L.A. rockers Palaye Royale have certainly earned their stripes. After landing in Los Angeles as teenagers, the three brothers that form the nucleus of the band came through the ranks the hard way, starting out playing in basements and dingy dive bars before gradually building their name and brand into something which could compete on […]
Who would believe that the album that brought us hits like She Talks To Angels, Hard To Handle and Jealous Again would be turning 30 so soon? For many those songs still ring as fresh and true as they did three decades, and for the benefit of such people, as well as a new generation […]
O.R.k are a brilliantly pieced together rock outfit featuring former Porcupine Tree member Colin Edwin (bass), celebrated Italian vocalist, producer, and award-winning film score composer Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari a.k.a LEF (lead vocals), King Crimson‘s Pat Mastelotto (drums) and Marta Sui Tubi’s Carmelo Pipitone (guitars). By entering a fresh and tantalising sonic plane through clever use […]
It’s been a big couple of weeks for Bad Wolves. First they released a cover of Ozzy Osbourne‘s classic song Mama I’m Coming Home, and they followed that by putting out a deluxe version of last year’s smash album Dear Monsters which included that cover plus some B side’s and acoustic versions of existing songs. […]
The newest project from two founding members of the most influential Desert Rock band of all time KYUSS return to Australia as STÖNER. With two studio albums under their belt, Brant Bjork, Nick Oliveri and Ryan Gut are a formidable force of Stoner Rock. These shows are not to be missed, coming with them is Desert Rock legends Mario Lalli (Fatso Jetson, Yawning Man) and […]
Knotfest, the music and counterculture experience created by the multi-platinum sonic phenomenon Slipknot, will hit the east coast of Australia in March 2023. Headlined by Slipknot, the hugely stacked festival line-up includes Australian metal royalty Parkway Drive, Megadeth, Trivium, Northlane, Amon Amarth, In Flames, Knocked Loose, Spiritbox, Story Of The Year, Alpha Wolf, Void Of […]
Golden Robot Records are proud to announce the signing of the fiery, full-blooded Polynesian metal band, Shepherds Reign. Members Filiva’a James, Oliver Leupolu, Shaymen Rameka, Gideon Voon and Joseph Oti-George have cemented a unique space for themselves in the industry with thunderously fearsome hits, including 2020 hauntingly feral track Le Manu that has amassed over […]
While 2022 has had its fair share of surprises, none have been more resoundingly celebrated than the announcement earlier this year that Australian metal pioneers Sunk Loto were officially returning to stages after a 15 year absence. Selling out multiple Queensland shows within 24 hours of announcing their return, Sunk Loto swiftly went on to sell out additional 2022 […]
Swedish death metal pioneers DISMEMBER are proud to announce that as of today their entire full-length discography, comprising eight studio albums, is finally available on streaming services world-wide, completely remastered from the original records! After teaming up with NUCLEAR BLAST RECORDS once again, where they had previously released their demo, Reborn In Blasphemy (1990), their […]
THE BLACK CROWES have announced a second date for the Brisbane leg of their Shake Your Money Maker Australian tour due to overwhelming demand, as the first show set down for November 16 sells out. This new show is confirmed for Thursday, November 17 at Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane. General public tickets on sale tomorrow, […]
Brisbane’s annual Moondoll Festival is fast becoming one of the premiere events on the local calendar. Despite being plagued by COVID-related issues, this year’s show, which featured Kaosis, Ben Ely, Kallidad, The Wrath and more, was a resounding success. Continuing with a second stage after it was well received the previous year, Moondoll 2022 showcased […]
Highly influenced by discomfort, there can be no compromise in the structure of what Ontario, Canada hardcore/metal quartet TEETH are producing because what flows from them is purely honest, and quite unlike anything that has been heard before. Their adherence to this artistic integrity is a huge part of what caught the eye of heavy […]
Each month, Better Noise Music are putting out The Noise, a music video outlining the latest in news and releases from artists across their roster. The November wrap-up – which can be seen below – features words and music from Nothing More, Five Finger Death Punch, Bad Wolves, Classless Act, From Ashes To New, Classless […]
One of Norway’s most creative black metal bands DIMMU BORGIR released the groundbreaking Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia in 2001. DIMMU BORGIR celebrate this seminal album by releasing a brand-new sonic experience, which is released today via Nuclear Blast Records. The band are also releasing a new lyric video for the remixed and remastered version of The […]
Live Nation, the global leader in live entertainment, in partnership with Publica Australia, Pavilion Australia and the City of Port Phillip, have today announced St Kilda’s new Palace Foreshore outdoor entertainment venue is preparing for a red-hot summer of live music. One of Australia’s most iconic seaside locations, The Palace Foreshore is located just 7kms […]
Welcome to the wildest R’n’R amusement park! For this special occasion and D-A-D’s first Australian Tour since 1990 they will perform all their Greatest Hits – Sleeping My Day Away, Girl Nation, Jihad, Laugh And 1/2, Bad Craziness, It’s After Dark, I Want What She’s Got and heaps more! D-A-D have continued a schedule of […]
Destroy All Lines are proud to announce that Las Vegas-based post-hardcore band Escape The Fate will be returning to Australian shores in April 2023 for The Dead Masquarade national tour. They’ll be bringing along their American friends in D.R.U.G.S. (Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows) for their first tour back in Australia in 10 years, and […]
Los Angeles’ Protect Your Heart have released their highly anticipated debut LP [re]introduction across streaming platforms. What started as a weekend getaway to the final Vans Warped Tour ended in a three-year journey through writing, recording, and producing a cathartic must-hear release of 2022. Since finalizing their core lineup, Protect Your Heart have released nine […]
SL Agency, with more than 10 years of experience in booking and managing metal bands, expands its range of services and launches the ScreamLoud music label as an exciting new venture. This new label focuses on the future, with special attention to digital marketing and social platforms marketing, and offers a full range of services […]
Acorn Media is thrilled to bring the true story of the sickest band in the world – GWAR – to Digital, DVD and Blu-Ray, out now for your viewing/listening pleasure. The movie was a smash hit at the cinemas and now comes direct to you in the comfort of your homes. The powerful story of […]
Adelaide guitar prodigy and YouTube sensation, KEYAN is back with glowing new single, Pulse. The triumphant tune is the successor to debut EP Gradient, and serves as a sonic vessel to highlight the trials and triumphs of everyday life. HEAVY tracked Keyan down for a Q & A session outlining his rise from YouTube influencer […]
Words: Shannon-Lee Sloane – The Colourful Writer Rock Beats Depression. Rock beats in our hearts. Rock keeps our hearts beating… Music soothes the soul. Music heals. Sometimes writing and playing music is what heals us. Sometimes listening to it is what soothes us. Sometimes going out to see live music helps get us off the […]
Incendiary Pittsburgh punk rockers ANTI-FLAG will release their 13th album Lies They Tell Our Children on January 6 via Spinefarm. For this record the band recruited several high-profile and like-minded artists to feature on the songs and on NVREVR, they’ve partnered with Bad Cop/Bad Cop’s Stacey Dee. Watch the video, which was filmed in Pittsburgh […]
Trivium frontman and guitarist Matthew K. Heafy, under the name Kiichi Chaos, and leading metal and hard rock label Nuclear Blast have teamed up with leading global esports organization Team Vitality for the launch of Metality (The Vitality Anthem). Crafted by Heafy and mixed by prolific producer Josh Wilbur, Metality (The Vitality Anthem) demonstrates the […]
Perth rising metal stars INFINITE EXILE are closing out the year with a bang, unleashing their third single Futility which also comes with a visually stunning video. The new release comes in the wake of two scorching singles released earlier this year, Subhuman and War Is Here.On the new track Futility, the band comments: “The […]
Masters of anthemic rock ‘n’ roll Black Star Riders are excited to announce the release of the new single Crazy Horses, which is taken from the new record: Wrong Side Of Paradise, out on January 20 via Earache. Crazy Horses is Black Star Riders’ reinterpretation of The Osmonds classic. The band is able to infuse […]
Don’t mess with Suicide Silence… you might not live to regret it! The band has dropped the NSFW video for Capable of Violence. The age-gated video is basically a slasher flick condensed into four-and-half-minutes. And it, well, slays! Blood?☑️Guts?☑️Gore?☑️Guitars?☑️Severed heads?☑️ Watch it below.
Into the Valley of Death is a Stoner Metal project from Spencer Robinson, currently the bass player for Los Angeles Doom band Pegzilla, and formerly of Los Angeles Garage icons The Lords of Altamont. Borrowing from Doom Metal, Psychedelic Garage, and Proto Punk, Into The Valley of Death creates something dark, something raw, something to […]
They are Sweden’s premiere purveyors of thrash metal meets sleaze rock; they are HARDCORE SUPERSTAR and due to popular demand they are bringing the party back to Australia in November thanks to Silverback Touring for their third consecutive tour in four years previously headlining in 2018 and with Buckcherry in 2019. Australia has certainly shown […]
Newcastle based Pop artist Horby has just released his epic new single Sing Like Hell. The new single encourages you to follow your dreams, no matter what expectations are placed upon you. “Sing Like Hell is really just a song about reflection and coming to own the fact that I’m not really any good at […]
With over 100+ million streams and a tremendously successful album released just a year ago, symphonic metal titans THERION have not been idle and continue their epic Leviathan trilogy with their striking new video clip for Codex Gigas. The new masterpiece from the Swedish powerhouse THERION , Leviathan II, has finally been released today via […]
Them Guns have released their new single Dark Side via Golden Robot Records. This track marks the second single off their highly anticipated second album, expected out in 2023. Dark Side was written by frontman Navarone Garcia, son of Priscilla Presley and film producer Marco Garibaldi. “I wrote it about how everybody has a side […]
Melbourne hard rockers HZED have released a video for their latest single Point Of View, a high-energy rock n’ roll song in the spirit of bands such as Halestorm and The Pretty Reckless. On the meaning behind the song, vocalist Michelle states: “It’s not giving a shit what others are saying about you, and that […]
Melbourne based Garage Rockers TV Dinners have just released their insanely catchy new single Running On You. Since their humble beginnings in a Frankston bedroom in 2016, TV Dinners have shared the stage with many epic bands such as Jeff Rosenstock (USA), Lime Cordiale, Slowly Slowly, Bleeding Knees Club, and The Hard Aches. Their latest […]
In the spirit of Halloween this year, Venice Beach psych rock duo Movie Club again don their masquerade masks and do magic in a haunted spirit house —but this time in a vivid alternate color version of their music video Black Flamingo, originally released in black and white in 2020. Director and magician Ran Pink […]
Since their dynamic debut on the Melbourne alternative scene in 2019, Excuse for an Exit have taken no prisoners. Their premiere singles Here Again and Take Me Out scored them air-time on Triple J’s Home & Hosed and Short.Fast.Loud, rave reviews from several Unearthed presenters, and a place on Spotify’s coveted Rock Out playlist. Even […]
UK Classic Rockers CATS in SPACE have caused quite a stir since landing in 2015. With their unique sounds they will transport you back to the heady days of 70s Classic Rock. Think loud guitars and huge drums, walls of soaring multi-layered vocal harmonies, grandiose pianos and unforgettable sing-able choruses. It’s purr-fect! Originally a studio […]
Matt Sorum, the Grammy-winning drummer of Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver, has signed with AFM Records for his first-ever album with his all-star musical collective, Kings of Chaos. “Kings of Chaos, to me, is the reason I started playing music in the first place — for the sheer fun of it.” says Sorum. “I’m […]
Melodic death metal powerhouse WOLFHEART have shared their new official video for the blistering song Knell, cut from their recently released full-length studio album, King of the North, out now via Napalm Records. Following the sonic legacy of their previous albums, King of the North resonates with their trademark blend of colossal melodies, earth shaking […]
German post-hardcore experience VENUES have released their brand new single Cravings, out now worldwide, following their critically acclaimed and most recent album Solace and previous single Reflections. “‘Cravings’ was written about breaking free from addiction. It doesn’t matter whether it’s about drugs, material things or people. To free yourself from what can only drive you […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Today the BBC and Disney Branded Television – two giants of entertainment – have come together to transform Doctor Who into a global franchise. Under a shared creative vision, they will deliver this quintessentially British show to future generations on an unprecedented scale with Disney+ as the exclusive home for new seasons of Doctor Who. The announcement – which was […]
The darkly comedic horror SISSY, from writer/directors Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes, is in Australian cinemas now. Starring Aisha Dee (The Bold Type, Look Both Ways) in the titular role, the satirical nightmare received its world premiere at SXSW earlier this year and is killing it both with audiences on Letterboxd and critics on Rotten […]
Halloween can be an awkward time of year for parents. Kids of cause want to be involved with the festivities anyway they can but most of the films released by Hollywood around that time are horror films that certainly aren’t for kids. Well one film may have that problem solved this year. Hocus Pocus 2 […]
It is the film that has been making audiences vomit and pass out so we thought we would test Dave Griffiths’ stomach and send him along to check out Terrifier 2. Take a listen to his full review here:
The Possessed is a horror thriller film with Aussie flavour. It follows ‘accidental exorcist’ Jacob Chandler (John Jarratt), an average bloke with an incredible gift. Over years he has forged a career pulling evil spirits from clients as one would pull a rotten tooth. Along with his nephew Liam (Lincoln Lewis) the two have seen a […]
Project Wolf Hunting is a unique blend of action, thriller and horror from writer/director Kim Hong-sun. It follows an operation to transport a group of extremely violent criminals from the Philippines to South Korea. With prior attempts at transfers ending in catastrophe the decision is made to transport criminals in bulk via sea. Midway through […]
The Stranger is a claustrophobic horror thriller written and directed by Paul Gerrardand & Mike Clarke. It follows mother Amanda (Jennifer K Preston) and daughter Karli (Isabella Percival). After the senseless murder of her husband Greg (Jake Francis) the still traumatised Amanda has moved with her reluctant daughter to the reclusive countryside for a seachange. […]
It is always interesting to see the reaction when something ‘new’ lands when it comes to cinema. Most cinema fans will have heard by now about director Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) tackling what many consider to be one of Hollywood’s final taboos – a homosexual romantic comedy with the new film Bros. To many […]
In a world where I am frequently eagerly anticipating the next big blockbuster that is promising to blow me out of my seat it is refreshing sometimes to see a quieter more gentle film that slowly allows you to fall in love with it. Call me a softy but Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris peaked […]
Disney+ has released a delightful new trailer for “Disenchanted,” the all-new musical comedy and sequel to “Enchanted.” The film, which reunites original cast members Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, Idina Menzel, and James Marsden and also stars Maya Rudolph, Gabriella Baldacchino, Yvette Nicole Brown, and Jayma Mays, is directed by Adam Shankman and features new songs from Alan […]
In the white-knuckle action movie PLANE, pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island – only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can […]
Today, Disney+ shared the trailer for the new Marvel Studios’ Special Presentation, “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special,” and announced that the special will premiere on November 25, exclusively on Disney+. In the “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special,” the Guardians, who are on a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, head to […]
