South Florida-based hard rock outfit Wolffpack understand the true value in the rich history of rock music. Not only do they perform music deeply rooted in the classic era of hard rock from the 1970s and 80s, but they also share that deference to timeless music with a seasoned and experienced lineup that includes bass […]
Vredesblod was formed in 2021 by Kjetil Lynghaug (PAGANIZER, STASS) with the ambition to create an original and “different” sound, still within the metal sphere. The band was completed by Peter Svensson on bass, Magnus Hultman on vocals, and drummer Marcus Rosenkvist. The music features a mix of modern and old school heavy metal with a unique edge, containing strong melodies and tasteful solos. […]
The band’s debut album is called Naked Soldier and is released on Sixteentimes Music. The album is the first paradigm shift in the band‘s still-short history. Nine intense, intimate, yearning and energetic songs that boldly pave the way for modern rock music. A perfect storm of emotions, impressions and life experiences, as unpredictable and individual as the human […]
Vermocracy, from Vienna, founded in 2017, have already caused quite a stir in the underground with their self-titled debut, released in 2020. The band has undoubtedly dedicated itself to dark melodic death metal as a nod to the genre greats of the 90s. Stylistically and in terms of content, the band draws a dystopian picture […]
IOISH’s sound is a mix of soulful guitars layered with atmospheric textures that are soaked in melodious grooves and riffs evoking a progressive rock feel. The combined elements create an immersive and moody trip for the audience. One that they can immediately engage with. Over the years IOISH supported bands like Tides From Nebula, I […]
It’s the result of a year and a half of work, and a desire to go further in the composition and to shake up the bases established with the EP Overcome. More technical guitars, more drums, different overall sound. A perfect combination to create a full modern metal album. You will go from very dark […]
Deville were celebrating 15 years as a band and about to continue to tour the world in 2020 before it all took another turn – as we know. To not totally put everything on hold the only thing Deville could do was to start writing music and for the first time, the band was doing it on demand. […]
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! One of the surprise packets of the festival run was German outfit Electric Callboy, who were making their first visit to our corner of […]
“Dargor” is a melodic black metal band from Krosno, Poland. The main influences of the group are bands like Samael, Dimmu Borgir, Naglfar, Ajattara, Dissection and Summoning. The band combines atmospheric and melodic sounds of guitars and keyboards with aggressive vocals and intense drum lines. The heaviness and aggression balance with melancholy and dark atmosphere. […]
Interview by Jimmy Glinster & Kyra-Jade Coombs Videography, editing and graphics by Squirty G Good Things Festival 2022 was so much fun for a lot of different reasons, but for HEAVY it also marked a significant milestone. We were granted unprecedented backstage access for the final show of the tour in Brisbane on December 4, […]
Interview by Simon Russell-White Videography, editing and graphics by Squirty G Good Things Festival 2022 was so much fun for a lot of different reasons, but for HEAVY it also marked a significant milestone. We were granted unprecedented backstage access for the final show of the tour in Brisbane on December 4, and didn’t we […]
“You write your album, give it to the label, and they tell you ‘this is terrible'”. Spider One It seems inconceivable that a major international band could be on the world touring circuit for over three decades and never played a note in anger in Australia. Almost criminal in fact, but when that band is […]
Believe me, we at HEAVY share your pain with all of the feel-good ditties spewing forth from everyone’s mouths at this time of year. And that’s why we decided to put together a playlist of metal and punk Christmas songs sure to piss your neighbor off! There’s songs from August Burns Red, Twisted Sister, Corey […]
Adventurous, progressive, brutal, and tirelessly creative – Meshuggah’s position as the most inventive and creative metal band ever to do it remains undisputed. And 30 years into their illustrious career, the iconic Swedish band shows no signs of decay. 2022 brought the release of their ninth and most fearlessly imaginative studio album to date, Immutable. […]
It has been a massive year for British rockers Don Broco. Their new album, Amazing Things, landed at #1 in the UK charts plus they have an upcoming sold-out UK headline tour with support bands Papa Roach and Dance Gavin Dance, a European headline tour supported by Sleeping With Sirens, and they were invited to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Australia’s NOTHING SACRED marked their return in 2021 with the release of their first album in 30 years entitled No Gods and now a year and a half later they are ready to continue that groundbreaking resurrection with the next record Leviathan due out February 3, 2023, via Rockshots Records. Fans of the band will notice on this new EP […]
This is where The Fixer departs on their first musical journey with latest members, Ryan Osbourne and Dr. Wiggins joining Melladonna and Vic Sin, armed with an insanely catchy new single for their track Depart. Forward on to their next chapter is a track with a sense of urgency, insistent rhythms; soaring lead guitars; melodic […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Review By Matt New Photos By Angie New Large scale international music festivals are back, and are hopefully here to stay. Three years have passed since the last Good Things Festival occurred, and the anticipation of seeing some of the world’s finest live music acts meant so many arriving as early as possible to Centennial […]
Out Now Although I had heard of the legend that is Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens many a time and happened across his music from time to time, I didn’t really know that much about the man aside from the standard ex-Judas Priest reference attached to his name. That changed a couple of months ago when he […]
Review by Matt NewPhotos by Angie New A great deal of anticipation has been simmering away throughout 2022 for the reformation of Sunk Loto, along with their first shows in almost 15 years. So understandably, The Factory Theatre in Marrickville would fill its main room to capacity with many eager punters keen to relive their […]
pix by Mitchell O’Rourke December 2nd, 2022 @ Flemington Racecourse – Melbourne could not have put on a better day of it both weather and festival production wise for yesterday’s excellent 2022 edition of Good Things Festival. Entry gained, straight to the no waiting bar for delicious beers close to stages One and Two then […]
Pix by Mitchell O’Rourke The first leg of the travelling Good Things Festival in Melbourne was a resounding success, with a sold-out crowd enjoying the best of local, national, and international bands. While HEAVY had a man on the ground to bring you the day in review, it takes a few hours to let the […]
Photos by Squirty G Before we get started, just know that my experience of this show may not be the same as others… For the first time in many attempts, I actually got to a show early enough to see These Four Walls bang out their brand of hard rock. I have heard plenty about […]
Out Now Every so often I actually get a chance to listen to and appreciate new music that comes across my desk. Not because of a lack of quality – far from it – but more so out of time. As in I never have any. But sometimes you have to make time, especially when […]
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With Supports Vermantics & Riff Raiders Well…A thirty-two year wait to finally, once again, witness one of my favourite and most listened to bands at home has been and gone so fast! I am trying with all of my old man-ness, to recall every magical moment of seeing the magnificent Disneyland After Dark live in […]
November 30 Fair Dinkum Records Words by Jimmy Glinster If it only happens once a year, it’s a good year. Luckily, unlike Veal (insert shameless self-promotion here), the mighty Frankenbok have delivered twice this year, and this second time around they’ve delivered a two-for-one. And lucky for me, I’ve been given a chance at a […]
Words by Jimmy Glinster Photos by After Death Photography In true festival fashion, Krispy and I rocked up fashionably late, but just in time to catch the powerhouse that is Adriatic. The thumping kicks and grinding guitar stabs were slapping me right in the face, which was just what I needed to wake me up […]
Pix by Squirty G 1990 was an important year for album releases in rock and metal. Megadeth released Rust In Peace, Slayer put out Seasons In The Abyss, Pantera shocked the world with Cowboys From Hell and Queensryche unleashed Empire, while the world of rock was shaken by albums from Living Colour (Time’s Up) and […]
Out now Words by Jimmy Glinster Symphonic metal is not something that I would usually give the time of day, because synths for the most part shit me to tears. Since Simone Simons and her band EPICA have been doing this for the last 20 years or so, though, I thought that maybe I should […]
With Supports Eye of the Enemy & In Malice’s Wake I’m going to get one thing off my chest first before giving my rundown of the excellent set put on by Soilwork last week. In 2022 or any recent year for that matter there is NO EXCUSE for a major headlining band to have to […]
November 18 Reprise Records This may be an unpopular decision, but you know what they say? Opinions are like assholes. Everyone’s got one… When Disturbed’s debut album The Sickness first came out, I loved it – still do. It was a breath of fresh air in a scene growing increasingly stagnant, and provided hope for […]
Pinch Points and cover photo by NikNak IDLES photos taken by Will Johnstone I don’t think I have ever been to a concert where I don’t know one song from either the support or headlining band. And, full disclosure here, the only reason I went to the IDLES show in Brisbane was because one of […]
November 4 InsideOut Music I’m gonna bypass the introductory formalities regarding Devin Townsend and dive straight into giving my lowdown and (probably insignificant) review of his latest offering – Lightwork I don’t think that Townsend, in all honesty, needs to release a mature album of sorts because everything he has released in his thirty-year career […]
Out Now Nuclear Blast Records Words by Jimmy Glinster There I was driving home this afternoon when all of a sudden, the Fear Factory version of Cars came on Rebel FM. I was quickly reminded of how much I hated that song when it first came out, and also that I was meant to review […]
Out Now Words by Michael Naidos LACUNA COIL had established their place in the gothic metal scene by the time of the release of their third album Comalies in 2002 to strong reception from critics and fans alike, elevating their reach to countries outside their European homeland. The floral album cover artwork scintillatingly stood out […]
Out Now Solid State Words by Erin Eddy The Hell We Create is the seventh studio album by Texan band Fit For A King, and it is ten tonnes of unyielding, meaty metalcore delivered with intensity. If there’s one thing I can really jive with, it’s music as a tool of catharsis when faced with […]
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 […]
It is one of the strangest films of 2022 so we sent Alex First, David Griffiths, Greg King and Peter Krausz to check out Triangle Of Sadness. Take a listen to their thoughts right here:
If there is one thing that we have learnt over the years music biopics can be an interesting slippery slope. Often the films are put together in such away that they are supposed to celebrate an artist’s legacy which means the filmmakers involved need to get permission to make the film from both record labels […]
SYNOPSIS: A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a […]
