“I decided that I wanted to bring a little bit more of that and combine it with the punk attitude and create our own sound.” Mike Ness Two international heavyweights of the rock and punk movement touch down in Australia in just over two weeks when Social Distortion and Bad Religion combine for a co-headlining […]
Better known for being the home of the ancient Gods, Greece has produced another addition to that legacy in the form of rock/metal outfit 1000Mods. More cut from the heavy psych rock cloth than the ones fabricated in ancient times, 1000Mods have put Greece on the map musically with a blending of ferocious and energetic […]
The term supergroup is far too often thrown around when trying to promote a new band and their music. So let’s cut that straight away and call World Gone Cold for what they are. An awesome new hard rock band. Comprising members of P.O.D, Demon Hunter, Disciple, The Letter Black, and Attack Attack!, World Gone […]
“Days off are more dangerous than days on.” Mike Schleibaum US metal machine Darkest Hour are set to launch their first Australian tour in over a decade when they touch down for a series of shows starting in Adelaide on February 8. In a career spanning over a quarter of a century Darkest Hour have […]
Interview by Tiana Speter Questions answered by Jaime Preciado HEAVY: Pierce The Veil will release your fifth studio album The Jaws Of Life on February 10. Tell us about the album musically and what you were going for with it. J.P: With any album we do, the mindset’s always: “let’s not do the same thing […]
Interview by Erin Eddy As you’ll hear in the following interview, Russkaja are a band to get excited about. HEAVY scored the opportunity to talk with vocalist Georgij and guitarist Engel to discuss the ins and outs of this charismatic band. Hailing from Austria, but with roots in Ukrainian and Russian culture (and let’s face […]
Australian rock legends The Poor release their first album in over 10 years on February 3 when High Price Deed is unleashed on a world that might not be quite ready for it. After the one-two punch (pun intended) of Round One (2009) and Round 2 (2010) The Poor seemingly vanished from the circuit, and […]
After Australian fans were left retreating to the jungle following last year’s postponement of Paradise Kitty‘s tour, relief is finally around the corner as the world-famous Guns ‘N Roses tribute band touches down in this country for a run of shows starting in Geelong on March 24. Not only will the girls be bringing the […]
Formerly known as Gyze, Japanese “samurai metal” band RYUJIN have been reborn – signing a worldwide contract with premier rock and metal empire Napalm Records to usher them into their new era. RYUJIN rises to carry heavy metal from Japan to the masses around the world. With high-speed riffs and breakneck guitar descents paired with […]
Led Zeppelin are one of the most revered and respected bands EVER. Their contribution to music is legendary and the indelible mark the band and their music has left on generations of music lovers is immeasurable. The death of drummer John Bonham in 1980 brought an end to that era of original music, but his, […]
South African stoner rock outfit Ruff Majik have had their Facebook account hacked and subsequently had to shut it down and start afresh. The timing is terrible as the band is about to start promoting their new album which will be released on April 28 so if you can help these legends out by following […]
Fresh from a headline tour of the USA and the release of their critically acclaimed fourth album There Is No Time, UK rock group and spiritual organisation Church Of The Cosmic Skull are set to spread the light of the Cosmic Rainbow across Australia. ‘Putting the Abba in Sabbath’ since 2016, the group’s joyous blend […]
The Smashing Pumpkins will bring The World Is A Vampire Festival to ten cities across the nation this April and that is just the beginning. The festival boasts some very special guests including alt-rock legends, Jane’s Addiction and killer Aussie rock from Amyl & The Sniffers, RedHook, Battlesnake and local acts opening each show. PLUS […]
Better Noise Music, home to bands including Five Finger Death Punch, The HU, Nothing More,Bad Wolves, Asking Alexandria and many more, have released their latest edition of TheNoise, their monthly trailer highlighting the label’s newest music. This month, the trailer features Nothing More who announce their new tour and showcase more tracks from their latest […]
To celebrate the release of their highly anticipated new album This Is Why, out February 10 via Atlantic Records, Paramore have announced two pop-up stores in Sydney and Melbourne. Held at Sydney’s Golden Age Cinema on February 11, and at Oshi Gallery in Melbourne on February 12, the pop-ups will feature brand new and exclusive […]
Grammy-winning hard rock band Halestorm along with Canadian rockers, Theory (Theory Of A Deadman) have arrived Down Under for a run of shows. “After years of keepin’ the faith, we are finally returning to Australia and New Zealand to bring the Rock!” says frontwoman extraordinaire Lzzy Hale. “Thank you so much to all of our […]
Over the course of their career – which commenced in 1997 – genre-bending punk, rasta, soul gangsta rockers, HED PE have remained constant with relentless touring and a genuinely unifying live show bringing together fans of the multiple genres which they so effortlessly fuse. The band returns to Australia in February for the first time […]
The name Bonham is synonymous with Led Zeppelin. John Bonham, or Bonzo, as he was affectionately known, was considered THE BEST drummer of all time before his tragic death in 1980. Carrying the weight of his late father’s legacy, son Jason Bonham – a drummer in his own right since the age of 5, has […]
Arizona upstarts Archetypes Collide have quickly established themselves as a band unafraid to blur the lines between safety and innovation in heavy music. Soaring vocals, melodies, and heavy grooves swirl with passion and precision. The band have also now officially announced their self-titled debut, which arrives March 31 via Fearless Records. The quintet has also […]
Germany’s From Fall to Spring have announced their debut album RISE, out April 14 via Arising Empire. The band also shared the video for the new track DRAW THE LINE. Watch it below. “We enjoyed working on the songs for RISE. The music revives the sound of the 2000s, which had a deep influence on […]
Norma Jean have dropped the video for 1994. It’s comprised of footage spanning the entirety of their career. Watch it below. The song lives on their ninth album Deathrattle Sing For Me, out now via Solid State Records. “If you film your band for 20+ years and never do anything with it, you end up […]
Coming hot on the heels of their latest digital track, The Answer continue their full-frontal comeback assault with the release of a second full media single Livin’ On The Line, available January 27 2023. The new single will pre-empt their highly anticipated new album, Sundowners, the first in seven years, due to be released on […]
Australian heavy outfit Beast Machine have released their latest single Watch Me Burn, which was recorded in Mullumbimby, Northern NSW by Nathan Stanborough. The song is about self-sabotage and is part autobiographical, but came about from watching friends sabotage themselves and wondering why. It’s a conversation between the two voices happening in someone’s head when […]
For over four decades, OVERKILL have been the trailblazers in producing some of the most signature moments in the world of metal. On April 14 the New Jersey thrash legends will bludgeon your ears with their twentieth studio album, entitled Scorched via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band offers fans the first taste of the […]
One of the most hotly-tipped songwriters in the UK, Yorkshire’s Louise Distras finally makes her long-awaited return in 2023 with her first single Girl In The Mirror from her second album Beauty After Bruises which will be out on April 28 via Ministry Of Love Records. Girl in the Mirror was recorded at 25th Street […]
Come one, come all, to preview the new blockbuster – ahem, album – from the world’s favorite hard rock monsters, LORDI, who are gearing up for the next chapter of their spooky history. Today, the quintet are proud to announce their 18th studio album, Screem Writers Guild which is set to be released on March […]
“IMPERA was my favorite rock album of 2022… I found out along the way that Tobias is a bit of a fan of DL, so I guess it was inevitable we’d both find out about each other! Once we’d been introduced to the idea of working together it just snowballed organically and I’m thrilled that […]
Enslaved have released a new single and video from Heimdal, their 16th studio album due out on March 3 2023. Forest Dweller launches with progressive splendour, guiding the listener into a churning, psychedelic journey through archaic Norse folklore. One might ask what lessons we can divine from our celestial ancestors? We might never understand their […]
After the amazing reception of their latest album, legendary classic doom icons CANDLEMASS continue the onslaught of epic heaviness with the release of an exciting lyric video for their fourth single, Angel Battle, from Sweet Evil Sun. Following the previous three earth-shattering singles, Angel Battle trudges in with a captivating guitar riff, presenting an ominous […]
After almost four long years, SUBWAY TO SALLY returns with their 14th studio album, Himmelfahrt (eng. Ascension), out on March 24, 2023 via Napalm Records. In contrast to their last album HEY!, the German folk rock outfit now presents a turning point in the discography of the band: the musicians give the darkest abysses of […]
The heavy metal ‘n’ roll, dark, madcap visionaries collectively known as AVATAR have unleashed yet another track from their upcoming magnum opus and ninth album Dance Devil Dance, out Febriuary 17 via Black Waltz Records, distributed by Thirty Tigers. Today, the band has shared the new song Violence No Matter What, a powerhouse duet with […]
Melbourne alternative rock outfit Belle Haven kickstart their year with I Can’t Find The Words, a brand new emo belter that will be played across the country on the Future Lovers Australian Tour alongside Banks Arcade starting this weekend. I Can’t Find The Words debuted last night on triple j short.fast.loud where listeners were introduced […]
Savage Hands, a hard rock group hailing from the Maryland and Virginia area of the U.S., will release the Rock Bottom EP via SharpTone Records on April 7. In the lead up the band has shared the new single Angel Dust. “‘Angel Dust’ is just about going for something in life, no matter what kind […]
While Spanish metal unit DARK EMBRACE is currently gearing up for the release of their fourth studio album, entitled Dark Heavy Metal the band has premiered a music video for their third album single Personal Hell. Dark Heavy Metal will be released on February 24, 2023 as CD Digipak and a limited Vinyl edition through […]
Connecticut metalcore dynamos CURRENTS have announced their new album The Death We Seek. It will arrive on May 5 via SharpTone. Today, the band has shared the video for Remember Me which can be seen below. “‘Remember Me’ is a statement to our growing divide between one another,” says singer Brian Wille. “The dark side […]
The Devil Wears Prada have shared the video for their new single Cancer. The track lives on their eighth album Color Decay, out now via Solid State. “Lyrically, this song is about how many of the people I have looked up to and idolized have ended up committing suicide,” says keyboard player Jonathan Gering. “It […]
Reckless Records February 3 Review by Kris Peters The Poor are one of Australia’s hardest-working and best bands. Period. Since the release of their debut album Who Cares back in 1994 – an album which featured the catchy as fuck More Wine Waiter Please – The Poor have been the loveable larrikins that keep on […]
Review by Lewd Scoff Pix by Helheim Photographic The venue is starting to pump when I finally arrive just before 7pm. Some days I swear I couldn’t organise a runny shit in a gastric attack, but here we are at the Brightside for Glam Fest 2023. Spewing I missed Tuff, and hopefully a rendition of […]
Pix by Kaotic Images Words by Kris Peters Information from Simon Russell-White Full disclosure here – not that you would expect anything less – but I was not looking forward to seeing and/or reviewing Post Malone at all. In fact before even passing through the gates I had pretty much made up my mind that […]
After a catastrophic crash on an unknown planet, pilot Mills (Adam Driver) quickly discovers he’s actually stranded on Earth…65 million years ago. Now, with only one chance at rescue, Mills and the only other survivor, Koa (Ariana Greenblatt), must make their way across an unknown terrain riddled with dangerous prehistoric creatures in an epic fight […]
The trailer and poster for 20th Century Studios’ and 21 Laps’ horror-thriller The Boogeyman,” are here. “The Boogeyman,” a horror-thriller from the mind of best-selling author Stephen King, opens June 1, 2023, exclusively in cinemas. High school student Sadie Harper and her younger sister Sawyer are reeling from the recent death of their mother and aren’t getting much support from their father, […]
Does every artist have a moment when they are asked to be part of the creation of their magnum opus? When you think back through time it certainly feels that way as every artist has one piece of work that people remember them for above all others. Leonardo da Vinci had the Mona Lisa, Pink […]
I was in two minds when I walked into the screening of What’s Love Got To Do With It? Not because I had an issue with the film per say but more because a couple of weeks before I had seen a trailer for the film that ran for well over two minutes and proceeded […]
It feels like that over the past few months families have been spoilt for choice when it comes to family friendly films landing in cinemas. The good news has been that many of the films have been exceptional – with Puss In Boots of course being the best – and now comes a film that […]
In the latest episode of The Popcorn Conspiracy Dave Griffiths and Kyle McGrath take a look at the Oscar nominated film – The Whale. Take a listen to the full episode right here:
Lightbulb Film Distribution is delighted to share the poster and trailer for dark comedy-horror, Jethica.Following its World Premiere at SXSW, the film played at Busan International Film Festival, Mayhem Film Festival (UK Premiere) and Abertoir Horror Festival. Directed by Pete Ohs, the film stars Callie Hernandez (Under The Silver Lake, The Endless), Ashley Denise Robinson (The Watchman, […]
Another episode of The Popcorn Conspiracy has just dropped and this time Dave Griffiths and Kyle McGrath are taking a look at brand new horror flick M3gan. Take a listen to the full episode right here:
Today Dave Griffiths had the privilege of sitting down and chatting to Oscar winning filmmaker Shekhar Kapur about his new film What’s Love Got To Do With It? Take a listen to the full interview right here:
Icon Film Distribution is delighted to announce the release of wartime revenge thriller, Condor’s Nest. Directed by Phil Blattenberger, the film will be available on Digital Download from 20th March and DVD from 3rd April. Condor’s Nest stars Michael Ironside (Top Gun, Total Recall), Jackson Rathbone (Twilight), Arnold Vosloo (The Mummy, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan), Jorge Garcia […]
Central City Media has confirmed that their latest drama, Adopting Audrey will be released across digital platforms from 13th March and will be screening at this year’s Glasgow Film Festival. Directed by Michael Cahill (King Of California), the film stars Jena Malone (Donnie Darko, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Robert Hunger-Bühler (Money.Murder.Zurich., The Saboteurs) & Emily Kuroda (Gilmore Girls, The Good […]
In Elegance Bratton’s deeply moving film inspired by his own story, a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the […]
Has there ever been a Hollywood director who has been as hit or miss as M. Night Shyamalan? When he is at his best his films are great – films such as The Sixth Sense, Signs and Split are always going to live on as cult favourites. But oh boy, when this guy his off […]
Hidden Door Productions is excited to share the trailer for their new romantic music-drama, Love Without Walls. Officially Selected at Manchester Independent Film Festival, where it will celebrate its World Premiere, the film stars Niall McNamee & Shana Swash as well as Paul Barber, Adam Deacon, Sheila Reid, Ricci Harnett, Theo Ogundipe and Amy Malloy. Love Without Walls was […]
