Last week HEAVY brought you the audio of our great chat with TONY CAMPOS From Static X. This week get the real feeling of the chat with the full video interview. When the enigmatic and universally loved frontman of LA industrial/heavy outfit Static X passed away in 2014 many thought that was the end for […]
Following the release of the once-seen-never-unseen video for latest single Apartment For Two, and in the midst of their 20th European tour, The Hard-Ons have announced the supports for their upcoming Ripper ’23 tour. The tour kicks off June 26 and takes in Ballarat, Torquay, Melbourne, Castlemaine, Wollongong, Sydney, Maroochydore, Brisbane and the Gold Coast. […]
If you’re waiting for your next Dashville voyage, today you’re in luck! Basking in the glorious afterglow of the biggest Gum Ball festival in its 18-year history, the hard-working, music loving crew at Dashville, are pleased to announce dates and tickets for a mighty double header happening at the idyllic bushland venue later this year […]
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 […]
As the host of MTV’s Headbangers Ball and co-owner of the world-famous 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲, RIKI RACHTMAN is integral to the history of the ’80s Sunset Strip hard rock and metal scene. His One Foot In The Gutter shows across the US have been extremely popular as he shares stories and true tales of rock ‘n roll […]
Prepare yourself for the ultimate in extreme metal carnage this winter as King Parrot takes to select Aussie venues throughout July and August in preparation for their return to the USA. They’ll be stacking each and every bill with the best in local support and will crown the tour with a headlining spot at the […]
Industrial metal/nu metal titans Static-X bring their sold-out U.S Rise Of The Machine tour to Australia next week with a massive 19-song set list that celebrates the 20th anniversary of the album Machine and spans their incredible career from their iconic debut, Wisconsin Death Trip, through to their latest and aptly titled Project:Regeneration Vol 1. […]
MAYDAY! This May, Australia will be assaulted by one of the most iconic Metal singers to walk the Earth, Tim Ripper Owens. This is a highly exclusive TWO SHOW ONLY tour of Australia. On the heels of his electrifying new album, Return to Deathrow, RIPPER has seized this chance to test the might of the […]
The Amity Affliction have today released their anticipated brand new album Not Without My Ghosts. Perhaps their heaviest record yet, Not Without My Ghosts features recent singles Show Me Your God, I See Dead People ft. Louie Knuxx, It’s Hell Down Here and title track Not Without My Ghosts ft. phem. Self-produced at Grove Studios […]
Polish death metal legends VADER – fresh from their successful Revelation Of The Wicked – North American 2023 Tour – have announced three more dates to the An Act Of Darkness In Asia: 40th Years Anniversary Tour, supported by HATE and THY DISEASE. The added shows are in Kathmandu (Nepal) and Bengaluru & Mumbai in […]
British Columbia’s Rocky Mountains will be quivering this summer from the thunderous sounds of this year’s 2023 line-up for Armstrong MetalFest being held on July 14 and 15 in the Okanagan Valley at the Hassen Arena in Armstrong. The 2023 lineup features headliners LA thrashers WARBRINGER, San Francisco tech-death giants FALLUJAH, festival alumni Spokane, WA’s […]
Wanderer Festival releases a stellar line-up with the unstoppable Ocean Alley and their infectious blend of psychedelic-surf-rock. Django Django (UK) fuse classic psychedelia with three-part harmonies, garage rock, electronica and Detroit techno into a kaleidoscopic treat. Storyteller and creator, Gamilaraay woman Thelma Plum brings her sophisticated pop-folk. Son Little (USA) lands as the torchbearer of […]
The Smashing Pumpkins’ highly anticipated album ATUM is out now. The sequel to 1995s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and 2000s Machina/Machine of God, ATUM features 33 tracks in three acts and was written and produced by Corgan over the past four years. Act three has arrived with a special edition box set featuring […]
Atlanta-based rockers ROYAL THUNDER are stoked to announce summer tour dates supporting Royal Bliss, with co-openers, New Monarch. The tour starts July 6 in Omaha, NE and ends July 23 in Nashville, TN and will be supporting their fourth studio album, Rebuilding The Mountain, which is out June 16 on Spinefarm. The upcoming full-length is […]
Lycanthrope is the behemoth outfit dwelling in the depths of NSW, Australia. Channeling the raw aggression and onslaught of traditional metalcore, this 6-piece has dominated the Australian scene since 2014. They have already brought their passionate and powerful live performance to Japan & New Zealand, with some of the most prolific international metal acts, including […]
ASKING ALEXANDRIA have shared Dark Void, the first preview of music from their as-yet-untitled full-length studio album due this fall via Better Noise Music. Dark Void presents contrasting themes of melancholy and aspiration of day-to-day life in the modern world, while seamlessly blending the band’s anthemic stadium rock sound with a call back to their […]
Ever noticed how many love songs there are about the sun? Sunshine of your love, You are my sunshine,Steal my sunshine (ugh!)…. the list goes on. This pro-sun propaganda makes people think the sun is friendly and nice. But these songs are lying to us.The truth is, the sun causes skin cancer. Last year, more […]
In support of their Perth comrades Voyager and their Eurovision bid, Perth Symphony Orchestra’s Inneka have recorded their unique version of Promise, filmed at Perth’s Optus Stadium. Creative Director for Perth Symphony Orchestra, Fiona Campbell, said that “Perth Symphony are beyond excited to send this gift of love and support to Voyager from our beautiful […]
The new sonic chapter for Make Them Suffer continues in 2023, with the Perth metalcore outfit today unveiling a ravenous new single Ghost Of Me, out now via Greyscale Records in Australia and SharpTone Records for the rest of the world. A high-octane outing injected with ferocious energy and a sharp balance between heavy guitars […]
Australian metalcore outfit Druid are armed with their latest single, HANG IN THERE (IT GETS WORSE), out now. Packaged in Druid’s unflinching style, the volatile track is an exploration of mental health issues and the inner struggles that come with them. Since releasing their debut EP in 2019 and then a stack of singles, Druid […]
Duff McKagan is honouring Mental Health Awareness Month with today’s premiere of This Is The Song, a brand new, three-track EP available today at all DSPs and streaming services. Produced by longtime collaborator Martin Feveyear (Mark Lanegan, Brandi Carlile), the EP’s title track is joined by an official companion video premiering today on YouTube. “THIS […]
Fresh off winning the NSW Hotel Association Band Comp that launched them on a tour that saw them support the likes of The Screaming Jets, WICKED THINGS are set to release their first single via XMusic with an EP soon to follow. In the vein of Van Halen meets Guns N Roses the young band […]
Iowa hard rock heavyweights SAUL have announced their new album THIS IS IT… THE END OF EVERYTHING. The album arrives July 28 via Spinefarm. To herald the album’s announcement, the band has shared the video for first single A MILLION MILES. “The distance between us is no longer measured in inches, feet, or miles,” says […]
Kicking off a huge national tour with experimental Australian icons Regurgitator, Ngunnawal Ngambri Country quartet Glitoris today unleash Lickety Split – the fierce first offering from their upcoming album. Within a hard-hitting, theatrical soundscape, Lickety Split is an appreciation of the human body and a celebration of queer sex positivity, with the band wearing their […]
Mountain Wizard Death Cult return with their most epic work yet in the form of the 8+ minute post-metal journey that is Orbital. Taking a different approach from the previous release Initiation, which was relentless in nature, their latest offering takes the listener on a sonic voyage into the void and out of their body, […]
Swedish Deathglam kings DEATHSTARS released their fifth studio album Everything Destroys You last week, which was eagerly awaited from their loyal fans. Today, the band presents the video for the album’s title track Everything Destroys You, which is directed by Damon Zurawski, who also did the video for Midnight Party. The video was filmed in […]
Brisbane metal act DisKust have released a brand-new bone-crushing track titled Never Have I Ever, accompanied by a music video. The single embraces all things DisKust and gives listeners a preview of where the last year of writing, recording and touring has taken the band. Far more complex, heavier and faster than previous releases, Never […]
Birthed at the juncture where hardcore and punk meet metal, DEATH RAY VISION have announced their forthcoming third album, No Mercy From Electric Eyes, due out June 30 via Metal Blade Records.Pre-order it at www.metalblade.com/deathrayvision To tide us over, the band has released their new single Behead the King. “‘Behead the King’ is about the […]
Swedish heirs of 80s Hard Rock H.E.A.T release their new song Will You Be, an anthemic and heartfelt power ballad in its purest form. The song comes with a video that shows the band’s contagious joy of playing. And meanwhile the band is creating a rare alternative video that will transport you straight into the […]
Five-piece NNSW outfit Parhelion have dropped their debut single Banded Eyes. Self-described as “a group of 40+ guys well past our prime, trying to find a sustainable solution to slink off and drink some beer and make a heap of loud noises,” Parhelion plan to release a six-track EP which was recorded, mixed and produced […]
Connecticut metalcore outfit CURRENTS have shared the new video for Unfamiliar. Vocalist Brian Wille had the following to say about the new song and the album: “Unfamiliar is about the unknown. The future holds the places we’ll go, the decisions we’ll make and the situations we’ll end up in. The uncertainty of these unknowns can […]
New York City Blues-Rockers Jane Lee Hooker are releasing a new single and video for the track White Gold – taken from their Rollin’ album. The acoustic-based White Gold harkens back to the Blues roots of the band. Jane Lee Hooker guitarist Tina Gorin, who is featured on steel guitar on the song, says of […]
ENFORCER proudly present their new studio album Nostalgia. Almost four years after its predecessor Zenith, the Swedes deliver their most mature work to date, which will undoubtedly satisfy every heavy metal fan with each of the 13 songs. To celebrate the release, the metal pioneers have revealed a new music video for Metal Supremacia. The […]
Brisbane alternative rock duo Days Like These unleash Bloodshed, the energetic final single from their anticipated eclectic EP ICON, out Friday, May 19. Bloodshed is the lively final single to be pulled from ICON, welcoming fast paced, playful elements that invite listeners into the spirited world Days Like These have created on their forthcoming EP. […]
White Goose are promoting their most recent single Strange. This is the latest single from the quintet which is powered by Ardika Pratikto, Naufal Muflih, Fikar Ajey, Ivan Andre. White Goose is an alternative rock band from Jakarta, Indonesia who have a fresh look with their latest single in collaboration with Saré. This latest musical […]
German post-hardcore experience VENUES let the chains cattle and release their brand new single Haunted House, out now worldwide, following their critically acclaimed album Solace and previous singles Reflections and Cravings. Lela (clean vocals): “If you know the feeling of being trapped in a situation that doesn’t bring good prospects, but still have the urge […]
Globally acclaimed Mongolian rock outfit THE HU have steadily been whetting listeners’ appetites with new music videos and updated tracks from the forthcoming deluxe edition of 2022’s RUMBLE OF THUNDER. THE HU have revealed an acoustic version of their feel-good single Bii Biyelegee which celebrates the traditional Mongolian style of “biyelgee” dancing. Due June 30 […]
Explosive rap-rocker HYRO THE HERO joins the conversation on mental health with his compelling new single Head Under Water, featuring guest vocals from alternative rock group REDDSTAR and Dan Sugarman of Ice Nine Kills. The musically fiery single details the Houston, TX-raised artist’s personal battle with depression. “It was such an epic feeling to have […]
Canadian alt-rock band Locket have shared a third new single with Rearview Memory. Rearview Memory wears its late ’90s and early ’00s influences on its sleeve. The mid-tempo song will remind you of all your favorite emo and Warped Tour bands of yore, all the while remaining distinctly modern and moving the alt rock genre […]
In celebration of today’s release of their new album Seven, Winger today release the video for the track Tears of Blood. The video, shot in Nashville, was directed by Jack Sawyers and is the third official video from Seven following Proud Desperado and It All Comes Back Around. Having just completed their appearance on the […]
Iconic heavy speed metal force SAVAGE GRACE celebrates the release of their brand new studio album, Sign Of The Cross, via Massacre Records. Forty years of metal experience went into crafting each of the new album songs into classics they will soon become. In addition, provocative, thought-inspiring lyrics and powerful topics weave their way through […]
Michigan hard rock favorites TAPROOT have released the first single VIP {V\CT\M \ PLAY) from their upcoming 7th studio album SC\SSRS, to all digital outlets worldwide. Produced by guitarist/vocalist Stephen Richards at The Loft in Saline, MI, the album, fully written and recorded by Richards, will be the band’s first studio release since 2012’s The […]
Today marks the release of the latest single from award-winning Queensland hard rock band These Four Walls. The uplifting and impassioned anthem Carousel addresses the pervasiveness of the current outrage-driven media model. For lyricist Stephen Gibb, Carousel was an introspective look at how his view on the world was being shaped by his consumption of […]
Today the undisputed hottest rock band in the world, Bring Me The Horizon, release a highly anticipated new single LosT. The track is part of the globally acclaimed Post Human series and follows singles DiE4u and Strangers, which have been streamed over a massive 150 million times to date. LosT is accompanied by a cinematic […]
Swedish prog metal masters SCAR SYMMETRY have released the video for Chrononautilus, the second single from their first studio album in nine years The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph). Per Nilsson comments: “Phase II and its opening track ‘Chrononautilus’ picks up where Phase I and its final track ‘Technocalyptic Cybergeddon’ left off with a barrage […]
Pix by Kaotic Images With The World Is A Vampire Festival Tour wrapping up earlier tonight at the Gold Coast’s Broadwater Parklands, HEAVY thought it fitting to take you back to the first day of the run at Brisbane’s Eatons Hill, which featured Brissy rising legends PistonFist as local opening support. The festival – thanks […]
Words by Matte New Pix by Angie New Photography Hype or the real deal? British alt-metal outfit Sleep Token seem to be the in thing amongst the metal fraternity at the moment. The masked minstrels offer a complex musical style that transcends many genres that would normally be seen as uncomfortable for other bands. In […]
Frontiers Music s.r.l. 5 May 2023 Words by Kris Peters US rock legends Winger – led, of course, by Kip Winger – owned the 1980s with songs like Seventeen, Madalaine and Headed For A Heartbreak not only swooning the hearts of ladies across the globe, but also proving to be damn good rock numbers that […]
Returning to the action and spectacle that have captured moviegoers around the world, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will take audiences on a ‘90s globetrotting adventure with the Autobots and introduce a whole new faction of Transformer – the Maximals – to the existing battle on earth between Autobots and Decepticons. Directed by Steven Caple […]
It was the opening night film of the 2023 German Film Festival so we sent kyle McGrath to take a look at A Thousand Lines. Take a listen to his review right here:
Are you confused at what films to go and see at this year’s German Film Festival? Well Dave and Lee Griffiths take a look at what are some of their festival highlights.
The Walt Disney Studios is delighted to announce that the stars of the studio’s upcoming live-action reimagining of the animated musical classic “The Little Mermaid”, Halle Bailey (Ariel) and Melissa McCarthy (Ursula), will join visionary director Rob Marshall and producer John DeLuca at the special red carpet Australian Premiere in Sydney on Monday 22nd May, 2023. […]
Director: Denis Villeneuve Cast: 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 film, from […]
Based on the true story of Jann Mardenborough, the film is the ultimate wish fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver. Starring David Harbour, Orlando Bloom, Archie Madekwe, Darren Barnet, Geri Halliwell Horner and Djimon Hounsou. Directed by Neill Blomkamp. […]
Stan today announced that the epic final instalment of the smash hit drama series Yellowstone will premiere this November, only on Stan. Led by Oscar®-winner Kevin Costner, Yellowstone is the #1 drama on U.S. cable television. The first instalment of the fifth season of the acclaimed SAG® and PGA® nominated series saw John Dutton (Kevin Costner) take office as the Governor of Montana, with […]
