Interview by Erin Eddy They don’t come much more legendary than the likes of Geoff Tate. Frontman for the revered Queensryche, he will be back in Australia playing a small selection ofshows between February 8 to 10. Playing two albums in their entirety, Rage For Order and Empire, this is an experience fans won’twant to […]
“They were geezers. They were proper geezers.” BAZ WARNE The Stranglers are part of the final frontier of the true genesis of the punk era. Not that the band can be called punk in the purest public sense of the word, but when it comes to attitude, swagger, and defiance there is no compromise. Since […]
“The music is in the same vein as we always do. I think Delain has a very recognisable style.” Martijn Westerholt After a particularly turbulent period of their musical life, metal outfit Delain are set to release their latest album, the appropriately titled Dark Waters, on February 10. While remaining Delain at its core due […]
Photo credit: Justin Gittins Gold Coast-based noise merchants Snake Mountain have been a little quiet for the last couple of years. Or to be more precise, since the band’s last single The Hunted back in 2019. While there are many (valid) excuses for the time elapsed between releases, all that people need to know is […]
Thornhill were recently the target of lowlife thieves who stole more than just instruments. Read a statement made by the band below. “Sometime in the last few days our rehearsal space had been broken into and most of everything Thornhill and our members own has been stolen. The site where our rehearsal space is located […]
One of the most exciting and boundary pushing acts in the world of heavy music, Washington D.C’s Animals As Leaders will return to Australia for a full national tour this April. Armed with palette-expanding eight-string guitars, rich synths, and pummelling percussive grooves, the instrumental trio is beloved by metalheads, aspiring virtuosos, jazz fanatics, and casual […]
One week out from the release of their new album High Price Deed on February 3, Australian rock outfit The Poor have announced they will drop the final single from the album, Lover, on January 27. Blending a blues-type swagger with The Poor’s trademark rock sound, Lover showcases all that you know and love about […]
American post-hardcore rockers THRICE have announced they’ll be heading to Australia this September to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of The Artist In The Ambulance. The band will be performing their seminal record in its entirety across five capital cities with stops in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Released in 2003, The Artist In The […]
Time to resound the trumpet as Australian blackened sludge veterans Lo! return with another grand infernal vision, captured in capital riffs and gargantuan grooves. After the universal acclaim of the band’s 2017 studio endeavor Vestigial, the Australian interstate quartet show no intention of slowing down with The Gleaners, a soul-ripping hell-ride across nine visceral anthems; […]
From the moment Wisconsin Death Trip was released to an unsuspecting world, Static-X stood above. Their industrial alt-rock hybrid “Evil Disco” shook metal from its stagnant state and redefined what can be done with heavy music. Each subsequent album enhanced and cemented the band’s well-earned reputation. In 2019, founding members Tony Campos, Koichi Fukuda and […]
The all new Blackstar Dept.10 AMPED 2 is available now from CMI Music & Audio. AMPED 2 is a 100 Watt pedal power amplifier with drive pedals in the front end, and an advanced effects processor capable of delivering the tone and feel of a traditional valve amp. It can be used to power a […]
Nuclear Blast Records is proud to announce that extreme industrial metal pioneers FEAR FACTORY have re-signed their contract and are ushering in a new era. Initially signed to the label in 2013, the band has released the albums Genexus, Aggression Continuum, and Recoded. FEAR FACTORY’s Dino Cazares comments: “This is a new year and a […]
If you’ve got something to say, then shout it! If you’re going to be in an obnoxious punk rock band, then be in a really obnoxious punk band! It’s 1980 and Wattie Buchan and his mates were pissed off. A country in disarray; dole queues that stretch forever; greedy politicians treating the people like shit… […]
Both coming up from a certain isolation, the newest releases from Kevin Rutmanis have found their identity. In the first case, it’s the newest LP of hepa.Titus, unEat. “We sent the trax back and forth between band members“, explains Rutmanis. “I did a lot of editing at home and then sent the songs on to […]
Frankenbok have been announced as the Melbourne support for legendary US outfit Hed (PE) at Max Watts on February 11. It caps a massive 12 months for Frankenbok who released their latest album Overdose early last year and celebrated their 25th anniversary at The Tote in December. Tickets available from https://www.silverbacktouring.com.au/hed-pe-australian…/
Motörhead, the iconic Godfathers of heavy metal, unleash a brand new video for the previously unreleased track Greedy Bastards, taken from the upcoming release Bad Magic: SERIOUSLY BAD MAGIC. Greedy Bastards is the second rare gem found in the recording session vaults for the 23rd (and final) studio album, Bad Magic in 2015. Instantly hailed […]
KILLCODE is a five-piece American-based rock band that hails from New York City. Their unique sound and style have been described as Southern-infused rock/metal with melodic, hard-edged vocals. The songs are hooky supercharged anthems with big guitars and driving rhythms that pump a shot of adrenaline into your system the moment you hear them. The […]
As Australia began a series of flash pandemic lockdowns in early 2021, Melbourne psychedelic fuzz rock band Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows’ prolific frontman Tim Coutts-Smith began experimenting with home recording some of his favorite old songs. This rabbit-hole deep-dive eventually led him to bring the fans in on the project, with a social […]
Last In Line featuring frontman Andrew Freeman, bassist Phil Soussan (ex-Ozzy Osbourne) and former Dio comrades-in-arms Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard) and Vinny Appice (ex-Black Sabbath) announce the release of their third studio album Jericho, out on March 31. To kick things off, the first track Ghost Town has been released. Watch the video below.
“You are invincible— it happens in your brain”. That’s the core message of the single Invincible by Swiss hard rockers SHAKRA, who kick off 2023 with this new anthem featuring powerful walls of guitars and haunting melodies. As simple as this statement may sound, it stands for the essential in everyone’s life, the ability to […]
The day has come to dive into the most beautiful realms of melancholy, as Swedish grand seigneurs of gloom KATATONIA have finally unveiled their Napalm Records debut and new studio album, Sky Void of Stars. With a captivating, story driven music video for hypnotizing Opaline, the entity around founding members Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström […]
Germany’s DOWNFALL OF GAIA will release their sixth studio album, Silhouettes Of Disgust, March 17 via Metal Blade Records, today unveiling the record’s cover art, track listing, and stunning first single. Over the course of fifteen years, DOWNFALL OF GAIA has carved a unique space for themselves within the metal scene, evolving naturally and unafraid […]
Hard-line extreme metal squad To The Grave are one of Australia’s most uncompromising bands. They return on February 24, with the release of their heaviest album to date, Director’s Cuts. Cut Off The Head is the third single from the album. Watch the music video below. The band comment: “‘Cut Off The Head’ is our […]
Alternative Rock act Grimm Winter have dropped their latest single The Narrows off their upcoming EP, Sojourn, due out February 17, 2023. “’The Narrows’ is an exploration of anxiety and its interplay between the mind, the body, and world we live in. How feelings of anxiety or panic attacks trigger an instinctive response in your […]
PROJECT 86 are back, and in a big way. The band will release the double album OMNI in two parts. OMNI Part 1 arrives on March 24 with OMNI Part 2 due out in the fall of this year. Today, Project 86 have shared the video for 0 > 1. Watch it below. “‘0 > […]
Multi-platinum, chart-topping band Shinedown are kicking off 2023 with the release of their new music video for their next rock single Dead Don’t Die from their hit album Planet Zero. The defiant track, featuring pummeling drums and searing off-the-rails guitar solos, is a rousing declaration of survival and an anthem about the resilience of the […]
Our Last Crusade hails from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and utilizes extended-range instruments to craft its take on modern deathcore. They have their third album Death Wins ready for listeners and the band maintain that it is their most complete work to date with a dialed-in sound that should see fans moshing in their living rooms. […]
Australian melodic tech-death metal band SNAKE MOUNTAIN will release their long-awaited new single Veins on January 27, with the track being premiered NOW via HEAVY. The song was recorded by Snake Mountain at their own studio and mixed and mastered by Dan Field at Sledgehammer Studios in Brisbane who has worked with heavy acts such as Apate and Babirusa. Veins is the first new music from […]
GRAMMY Award-nominated and multi-platinum selling rock band Fall Out Boy are offering another glimpse into their highly anticipated new album So Much (For) Stardust with the drop of a brand new song Heartbreak Feels So Good. The release of Heartbreak Feels So Good follows Fall Out Boy’s announcement last week that their eighth studio album […]
Crawling from the shadows into all new sonic horizons, Brisbane’s favourite quartet of doom riffers, Dark Moon Society, are crashing into 2023 with their highly anticipated sophomore single The Reaper, due out on all streaming platforms on Friday, February 10. The Reaper bursts forth with punchy grooves, grounded by the hard-hitting rhythm section which help […]
Progressive metal outfit Ne Obliviscaris have revealed another emotionally charged single and music video. Graal is taken from the band’s long-awaited full-length, Exul, which is due on March 24 via Season of Mist.
The new year has hardly begun, and some great news has already arrived from the far north. Swedish heavy metallers ENFORCER have listened to their fans and revived their classic track Running In Menace. Today, the band has released a fresh, re-recorded version of the track originally released in 2010, launching them into the new year headfirst. […]
Alabama metalcore warriors GIDEON have announced their new album MORE POWER. MORE PAIN. The album arrives on March 17 via Equal Vision. Today, the band has shared the video for the title track, a crunchy, epic anthem built around a plate-shifting breakdown. Watch it below. “Becoming accustomed to pain will leave you asking for more, […]
Sydney metal outfit Temtris are on the cusp of releasing their seventh studio album, Khaos Divine, on March 17. A dark and stunning concept album set in a troubled dystopian city, Khaos Divine sees Temtris pushing themselves musically like you have never heard before, invoking feelings of salvation, betrayal, and the loss of all hope. […]
Reckless Records February 3 Review by Kris Peters The Poor are one of Australia’s hardest-working and best bands. Period. Since the release of their debut album Who Cares back in 1994 – an album which featured the catchy as fuck More Wine Waiter Please – The Poor have been the loveable larrikins that keep on […]
Words by Jimmy Glinster Pix by Helheim Photographic The evening kicks off at 3:30 which is way early for this old bastard and unfortunately, I’ve had to give up my arvo nana-nap. Enough of my sulking though, let’s get to the show. A short video introduces us to We The Hollow who kick off proceedings […]
Words by Will Oakeshott Pix by Dave Rubinich “Heaven Is Burning” bellows vocalist and maestro Attila Csihar of black metal royalty Mayhem during the quintet’s opening song Falsified And Hated in front of a sold-out crowd at Lion Arts Factory. As powerful as these words are, they also encompass a rather caustic integrity. The event […]
Out Now Words by Jimmy Glinster I was supposed to review this album a couple of months ago but I didn’t and fuck knows why. Sometimes life happens, and then the craziness of Christmas jumps in, proper fucks shit up, and all of a sudden it’s almost February. But enough of the piss poor excuses […]
Words by Simon Russell-White Pix by Reece Trudgen Yet another balmy night in Brisbane town this evening, so what better way to spend it than to sweat it up with a few hundred summer-loving/hardcore music-loving humans? Full disclosure, I missed the opener Crossface‘s complete set. Partly due to how long it took to gain entryto […]
Pix by Ian Graham Australian fans have been waiting more than 20 years to finally see Powerman 5000 live in this country, and what better way for it to happen than by celebrating the anniversary of the band’s debut album Tonight The Stars Revolt!? But, first things first. Australia is currently blessed with a high […]
Stan today released the trailer for the brand new season of Bel-Air, the dramatic reimagining of the iconic ’90s sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. The ten-episode second season of Bel-Air will return on February 24, same day as the U.S. and only on Stan. To watch and share the trailer, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBXp47HKDDs After a record-setting first season, Bel-Air is back. Season two picks […]
From Academy Award®-winning director and writer Sam Mendes, Empire of Light is a moving drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times. Set in and around a faded old cinema in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, it follows Hilary (Olivia Colman) a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen (Micheal […]
AIR directed by Ben Affleck, from Amazon Studios, Skydance Sports, Mandalay Pictures, and the first project from Affleck and Matt Damon’s Artists Equity, will receive a wide global theatrical release on April 5, 2023 in advance of its premiere in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide on Prime Video. In a first of its kind […]
We Are Still Here, the First Nations anthology film that opened the 2022 Sydney Film Festival and premiered internationally at the Toronto International Film Festival, will be released in cinemas across Australia on February 16. Filmmakers and cast will be participating in Q&A screenings on February 16 in Sydney (Dendy Newtown), Melbourne (Classic Elsternwick) and Brisbane (Dendy […]
