SIXX:AM have always been a band more the sum of their parts rather than a vehicle for their world renowned bassist Nikki Sixx. Comprised of Sixx, DJ Ashba and James Michael, SIXX:A.M are a rock band in their own right, relying on the power of their music rather than individual personalities to set their boundaries. […]
Legendary death metal outfit Massacre has undergone a major transformation in the lead up to their first album in seven years, the gloriously titled Resurgence, which is due out on October 22. The most significant of which is the return to the fold of vocalist Kam Lee, an intensely passionate man that places the needs […]
“It was fucking perfect!” That is the way that Suffocation bass-guitarist Derek Boyer sums up the show that has resulted in their Live In north America album which is about to drop through Nuclear Blast Records. The album ends up becoming a fitting farewell to original vocalist Frank Mullen and recently when Boyer sat down […]
Symphonic metal powerhouse Ad Infinitum didn’t let the rave reviews of their first album get to their heads. Instead the band decided to buckle down almost straightaway and begin work on their new album – Chapter II: Legacy. With the album about to be released through Naplam Records this week HEAVY Magazine’s Dave Griffiths sat […]
After the success of their most recent album Paradigm – which was their best received album of their career – Swedish melodic rock outfit Eclipse earlier this month released the follow-up Wired. Frontman Erik Martensson joined HEAVY for a chat about the album, starting with the response. “It’s been fantastic,” he beamed. “To be honest […]
Rivers Of Nihil‘s fourth studio album, The Work has been out a number of weeks now and has divided opinions of both fans and critics alike. It is definitely an album that requires several listens to get full appreciation, with Bass player and vocalist Adam Biggs joining HEAVY to chat about the album and people’s […]
Just in time for the impending holiday season, Swedish heavy metal icons In Flames will reissue their classic albums from 1994-2008 that were previously unavailable and out-of-print on CD on November 26th with Nuclear Blast. The catalogue reissues on CD include: Lunar Strain + Subterranean EP The Jester Race + Black-Ash Inheritance EP Whoracle Colony – Reached Top 30 in Sweden and Finland Clayman – Reached Top 20 […]
Last year, Majestica released their new album A Christmas Carol as a wonderful Christmas gift for the whole metal scene. It’s pure symphonic power metal in the true Majestica spirit along with elements inspired by the likes of Twilight Force, Rhapsody, Alan Silvestri, Danny Elfman and John Williams. And this year, the band have again prepared a very special surprise for their fans: an extended version of […]
Fast cars and even faster guitars is what you get on Obscura‘s new music video off their upcoming studio album A Valediction. Only one more month to go before the band’s sixth studio album will see the light of day on November 19, and virtuosic frontman Steffen Kummerer and his renowned bandmates unveil yet another new song from their […]
The pandemic has been a strange time for Stockhausen & The Amplified Riot. During that time they went from being a three-piece to a solo music project – but also that period they created some of the best music of their careers and that has resulted in the release of their Have We Lost Our […]
There is nothing more exciting than a musician whose work evolves throughout their career and that is certainly something that has happened with alternative rock musician Wax Mekanix oer the years – as he so nicely put it in his interview with HEAVY Magazine’s Dave Griffiths he ‘reserves the right to change’ when it comes […]
Canadian heavy metal powerhouse Striker is back from the grave. With rumours running rampant of the band calling it quits after they posted an image that was titled “RIP Striker 2007-2021” on their social media earlier this week. The award-winning shredders are excited to reveal that it was all just an ambiguous post that got fans speculating on […]
Gold-selling hard rockers Of Mice & Men are pleased to announce their seventh album Echo, out December 3 via SharpTone Records. The album is comprised of the previously issued Timeless and Bloom EPs, along with the new and final Ad Infinitum EP. The EP will be released on vinyl in April 2022. Pre-order the album digitally here. The physical pre-order will go live on Friday, […]
Detroit hardcore punk thrashers SNAFU (Situation Normal All Fuc*ed Up) are pleased to unleash their video for Amazing Waste. The latest instalment of audio/visual punishment comes by way of the band’s new full-length Exile//Banishment, out now via Housecore Records in North America and in Australia and NZ via Nuclear Blast digitally only.
Following an exclusive play from Jack Saunder‘s as the ‘Next Wave’ artist on the BBCRadio 1 Indie Show, fast rising UK metal trio Profiler have released their third single Identify alongside a striking new video that was directed by Olli Appleyard (Static Dress, Creeper, Loathe etc). Watch the new video for Identify below.
Melbourne melodic metal veterans Vanishing Point made a triumphant return to the fore after six long years away in August 2020 with their latest album, the incredible Dead Elysium. In May and June 2022, they will be taking to the road for a run of shows on the east coast, with an additional special show in Adelaide, Vanishing Point are at […]
Round up your crew, and get ready to party as Lagerstein sets their sails onto the sea of streaming! Australian pirates Lagerstein are throwing a massive online party from their pirate ship, and it’s being live-streamed across the seven seas for all to see. “For the past 12+ months, we’ve been getting our hands dirty, […]
Words and interview by Simon Russell-White A trend seems to have formed of late. That being, the material in which bands are producing at this present time has a certain edge to it, a more refined sound with the quality dialled up all the way to 11! There is a reason for it. Bands simply […]
Nikki Sixx is one of the most respected and recognizable icons in the music industry. As the founder of Mötley Crüe who is now in his twenty-first year of sobriety, Sixx is incredibly passionate about his craft and wonderfully open about his life in rock and roll, and as a person of the world. In THE FIRST […]
Father/son power-house Heavy Water release the heartfelt single Tree In The Wind today, which is taken from their debut album, Red Brick City, out now via Silver Lining Music. Tree In The Wind is evocative, delicate, yet delivers a powerful uplifting message. The track is completely different to that of both Byford’s previous musical endeavours, clearly displaying the […]
Canadian thrash act Infrared has a new video out for their track No Master, No Gods, which comes from their recently released album From the Black Swamp. Birthed back in 1986, their music is an experience that brings the listener back in time to the 80s, but with an ever so slight hint of modern metal bolstered by solid, […]
Wildheart are out for blood. Their new album Global Crisis is on its way and will be arriving on Friday, November 5. Today, they herald that the last cut from the record to be exposed to the world, Out For Blood, will be out on Friday, October 22 and can be pre-saved at http://ffm.to/outforblood.
Fast paced and in your face, yet epic and melodic. The title track of the band’s legendary break-through album Renegade meant the beginning of a new era for Hammerfall as well as for the metal world as a whole and is to this day a true classic of the genre. Today it´s time to unleash the remixed version of […]
Don Broco have released their new single Endorphins alongside a brand-new video. The track is the latest to be taken from their forthcoming new album Amazing Things, which will be digitally released on October 22 via Sharptone Records. Watch Endorphins below.
Reigning as one of the most well-known and highly critically acclaimed experimental instrumental groups out there with a respected musical legacy spanning nearly 20 years, Irish four-piece God Is An Astronaut reached a career benchmark with the release of their critical acclaimed 10th studio album, Ghost Tapes #10, in February 2021. The band have released a magical music […]
Symphonic power metal kings, Rhapsody Of Fire, are currently gearing up for the release of their forthcoming studio album, entitled Glory For Salvation, which will be out on November 26, 2021 via metal powerhouse AFM Records. The band’s 13th record will mark the second part of Rhapsody Of Fire’s enthralling trilogy. After the previously- released, first singles – the epic […]
One of the best guitarists of our time makes a quantum leap and lets his fans participate in his virtuoso world of guitar sounds. The result: Gus G.’s latest album Quantum Leap. The instrumental album relies on symmetry and brevity. Gus G. manages in an impressive way to center his guitar and replaces with her the […]
Get a jump-start on summer when the Airlie Beach Festival of Music plays stages across the tourist town with a jam-packed line-up of incredible artists and headline acts from 5 – 7 November 2021. Party in paradise with big-name musicians and emerging local talent performing in Airlie Beach’s best party venues across three epic days when the Festival […]
The news of easing restrictions in Brisbane, Melbourne & Sydney just makes us salivate for UNCAGED even more. Tickets are on sale now for Australia’s newest rock festival. 29 bands (with more to come), 2 stages and big summer festival vibes featuring some of Australia’s most legendary acts alongside a plethora of emerging bands. Pre sale sold […]
In anticipation of the forthcoming release of their third studio album Dear Monsters on October 29, platinum-selling, chart-topping rock band Bad Wolves have launched an interactive digital campaign today, giving fans exclusive sneak previews of their new music. The activation is now live at http://dearmonsters.badwolvesnation.com/, where fans will be shown a series of graphics inspired by the new album each day. […]
Pop punk band The Robot’s Guide To Living have released their new single Goodbye, Goodnight, out on all digital platforms. The next piece of their upcoming LP (TBA), Goodbye, Goodnight is an emotionally-charged rock and roll track that stems from personal experiences with losing loved ones. The Robot’s Guide To Living always approach their creativity […]
From Ashes To New have released their new EP Quarantine Chronicles Vol. 3 via Better Noise Music. Featuring a collaboration with Trevor McNevan from Thousand Foot Krutch on Wait for Me, Quarantine Chronicles Vol. 3 continues to touch on the trials and tribulations of life. The project crescendos with an emphasis on the importance of knowing that you have a support system waiting for you on the […]
Modern metal four-piece Eyes Wide Open from Sweden have released their next new hit called Brother from their upcoming album Through Life and Death which is due for release on November 12 via Arising Empire. The album will be available as CD, colored vinyl and special bundles via Impericon & EMP.Through Life and Death carries the torch from the Swedish melodic death metal scene, mixing it […]
Just ahead of their monumental 30 Year Anniversary Worldwide Stream extravaganza, this Halloween Behemoth offer up another taste from 2020s ground-breaking, spectacle with the hauntingly beautiful Bartzabel taken from their upcoming audio-visual album, In Absentia Dei, out on December 17 via Nuclear Blast Records. In Absentia Dei is the testimony of the band’s pioneering vision during the height of our world closure. The Polish […]
Due to health and safety concerns for fans and crew, From Crisis To Collapse’s East Coast Australian Tour has been rescheduled. Byron Bay’s extreme metal outfit From Crisis to Collapse are set to embark upon their first headline tour since before the pandemic halted the live music industry. Taking their signature infusion of heavy metal, thrash, and metalcore NATIONALLY in […]
Coloradan doomed heavy metal outfit Khemmis are readying the release of one of 2021’s most anticipated metal albums Deceiver out November 19 from Nuclear Blast. To further stoke excitement, the band has unveiled an animated video by acclaimed Romanian visual artist Costin Chioreanu (Carcass, At the Gates) for their profound new single House of Cadmus. Watch the video now and pre-order the record here http://www.nuclearblast.com/khemmis-deceiver
After a string of singles more on the “safer” side of metal, Northern NSW metal outfit Beast Machine have decided to finally reveal their inner demons, starting with their latest single Frozen. A delightfully crushing live band, Beast Machine have so far been unable to successfully capture that live purpose with their singles. Until now. […]
New York death metal pioneers SUFFOCATION will release their new live album, Live In North America, on November 12th via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band releases the track video for the second single ‘Pierced From Within’. Watch the video featuring photographs taken by Mike Randall, here: https://youtu.be/DJSakGtURns Terrance Hobbs comments, “Hope you all enjoy this live version of ‘Pierced from Within’. This song has always been […]
Superstar guitarist and unstoppable force of nature, “Hurricane” Nita Strauss, has unleashed her brand-new single, Dead Inside, her first new music since the release of her critically acclaimed debut solo album Controlled Chaos in 2018. But this time Strauss isn’t coming alone. Dead Inside features her first ever solo collaboration with a vocalist and not just any vocalist, none other […]
Scarlett O’Hara have released their melodic metalcore track Obsessive. The band’s new and modernized sound is charging back into the scene with a vengeance after honing their craft andbranding their own style of “Brodeo” metalcore characterized by harmonized minor scale riffs and heavier and fasterbreakdowns. The groovy, sing along melodies on Obsessive are juxtaposed by […]
Epitaph Records October 22 Words by Simon Russell-White Let us start with a safe assumption! If you have clicked on the link to this album review, I already know that you are a die-hard fan of this band, and as we already know, there are two types of people in this world. Those who have […]
Out Now Craft Recordings Words by Matt Gabites Seether can lay claim to being South Africa’s biggest ever rock band. Closely followed by….um answers on a postcard please. But that shouldn’t take anything away from a band that has amassed over 4.5 million album sales, 7 million singles and a shade over 5.6 million monthly […]
Out Now Words by Matt Gabites Ok class, sit down and eyes forward. Today’s lesson is all about movie scores and the direct influence they have on movie scares. Now as for anyone who has seen the original Nosferatu or indeed and shock based release of the modern era will know, you don’t necessarily need […]
Out now Heavy metal music of the modern era is a completely different beast. Components such as mood, atmosphere and soundscapes form as much a part of the overall album experience and in most cases is all the better for it. Metal albums that start with a misleading musical intro that soon descends into chaos […]
PEACEVILLE Out Now Words by Matt Gabites Back in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty eight, whenever a band released an album of rarities and b-sides, it had only one audience, die hard fans. Reason being that a C.D cost 30 bucks, and only completionists were willing to blow their hard-earned cash […]
SharpTone Records 22 October 2021 Don Broco have always been one of those bands that I will hear in passing and make a mental note to check out another time but never seem to find that moment, so it is with anticipation I sit down to review their upcoming album Amazing Things which will see […]
Michael Myers returns to cinemas on October 28th with Halloween Kills and thanks to our good friends at Universal Pictures you could win a double pass to see him on the big screen. To be in the running to win an in-season pass simply got to the HEAVY Cinema Facebook page and private message us […]
Acorn Media and Shudder have released a stunning series of horror films just in time for Halloween. Enjoy and plunge yourself in the terrifying world of horror with new titles Belzebuth, The Power, and Violation which are all out now on Blu Ray and DVD. BELZEBUTH Synopsis: Special Agent Emanuel Ritter leads a police investigation into […]
Shudder released today the trailer and key art for the new anthology film Horror Noire,a follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2019 documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror, premiering Thursday 28 October. Showcasing stories of Black horror from Black directors and screenwriters, Horror Noire features six stories presented together as a two-hour film starring Lesley-Ann Brandt (Lucifer, Spartacus), Luke James (The Chi, Thoughts of […]
