Classic rock is a genre that will never die. And thank the metal Gods for that! Each generation seems to throw up another band that fits the classic rock mould, and each manages to maintain some form of individuality to separate themselves from those who came before. That band for this generation is the awesomely […]
Interview by Erin Eddy French rock musician Laura Cox was first recognised for her talents a little over 10 years ago whenshe began uploading guitar covers of popular rock and blues songs on YouTube. As she gained moreand more popularity, she naturally progressed into writing her own music and forming a band. Now,about to release […]
HEAVY had the honour of conducting backstage interviews with a selection of bands for the final Good Things Festival show in Brisbane recently, which we are going to drip-feed you just because we can! We were supposed to do a phoner with Gojira the week before Good Things but when that fell through the promotors kindly promised us […]
The album “poise” is the result of three days of recording in a full band setting without prior arrangements or later overdubs at huji maja Studios. Even as an experimental album, “poise” still succeeds atsurprising listeners with the combination of stoner doom, jazz, and ambient elements.Stretching its canvas across a multitude of musical leanings rarely united and painting a labyrinthine […]
“Wrapped Renaissance” is the debut album by the Italy-based groove metal outfit DOSGAMOS. The tracks have been written during the first lockdown, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. As reflection, the whole album is pervaded by a caustic, suffocating atmosphere, allowing the band to criticize the uncontrolled exploitation of the environment, as well as the oppression […]
In 2015 Liquid Earth was born in a shipping-container on the outskirts of Vienna. The instrumental trio takes you on a journey through psychedelic soundscapes, face-melting doom parts, and heavy riffs, merging into a unique synergy guaranteeing a hypnotic experience for the listener. So grab a beer and prepare for takeoff! This week we caught […]
The rock´n´roll machine from Stockholm is back! With the second release in two years, the band´s third album ”Don´t Kill The Dark” sets the record straight. Ten songs filled with COBRA CULT trademarks, this is the natural development of the two previous ones, taken to the next level. Intense, riff-based hard rock originating from punk and metal with catchy […]
Photo by Ashley Osborn HEAVY had the honour of conducting backstage interviews with a selection of bands for the final Good Things Festival show in Brisbane recently, which we are going to drip-feed you just because we can! First up for the day was Sleeping With Sirens, and what a way to start. Jimmy Glinster, who was doing […]
SoCal punk outfit Unwritten Law vow to keep you up all night as they embark on an extensive Australian tour. Be transported to balmy nights under Californian skies as the ’90’s punk outfit perform their brand new album The Hum over 17 dates, 5 states and a night overflowing with new music and nostalgia. The […]
Black Rheno kick straight into gear for 2023 with The Summer Of Sludge Tour hitting stages across NSW. After a blistering 2022 with headline tours along the east coast and appearing at heavy fests including Thrashville, The New Dead Fest, Halloween Hysteria and the ultimate heavy metal pilgrimage held in the country’s red center, Blacken, […]
A message from Angry Anderson from Rose Tattoo: “Brothers and sisters, over recent weeks we have been deliberating as to whom might come into Rose Tatt’s line up to fill the position left by Bob’s departure… Well, the wait is over as we have decided on our replacement. I am very pleased to announce our […]
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 […]
Grammy award-winning hard rock band Halestorm today unleash a Deluxe Edition of their album Back From The Dead, including seven new songs not included on the original album. Halestorm will be heading to Australia in February 2023 for a run of headline shows in Brisbane, Sydney, and a sold out show in Melbourne. Thursday 2 […]
Sydney hard rock outfit Temtris are ready to release their seventh studio album, Khaos Divine on March 17, 2023 through Wormholedeath records, including another special Japanese pressing through Wormholedeath Japan. Khaos Divine is a stunning, modern metal concept album, which plunges the listener into a tale of a dark and troubled dystopian city where a […]
Adelaide’s ultimate metal fest Churches Of Steel will be held in 2023 on January 21 at the Unibar in Adelaide. The first line-up has dropped and it’s a ripper! Mat Maurel will be performing a full set of Mortal Sin tunes, with Whisky Harbour, Odius, Catalano, Emergency Rule, Shattered Hourglass and Broken Loose all announced […]
Rockers Of Limbo have released a raucous and fun new track and video, ‘Let’s Go’. Known for high energy, on the brink of out-of-control live shows, they create an electric atmosphere that is infectious – making it impossible not to have a good time. The band is racing forward and ready to move to another level with their […]
Templemind has released a new single More To This Life. More To This Life was the first track Templemind wrote which set the tone for the whole project. It was guided by Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic and is a life-affirming anthem, with a super hooky guitar riff and evoking lyrics that will make you rethink […]
Scraping their way up the stomach to be vomited from the mouth of a pandemic, THE MAYOR (unscathed) has become deadlier, heavier and more powerful than ever as they partnered with Kill Iconic Records (run by Donovan Melero of Hail the Sun – Equalvision Records) to drop their five-song sophomore album, Live at the Acropolis, […]
Just in time for the holidays, Fire From The Gods are excited to launch their new official lyric video for Rapture (Full Dem) via Better Noise Music. Watch the video below. Taken from their highly anticipated full-length album Soul Revolution, Rapture (Fool DEM) is quintessentially Fire From The Gods, a variety of genres perfectly coexisting […]
Satirical power metal outfit Powerdong are here to breathe life back into metal. While all three members have a Conservatory Degree in music that is where the seriousness of the equation ends. After initially forming Omnus fresh out of the Conservatory, Geir Wetterhus (guitars and music engineering), Christian Foldal (guitars, composer) and Ola Moum (composition […]
“There are many bands, each one sounds completely different…” admits Jerry A, talking about various projects of his. Despite the glory of being a founding member of Poison Idea, the vocalist has made a successful career as a member of various projects and active collaborator. Crime Scene from Belgium that gets influences from Bay-Area thrash-metal […]
It’s been a big year for rock music’s most exciting debut of 2022 Classless Act, and the band has one final treat in store for fans, releasing the Welcome To The Acoustic Show EP alongside the full collection of in-studio music videos. Featuring five tracks total, it gives listeners a different, unplugged take on the […]
Metal heavyweights ANY GIVEN DAY, who hail from the heart of the German Ruhr area, celebrate the 10-year anniversary of their special take on Rhianna‘s hit single Diamonds, which is about to hit the 15 million mark on YouTube and is finally available on all streaming platforms, worldwide. To herald this anniversary the right way, […]
Finnish heavy metallers Oceanhoarse are proud to present Carved in Stone, the fifth single from their upcoming sophomore studio album Heads Will Roll, due out on February 17, 2023 via Noble Demon. The song comes with a brand-new lyric video, which you can watch below.
International 90’s rock band DEAD EYED CREEK have released another single, Uninspired, from their as yet untitled debut album which is currently in the mix and mastering process and is due to be released in 2023. Band founder Job Bos comments: “A few weeks back, we actually got to play together as a band for […]
Dark Metal artist THE HATE CLUB (Alex Poe) has released the official music video for Burn in Hell. Pairing phenomenal animation, vivid story-telling, and brutal metal riffs, Burn in Hell showcases the enigmatic artist’s mastery of visual and auditory intensity. Check it out below.
Enoch has been active in the music scene in Auckland, New Zealand since 2017. In addition to releasing their first EP in 2018 and a subsequent single in 2019, Enoch developed a sound brimming with vitality and overflowing with fresh ideas. The band have just released their new song SEASONS, a fresh slab of metal […]
Grunge rock outfit Kovanta formed in 2019 out of a desperate hunger to make great music. The band’s early vision was to be a classic rock band heavily influenced by Guns and Roses, Eddie Van Halen and other shredders of the late 80s and early ’90s, but all preconceived notions slid off the table when the lads began […]
Photos by Kaotic Images Words by Kyra-Jade Coombs Editor’s note: The third – and final – leg of Good Things 2022 in Brisbane was a special occasion for HEAVY. For the first time since I took over the horns from Carl Neumann HEAVY had the honour of conducting backstage interviews with a hand-picked selection of […]
Words by Simon Russell-White Pix by Rashid Alkamraikhi Although I have lived on the North side of Brisbane for almost 10 years now, it will never not feel strange to call the Eatons Hill Hotel “my local”. You see I come from a really small town, and as a young person, Tuesday nights were boot-scooting […]
One of the things that many cinema fans have commented on this year is that 2023 has really been a big year for people that prefer ‘nice’ films. What is a ‘nice’ film you may well ask, well to many a ‘nice’ film is a film that is one the quieter side of things and […]
Award-winning short film The Electricity In Me is taking the world by storm at the moment and this week Dave Griffiths sat down to have a chat with the filmmaker behind the film Mat Sheldon. Take a listen to the full interview right here:
Everybody get ready because your passage back to Pandora has just arrived in cinemas with the eagerly anticipated Avatar: The Way Of Water. It is hard to believe that it is thirteen years ago since legendary filmmaker James Cameron first introduced us to the faraway planet of Pandora. The first Avatar film hadn’t even finished […]
Paramount Pictures Australia is excited to announce MARGOT ROBBIE and DIEGO CALVA will be heading to Sydney to present their highly anticipated new film BABYLON. Margot Robbie and Diego Calva will attend the Australian Premiere on Monday, January 16 at The State Theatre Sydney. Limited tickets to attend the event will be available to purchase […]
Stan today released the second trailer for the return season of the smash-hit series Your Honor. Starring Oscar® nominee and Emmy, Screen Actors Guild® and Tony Award-winner Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) and Emmy nominee Hope Davis (Love Life, American Crime), the brand new season will premiere 14 January, same day as the U.S. and only on Stan. To watch and share the trailer, click here: https://youtu.be/e7V286auaxQ […]
Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, […]
When talented young actor Chadwick Boseman passed away in August 2020 it not only devastated the legion of Marvel fans that had grown to love him as Black Panther, it also left an interesting dilemma for the producers of the Marvel cinematic universe. Fans of the series will know that Marvel bigwigs decide the path […]
