The expectations placed on new and emerging bands in the modern era surpass any of those from eras gone by. Not only is there the sheer abundance of new music being released on a daily basis, but there is also the proportionately high number of new bands forming at a rate never seen before. “In […]
Helmet are a niche kind of band in that once you discover them you can’t help but fall in love with their music. The problem is, they are also not a band given much exposure in commercial channels, which makes the task of discovering them ultimately harder. But infinitely more rewarding. “My approach is different. […]
Enter Shikari have been a household name for almost two decades now, their unique blending of genres endearing them to a disenfranchised world starving for change. After the tables were turned during the COVID pandemic, Enter Shikari found themselves floundering without their reliable support network, at a creative loss with seemingly no resolution. Rather than […]
Much has changed with Metal Church since their last visit to Australian shores. The most notable, and tragic of which being the loss of legendary frontman Mike Howe in 2021. Having pressed on to honour the memory of their former bandmate, Metal Church earlier this year released their first album with new vocalist Marc Lopes […]
The music business can be an unforgiving mistress. Bands can – and do – give it everything they have, writing, recording and releasing high-quality material and developing an ever-growing fanbase yet still see minimal reward for effort. But when the planets align and the wheel starts turning in your favour it can be a beautiful […]
For far too long, heavy metal on the heavier side of the spectrum has been overlooked at music festivals in this country. Even those that claim to be all about the metal generally stop short of having a bona fide, skull-shattering musical representative grace their stages. It happens that often that many have stopped even […]
NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS are happy to announce the signing of new Finnish top-class metal band CROWNSHIFT, who have also recently joined the roster of Till Dawn They Count Ltd management (Nightwish, Beast In Black, Sonata Arctica). Born as the long-time idea of four friends, CROWNSHIFT are a new high standing metal act from Finland. The […]
Australian comedic legend Steve Hughes has returned to Australia after spending the past 4 years in the UK. Steve’s return to the country will be celebrated with two exclusive shows in Melbourne and Sydney. These will be his first shows in the country since 2019! With a capacity of just 150 tickets for each show, […]
Better Noise Music, home to bands including Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, Dirty Heads, Nothing More, Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria and many more, have released their latest edition of The NOISE, their monthly trailer highlighting the label’s newest music. This month, the trailer features: FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Multi-platinum hard rock powerhouse, FIVE FINGER […]
Carcass and The Black Dahlia Murder are coming! Ferocious and uncompromising in their execution, CARCASS’s ability to intricately dissect the innards of death metal, and display them for us to sonically understand has been their point of excellence for well over three decades. Whether it was inventing gore-grind or creating the template for melodic death […]
U.S. alt-rock favourites ANBERLIN have announced a special new show to their upcoming Australian tour in 2024, this time bringing their beloved albums Never Take Friendship Personal and Cities to life in full, in Melbourne on Saturday January 27. With the original Melbourne date for Anberlin now officially sold out, the group is excited to […]
GRAMMY Award-winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee James Taylor announces his 2024 Australian tour, An Evening with James Taylor and His All-Star Band. The tour will kick off on April 12 at Kings Park & Botanic Garden Perth, followed by Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena on April 16, Adelaide Entertainment Centre on April […]
Interview by Coco Le Sex Bomb German metal outfit Electric Callboy caught Australia by storm with their last Australian tour as part of Good Things 2022. Their high-energy music, coupled with an infectious and engaging attitude saw Aussies fall in love with the band, so much so that a return visit was always on the […]
Extreme power metal unit DRAGONFORCE is featured on Beat Saber’s Original Soundtrack 6 with their new song, Power of the Saber Blade, originally composed for the best-selling, award-winning VR game. DRAGONFORCE’s Power of the Saber Blade will be the fastest song ever introduced in Beat Saber at a mind-blowing 10.66 NPS (notes per second). The […]
After nearly 10 years of absence, the world’s most brutal band recently muscled their way back into the scene with a brand new single, No Pain No Gain, while teasing an upcoming new album. Today, AUSTRIAN DEATH MACHINE – the unmissable project helmed by As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis – is thrilled to […]
Alkaline Trio serves up another helping of Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs in the form of Bad Time, the darkly melodic second track to be released in advance of its 10th album, due out January 26, 2024 on Rise Records. Bad Time follows last month’s unveiling of the album’s frenetic title track — hailed by Consequence […]
Grammy-nominated R&RHOF inductee and guitar legend ACE FREHLEY announces the release of his new studio album, 10,000 Volts, due out on February 23, 2024. Produced by Ace and Steve Brown (Trixter), the 11-track 10,000 Volts sees Ace perform electrifying, hard-hitting, riff-heavy rock’n’ roll. As an appetiser he has released the first single and title track. […]
On December 3, 2023, POWERWOLF honoured the 75th birthday of the Prince of Darkness himself, the legendary Ozzy Osbourne, by releasing a cover of one of the Black Sabbath vocalist’s most famous solo tracks, Bark At The Moon. The title track of Ozzy’s celebrated 1983 album, Bark At The Moon, is an immortal classic, and […]
Following their electrifying cover of Billy Idol’s Shock To The System, LORD OF THE LOST has unveiled a brand-new official video for their cover of Roxette’s The Look – already known from the band’s most successful album to date, Blood & Glitter (2022, #1 German album charts). Now the song is re-released on the 2CD […]
Extreme power metal unit DRAGONFORCE has released a new version of their single Doomsday Party, now unveiled as a duet with Elize Ryd (AMARANTHE). This version will be included as a bonus track on some editions of DRAGONFORCE’s highly anticipated upcoming album Warp Speed Warriors, out on March 15, 2024 via Napalm Records. Led by […]
All This Filth, the dynamic and trailblazing music group known for their industrial-tinged groove metal sound and impassioned lyrics, recently set the stage ablaze with the announcement of their signing with US record label Brutal Records for their much-anticipated new album titled Tomorrow Will Be Better?. After dropping the single It’s Never Going To Be […]
Bruce Dickinson has unveiled the dramatic, action-packed video for The Afterglow Of Ragnarok, the first single to be taken from his upcoming solo album The Mandrake Project. Last Friday, in front of a packed audience on the opening day of CCXP23, Brazil’s huge Comic-Con event in Sao Paulo, he premiered the spectacular film and revealed […]
Melbourne Alt-rockers Terrestrials have released their powerful new single, Hollow Hands, taken from their forthcoming debut album, Iridescent, out December 8 Hollow Hands follows Iridescent’s first two singles, the recently released Triggers and Perennial Trials and continues Terrestrial’s path of creating intensely dark, melodic moods through subtle hints of progressive rock and metal. Check it […]
Get ready to dive deeper into the musical journey of German NU-Metal/Rock kings From Fall to Spring with the deluxe version of their groundbreaking debut album RISE, due for release on December 15 via Arising Empire. A treasure trove for fans, available both digitally and physically, holding big features from Ethan Ross & VYPER, spiced […]
In a groundbreaking collaboration, metalcore behemoths Any Given Day have joined forces with the renowned band Annisokay, led by the talented Christoph Wieczorek, to release a pulsating new single titled H.A.T.E. The track blends the signature hard-hitting riffs and relentless energy of Any Given Day with the dynamic and melodious style of Annisokay, creating a […]
Fronted by vocalist David Häusermann, guitarist and vocalist Mauro Gugerli, guitarist Tristan Meier, bassist Loris De Notaristefano and drummer Michael Teufelberger; heavy new Swiss act Vicious Rain have released their third single alongside stunning visuals with Crown Of Thorns. With this third single, Vicious Rain continues to carve their mark on the music scene, taking […]
Grammy winning, platinum-certified solo artist, and the voice of Creed, SCOTT STAPP, has released Black Butterfly, the third single from his upcoming solo album, Higher Power. The album will be available everywhere on March 15, 2024 via Napalm Records. Transcending defeats to emerge reborn, Black Butterfly is a grooving stunner with an undeniable swagger that […]
Caligula’s Horse have announced their new album Charcoal Grace will be released on Friday, January 26, 2024. Charcoal Grace is the 6th studio album of the band, and it combines raw rock power with immense emotional depth. It is borne of the static hopelessness that the pandemic forced upon the band and, indeed, much of […]
Brisbane Pop-Punk legends One Last Hurrah have announced the release of their new album Memoirs will be hitting the shelves in the first few months of 2024 and have just dropped videos for new singles Hangin’ Out For Days and 1994. The record boasts some hard-hitting yet melodic tracks with singer/songwriter Matt Freeman saying “A […]
Swiss modern metal upstarts ILLUMISHADE unveil their magical sophomore record and Napalm Records debut, Another Side of You, out February 16 2024. Fronted by vocalist Fabienne Erni and guitarist Jonas Wolf (both of Eluveitie) and completed with orchestration and synths by film composer Mirjam Skal, bass by Yannick Urbanczik, and drums by Marc Friedrich, ILLUMISHADE […]
Shortly after revealing an exciting new music video for Roxette’s The Look, featuring German pop star Blümchen (a.k.a. Jasmin Wagner) as a duet partner, LORD OF THE LOST have unveiled a cover of another legendary 80s classic, Cutting Crew’s (I Just) Died In Your Arms. The new song off of LORD OF THE LOST’s upcoming […]
KK’s Priest, the iconic heavy metal group of Judas Priest alumni and GRAMMY Award winning/nominated musicians K.K. Downing (guitar) and Tim “Ripper” Owens (vocals), along with A.J. Mills (guitar), Tony Newton (bass) and Sean Elg (drums) unveiled their blistering sophomore offering, The Sinner Rides Again, in September to rave reviews. Today, KK’s Priest continue the […]
Words by Coco Le Sex Bomb Pix by Kaotic Images Another year, another run of good things festivals to excite and enamour the insatiable masses. The line-up never disappoints with Good Things, but we had a few curveballs thrown in this year from Devo to Short Stack to Fall Out Boy, with the people behind […]
Spinefarm Records December 8 I think I remember something about this band from back in the 2000s, and they’ve definitely been flooding my social media feeds lately with memes about being the OG metalcore band or something like that. I don’t really get the memes though because I remember them floating around when Nu-Metal was […]
Words by Matt NewPhotos by Angie New Photography Summer in Australia means one thing: it’s festival season, baby! So get ready for a combination of sunburn, sore feet, ringing eardrums, and overpriced alcoholic beverages. Kicking off the heavy music festival season is Good Things, which has gained momentum with the absence of Big Day Out […]
Stan, today announced that the highly anticipated next series inThe Walking Dead Universe, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live will premiere February 26 2024, only on Stan.To watch and share the brand new teaser for The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sD4umBuCLksStarring Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live presents an epic love story of two characters changed by […]
Filmmaker Stephen Osborne chats to Dave Griffiths about his new film Dome House Six which is available on various streaming platforms now. Take a listen to the interview right here:
From celebrated writer and director Christopher Nolan comes the must-see cinematic masterpiece about the man and the moment that changed the world forever. As it continues its dominant global box-office run, OPPENHEIMER will beavailable to own just in time for the holidays on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-rayTM, & Digital on November 22, 2023, from Universal […]
“Meanwhile, in another universe…” In a switch from the typical genre, Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing’s most enigmatic heroines. The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who may have clairvoyant abilities. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three […]
David Griffiths, Harley Woods, Kyle McGrath and Lee Griffiths are back with the latest episode of The Popcorn Conspiracy Radio Show. In this episode they review The Marvels, Mercy Road, Killers Of The Flower Moon and Freelance. Meanwhile they also chat to Nick Barkla about The Healing and Scott Hicks about The Musical Mind: A […]
Australian filmmaker Scott Hicks chats to Dave Griffiths about his new documentary The Musical Mind: A Portrait In Process. Take a listen to the interview right here:
Australian filmmaker Nick Barkla this week joined us on HEAVY Cinema to chat about his brand new documentary The Healing. Take a listen to the interview below:
“Meanwhile, in another universe…” In a switch from the typical genre, Madame Web tells the standalone origin story of one of Marvel publishing’s most enigmatic heroines. The suspense-driven thriller stars Dakota Johnson as Cassandra Webb, a paramedic in Manhattan who may have clairvoyant abilities. Forced to confront revelations about her past, she forges a relationship with three […]
Marvel Studios debuts the final, thrilling trailer for “The Marvels”. The brand-new trailer, with a look back at The Avengers and the war against Thanos, sets up the stakes for Captain Marvel and her team as they go up against a formidable enemy. In Marvel Studios’ “The Marvels,” Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel has reclaimed her […]
In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, the Spengler family returns to where it all started – the iconic New York City firehouse – to team up with the original Ghostbusters, who’ve developed a top-secret research lab to take busting ghosts to the next level. But when the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new […]
If the rumours out of Marvel this week are true, then somebody at HQ pulled the emergency lever in fear that Phase Four was becoming a complete failure. News filtered out that two new projects are on the cards – one which will Tobey Maguire’s Spiderman and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine teams up and the other […]
