It might have been a few years between drinks for death metal legends Carcass but as HEAVY Magazine’s Dave Griffiths found out when he sat down to talk to the band’s front man, Jeff Walker, they certainly still have their bite. Walker is in a matter-of-fact mood throughout the interview and while he is quick […]
Hailing from the Danish underground blackened death metal outfit Tardus Mortem are about to take the world by storm with their brand new album Armageddon that is now slated to be released on November 5. Recently the whole band sat down with HEAVY Magazine’s Dave Griffiths to not only talk about how the album was […]
As one of the most gifted bass guitarists to ever grace this planet Fabrizio Grossi has worked with the likes of Slash, Glenn Hughes and Steve Vai, but even he was afraid to take that next stop and release a debut album. Recently HEAVY Magazine’s Dave Griffiths sat down and chatted to Fab about his […]
Those who have followed the career of Trevor Dunn will know the man is a musical nomad, many would say genius. His eclectic tastes have led him to bands such as Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Tomahawk, Secret Chiefs 3 and The Melvins, but with his recent release with new project Sperm Church Dunn has managed to […]
For Dutch death metal band Bloodphemy the last eighteen months have been a pretty strange time. The band has been sitting on their new material like angry lions waiting to get out on stages to unleash it. Now they no longer have to wait at all. Recently HEAVY Magazine’s extreme expert Dave Griffiths chatted to […]
English rock outfit Inglorious captured the world’s attention earlier this year with the release of their album We Will Ride, a collection of rock belters that perfectly showcased the vocal talents of frontman Nathan James and the musical prowess of his new band members. Topping that album – which I am sure they will – […]
Rob Zombie has revealed a new music video for Shadow Of The Cemetery Man. His latest album The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy is Zombie’s first No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart. The multiplatinum singer and filmmaker’s first album with Nuclear Blast cracked the top 10 in several countries, including Germany, Canada, Scotland, and Australia. In the United States, it’s […]
Thoughtcrimes, the Long Island-based hardcore band featuring former Dillinger Escape Plan drummer Billy Rymer, singer Rick Pepa, guitar players Russ Savarese and Brian Sullivan, and bass player Cody Hosza, have reissued their widely praised debut EP, Tap Night, on Oct. 8 via Pure Noise Records.  The collection features two previously unreleased tracks: Wedlock Waltz and Misery’s A Muse, which arrives […]
Finnish Folk Metal Superstars Korpiklaani released their 11th studio album Jylhä back in February 2021. The album was hailed by critics and fans alike as the most elaborate and mature Korpiklaani album to date. While this might be true, it doesn’t mean our favourite Finns forgot how to party: during the Jylhä sessions they took the classic Anthrax banger Got The Time (a song originally released in 1978 by British musician […]
Iron Maiden have released the brand-new animated video for Stratego, taken from their critically acclaimed 17th studio album, Senjutsu, which is out now.  The animated video was made by Swedish Director Gustaf Holtenas for Blinkink Productions and executive produced by lead singer Bruce Dickinson. To order/listen to Senjutsu go to https://ironmaiden.lnk.to/Senjutsu
A little over two weeks ahead of the release of their sixth album, Lifeforms, Angels & Airwaves have released a new song and video titled Spellbound. The video, directed by frontman Tom DeLonge, uses a laser programming technique called laser banding to create a first-of-its-kind laser-walled cube that the band performs inside of. The song is […]
With his solo band starting their first tour in over 30 months this September, Myles Kennedy is releasing another music video from his chart-topping sophomore release The Ides Of March. The video for A Thousand Words finds Kennedy reconnecting with director Stefano Bertelli (Alter Bridge’s Native Son/Myles Kennedy’s In Stride video) for another animated masterpiece. The video shows Kennedy reflecting on life at an open grave as […]
Brisbane-based Hard-Rock Aficionados GUTTERFIRE! unveil the title track from their upcoming debut album Chill due for release on September 10, 2021. Sizzling in their doom-based sound, Chill brings alternative-hard rock into the modern era with its energetic grooves and reverb-soaked riffs. Describing themselves as ‘Upbeat Doom’ GUTTERFIRE! are a high-octane fusion of Hard Rock, Punk, Modern Rock and Post Rock genres. Their ...
Australia’s heavy fusion rockers Twelve Foot Ninja are riding the virtual wave of two #1 singles on Sirius XM’s Liquid Metal and a Top 20 single on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock indicator chart with their previous single Start The Fire. They’ve put their fans on notice that their new album Vengeance is out October 15 along with a high fantasy novel The Wyvern And The Wolf that has […]
We Came As Romans have shared the video for their brand new single Black Hole, featuring Beartooth’s Caleb Shomo. “Black Hole was the very last song that we wrote for the record,” the band says. “We had this idea of what we wanted it to sound like, and we wrote a bunch of music for it throughout our […]
Platinum-selling, chart-topping rock band Bad Wolves announce the arrival of their third studio album Dear Monsters on October 29 via Better Noise Music. The album serves as the official introduction to new lead singer DL, whose addition to the line-up was announced by the band earlier this year. The album is preceded by lead single Lifeline, which the band released today in celebration of the […]
There are just some artists that when you sit down to chat to you soon realise that they are such great people that you’d love them as a friend. HEAVY Magazine’s Dave Griffiths recently discovered that when he sat down to chat to Ryan Rosoff the frontman of Little King. The conversation not only got […]
The legends over at Back In Black are now stocking an awesome collection of metal band action figures which include none other than Iron Maiden‘s Eddie, King Diamond, Lemmy from Motorhead and also Warpig, Megadeth‘s Vic Rattlehead, Ghost, Rancid, Rob Halford, Venom, Misfits and more! You can get Eddie in four different scenes including Iron […]
HEAVY is honoured to be hosting the HEAVY stage at this year’s Moondoll Music Festival to be held at Brisbane’s Mansfield Tavern this Saturday, September 11. Featuring established acts such as Anty!, Flangipanis, Massic, PistonFist and Odius, as well as up and comings acts Mitch, Please!, Eat City, Zero1Zero, The Crypt Daddies, PHD!, Slurpee Jerks, […]
The Night Flight Orchestra have released their new album Aeromantic II. The new album of Sweden’s most famous cabin crew is another thrilling journey to the band’s core and their passion for travelling and being in motion – accompanied by the balance act of bittersweet sadness and pure joy of life. Here’s your gateway to all possibilities of listening […]
The undisputed masters of blackened deathcore, Carnifex, have returned to ignite sonic memories of albums past with the scorch of old-school sound. The band have dropped their eighth studio album, Graveyard Confessions, via Nuclear Blast Records. In celebration, the band offers fans the visualizer for the track “Cold Dead Summer”. Order your copy of Graveside Confessions here: www.nuclearblast.com/carnifex-gravesideconfessions
The countdown has started, with a big bang. Metal outfit Beast In Black have started the Pre-order for their cyberpunk time travel Dark Connection that will see the light of the day on October 29. Pre-order the album here: https://bfan.link/dark-connection (Local Physical will be available) Together with this announcement, the band releases their first appetizer of Dark Connection. Close your eyes, get […]
UK based alt rock trio Mercutio have released their new video for the single Playtime via Diverge Records. Â Â Following the critical and commercially acclaimed release of previous single Slap Bang in July 2020 and the launch of their debut album Antagonist in June 2021, the band is thrilled to share Playtime ahead of the much […]
London hard rock outfit Dead Slow have released the first single from their upcoming album Crude Landscape. Shampain is a typical crunching tune from the band and showcases the sound to expect from Crude Landscape, which will be out on October 29. https://youtu.be/HFliBdj5S8o
UK deathcore quintet Bound In Fear have released new single / video Beyond The Mire, the third taken from their upcoming sophomore album Penance which is due out October 15 via Unique Leader Records.
After decades battling it out in separate campaigns, seasoned veterans from the darkest corners of the Melbourne underground combined forces to create 100 Years War, an unsettling mix of D-Beat Punk and Old School Death Metal that will leave you wondering what hit you. Comprised of members from many well-established Australian Metal and Hardcore bands,100 Years […]
Originating from Perth, Kimura are a straight up, unapologetic heavy metal band, with an unrelenting determination to engage a collision of punishing groove and melodic soaked riffs whilst violently venting their vexations. Kimura’s fourth release, Circle The Prey, is set to be their darkest, heaviest and most personal album to date, incorporating real life stories […]
Frontiers Music s.r.l. 10 September 2021 Words by Matt Gabites Once upon a time if a band announced it was releasing a covers album it meant one of two things. Either they had run out of original ideas, not looking at you Undisputed Attitude, or lazily seeing out a contractual obligation ala The Spaghetti Incident. […]
Rise Records Release: 17 September 2021 Words by Masen Smith Virality is a strange thing. The almighty algorithms, whether they be YouTube, Spotify, Apple Music, et cetera, seem to act as a prime mover of music culture of the 2010s and beyond, acting of their own accord but to some extent at the whims of […]
Rock ‘n’ Roll, Rock and fucking Roll! How pleasantly surprised I am to be given the opportunity to review a band that isn’t post this or core that, just plain old rock ‘n’ roll. I guess that’s what happens when you’ve been around for 20 years and don’t feel the need to slot into the […]
Words by Matt Gabites When you hear the words ‘acquired taste’, context is everything. If it’s uttered by your partner as they serve you up a dish from their homeland, you know it’s time to start practising your best fake smile. If a mate ever describes someone’s girlfriend as an acquired taste, then it normally […]
KSCOPE Out Now Tesseract, Portals … here we go, all 14 tracks of it. 18 if you count the 10-minute, wait 14- minute plus songs as two tracks. Who the hell even writes 14 tracks for an album these days? Well, these guys did. Let’s see where it takes me. Of Matter launches into some […]
Napalm Records 10 September 2021 Andrew W.K., now there’s a name I can recall. I just can’t recall why I recall it? Was it some whack shit that was released back in the early to mid 2000’s which made it to commercial radio but really had no place in it? I googled this to find […]
Despite the members of Avatar still being relatively young, the Gothenburg, Sweden based metal outfit has been plying their unique wares in the world of music for over twenty years now. What may be potentially even more surprising is the fact that Avatar have continuously evolved record-to-record in the same vein as some of the […]
Australian filmmaker Michael Bentham chats to HEAVY about his brand new film Disclosure which is in cinemas now. Take a listen to the interview right here:
Unlike many movies that seem unsure what genre they are trying to blend into, Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings (SCATLOTTR from here on in to save my fingers) manages to perfectly capture the harmonic balance while stepping precariously close to the edge on a number of occasions. Simplified as an action/adventure movie, […]
There is nothing quite like sitting down to watch a film that relies heavily on its screenplay. Yes, I love my action blockbusters but the screenwriter in me just laps up films like The Ice House and Blackbird that rely on a brilliantly written script and character-driven dialogue to make the film work. Given how […]
