Aussie blackened sludge purveyors of metal Lo! have today released their fourth studio album The Gleaners, an album which looks set to further solidify the band’s growing reputation following the critically acclaimed 2017 album Vestigial. A sonic blast of intensity dispersed over nine visceral anthems, The Gleaning captures Lo! at their breathtaking best and details […]
Interview by Erin Eddy The acclaimed Melbourne Ska Orchestra is celebrating a milestone this year, and taking their infectious and energetic show on the road, as well as releasing a ‘Best Of’ to mark the occasion. 20 Years Young may sound like a cliché choice for a title, however, captain of the helm Nicky Bomba […]
With the sudden influx of international touring artists currently setting their sights on Australia, the concert-going public are understandably selective when it comes to venturing out. But one travelling musical spectacle that is impossible to resist is The World Is A Vampire Festival – led by The Smashing Pumpkins and Jane’s Addiction – which kicks […]
Frenzal Rhomb are an Australian musical institution. Brash, outspoken, confident, flippant, but most of all entertaining, Frenzal Rhomb have been plying their brand of punk rock since the early 1990s and throughout their whole existence have not given one solitary fuck about convention and/or conformity. In fact quite the opposite. “There’s no these songs have […]
Photo credit: Lachlunn Valente Adriatic have long been considered by many – myself included – to be one of Brisbane’s best-kept musical secrets. Their blending of technical and intricate metal with Bulgarian influences has endeared them to all who have heard and witnessed their live performance, and it now seems the band are ready to […]
Interview by Simon Russell-White Knotfest Australia has been and gone and what a fantastic cyclone it was! With sold-out shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane it is fair to say the event was a resounding success, but it doesn’t end there! Thanks to the good people at Dallas Does PR, HEAVY was given the chance […]
By Kyra Jade-Coombs King Parrot are local legends in our Australian heavy music scene. Their live shows are guaranteed to be a good time with high-energy chaos that everyone in the room rises to match! Over Easter these Melbournites are coming up North to play two shows. Firstly poppin’ their Mo’s Desert Clubhouse cherry on […]
Interview by Neville Pearce – Everblack Podcast Since returning in early 2021, Swedish metalcore outfit Aviana have tackled the music world led solely by vocalist Joel Holmqvist, enhancing their output and scope despite scaling down in leadership. After the departure of his former band members, Holmqvist elected to make Aviana more of a solo project […]
Knotfest Australia has been and gone and left us with some wonderful memories, but none more so perhaps than the scintilating performances delivered at all three shows by Knocked Loose. Simon and Kyra sat down with Isaac not long after the band got off stage at the third and final show in Brisbane.
With the inaugural Knotfest Australia now in the rear mirror it’s time to reflect on possibly the best metal festival to land on these shores. Period. It was a great showcase event with so many individual highlights, but most of the talk has been around Sheffield metal outfit Malevolence who topped many “band of the […]
King Parrot hit Mo’s Desert Clubhouse on the Gold Coast tonight for the first of two shows over the Easter period. Tonight sees the grind masters play with Snake Mountain and Adriatic, with music kicking off at 7.30pm. Tickets are still available on the door with King Parrot busting their Mo’s cherry for what vocalist […]
Frenzal Rhomb release their tenth album, The Cup Of Pestilence, tomorrow (April 7), and so it’s time to oil up the guitars, sharpen the drumsticks and hitch up the wallet chain-mail; it’s time for battle!* *playing a reasonable number of shows spread out over a bunch of weekends with a kinda big but not too-long […]
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 […]
Inter Idoru Artist Management is excited to announce that they have booked their 100th tour! This boutique artist management agency, specializing in artist development and management for independent and small-label artists, has been working tirelessly to help musicians achieve their dreams of artist growth as well as performing and touring overseas. The agency owner, Apryl […]
The Smashing Pumpkins‘ The World Is A Vampire Festival kicks off in just under two weeks time! The festival boasts some very special guests including alt-rock legends, Jane’s Addiction and killer Aussie rock from Amyl & The Sniffers, RedHook and Battlesnake. PLUS each show will feature professional wrestling matches between Billy Corgan’s NWA (National Wrestling […]
After a monumental rebirth in 2022, this year Australian metal icons Sunk Loto are celebrating the album that changed the game, with the quartet today announcing the 20th anniversary tour of their 2003 opus Between Birth and Death. Bringing this special anniversary event to stages in Fremantle, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne in late October and […]
On the back of the crazy success of their last album – the 2021’s #4 ARIA Album charting I’m Sorry Sir, That Riff’s Been Taken – the Hard-Ons today announce the June 2 release date of their new album, Ripper ’23, as well as the April 20 release of the album’s first single Apartment for […]
Australian three-piece rock band SELFISH SONS today announce an Australian tour for June 2023. Recently featured on Live Nation’s Ones to Watch platform, the band has rapidly risen in popularity and garnered a passionate fanbase not just within Australia, but around the globe. The trio will kick off the BURN tour at Sydney’s Great Club […]
KINGS OF THRASH “The MEGA Years” featuring David Ellefson & Jeff Young are set to perform live the MEGADETH albums Killing is my Business….and Business is Good as well as So Far, So Good… So What albums in their entirety on their upcoming Australian shows. KINGS OF THRASH “The MEGA Years” features GRAMMY® Award winning […]
Melbourne Metalcore sextet Earth Caller kicks off their Renormalization Tour this Thursday in Brisbane. Known for their dynamic and aggressive sound and relentlessly crushing live performances, Earth Caller are at the top of their game. The band’s just-released single Graphic stems from an extremely difficult time from one of the member’s home/family life. The track […]
After instigating a truly peculiar marketing campaign that attracted international attention for its string of world firsts, including a limited edition scratchie record sleeve, an unexpected Government exemption, and a recently unveiled urine-filled Gold record variant, Australia’s glorified pub-rock freaks Private Function have today unveiled their hotly anticipated third studio LP 370HSSV 0773H. That’s not […]
Don Broco have a habit of choosing great support bands. They have just finished a sold-out European tour with Sleeping With Sirens and our very own Ocean Grove opening; and are currently on a sold-out UK tour supported by Papa Roach and Dance Gavin Dance. So it comes as little surprise that they are announcing […]
Brisbane masters of metal ADRIATIC have been quiet of late but return with a vengeance with their new single A Lighthouse In The Desert. Filled with the technical wizardry and heaviness Adriatic have forged their name on, A Lighthouse In The Desert also showcases an ambient side to the band’s nature, highlighted by the soulful […]
Australian doom merchants OCEANLORD have released the haunting new single, Come Home, taken from their forthcoming new album Kingdom Cold. Oceanlord’s Peter Willmott says of the track: “Come Home was written as a haunted tragedy, prompted by the thought that if ‘Home is where the heart is’, where is home when my heart has died? […]
On the back of the crazy success of their last album – the 2021’s #4 ARIA Album charting I’m Sorry Sir, That Riff’s Been Taken – the Hard-Ons today announce the June 2 release date of their new album, Ripper ’23, as well as the April 20 release of the album’s first single Apartment for […]
Following on from their fan-adored release Stay and their debut album Necking On And Kicking Off, Darkinjung/Central Coast-based punk-rock quartet Stone Lions have just revealed their riveting new single New Year’s Ghost – produced by Craig Wilkinson (RedHook) and mixed by James Paul Wisner (Underoath, Paramore). New Year’s Ghost is two minutes of raucous, modern […]
Virgin Music Out Now Words by Kris Peters I have to admit to pulling rank to review The Cup Of Pestilence, Frenzal Rhomb’s first album in 6 years and one which pretty much came out of nowhere. My history with Frenzal Rhomb dates back to the late 1990s in Cairns when I first met frontman […]
Out Now Words by Kris Peters There must be something in the beer up here in Queensland, because the amount of quality metal releases coming out of the state, and Brisbane in particular, is staggering. Next up is Morana’s Curse with their debut self-titled EP and, although this will be my first listen to the […]
Words by Jimmy Glinster I’m not sure which part of the day was the strangest, the fact I was rolling into a show at lunchtime or the fact that I was going to a band competition. It’s both the first time I’ve been to a show at lunchtime or a band comp for at least […]
Words: Shannon-Lee Sloane – The Colourful Writer Pix by Tom Wilson thanks to Sense Music Media Emotions were running high on Friday night as Brisbane’s hardcore groove metal masters Massic took to the stage for their final live performance. Their final show. The end of an era. The last hurrah from a band that will […]
