Calgary rock outfit In/Vertigo released their debut EP Sex, Love & Chaos midway through 2020 and made an immediate impact on the music scene with their brash attitude and confidence that was only matched by their ability to play.Â
The EP was four songs of unrelenting hard rock, laying the platform for an exciting future that seemed secure from the outset.
Then, as happened the world over, the music industry was brought to its knees almost overnight, and it seemed a pandemic was ...
Hailing from Fort Worth, Texas, hard rock outfit Lockjaw have returned to the scene breathing metal, with the intent to pick up from where they left off with a prolonged hiatus and then some.
With a new vocalist in tow and a swag of new music, starting with latest single Silence The Fear, Lockjaw are already plotting their next assault on the music scene, but first guitarist and founding member Jeff Ogle caught up with HEAVY for a chat about the new single and what has been happening of ...
One great thing to come out of lockdown was the amount of different musical collaborations musicians came up with, but thereâs perhaps none better than the pairing of Saxonâs Biff Byford with his son Seb to create Heavy Water.
Blending a plethora of styles and influences, Heavy Water recently release their debut album Red Brick City, a collection of songs featuring gritty, hard edged riffs topped with rich, raunchy and blues soaked vocals that combine to create an entertaining and eclectic ...
It is with extreme disappointment that The Screaming Jets have announced today a delay in the release of the 30-Year Anniversary Edition of their groundbreaking debut album All For One.
The release date will now be October 22, 2021.
Accompanying this change is the rescheduling of all current tour dates, into 2022, with new dates to be advised in due course.
Both changes are unavoidable given the current status of border restrictions and Covid lockdowns across Australia.
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Norwegian blackened Viking metal band Hjelvik unleashes a brand-new single called Synkverving, that features a guest appearance by Lars Nedland from White Void and Borknagar.
The single follows the release of Hjelvik’s debut album Welcome To Hel in late 2020 and is also strongly based on Norse mythology and Viking themes, paired with the raw and sinister tone that is typical for the band.
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Grammy Award-winning San Diego rock outfit Switchfoot have released their new single if i were you, the latest track off their forthcoming Tony Berg-produced and Tchad Blake-mixed album interrobang.
Providing context to the new single, Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman says, âI love how the song begins to reach towards a transcendent truth, only to fall again into a parody of humanityâs pride.â
if i were you is built on this premise, taking an ironic tone while exploring the possibility of ...
Slashercore outfit, Ice Nine Kills have continued the roll-out of their highly anticipated new album The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood (out October 15 via Fearless Records) with the release of new track and official music video for Assault & Batteries.
The new track is inspired by the Child’s Play movie franchise that spawned the iconic, psychotic killer Nice Guy doll, Chucky.
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UK rock outfit Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes have unveiled their new single and video Go Get A Tattoo, taken from their highly anticipated fourth record Sticky, due out October 15.Â
They have long been renowned as a vital, uncompromising force, but now Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes are on the cusp of taking their cult status to another level with their strongest and most direct songs to date – all without compromising any of their rampaging energy or principles.
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Hawthorne Heights have unveiled the emotive title track from their forthcoming eight full-length album.
âI really wanted to name this album after those lyrics,â shares singer JT Woodruff on The Rain Just Follows Me. âIt perfectly described what Iâve been going through. During the day, everything seems totally fine, but when I lay down and turn out the lights, my world comes crashing down. If this happens on tour or at home, I usually just think of the coast.
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Nightwish have released their tribute to the manifesto that they gifted the world 18 years ago.
The Finnish metal legends release their fifth studio album Once as a remastered version with bonus tracks in the different formats. The masterpiece that was originally released June 7 2004 would not only change the lives of its creators but also influence thousands of people all over the world for years to come.
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Northern California post hardcore outfit Down Again are proud to unveil their latest single and music video for Predisposed.
The young group mould their sound strongly on early favourites like Underoath, Thrice, Defeater and Brand New, with Predisposed combining the best elements of the above and more with the band’s own edge that makes for compelling listening.
Predisposed is taken from Down Againâs upcoming EP Bury The Bones, which will be released on September 3.
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Los Angeles-based metallic hardcore outfit Foreign Pain have shared a crushing new single and visualizer, Knell.
The track will appear on their upcoming debut album Death of Divinity, out September 3rd on Good Fight Music.
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Legendary German thrash metal powerhouse Destruction is launching an all devastating, neck-breaking Live Attack onto the masses.
The new BluRay/CD live event, including some pre- and after-show bonus content, will be released this Friday, August 13 via Napalm Records.
First, Destruction strike their listeners with another glimpse of Live Attack, releasing the third single and video for Death Trap.
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Danny Elfman and Trent Reznor have joined forces to deliver a new version of True, one of the standout singles from Elfmanâs acclaimed new double album Big Mess [ANTI- / Epitaph Records].
The reimagined single showcases a sonic collision of two of musicâs most iconic artists, melding vocals from Reznor and Elfman with vicious industrial percussion, cinematic piano flares and walls of feedback.
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California rock band Thrice have shared their newest single Robot Soft Exorcism off their upcoming album, Horizons/East.
The song grows and lures listeners in with a unique robotic beat that almost seems to be breathing, creating a living rhythm. The track title may sound familiar to those who follow the American author David Dark and his system of horizontal perspective in which he and singer Dustin Kensrue have spoken about in great length.Â
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Billy Idol is set to release a new EP, The Roadsideâhis first new release in nearly seven yearsâon September 17 via Dark Horse Records.
Produced by Butch Walker (Green Day, Weezer) and featuring Idolâs long-time lead guitarist and co-writer Steve Stevens, The Roadside was conceived, recorded, and mixed almost entirely under the shadow of the pandemic.
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Hard rock band High Street has released their latest single, Swallow Your Pride.
This latest release from the band is an anthemic, heart-pounding cathartic track that motivates listeners to stay strong through hard times while simultaneously letting them know that theyâre not alone. Propelled by explosive guitar riffs and impassioned vocals, Swallow Your Pride is a track that grips your earbuds and ceases to let go, long after the song has ended.
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Floridia’s masters of death metal Massacre, will return this fall with their highly anticipated fourth full-length album, Resurgence, set for release on October 22 via Nuclear Blast.
Their first record in 7 years is well worth the wait, as one can attest from the cut throat first new single, The Innsmouth Strain.
Pre-order Resurgence here: https://www.nuclearblast.com/massacre-resurgence (local physical copies will be available)
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COSMOS TREMBLED WHEN IT CAME TO BE FUSION OF SENSE AND EARTH…
There is a desert which is very old, very dry, and very dangerous. Few have ever dared to cross it, and fewer have returned. Some say that it is a desert between places, others say that it is a desert between worlds. Those who have crossed it and returned swear that the desert is another world in itself – an astral bridge, which swallows all but the most well-prepared travellers.
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Norwegian death metal vets Blood Red Throne has pulled back the curtain on a decimating song today, titled Conquered Malevolence.
The vicious new track is featured on the veterans’ impending 10th album, Imperial Congregation, due out October 8 from Nuclear Blast.
Founding guitarist Daniel Olaisen comments on the song: “Conquered Malevolence started with Meathook showing me a cool riff of his.
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Following their latest, 2016- album The Blaze, Finlandâs melodic heavy and power metal force Burning Point return with a new album.
Arsonist Of The Soul will be released on October 22, 2021 through AFM Records.
Watch the title track below.
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Three years since their latest and highly acclaimed record, Purgatorio, Gothenburg metal force Manimal return with their latest studio album, entitled Armageddon through German powerhouse label AFM Records.
Despite the bandâs loyalty to traditional heavy metal influences, Purgatorio was a prime example of modern and trend-setting power metal characterised by musical enthusiasm, exceptional talent and new ideas.
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Germanyâs hottest and most entertaining medieval folk rockers, Feuerschwanz, have prevailed against pandemic paralysis, releasing two recent virtual live highlights under the banner Die letzte Schlacht (engl. The Final Battle) via BluRay/DVD/CD today.
In celebration, the medieval rockers of Feuerschwanz present a very special performance, inviting Angus McFife of Gloryhammer to cover the Ed Sheeran song I See Fire with them.
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Following their debut EP Lucid In Turmoil, Gold Coast metal outfit Awake In Time introduce the long awaited visuals for their latest single No Way Out.
No Way Out is a story about deep depression, and a severely damaged emotional state with no clear path to escaping the chaos that surrounds your life. The artwork and visuals are symbolic of the terror that consumes you when experiencing the feeling of being so overwhelmed and deep inside your own thoughts, that you are a ticking time bomb ...
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Hello ridiculously fast, ridiculously shredding thrash metals.
This album rips straight out the gates with some seriously intense riffing and a butt tonne of noodling. Then you get a little surprised with some ludicrously clean lyrics which sound quite similar to the gentle side of M-Shadows. This track Reborn has some of the fastest riffs that I think I have ever heard, that Iâm sure my right hand couldnât keep up with even when it was at its hormonal peak in my ...
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Whatâs that, you say, Death-Groove Metal from Poland? You have my fucking attention, even though thatâs at least one too many words for a genre.
Sub-sub-genre hate aside, Iâll get to reviewing this 11-track album from RiseuP titled Destructive Machineâs Chilling Time 3:27. Thatâs a mouthful isnât it, and just for that, thatâll be about four words less in this review each time Iâm made to repeat it.
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Huh, what? 5 seconds into the opening title track, Awaken, and Iâm already confused. What the actual fuck have I gotten myself into? Jazz metal, is that what is going on here? Who knows, but it gets pretty damn brutal, pretty damn quickly!
Chug-chug, scream-scream ⌠fuck yeah! Enough said about that one!
Descent?
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HEAVY Cinema’s Dave Griffiths takes a look at brand new true crime documentary The Bowraville Murders which is just about to be released into a select number of Australian cinemas.
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Brand new Irish drama Here Are The Young Men is out now on DVD through Defiant! Screen Entertainment and this week we spoke to the film’s director – Eoin Macken – on HEAVY Cinema.
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Aussie actor Jake Ryan chats to HEAVY Cinema about his new film Streamline which will premiere as part of this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival.
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Danse Macabre is pleased to announce the North American DVD release of award winning post-apocalypse thriller I AM TOXIC. The release is limited to 1000 discs and aimed at genre fans, cineastes and collectors across the US and Canada.
In a world destroyed by biological warfare a man wakes in a pile of decomposed bodies with no memory of his previous life. Taken prisoner by scavengers, he meets a young woman who helps him discover his true identity.
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Australian journalist/filmmaker Daizy Gedeon this week had to chat to HEAVY Cinema about her award-winning documentary Enough! Lebanon’s Darkest Hour which is about to be released to Australian cinemas.
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Parkland Entertainment is delighted to announce that The Champion of Auschwitz, the phenomenal story of Tadeusz âTeddyâ Pietrzykowski and his fight for survival will be heading to UK/EIRE Cinemas from 3rd September.
The Champion of Auschwitz tells the unknown story of one of the first inmates of camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, prisoner number #77. During his 3-year imprisonment in the camp, Tadeusz âTeddyâ Pietrzykowski fought over 40 victorious duels, becoming a symbol of hope for victory over ...
Australian filmmaker Allan Clarke has just completed a brilliant new documentary called The Bowraville Murders. This week Allan spoke to HEAVY Cinema about the documentary which is about to be released in select cinemas.
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Filmmaker Jonathan Hensleigh has been responsible for classic films such as Jumanji and Die Hard With A Vengeance over the years now he teams up with Liam Neeson to bring us The Ice Road.
This week he spoke to HEAVY Cinema about how the film all came together.
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Actor Courtney Gains chats to HEAVY Cinema about his new film Queen Bees but also reminisces on his classic roles in Back To The Future, Children Of The Corn and Seinfeld.
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From Warner Bros. Pictures come director/producer Clint Eastwoodâs uplifting and poignant drama âCry Machoâ. The film stars Eastwood as Mike Milo, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the manâs young son home from Mexico. Forced to take the backroads on their way to Texas, the unlikely pair faces an unexpectedly challenging journey, during which the world-weary horseman finds unexpected connections and his own sense of ...
Today, Disney+ announced the second season of the critically acclaimed animated series âStar Wars: The Bad Batch,â which will launch in 2022.
âFans have enthusiastically embraced the action and drama of âStar Wars: The Bad Batch,â and we are excited to see the Star Wars animated universe continue to expand on Disney+,â said Michael Paull, President of Disney+ and ESPN+. âAs the dedicated streaming home for the Star Wars franchise, we canât wait for the second season of this fan-favourite ...
Filmmaker Sue Collins chats to HEAVY Cinema about her new documentary Conquering Cancer which explores Australia’s push to stamp out cervical cancer.
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