Scandanavian and associated folk metal sub-genres have seen a remarkable upward trend in recent years, rapidly rising to become one of the biggest subgenres globally in heavy metal music. While it is difficult to pinpoint exactly why or how people are gravitating more to this music, it is quite obvious which bands are leading the […]
Interview by Simon Russell-White As live music continues to pick up pace together we are starting to see what life is really like in this new normal. Let’s be honest, the last two years was rough and hopefully we all have seen the worst of it, but honestly, who knows anymore right?! A mark in […]
UK heavy metal band LOATHE have been creating quite a following as they mix metalcore with a more traditional Nu-Metal sound. Now off the back of their well received 2021 album The Things They Believe and building a reputation as one of the best live bands in Europe they are heading Down Under to tour […]
One of the best things about thrash metal bands is you generally know what you are going to get with a new album. Although there might be slight variances and nuances here and there, the basic structure that defines thrash metal and becomes entwined in a band’s DNA is always inherent in some capacity. Thankfully, […]
20 years after the last album of the legendary thrashers from Blackend, the mastermind Michael Goldsmith comes back under the roof of MDD Records and thus also musically a bit “back to the roots“. For the third album, which appears under his own name, Goldsmith has strengthened himself with experienced musicians from the scene and delivers an album with a new […]
Swedish heavy/thrash metaller MAN MACHINE INDUSTRY will release the full-length âEschaton I. Reckoning Dayâ on August26 via GMR Music (while the digipak limited edition was already released in March). This week our very own David Griffiths sat down for a chat with the man behind the band (take a listen to the full interview below). âEschaton I. Reckoning Dayâ is the first part of a trilogy of mini-albums […]
Festival season is returning to Australia in a big way with the recent announcement of the Good Things line-up which will take place in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane over the weekend of December 2, 3 and 4. Featuring Bring Me The Horizon, Deftones, NOFX (performing âPunk In Drublicâ in full + all your favourites), TISM […]
When New Jersey scene veteran Dan Lorenzo (Hades, Non-Fiction) was looking for musicians for his new project, Overkill’s Bobby Blitz gave him the idea of knocking on John Kelly‘s (Danzig, Type O Negative) door, because – according to Blitz – “he would fit your riffs perfectly“. Blitz was right and Lorenzo and Kelly, who had never worked together before, formed PATRIARCHS […]
Multi-Grammy-nominated, San Antonio-based rock outfit Nothing More have today revealed details on their highly awaited new studio album. Out worldwide on October 14 via Better Noise Music, SPIRITS 13 tracks consist of the bandâs most focused, adventurous, and intense music, uniting introspective philosophical lyrics with unapologetically massive anthems. Coinciding with the news, NOTHING MORE are excited to share the albumâs title track SPIRITS, which was […]
Beast Machine‘s new single Look What Youâve Done is a song about addiction, specifically the opioid crisis in America and the mind-blowing fact the current abuse of OxyContin still rages today. The sample grab at the start of the song is from one of the âexpertsâ spruiking for the big pharmaceutical companies saying if the […]
LIGHT THE TORCH â Howard Jones [vocals], Francesco Artusato [guitar], and Ryan Wombacher [bass] â have dropped the video for Become the Martyr. Watch it below. “Not all relationships end with friends going separate ways,” Jones says about the song’s meaning. “Sometimes, peace can be found in taking all the blame.” The song appears on the band’s latest album, You Will Be the Death […]
High octane thrash outfit INTENT have unveiled a new video for their single Victims of Conquest, taken from their upcoming album Exile. Delivering ludicrous speed, fierce energy and dynamic instrumentation, the new track is a feast of ferocious metal. The band comments: “We are beyond stoked to present you with this first single from Exile: “Victims of Conquest”. We […]
PUNISHâs second single Grief is two and a half minutes of high energy, hardcore punk rock, deliveredwith a ferocious vocal that spits lyrics like theyâre poison and set to a tempo you can have a heart attackto. As the title suggests, the song is about grief, more specifically the grieving process and the realisationof one’s […]
Undefined and haunting as the dreaded final day, the band Hellway Patrol prepares to present the long-awaited debut album All Myth Shall Fall, to be released on August 5 2022. To promote the record, the band shares the new single Ride and Ride Again, which is accompanied by a cinematic music video, produced by Igor […]
Legendary heavy metal band Stryper have released a new single and lyric video, Rise To The Call. The song is taken off their upcoming album, which is set for release later this year. This forthcoming new album, produced by frontman Michael Sweet, firmly continues the trend established over the bandâs last few albums of the […]
Mark September 9 on your calendar as the release date for PATIENT NUMBER 9, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and GrammyÂŽ-winning singer and songwriter OZZY OSBOURNEâs new album and the first since his critically acclaimed, worldwide, chart-topping 2020 ORDINARY MAN release. The albumâs self-titled first single and video have been released worldwide and […]
Dirty Heads, the Cali reggae-influenced band behind the viral TikTok hit Vacation, have released a new single Lifeâs Been Good via Better Noise Music, along with an official music video. The track is a breezy new cover of Joe Walshâs 1978 original that poked fun at the antics and excesses of rock stars. Itâs dropping just in time for summer […]
The swashbuckling renegade flamenco rock rumba punk ‘n’ roll pioneers Gypsy Pistoleros will release a brand new single The Ballad of Tommy Shelby (Good, Mad and Beautiful) October 7 2022. (With a very, very Special guest on vocals) with special ‘Peaky Blinders’ spoof video produced/directed by James Thompson. The single will be recorded, mixed and produced by fast-rising […]
ANTHRAX releases The Devil You Know live, the second “early tasteâ single/music video from the bandâs 40th anniversary livestream concert, XL. The release will be available in the UK/Europe digitally on July 15 (Nuclear Blast), followed by a Blu-Ray release (inc. 2CD + 1Blu-Ray) on July 22. It will be available in North America on Blu-Ray/CD/Digital on July 15th (Megaforce). Pre-order XL HEREWatch […]
Hard-rocking Nashville-based duo JEFF the Brotherhood – comprising brothers Jake and Jamin Orrall and known for their fiery mixture of 70s hard rock, 80s punk, 90âs grunge and indelible pop melodies – have premiered a crazed video for their latest single Garbage Man. Jake had this to say about the single and video, âWe set out to make a song about trash […]
Finnish modern metal squad LOST SOCIETY recently shook the scene upside down with 112, the first single of their upcoming album If The Sky Came Down, which is going to be released on September 30 via Nuclear Blast Records. With Stitches the band delivers a heavy pounding anthem for any modern metalhead out there, while addressing serious mental health issues. Frontman Samy Elbanna about […]
Swedish high-energy rock’n’roll band THE HELLACOPTERS have released an EP called Through The Eyes Of The Hellacopters. It contains the four bonus tracks that have previously only been available on the 2CD Box edition of their highly-acclaimed comeback album, Eyes Of Oblivion, namely Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles cover), Circus (String Driven Thing cover), I Am The Hunted (GBH cover) and […]
BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE are back with their first album in since 2012’s I AM. The band will release Children of the Great Extinction on Solid State Records on August 26. Pre-order it here. Not only is the band returning from an extended hiatus, but Jason Wisdom also returns to the vocal helm. The band has also shared the video for The Lost Colony. Watch […]
Nuclear Blast Records are proud to announce that Svalbard have signed to the label globally. Formed in Bristol UK in 2011, the blackened post-hardcore group have since released three studio albums, three EPs and several split releases. Their exceptional latest studio album When I Die, Will I Get Better? was dubbed by Metal Hammer as “the most important British metal record of 2020”. A career […]
We promised you something special for the second announcement for HEAVYâs 10th Birthday Bash at the Mansfield Tavern on August 20 and here it is⌠HEAVY is proud to announce local rock outfit THE POOR, who will be coming at you hard fresh from a European tour with the mighty Rose Tattoo! Joining them will […]
Closing a seven-year gap since their latest studio album, Moksha, July 29 will see heavy hypnotic rock masters MY SLEEPING KARMA return with their new album, entitled Atma, marking the bandâs darkest, most emotional and deep record to date. Most of the six new album tracks near the 10-minute mark and shine in distinctive MY […]
Terror Parade have returned from the wastelands to unveil their latest offering their new single Revolution. While most within heavy music constantly look for ways to remain innovative and relevant in a stale, uninspired landscape, Terror Parade have chosen their own path. One that fuses arena sized hooks, metal sonics and punk attitude with incredible and dynamic theatrical […]
ROB ZOMBIE has released the music video for Shake Your Ass-Smoke Your Grass off the highly acclaimed The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy. Watch the music video which was animated by Balazs Grof below. The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy is ROB ZOMBIEâs first No. 1 on Billboardâs Top Album Sales chart. The multiplatinum singer and filmmakerâs first album with Nuclear […]
Infusing 80’s American punk with 90’s rock n’ roll and alt-metal, Montreal, Canada’s The Occult is gearing up to release their debut self-titled album this year and with the first single In This Night, they invite you to get lost in the music. The single and its accompanying video is gritty, energetic, and catchy, with it being presented […]
What do you get when you toss ferocious, hard-hitting metalcore in a blender with elements of hip-hop, grime, hardcore, and alternative metal â and then finish it off with a dash of introspection and brazen, no-holds-barred energy? You get Borders, a young but driven collective hellbent on taking the heavy music community by storm with an onslaught of thought-provoking, […]
Gippsland heavy hitters, Ocean Sleeper are back with new single, Your Love I’ll Never Need, which is out now! Stream it here ocean-sleeper.lnk.to/YLINN Vocalist Karl Spiessl says of the song âLyrically, I wanted to articulate the way that greed is like a disease. That everyone you idolize or look up to isn’t what they portray, everyone you […]
Black Mountain Studios July 1 Words by Greg Walker Having been a Superheist fan since 8 Miles High I found it equally as easy as it was difficult to write an unbiased review for their upcoming album MMXX. Main man dw Norton is acutely aware just how close Superheist is to my heart. Like many […]
Out Now Goatsound/ Gamla Grind Order via: ghostsmokerau.bandcamp.com Words by Jimmy Glinster Ghostsmoker, that sounds a little bit scary, and Iâd put money on these guys being some kind of doom band. I already knew that, though, because I read their press release, but letâs pretend I didnât, and Iâm just super intuitive and intelligent. […]
COLLISION COURSE OUT NOW Words by Jimmy Glinster Perth is a place on the other side of Australia, that no one really gives a ratâs ass about. Why, because itâs a fucking long way away, and to be perfectly honest, thereâs fuck all there to care about. For some unknown reason, though, your ratâs ass […]
Words by Jimmy Glinster Pix by Rashid AlKamraikhi Thanks to the impending school holidays and the general cluster fuck of Southeast Queensland traffic, I rocked up fashionably late to Odius riffing the shit out of the place with their fresh twist on old-school thrash metal. Their performance was relentless and threatening, and their windmills of […]
Words by Jimmy Glinster Out Now Muzzlemouth came to us as a 3-piece indie rock band from the Northern Rivers NSW. With a total of 79 (and counting) followers on Instagram they are hoping that this review will push them over the illustrious 80 mark. Hell, this might even get âem a gig outside of […]
OUT NOW Words by Michael Naidos While some of us are still the same old asshole we were in 2019, others used the last few years to grow, evolve and change for the betterâŚothers like OUR DYING WORLD. The Los Angeles melodic death metal band have leaned heavily more so on the melodic on their […]
Brand new NZ fim Whina is released in cinemas this week. We recently spoke to one of the films co-directors, Paula Whtu Jones, when she was in Australia for the Sydney Film Festival. You can take a listen to the full interview below:
The trailer, teaser art and stills for the highly anticipated Disney+ Original movie âHocus Pocus 2,â reuniting Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy, are now available. The live-action, long awaited sequel to the perennial Halloween classic, which brings back the delightfully wicked Sanderson sisters for more comedic mayhem, will debut on Disney+ on […]
I might be a cinema lover but I must admit that I do at times struggle with documentaries. Donât get me wrong there are some grat docos out there but I do find that I struggle when I have to watch a doco on a subject that I care zero about and the doco is […]
MONSTER PICTURES in association with Signature Entertainment will release the latest Blumhouse Productions horror DASHCAM in Australian Cinemas from this Thursday, June 30. With a screenplay penned by Rob Savage, Gemma Hurley & Jed Shepherd, the writers of Shudder’s 2020 breakout horror HOST and directed once again by Savage, DASHCAM will do for night drives what JAWS did for beaches back in […]
South African actress Anja Taljaard chats to HEAVY Cinema about her role in new post-apocalyptic thriller Glasshouse. Take a listen to the full interview below:
Michelle Lynn Frederick aka Portia Chellelynn chats to HEAVY Cinema about her role in the brand new horror film H.P. Lovecraft’s Witch House which is available now on streaming platforms. You can listen to the full interview below:
Filmmaker Bobby Easley chats to HEAVY Cinema about his brand new film H.P. Lovecraft’s Witch House which is available on streaming platforms now. Take a listen to the full interview right here:
Filmmaker Allison Brownmoore chats to HEAVY Cinema about her brand new award winning short film The Amazing Adventures Of Awesome. Allison chats to HEAVY Cinema about how the film was inspired by her autistic son and how it can be used as a tool for those that want to better understand autism. You can listen […]
This week on Subculture we spoke to indie filmmaker Todd Sheets about his awesome new horror flick Final Caller which is available on a number of streaming platforms now. You can listen to the full interview below:
Brand new French film Lost Illusions has just hit cinemas and this week our very own Alex First, David Griffiths, Jacqui Hammerton and Peter Krausz went along and checked it out. You can hear their review right now:
Based on the best-selling book series by Bernard Waber, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile is a live-action / CGI musical comedy that brings this beloved character to a new, global audience. When the Primm family (Constance Wu, Scoot McNairy, Winslow Fegley) moves to New York City, their young son Josh struggles to adapt to his new school and new […]
