Acolyte are a band who are still developing into their craft.
Not that this is a bad thing, especially when they are creating such beautiful and poignant music while still searching for their musical identity.
With their second album Entropy the band have managed to create an album of epic proportions, bringing an almost cinematic landscape to metal music in a way seldom heard before.
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Sydney psychedelic outfit Grinding Eyes are almost ready to drop their second album Taste The Monochrome.
Described as ‘a uniquely dark yet driving experience, Taste The Monochrome is a journey through themes of love, loss, isolation, despair and time travel, set to an ominous soundtrack of psych-rock and shoegaze bound together with luscious atmospherics,’ and is an album set to build on the early good work of the band.
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Sydney dark symphonic outfit Carmeria are a band unafraid to embrace the lesser known sides of metal and shape them into a musical landscape that many admire but few venture.
By harnessing their love of gothic orchestral sounds and combining them with heavy guitars and powerful vocals Carmeria continue to push the boundaries of acceptance with successful results.
With the recent release of their single “Relinquished” the band has set about the final stages before ...
When it comes to albums it has been 33 years between drinks for Melbourne’s own thrash specialists Nothing Sacred. “It was never planned it just kind of happened that way,” says band member Karl Lean.
Planned or not that break never saw Nothing Sacred become forgotten. The band exploded onto Melbourne’s metal scene in the early 1980s and then set it alight with their 1985 Deathwish EP and that was followed up in 1988 with their Let Us Prey album… but then that was sadly it when it ...
If you loved Nu-metal and lived in Melbourne during the late 1990s then chances are you were a fan of Australia’s very own kings of the genre – Bison. The band were the cream of the crop during their tenure from 1998 to 2005… and now the band are back with new music… and some unfinished business.
Recently the band teamed up with producer Sam Bassal (from Ocean Grove) to work on some new music and the result is the killer new EP Perfect Mistake which will be released ...
The new and reformed Melbourne metalcore outfit Villa Morta are debuting their brutal sound and inspired vision with the brand new single “Cryptex”.
“Cryptex” is the first song to drop from their upcoming Subvert EP which is due out on July 23 and welcomes a physical journey to seek answers and reap a reward.
The single sees the band join the big leagues, taking mix and mastering credits from Lance Prenc (Alpha Wolf, Polaris, Gravemind) and ...
After decimating Queensland fans with their brutal stage show last weekend, Sydney groove metal masters Black Rheno this weekend set their sights on Victoria as they take their Battle Ready Tour further down the East Coast.
On the road promoting their latest single “Battle Ready”, Black Rheno are also showing off their new drummer who I can tell you from first-hand experience is a fucken machine!
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After teasing fans with curious advertisements on socials over the last few weeks, Australian favourites Slowly Slowly have finally revealed their iconic new single and music video “Blueprint” today.
From its pulsing verses to its electric chorus, “Blueprint”, mixed by Jon Gilmore (The 1975, Beabadoobee), is born to be a head bang-worthy festival crowd favourite. Filled with unique lyrics and musical touches, the track displays a familiar Slowly Slowly ...
Sydney-based industrial metal heavyweights Our Last Enemy have just dropped their virtuosic new EP As Above So Below via Octane Records.
As Above So Below highlights a more sophisticated side of Our Last Enemy with sonically diverse layers underpinned by the band’s signature merciless soundscape.
This high-impact audible manifesto takes the listener through a spectrum of sonic assault ranging from pensive riffs, moody guitar-picked passage, tense rising pulses of ...
It has been two long years since Frankenbok ventured North of the border but the Melbourne metal machine is making up for lost time by spending a three day weekend reacquainting themselves with local fans.
After the announcement of their headlining position at MoonDoll Music Fest 2021, the band has also revealed plans for an old fashioned Sunday Session at Mo’s Desert Clubhouse on July 11.
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Melbourne’s To Octavia have returned with the groovy, heavy-hitting single “The Sound Of The Rain” and are accompanying the release with the announcement of their sophomore EP, Somewhere in a World, Not of the Dream out Friday, July 16.
A shift in the line-up and some time away to perfect their craft has culminated in the bands punchiest release to date.
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With their full-length debut album now unleashed, Carmeria are set to establish themselves as Australia’s premier symphonic-goth metal act.
Embracing the gothic orchestral edge of music that so few dare to venture, the Australian metal visionaries take on the international heavy music scene with powerful vocals, crushing guitars and orchestrations on a world-class level. Their new album Advenae is multi-layered, complex in its construction, varied, dramatic, and full of ...
Brisbane’s prog-metal sensations Sunset Junkies today announce their sophomore album Darkness Visible and release their crushing new single “Pentagram”.
Mixed by Grammy Award-winning heavyweight David Bottrill (Tool, Muse, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson) and Ryan McCambridge, this composition showcases soaring melodies and rich choral arrangements, courtesy of dual-vocalists Ellie Jane and Byron Short, underpinned by energetic riffs and complex rhythms, ...
Melbourne’s Vermont today make a welcome return with their new single “Erased”.
The single is a taste of a heavier sonic direction for the band, underpinned by elements of electronic and alt-rock.
The band explain the release, with its newer style and sound, “holds true to the direction that we want out of Vermont – a grittier, more melodic and mature sound to represent the future of the band.”
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Eat The Damn Orange‘s debut album Taking The Pith is finally here to intrigue and disturb with 11 absolutely filthy tracks.
Frontwoman Tash sets the bar for the high octane, hard rock vocal performance.
The Orange have Latin infused guitars and drums, that take a step outside of the regular Aussie-hard-rock scene. Singles began being released late last year, first single out of the gate was “Gloryhole Nightmare”, followed by “Queen of ...
Ten years is a hell of a long time to be in a band, let alone being in the gargantuan touring wrecking machine that is King Parrot.
Broken teeth, skinned knees, black eyes and empty cans are all in a day’s work for the boys in KP!
And ten years of surviving this beastly ride is more than reason enough to hit the road and celebrate it with their hordes of fans all around Australia.
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Melbourne’s favourite punk rockers Clowns is back, delivering the first in a string of releases for this year with “Does It Matter?”.
Released on the band’s own label Damaged, “Does It Matter?” is pointed and melodic at the same time. It’s an easy track to get taken up by and as the band’s first hit of new music since 2019’s Nature/Nurture album.
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Enigmatic Grinspoon frontman Phil Jamieson is bringing his solo show to Mo’s Desert Clubhouse in Burleigh Heads for an epic school night party to end them all!
Jamieson will appear on Thursday, May 20 with just his guitar for company in a show that has been receiving rave reviews around the country.
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Mo’s currently has reduced capacity so book now to avoid disappointment.
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If you’ve ever set foot in Checkpoint, you’ll already know it’s more than just a bar. It’s our happy place – where we game together, sing together, dress up together and make the best memories together. It’s where we are family!
Unfortunately, as some of you may know, running this little slice of nerd heaven hasn’t come without its challenges. From leasing issues and severe flood damage to the ol’ Rona… it’s been a tough ride for our mates Luke and Teeshan to keep the ...
After an incredible response to last week’s Live After Lockdown show and global Livestream announcement, Caligula’s Horse have added an additional show at The Triffid in Brisbane on Friday, June 18.
For this live show only, Viking metal legends Valhalore and our very own The Stranger will join the band for a massive gig which will serve as a warm-up for the global Livestream event.
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Due to huge demand, Sydney guitar-wizard Plini is thrilled to announce his Impulse Voices Australian Tour will be making its way to Adelaide and Perth.
With tickets on sale now, this sees Plini and his band of musical superheroes (Chris Allison, Jake Howsam Lowe and Simon Grove) performing there for the first time since 2018.
Tickets to all other additional shows are flying out the door.
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After decimating crowds around the country for over two decades Frankenbok could easily rest on their laurels and survive by name alone.
They could, but they won’t.
After the recent return of arguably their best vocalist in Dan McDougall, Frankenbok have been writing new material and honing their craft almost in secrecy for the last 18 months.
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Bison were among the kings of the ‘first-wave’ of nu-metal in Australia, circa 1998 – 2005.
Fast Forward to a post-COVID 2021, and throw in a pinch of Sam Bassal (Ocean Grove) in the producer’s role, and you have a classic heavy-groove sound with a modern heavy music flavour that cannot be denied.
Their return EP Perfect Mistakes will be released on Friday, May 28.
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“Dehumanise” is the third single to be released from the forthcoming album Eye to Eye from New Zealand’s Lords of Loud, The Datsuns.
Released digitally and on limited edition 7″ single, the set-to-stun dystopian riff rocker is accompanied by the dramatic non-LP B-side “Negative Swing”.
Emotions railing against the system. A homogenous future, devoid of the very thing that makes man, man.
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Parkway Drive have regrettably cancelled their upcoming Viva The Underdogs Australian Revolution Tour, which was scheduled to take place this July.
A message from Parkway Drive says: “It’s with a heavy heart that we have to announce our Viva The Underdogs Australian Revolution this July is cancelled. As venue restrictions, travel restrictions and government limitations on mass gatherings are still in place, the massive arena shows we had planned cannot go ahead in their ...
Following on from the warmly-received release of “Sorry” Sydney-based punk rock group Clay J Gladstone return with their enthralling new single “Balance”, the first cut from their upcoming debut EP titled Dead Friends.
Featuring infectious guitars, imposing drums, and a spirited melody delivered by frontman Clay J, the track flirts with intensity before launching a full-sized thunderous chorus complete with colossal instrumentation and gritty ...
Just in time for the warm summer months ahead, San Diego surf/skate punks Wanted Noise have dropped a music video for their new single “More Sunrises.”
Check out the video below:
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Sydney heavy rock outfit Bad Moon Born show no signs of slowing down this year with the release of a moving new single “Reins”.
The track delves into the experience of living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, told from the perspective of the group’s singer and lyricist, Jordan Von Grae, and is accompanied by an emotional and poignant music video which can be viewed below:
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Acolyte’s second studio album Entropy, is a mostly straight-ahead 4/4 progressive sounding adventure that suffers from the occasional instrumentation problem with the keyboard (either outdated synths, or poor sounding strings), and occasionally coming across like the soundtrack to Elder Scrolls volume 28 : The Hobbitses Rise Again (obviously and particularly the track “Resilience”)
That’s not to say it isn’t worth a listen or ten, and I’m guessing that they would ...
