One of the most powerful and humbling things about being a part of the global metal family is the bonds that are forged through music. Not only the out-and-out friendships and life-changing moments but also the subtle nuances that often go unnoticed by all except the parties directly involved. It can be a smile, a […]
The demise of festivals such as Soundwave not only robbed music lovers of opportunities to witness large-scale international festivals in this country, but it also created a reduced capacity for touring this side of the world for many bands who based Australian tours around such events. One of those bands that suffered through lack of […]
Norwegian hard rock/punk/metal outfit Blood Command are better known for their hard-hitting, punchier numbers that provide a sense of palpitation and venom when played in the live arena. Since the addition of former Pagan vocalist Nikki Brumen from Australia, the band have taken on a more ferocious edge on the back of Brumen’s take-no-prisoners approach […]
Legendary US rockers Winger have been relatively quiet since their last album Better Day’s Comin‘ in 2014. When it came out it had fans the world over salivating in anticipation, heralding a new era of rock as only a band of the ilk of Winger can provide. While proving the band were still a musical […]
Hello Frankie’s fans, God we have missed you so much! After the memorabilia auction, bumping out, and a little bit of recovery time, you’ll be glad to know that core merch will remain available online, ongoing. A few odballs and incidentals have revealed themselves though, these are very limited tees, in random sizes and quantities. […]
Metal greats DELAIN recently released their highly-anticipated new studio album, Dark Waters, out now via Napalm Records. To celebrate their latest masterpiece, the band has just announced an exciting North American tour to take place this fall 2023. The tour will feature support from labelmates and fellow symphonic metal frontrunners VISIONS OF ATLANTIS, who will […]
Rock phenoms MÃ¥neskin have announced their first-ever headline tour of Australia as they bring their RUSH! World Tour to Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide this November. Bringing their raucous live set and phenomenal production, the tour will hit Australia in November, kicking off in Brisbane at Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on November 20, before […]
Australian metalcore trailblazers THE AMITY AFFLICTION today announce their highly anticipated Australian tour Not Without My Ghosts with special guests Silverstein, Earth Caller and Winnerz Circle. The national run will begin at the band’s hometown Brisbane at Fortitude Music Hall on October 19 before heading to Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, Adelaide’s Hindley Street Music Hall, Melbourne’s […]
To say that GUTTERFIRE! have been itching to get out on the road in a meaningful way for a while doesn’t quite get to the heart of it. The past three years have been rough for the music industry as a whole and after finishing their debut album just weeks shy of the country’s first […]
Bullet For My Valentine will return to U.S. stages for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a welcome return to American venues. The band will also make appearances at key spring festivals, including Sonic Temple and Welcome to Rockville. From Ashes to New will appear on select dates. “We’re excited to […]
They say you should walk a mile in someone’s shoes to truly understand them, and you can now step into your own slice of the Oddworld universe with Ocean Grove today officially launching the ODDWORLD 3000, aka the larger-than-life sneaker literally come to life from the cover of their 2022 full-length album Up In The […]
END is a collection of musicians from various corners of extreme music, including current and former members of the genres’ biggest acts: Counterparts, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Fit For An Autopsy, Misery Signals, Shai Hulud and Reign Supreme. The brainchild of renowned producer Will Putney (Fit For An Autopsy) and vocalist Brendan Murphy (Counterparts), END […]
Pennsylvania band Another Day Dawns have shared the video for their crackling new single Bitter. Watch the clip, directed by Max Portnoy (drummer for Code Orange, Tallah), below. “‘Bitter’ really goes to the root of uncomfortable situations with people in our lives that never get addressed, and there’s just this kinda ‘off’ feeling about them,” […]
British metal sextet Bury Tomorrow have today released the video for Begin Again, another taste of their forthcoming seventh album, the aptly titled The Seventh Sun, released March 31, 2023 on Music For Nations. The band reprised their relationship with Modern Error’s (remixed DEATH last year) Zak Pinchin to produce a stunning visualizer. Guitarist Kristan […]
Brisbane based hard-rock band WildAsh have released their highly anticipated second single, Broken Ground. The track explores the ongoing disregard for the environment by humanity and features intimate verses, soaring choruses, and a powerful bridge that is sure to leave listeners wanting more. The lyrics of Broken Ground delve deep into the issue of environmental […]
May 2023 will see Rock and Classical royalty unite on a brand-new euphoric album titled Drastic Symphonies – Def Leppard’s greatest produced tracks dramatically reimagined and sounding larger and more exhilarating than ever before, teamed with London’s iconic The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Def Leppard have deconstructed and rebuilt not only some of their most well-known […]
South African thrash titans Truth Decayed are gearing up for the release their anticipated second chapter of Faded Visions and unleash their first single from Faded Visions II called Death By Design (produced by Kris Xenopoulos from Vulvodynia). After the stout triumph of Faded Visions I in 2022, the KZN-based quartet is primed and set […]
After recently revealing details for their new album State Of Disaster and dropping the first single High Society, Melbourne hard rock act Torrential Thrill return for seconds with their latest single/video Breathe. State Of Disaster is Torrential Thrills’ most prolific and ambitious album yet. With 11 tracks and over an hour of new music, the […]
AFTERMATH released their highly anticipated new album, No Time To Waste via Zoid Entertainment /TLG/INgrooves last Friday, March 17, 2023. This marks the third album in a trilogy, and is a departure from the previous dark, concept album instalment in the trilogy. “We are really proud of this album. It completes a trilogy of albums […]
Following their 2020-album A Virtual World and Live at Sweden Rock, a digital, 4-track EP in 2022, Stockholm-based melodic metal act METALITE has revealed a brand new track, entitled Take My Hand. “We’re thrilled to release ‘Take My Hand’, a single we wrote during album sessions that could have made it into a big European […]
Swedish/Norwegian melodic power metal band SAINT DEAMON is currently gearing up for the release of their much-awaited, new studio album, entitled League Of The Serpent. About three and a half years since their quasi-“comeback” album Ghost (released in 2019), the band’s forthcoming offering will be available on April 21, 2023 via AFM Records. Following previously-released, […]
Following on from the release of their newest album Screamnasium in late 2022, we take you back to the very beginning with the first ever track penned by O.R.k. Taken from O.R.k’s debut release Inflamed Rides (2015), Pyre shares a sentimental space in the band’s heart. Aside from being the first song that the band […]
Ohio rock band Neon Straightjackets bring 90s punk and grunge elements to the alternative scene with their new single, $#!7CANNED. The new track is the first glimpse into their DIY-driven, explosive new EP, Ex-Girlfriends and Ecstasy, out across DSPs on April 15, 2023. In support of the release, the band will be embarking on a […]
Fresh off the news that she would be returning to her role as guitarist with the legendary Alice Cooper, Los Angeles-born guitar hero and musical force of nature Nita Strauss has just announced her brand new single Winner Takes All, featuring none other than Cooper himself. Today, Cooper will be interviewing Strauss about their duet […]
Prepare yourself for a metal experience unlike any other, as COWARD PUNCH unleashes a storm of pure, unadulterated alcoholic POWER. With SENATOR TERRY and UNCLE MARTY shredding their guitars like thunderbolts from the gods, MR TORPEDO delivering a percussive assault that will shake you to your core – make you beg for more, and REDSKIN […]
Acclaimed Canadian rock band Silverstein are thrilled to announce Misery Made Me Deluxe, an extended release of their critically acclaimed 2022 album. Misery Made Me Deluxe features new versions of songs from the original record as well as new music, including the newly released Poison Pill.
Michigan metalcore band Of Virtue serve their new single Cannibals via Arising Empire. Produced by Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland (August Burns Red, Polaris, Hollow Front), with additional production by Chris Shifflett, mixed and mastered by Dan Braunstein (known for his work for Spiritbox, Dayseeker, and Volumes), this new material hits the listener straight in […]
The Amity Affliction have announced their highly anticipated new record Not Without My Ghosts will arrive on Friday, May 12. Today the band reveal another cut from the album, It’s Hell Down Here, which frontman Joel Birch describes as “a letter from myself and Ahren, written by me, to our friends who have passed on […]
Australian punk rock band Frenzal Rhomb are happy to announce that they are pivoting into the natural health sphere, with a new approach for the band, combining the ancient traditional therapies of the east with horse drugs. With a new album The Cup Of Pestilence out April 7 being their tenth, the band are no […]
On the heels of a whirlwind debut that included a GRAMMY® Award nomination for his first-ever single, #1 debuts on multiple charts, television performances, and sold-out shows over a two-year span, Mammoth WVH is back with its second album Mammoth II. The 10-track record will be available worldwide on August 4 via the band’s new […]
Naarm scrap-rock scumbags, Coolabah Kings drop their first new music of 2023 with their latest single Stay Dangerous, a rambunctious toe-tapper about rapidly losing touch with a self-destructive friend. Recorded live at Taste Police HQ (Brunswick, Naarm), Stay Dangerous delves into the disconnection between a forward-thinking narrator and an increasingly distant larrikin mate. As a […]
The Last Prophecy are a young, rising metal band from Espoo, Finland. The band formed in early 2021 and have been connecting the best bits of thrash metal and melodeath ever since. While honoring their influences, such as In Flames and Children Of Bodom, The Last Prophecy maintain their own sound and style in their […]
A scathing sonic takedown of consumption and greed, the brand new single Rat King from Aussie sludge metal lords Lo! marks a monstrous step closer to the quartet’s forthcoming album The Gleaners, out April 7 via Pelagic Records. Armed with a gritty accompanying music video, directed by Lo!’s very own Carl Whitbread and premiered on […]
Equal Vision Records 17 March 2023 Words by Kris Peters US hardcore outfit Gideon are one of the many bands who have slipped through the proverbial crack for me over the years. Despite being around since 2008, my first chance encounter with the band came with their recent single More Power. More Pain, which instantly […]
Words by David Griffiths Pix by Mitch O’Rourke As I jumped off the tram outside Rod Laver Arena last night I never expected that the Jimmy Eat World/My Chemical Romance concert was about to be the personally emotional affair that it turned out to be for me. Sure, I have been a fan of the […]
Out Now Words by Kris Peters Names can often be misleading. Just take music project The Angel Affair for example and hit play. Heck, just read the press release for the bands latest EP Def-Eye: The Renaissance Part 1 and you will discover a world void of angelic creatures, replaced instead by a bleak dystopian […]
When the first Shazam! movie as released in 2019 it seemed to take most comic book fans by surprise. It felt like people were not expecting much and were then blown away by a film that was made up of an interesting, fresh storyline, characters that were easy to fall in love with and just […]
As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations, AFTRS will screen a series of acclaimed feature films directed by AFTRS alumni, beginning with Dead Calm, by director Phillip Noyce, on March 28 at 6.30pm. The screening will also feature a special video introduction from Phillip Noyce. The screenings are free and open to the public, however registration is […]
One of the most interesting films to be released in cinemas this year may well be John Wick: Chapter 4. When someone looks at the synopsis of this film they could be forgiven for wondering how a plot so thin could entertain an audience for close to three hours. Yet, after they have watched the […]
Evil doesn’t span eternity without a little help. In this modern monster tale of Dracula’s loyal servant, Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road, X-Men franchise) stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history’s most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Oscar® winner Nicolas Cage). Renfield is forced to procure his master’s prey and do his every bidding, no matter how debased. […]
Monster Fest returns to Cinema Nova in Melbourne from October 12 to 22 for MONSTER FEST 2023 with the latest must-see genre and cult cinema programming from Australia and abroad along with celebratory repertory screenings. Submissions are now open for short and feature films via FilmFreeway with an early deadline of May 16, regular deadline of August 16 and final deadline of September 16. Founded in […]
Australian artist Ken Taylor is one of the artists who has been selected to design a poster for the release of John Wick Chapter 4 which is released in cinemas this Thursday. This week he spoke to Dave Griffiths about what it was like being able to work on the poster. Take a listen to his interview below: