The Screaming Jets are quite possibly the finest rock band ever to come out of Australia. Led by enigmatic frontman Dave Gleeson, The Screaming Jets have been a mainstay on the Australian scene for over three decades, with the band’s debut album All For One this year celebrating its 30th anniversary. That album produced enduring singles “Better”, “Shine On” and “Stop The World”, as well as the brilliant but contentious “F.R.C” with the first three songs still ...
After the phenomenal independent success of their song “For The Glory” – which amassed over 100 million hits – LA-based rock outfit All Good Things suddenly found the labels knocking, realizing the obvious drawing power of such a talented group of musicians. The decision was made to sign with Better Noise Records who brought fellow anthemic rockers the Hollywood Undead members Johnny 3 Tears and Charlie Scene to the table and the two powerhouses joined forced to re-release ...
English rock outfit Royal Blood have been teasing fans with snippets of their upcoming album Typhoons which will be released later this week. The duo have a string of successes under their belt, and with global anticipation for the April 30 release growing stronger by the hour, drummer Ben Thatcher stopped in for a chat with HEAVY about the new album and its direction. Continue reading ROYAL BLOOD Breeze In The Changes at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Brisbane metal rage machine Diskust have dropped another track from their upcoming EP, this time to coincide with the bands first venture South to take on audiences out of their comfort zone. The release of “Khronic” caps a memorable six month period for Diskust, who have twice toured Far North Queensland as well as solidifying their local reputation with a string of sold-out shows to Brisbane and Gold Coast Maniacs. Continue reading DISKUST Drop New Single at HEAVY Magazine ...
Australian born, UK based music photographer, James Sharrock has put together a pictorial history of Welsh rockers, Bullet For My Valentine. The Poison To Venom is a mammoth 200-page book that documents the band from their humble beginnings in 2005 all the way to 2015. The book measures a huge 240x340mm and every image is full page. The book has been bound with a red, cloth-covered elastic to enable individual pages to be removed without harming the rest of the book. Continue ...
British thrash metal titans Evile are set to release their latest album Hell Unleashed via Napalm Records on April 30. The album features an exciting new lineup formation of Ol Drake on vocals/guitar and new member Adam Smith of RipTide on rhythm guitar. Watch new single “The Thing (1982)” below: Continue reading EVILE With New Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Sydney’s dark symphonic metal powerhouse Carmeria are a force like no other. 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, powerful guitars, and orchestrations on a world-class level. The bands emotive new single “Relinquished” is Carmeria’s endmost offering from their upcoming debut album Advenae, which is due for ...
US metalcore giants Like Moths To Flames have unleashed two brand new singles titled “Basilisk” and “Inherit The Tragedy”. These tracks serve as a continuation of the Columbus quartet’s 2020 album No Eternity In Gold and can both be viewed below: Continue reading LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES Drop Two Singles at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
After suffering the fate of many other festivals around the world last year, it seems like the organisers of Blacken Open Air have vowed to make this years line up even better than ever to make up for lost time. Headlined by Thy Art Is Murder, Psycroptic and Amyl And The Sniffers, Blacken brings bands and fans from all over the nation to celebrate rock, metal and punk music in the Dead Centre of the country. Continue reading BLACKEN OPEN AIR Monster First Announcement at ...
In February, California quartet Of Mice & Men released the EP Timeless via SharpTone Records. Timeless is the first in a series of EPs that will eventually comprise the band’s next album. The band has announced the next EP, titled Bloom which will arrive on May 28 via SharpTone. To herald the announcement the band has shared the title track “Bloom” which can be viewed below: Continue reading OF MICE & MEN With New EP Announce & ...
Buckcherry will release their 9th studio album Hellbound on June 25. The 10-track record was produced by Marti Frederiksen, who previously produced the band’s 4th album, Black Butterfly, and co-wrote one of their biggest hits “Sorry”. Frederiksen co-wrote the majority of the album along with vocalist Josh Todd and guitarist Stevie D. Continue reading BUCKCHERRY Announce Album & Release Song at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Red Fang will be releasing their latest album Arrows on June 4 via Relapse Records. In the meantime, you can listen to their new single “Funeral Coach” below: Continue reading RED FANG With New Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Australian oddball favourites Ocean Grove will finally bring their latest music to the live stage with the announcement of their upcoming national headline tour today. Dubbed the Flip Phone Finally Tour, the run is set to go down in July. Continue reading OCEAN GROVE Announce Tour at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Stone Sour’s Josh Rand has decided to not sit around waiting for Corey Taylor to resume his vocal duties, instead deciding to form a new band The L.I.F.E. Project. The band have just released their debut single “The Nothingness” which is available for streaming everywhere and available to view below: Continue reading THE L.I.F.E PROJECT With Debut Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Bodom After Midnight have released their highly-anticipated three-track EP, Paint the Sky with Blood, via Napalm Records. The EP that was recorded back in Finland, was intended to be followed by a full-length album later in the year – now embodies a whole new meaning and remains as the only work by the band. Continue reading BODOM AFTER MIDNIGHT With New Track at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Groove/Thrash metal outfit All Against are proud to unleash the video for “Masturbation”. This is the third single from the upcoming album I Am Alive to be released by Wormholedeath and can be viewed below: Continue reading All Against Unleash New Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Progressive heavy metal vehicle Interloper has returned to present their debut full-length album Search Party which will be released on June 11 via Nuclear Blast Records. The band has released the music video for the second single, “Search Party”. Watch the animated music video below: Continue reading INTERLOPER Announce New Album And Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Japanese metal band, Babymetal formed ten years ago and since then they’ve become a global phenomenon. With hundreds of millions of audio streams, almost a billion YouTube views, playing back to back nights at the massive Tokyo Dome to 110,000 people, Late Night TV performances, magazine covers among so many other accomplishments Babymetal are an anomaly. To celebrate the success and anniversary, today they’ve released 10 Babymetal Years, the first ultimate collection ...
Following the Covid related demise of their band Deadlights, Re Mayer (guitar/backing vocals/synth) and Nathanael Bohnet (bass/lead vocals) took the opportunity to reimagine their sound and image to create No Hope For The Lost. Unleashing their introductory EP entitled The Pilgrimage earlier this year, the duo gave fans a taste of their entirely new sound but left it just short enough to keep hype levels high. Continue reading NO HOPE FOR THE LOST Drop Single at HEAVY ...
Canadian/U.S.A symphonic melodic death outfit Gone In April – featuring Testament bass player Steve Di Giorgio – have released their latest video for “Haven”. The song is taken from the band’s latest album, Shards of Light, released in September 2019, and the video was filmed and edited by the Norwegian artist Thomas Mortveit. Continue reading GONE IN APRIL Drop Video at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Melodic hardcore outfit Trove have released a music video for their track “Becoming Memories” online. The single is the latest from their new album World which was released late last year via Modern Empire Music. With an array of influences and sounds from hardcore/punk past and present, the band is blasting off to set their own path while keeping things slightly familiar. Continue reading TROVE Release Music Video at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal ...
Z2 Comics, the leading publisher of music-inspired graphic novels, reveals this fall’s jewel in the crown of the “king” of heavy metal himself: the first-ever comic written by the one and only King Diamond. White Noise Studios scribe Dan Watters and October Faction artist Damien Worm team with The King himself for a chilling new version of the story of Miriam Natias and Jonathan LaFey and an inheritance far more terrifying than even the haunted mansion in ...
Words by Lewd Scoff Metalcore-blimey, its Pommy upstarts While She Sleeps with their fifth studio album, Sleeps Society. It only took me until the second listen, and I was hooked……on hooks. Of which there are plenty. And I mean plenty. Almost too many hooks. That and the modern recording sheen that pushes everything to the maximum loudness, are the only two things I could fault about this album. Continue reading Review: WHILE SHE SLEEPS ‘Sleeps ...
It is a battle to the death as Kyle McGrath and Dave Griffiths battle to the death as they analyze and dissect Mortal Kombat in a brand new episode of The Popcorn Conspiracy. Take a listen right here: Continue reading The Popcorn Conspiracy Ep #128 – MORTAL KOMBAT at HEAVY Cinema.
It is kind of ironic that Robin Wright’s directional debut, Land, is being released in Australia on the same day as Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow because the two’s directional styles are alarmingly similar. Just like Reichardt has done throughout her career I have to say that Wright has delivered a masterpiece with Land. The tale is simple – yet heartbreaking. Edee (Robin Wright – Forrest Gump) is a woman in turmoil. Continue reading LAND Review at HEAVY Cinema.
1. Q. How did you come up with the idea for Wrath of Man? A. The idea came to me over 10 years ago after watching the French movie Le Convoyeur, and then one day I decided to stop talking about it and go ahead and make it. 2. Q. Then what happened? A. Continue reading WRATH OF MAN – Guy Ritchie Interview at HEAVY Cinema.
Dave Griffiths takes a look at what happens when Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer join forces in the brand new Netflix film Thunder Force. Check out Dave’s full review right here: Continue reading THUNDER FORCE Review at HEAVY Cinema.
HEAVY Cinema’s Dave Griffiths takes a look at the brand new Australian romantic drama This Little Love Of Mine which he says is one of the biggest surprises of 2021. You can listen to his full review below: Continue reading THIS LITTLE LOVE OF MINE Review at HEAVY Cinema.
Brand new crime thriller Run Hide Fight has landed on VOD thanks to Defiant Screen Entertainment so Dave Griffiths recently sat down and gave it a watch for HEAVY Cinema. You can listen to his full review here: Continue reading RUN HIDE FIGHT Review at HEAVY Cinema.
Dave Griffiths takes a look at the brand new psychological thriller Every Breath You Take starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monoghan and Sam Claflin. You can listen to his full review here: Continue reading EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE Review at HEAVY Cinema.
HEAVY Cinema’s Dave Griffiths sits down and takes a look at the Oscar winning film – Promising Young Woman. You can take a listen to his full review right here: Continue reading PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Review at HEAVY Cinema.
HEAVY Cinema’s Dave Griffiths recently sat down and watched the full four plus hours of Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League. Is it any good? Well Dave discusses that in his full review right here: Continue reading ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE Review at HEAVY Cinema.
HEAVY Cinema’s Dave Griffiths recently took a look at the award winning short film A 17 ans (At 17). You can take a full listen to his review right here: Continue reading A 17 ANS (AT 17) Review at HEAVY Cinema.
Umbrella Entertainment will release filmmakers Andrew Traucki & David Nerlich’s critically lauded survival-horror BLACK WATER to Blu-ray in a feature-packed edition on May 5th. After blazing the international film festival circuit around the world including London’s FrightFest and Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, BLACK WATER was released to Australian audiences in 2008 and quickly became a genre touchstone in local cinema, surpassing the reputations of both ROGUE ...
STUDIOCANAL today announce the 4K restoration of Paul Verhoeven’s (ROBOCOP, TOTAL RECALL, STARSHIP TROOPERS) BASIC INSTINCT. Commissioned by STUDIOCANAL, the film was restored through 2019 and 2020 from the original 35MM negative and supervised by the director himself, with invaluable input to the bonus material from Sharon Stone and Michael Douglas. As boundary-pushing today as it was in 1992, BASIC INSTINCT redefined the erotic thriller subgenre and remains a must-see for audiences ...
MONSTER FEST celebrates its 10th Anniversary from November 25th-28th in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth & Adelaide with four days of the latest and greatest genre and cult cinema programming from around the world. Once again in partnership with Event Cinemas, MONSTER FEST will return to Event Cinemas George St (Sydney), Event Cinema Myer Centre (Brisbane), Event Cinemas Innaloo (Perth) & Event Cinemas Marion (Adelaide). Continue reading MONSTER FEST 2021 Dates Announced at HEAVY Cinema.
Filmmaker Ros Horin chats to HEAVY Cinema about her powerful new documentary Rosemary’s Way which is in cinemas right here. You can take a listen to the full interview below: Continue reading ROSEMARY’S WAY – Ros Horin Interview at HEAVY Cinema.
Australian filmmaker Roderick MacKay chats to HEAVY Cinema about his brand new film The Furnace which has just been released for home entertainment by Umbrella Entertainment. You can take a listen to the full interview right here: Continue reading THE FURNACE – Roderick MacKay Interview at HEAVY Cinema.
Filmmaker Mark Hartley chats to HEAVY Cinema about why a re-release of Stone was so important. You can take a listen to the full interview below and Stone is now available on Blu-Ray through Umbrella Entertainment. Continue reading STONE – Mark Hartley Interview at HEAVY Cinema.
