement today. East Coast Alien, Bluntfield, PistonFist, Jollee, The Waters Edge Band, Clam Sandwhich, Dirty Liars, Brett Bites, Preemo Trash Music and Daynosaur have all been added to the line-up which already boasts Avalanche, The Silencio, Mecha Mecha, Engraved, Regular Gonzales, Chavez […]
On the heels of Mastodon’s 2023 tour announcement for their latest album, Hushed and Grim, Troy Sanders is announcing the launch of his upcoming Fender artist signature bass, the Fender® Troy Sanders Precision Bass®. Gaining commercial and critical acclaim with a sound that continues to evolve over 20 years and 8 full-length releases, the Grammy-award-winning […]
Regurgitator announce UNITS – 25 YEARS OF UNIT IN ONE ELECTRIC STREAM OF SOUND AND COLOUR touring the nation in celebration of their iconic 1997 album, which will be played in full, in all its pixelated density, along with an extended set of hits. Returning for the national tour will be UNIT-era Regurgitator keytarist Shane […]
On Sunday, March 5, Spliffs n Riffs Festival is back at The Rosemount Hotel, North Perth, and it’s bigger, badder, and louder than ever before. With three stages and an impressive line-up of Melbourne bands like Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows, Khan, and Planet of the 8s, as well as 17 more stoner, rock, […]
Platinum-selling San Diego powerhouse PIERCE THE VEIL and Gold-certified, Columbus Ohio rockers BEARTOOTH are teaming up for a huge doubleheader and will be hitting Australian shores this July with special guests, Southern California quartet DAYSEEKER. PIERCE THE VEIL have become iconic in their genre and their return has been fiercely welcomed. The band Rolling Stone […]
TOLEDO DEATH FEST is ready to stir up the most extreme mosh pit to ever tornado Ohio and its surrounding states. This year’s event is being hosted on June 3 in Toledo, OH at Mainstreet Bar and will feature headliners, OCEANO alongside The Convalescence, VCTMS, Incite, and many more (full lineup below). Since its inception […]
Better Noise Music, home to bands including Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, Dirty Heads, Nothing More, Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria, and many more, have released their latest edition of The NOISE. Their monthly trailer highlighting the label’s newest music. FROM ASHES TO NEW on February 3 delivered an intense and captivating new single Nightmare, […]
Bleeding Art Collective presents the HATE FROM PAIN AUSTRALIAN TOUR featuring Victorian metalcore crushers, the unstoppable NICOLAS CAGE FIGHTER, Western Australian death metal kill machine XENOBIOTIC and special guests also hailing from Victoria, savage death metal maniacs ZEOLITE. Presented on behalf of Metal Blade Records, Unique Leader Records and EVP Recordings this tour will be […]
Hardline Media are thrilled to be bringing SACRED REICH & VIO-LENCE Down Under in less than one week. Formed in 1985, in Phoenix, Arizona, SACRED REICH are credited with being leaders of the second wave of Thrash Metal in the ’80s, alongside Testament, Death Angel and Dark Angel. With their socially conscious and political brand […]
Australian doom cultists OCEANLORD release the eerie video clip for 2340, the first track taken from their forthcoming new album Kingdom Cold. The unfathomable debut is slated for release on May 26, 2023 via Magnetic Eye Records. Kingdom Cold will be available as a translucent blue vinyl LP and on blue and white marble vinyl, […]
There is no way around the most successful German band in modern heavy metal! Following the overwhelming success of their sold-out debut concerts in North America this past weekend, POWERWOLF returns with the impressive new studio track, No Prayer At Midnight. The new single is one of six brand new studio tracks on the upcoming […]
Rock outfit Last In Line have released Do The Work, their second track lifted from the upcoming album Jericho which is out on March 31. Do The Work is a dynamic and thought-provoking track that encourages listeners to strive for success and self-realization despite any obstacles they may face. The catchy and uplifting chorus invites […]
Swedish industrial cult act DEATHSTARS recently announced their return with new album Everything Destroys You, which is set to be released on May 5 via Nuclear Blast Records. Fans have eagerly waited for their first release in over eight years, which brings us back to the good old Scandinavian Deathglam and destructive urban party nights. […]
German folk-rock icons SUBWAY TO SALLY inspire hope with 14th studio album Himmelfahrt. With Himmelfahrt SUBWAY TO SALLY present a new beginning and departure. The German folk-rock pioneers unveil their new album on March 24, 2023 via Napalm Records, celebrating hope and life together with their fans. The third single from the new album, (You’ll […]
DOWNFALL OF GAIA today unleashes their latest single, Existence Of Awe. The pummeling new psalm comes by way of the band’s sixth studio album, Silhouettes Of Disgust, scheduled to drop on March 17via Metal Blade Records. Wanting to keep things short, simple, and a bit more confrontational, the record does not feature the eight- to […]
Fresh from their Victorian holiday, The Unknowns are stoked to announce their forthcoming album, East Coast Low, set for release on March 10 via Bargain Bin. With the news comes their new riffing beast of a single, Shot Down. A quick injection of garage punk that rips through your speakers in just two and a […]
San Francisco hardcore band Jeromes Dream have announced their new album and third full-length album The Gray In Between. The album arrives May 5 via Iodine Recordings. Today, the revered band has shared the video for the first single Stretched Invisible From London. Watch it below. “The lyrics for this song were written shortly after […]
US alternative metal outfit Mx The American have released their latest single Cut The Lights Out, which is taken from their upcoming album Kingdom Of The Winter Clouds which will be out this April. The song was recorded at Rex Trax studio and The Viper Room Studio in Atlanta Georgia. Check it out below.
Los Angeles-based alternative metal band Veiled Alpha has just released their debut EP Beyond The Mask worldwide. Veiled Alpha was formed in 2021 by guitar virtuoso Loody Bensh who moved to Los Angeles from South Korea in late 2021 with a goal in mind. After three instrumental albums, he conceived a band with M.I alumni Tanner Kahn, […]
ARRIVAL OF AUTUMN absorb the icy emotion of their surroundings in a hard-hitting hybrid of heavy metal proficiency, metalcore intensity, and skyscraping melodic sensibility. The group channel this energy on their second full-length offering, Kingdom Undone which will be unleashed on May 26 via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band set the stage with the […]
Longstanding Brazilian death/thrash metal trio CLAUSTROFOBIA, formed in 1994 by brothers Marcus and Caio D’Angelo, boasts a career spanning nearly three decades, a discography comprising six full-length albums and a DVD release, a multitude of international tours, high-profile live performances with the likes of Iron Maiden, Slayer and Anthrax … and countless fans all over […]
South Australian rock outfit Higgs Field have released their first track for 2023. The new song is called Us Forever and it’s about the intense and obsessive feelings held by a serial killer as he stalks his victims. Loosely based on a true story, this song builds like a slasher film but sounds like a […]
For the past three years – for young Indie rock band To The Skies – their timing just sucked. Big time. The band released their breakout single Echo one week before the pandemic hit in 2020. They hada dramatic bust-up with management. And in 2021, their next single Screw the Situation becamethe unofficial lockdown anthem […]
Sydney rock outfit Tiger are back again, giving the people what they want with their latest single Incredible. Incredible marks Tiger’s second single release for the year, with the plan to release one single for each month of 2023. Singer/songwriter Silvas gets back to basics on this track, harnessing the punk attitude and ethos with […]
Arizona upstarts Archetypes Collide have quickly established themselves as a band unafraid to blur the lines between safety and innovation in heavy music. Soaring vocals, melodies, and heavy grooves swirl with passion and precision. The band will drop its self-titled debut on March 31 via Fearless Records. The quintet has also shared the visualizer for […]
Hot on the heels of explosive, 2022-released collabs with forward-thinking metal bands ERRA and Polaris, hard-hitting Aussie producer PhaseOne has now partnered with Void Of Vision for raucous new track titled Eyes Wide Shut. It’s a radioactive cauldron of synths and beats, thunderous sounds, soaring vocals, and clawed-the-bowels-of-hell screams. It’s a sonic thrill ride in […]
Apostate Sermon is the final song off of Melbourne extreme metal outfit Munt‘s new EP Pain Ouroboros. The song melds anthemic and blistering blackened crust with percussive and crushing modern hardcore. This piece is the final self-righteous statement of rebellion, rejection and defiant liberation. An apostate reflects those who have renounced religious belief. This hymn; […]
Better Noise Music, home to bands including Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, Dirty Heads, Nothing More, Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria, and many more, have released their latest edition of The NOISE. Their monthly trailer highlighting the label’s newest music. FROM ASHES TO NEW on February 3 delivered an intense and captivating new single Nightmare, […]
INGESTED released Ashes Lie Still last fall via Metal Blade. Today, the band has shared the video for Echoes of Hate. The visual features impaled skeletons and is bathed in red and orange tones, set against thunderous blast beats and deep grooves. “We are utterly ecstatic to unleash the music video for ‘Echoes of Hate,” […]
The world has now witnessed the release of IX, the debut album from burgeoning dark wave duo HOST. To celebrate the release, the band have revealed the AI-generated video for Divine Emotion. The video, directed by Pär Lundkvist, pairs the oldest portrait photographs ever taken with the newest technology to bring them to life. Greg […]
Multi-platinum hard rock heroes EXTREME Gary Cherone (vocals), Nuno Bettencourt (guitar), Pat Badger (bass), and Kevin Figueiredo (drums)—have unveiled the video for Rise, which marks the first single from their upcoming album SIX, out June 9 via earMUSIC. “Musically, it’s aggressive,” says Gary about album opener RISE. “Lyrically, it’s a cautionary tale on the rise […]
Modern symphonic metal band AD INFINITUM entices its audience with their latest single From The Ashes. The track marks the next stunning offering, cut from their upcoming third album, Chapter III – Downfall, set to be released on March 31, 2023. AD INFINITUM has already gained millions of views on their previous videos worldwide, and […]
The LEGION slays again. Dutch thrash veterans LEGION OF THE DAMNED have once again entered into an alliance with the devouring depths of black and death metal and unleash another angry beast, The Poison Chalice, on May 26, 2023 via Napalm Records. The shredding monster delivers the most delicious pitch-black brew and tortures dark souls […]
As fans anxiously await the studio follow-up to CRADLE OF FILTH’s highly-acclaimed 2021 full-length album, Existence Is Futile, the extreme metal legends led by iconic frontman Dani Filth have unleashed a thirst-quencher of epic proportions – their first live album to be released in over 20 years, Trouble And Their Double Lives, set for release […]
March 17 Rockfest Records I have to admit when I first saw the debut album from World Gone Cold cross my desk with the word “supergroup” attached to it, I nearly scrolled straight past. Not because I’m a snob or anything like that, it’s more because generally when a promotor feels the need to add […]
March 3 Independent I remember seeing Munt play live somewhere and being blown away by the sheer ferocity of their music and performance, but I also remember questioning whether their music would have the same effect on me in the recorded medium. Well, now’s my chance to find out as I sit down to review […]
Wormholedeath Records February 24 Words by Kris Peters One look at the name of this Melbourne crustmetal/deathpunk outfit I am about to review is enough to win me over on its own. Even with the funny dots over the vowels, it is still pretty easy to make out the name Kuntsquad and having led a […]
Photos by Angie New Photography Words by Matt New Very rarely do you get to witness such a special occasion within the fabric of music history. LA Punk rock icons Bad Religion and Social Distortion have paved the way for countless punk and hardcore bands to follow across many generations. Their return to Australian shores […]
Inspired by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican (Academy Award®-winner Russell Crowe), The Pope’s Exorcist follows Amorth as he investigates a young boy’s terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden. Starring Russell Crowe, Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe, and Franco Nero Directed by Julius […]
Filmmaker Steve Balderson has just put together a brand new Gothic love film titled Alchemy Of The Spirit – this week he sat down and spoke to Dave Griffiths about the film. Take a listen to the interview right here:
Today, Disney+ released the trailer and key art for upcoming Original comedy series “UnPrisoned,” starring and executive produced by Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo. From creator Tracy McMillan, the eight-episode series will premiere March 10th on Disney+ in Australia. Inspired by McMillan’s life, “UnPrisoned” is a half-hour comedy about a messy but perfectionist relationship therapist and single […]
A brand new episode of The Popcorn Conspiracy has just dropped and this time Dave Griffiths and Kyle McGrath are taking a look at Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania. Take a listen to the full episode below:
