In the final days before the unveiling of his band’s latest album Light It Up (released 13th September) HEAVY caught up with Kris Barras, guitarist and vocalist of Kris Barras Band and former Mixed Martial Artist, in the heart of London’s vibrant Soho. “[Light It Up] felt like my first proper album – how I always dreamed an album was […] More

Hot off the heels of their Panorama album post-hardcore outfit LA Dispute is hitting Australia for an extended tour that will see them take in some of the towns that often get left off when international bands plan Australian tours. LA Dispute do know what Australians like though with drummer Brad Vander Lugt know calling our fair […] More

The energetic  Danko Jones has just hit Australian shores ahead of his re-scheduled tour and this is one of those tours that you are not going to want to miss this year. Anyone who saw the band perform at Soundwave all those years ago left knowing one thing – they had just seen a band […] More

Belgian fivesome For I Am are stepping up their game to a whole new level with the release of their brand new full album, ‘Late Bloomers.’ “Late Bloomers is what we are ourselves as a band, really. It shows how much we’ve matured in every way… in our music, in our lyrics and definitely in the time […] More

Spanning a career that has now lasted over a decade, Singapore-based post-hardcore five-piece Caracal have returned with their ravening new single ‘Mouth Of Madness’ – recorded, mixed, and mastered by band member Martin Kong at Snakeweed Studios, Singapore. Furiously charged by frantic drums and dissonant guitars, ‘Mouth Of Madness’ evokes musical techniques comparable to those of […] More

Australian melodic death metallers, Eye of the Enemy, have unleashed their haunting new video clip for Clay, the beautifully brutal first single from their upcoming album Titan. After a long wait, 5 years since their last album, Eye of the Enemy’s ability to seamlessly blend relentless aggression with hooks and melody is demonstrated beautifully in Clay, […] More

I’m a local boy from Orange  NSW and I have been working on something special for about five years now that is due to be released next month. I  would like an opportunity to appeal to the few remaining metalheads in Australia. This a professional quality production up there with the very best in the […] More

‘Wild Bill‘ is a song about an American Wild West hero who has always been a fascination of vocalist Larry Attard. The film clip was filmed locally in Brisbane and is a bit of a tongue in cheek look at the old Western days. This is the first song ever released from Lucid Louie and […] More

“The Dark Clouds are a guitar rock band from the relatively nondescript Australian city of Wollongong. The “nondescript” tag is meant in the nicest possible way. The ‘Gong used to be a rough and ready, blue-collar, rock and roll town. (I know, I used to hang out there.) Now the heavy industry is mostly gone […] More

Taking influences from a diverse range of styles; Stoner Rock, Metal, Blues, blended with the anecdotal lyrical style of country, then spat in your face with the attitude of punk, Hammers aren’t reinventing the wheel, they’re just keeping it rockin’ and rollin’. Currently on tour with The Butterfly Effect around the country, the boys have just […] More

GET YA ROCKS OFF by name and by nature, it is just what we want you to do as Silverback Touring presents its first ever club event onFriday 30th August in Melbourne at Globe Alley. After a bumper 18 months, the Silverback team want to bring back the party atmosphere of yesteryear and you’re invited! The monthly event will provide a platform […] More

‘No Hope‘ is about people who bring pain and misery. Even after you’ve given them all you have. But inside, they’re rotting away. And in the end, they’ll bring us all down. This track is accompanied by a lyric video. As well as scrolling the track’s lyrics, it portrays an unsettling and troublesome mindset. Feeling […] More

Newcastle’s raucous garage-punk purveyors Split Feed return today with anthemic thumper ‘Trinkets‘, arriving alongside iconic visuals and news of their forthcoming second EP, Second Skin. A pertinent reminder of the band’s ability to combine hard-hitting, infectious melodies with poignant lyricism, ‘Trinkets’ explores the curious power inanimate objects can hold as physical reminders of past relationships. Split […] More