With music at times struggling to come up with something fresh and exciting, California based Premier Intergalactic death metal outfit The Beast Of Nod have looked outside our world and created one of their own from which to launch their music, the result of which manifested itself recently with the release of their latest album MultiVersal.   MultiVersal is best described as a sci-fi odyssey steeped in auditory destruction with hyper-focused guitar riffs, relentless double ...

  Having recently signed to Year Of The Rat Records, UK metal outfit Memorist have plunged straight into a new era of music for the six piece, breaking away from the harder edged rock elements that have defined them over their first three singles and  pushing them more towards metalcore style leanings.   After the success of those songs which attracted the attention of their new label, Memorist have kicked up another gear with their latest single The Empiric, enjoying the freedom ...

  Since emerging onto the music scene in 2018 Light The Torch have quickly risen through the ranks to become one of the most recognisable acts doing the rounds.   Having Howard Jones (former Killswitch Engage) as vocalist has been a large attraction, but it is the engine room of Francesco Artusato (guitar) and Ryan Wombacher (bass) that has laid the heavy foundations which has seen Light The Torch produce yet another masterclass of an album with their second release You Will Be ...

  Recently signed to Sharptone Records, New Jersey’s burgeoning, progressive metal/hardcore band Sentinels have stoked the flames of anticipation today for their forthcoming debut album by releasing a crushing new single called Tyrant.   The band’s relentless onslaught continues, following their initial single Inertia, which will also be featured on the band’s first full-length record due out later this year. Continue reading SENTINELS Call Out The Tyrants On ...

  Words by Matt Bacon   So one of the free things that musicians don’t take nearly enough advantage of is Spotify playlists. There are so many possibilities with them, and they are a great way to grow your band’s presence on Spotify and really start to reach that next level of growth and outreach that will get people checking you out.   Ultimately, you want to be creating playlists and engaging with your community on Spotify the same way you do on other forms of social ...

  Japan’s biggest metal export to come along in years, Crystal Lake, is paying their respects to music’s fallen heroes with a pulverizing new single titled Curse out now via SharpTone Records.   The track is available now for streaming and the official video can be viewed below:   Continue reading CRYSTAL LAKE Put A Curse On You With New Tune at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.

  We Came As Romans have shared the video for their brand-new single Darkbloom.   With sharp synths and riffs that could chip that paint off the wall, Darkbloom represents the next chapter for We Came As Romans. In Fall 2019, the band shared two new tracks, From the First Note and Carry the Weight. Continue reading WE CAME AS ROMANS With New Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.

New Zealand’s highest streaming rock band, Written By Wolves, have recruited Trenton Woodley of Hands Like Houses for a re-imagined version of Better Luck Next Time.   The new single takes a tongue-in-cheek look at one of the only inevitable facts of life: no matter what we do, no one gets out alive. Woodley not only contributed vocals, but also co-produced/mixed the track and starred in the corresponding music video directed by Written By Wolves guitarist, Bahador ...

  Papa Roach have just dropped a new video for Broken As Me (featuring Danny Worsnop from Asking Alexandria) via Better Noise Music.   The video is being released in support of Chicago’s JBTV, as the legendary studio seeks to find a new studio location and get back on its feet after the pandemic devastated music venues across the world. Continue reading PAPA ROACH Pick Up The Pieces With New Song at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.

  Nuclear Blast Records are happy to announce the signing of exciting young psychedelic hard rock band Gaupa from Falun, Sweden.   With surreal lyrics, an energetic, very unique singer, and an addictive sound that combines progressive stoner rock with doom, folk and psychedelic rock influences, Gaupa released their self-titled debut EP in June 2018 and have since made a name for themselves in the international underground rock scene. Continue reading GAUPA Sign To NUCLEAR BLAST ...

  Symphonic power metal force Rhapsody Of Fire have recently released their new EP I’ll Be Your Hero, which was an appetizing precursor for a new full length to follow.   Now the Italian band has finally shared a first song from their upcoming, 13th studio album. Glory For Salvation, which is slated for a release on November 26, 2021 through AFM Records. Continue reading RHAPSODY OF FIRE Release Title Track From New Album at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.

  Following a record-breaking year for guitar-playing interest in 2020, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) continues to lead with player centric and innovative tools tailored to fuel musical creativity across genres-from hard rock and high performance to Americana. As one of the largest musical instrument brands in the world, FMIC instruments are played on more stages and by more diverse artists, who subsequently contribute their feedback to make these innovations a ...

  TheCityIsOurs have revealed their new single Dangerous, a stylistic experiment showing an additional edge to City’s sound, wrapping catchy pop choruses in driving beats, and encompassing honest lyrical content about feelings of empowerment from pushing forward to make the best of a bad situation.   The track is taken from the band’s sophomore album Coma which is set for release October 22 2021 via Arising Empire. Continue reading THE CITY IS OURS Get Dangerous With New ...

  Following a record-breaking year for guitar-playing interest in 2020, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) continues to lead with player centric and innovative tools tailored to fuel musical creativity across genres-from hard rock and high performance to Americana. As one of the largest musical instrument brands in the world, FMIC instruments are played on more stages and by more diverse artists, who subsequently contribute their feedback to make these innovations a ...

  London’s prestigious horror genre film festival, Arrow Video FrightFest 2021, have announced that Better Noise Films’ upcoming horror-thriller feature The Retalliators will have its world premiere at the legendary event in August.   The official synopsis of the film reads, “In The Retalliators, an upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter’s brutal murder. Continue reading THE RETALLIATORS Gets World ...

Groglords have secured a limited batch of Ghost Juniper Gin for all you Aussie fans….landing in Australia hot off the still!   The taste is a smooth gin with the typical juniper and citrus flavours accompanied by the added, oily texture of cilantro on the palate. Just the way any self respecting Ghost would demand.   Ghost Juniper Gin is available now via www.groglords.com (limited to 120 bottles for this batch, so get in quick). Continue reading GHOST Juniper Gin Comes To ...

  Sydney’s metallic hardcore unit Burn In Hell have recently unleashed a music video for their new song Bleach.   The song  is taken off the band’s forthcoming second album Disavowol Of The Creator God which is due out on August 6 via Reason and Rage Records.   Watch Bleach below:   Continue reading BURN IN HELL With New Tune at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.

  Resisting Vegas is a dynamic, theatrical hard rock band formed in 2015 in Austin, Texas.   The band is set to release their second album, Malevolent, on July 23. The songs are short and heavy, taking the listener through a dark journey inspired by classic horror. The album is based on films such as The Exorcist (1973), American Werewolf in London (1981), and The Thing (1982), while still bringing in elements of modern rock and metal. Continue reading RESISTING VEGAS Add A ...

  Austin, Texas ragging hardcore collective Band Of Bastards have unveiled another new track today from their volatile debut album Delete. Repeat. that is out July 23 from Redacted Records/SilverDoor Music.   The song, titled Holy Roller, exorcises the demons with a punk rock molotov cocktail of angst and fury, and is one of a string of ripping tracks released in the past few weeks. Continue reading BAND OF BASTARDS Drop Another Track at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music ...

  After incubating for the larger part of 2020 – at a time when creative mastermind Al Jourgensen was able to ruminate on the new world we as a society have found ourselves in – the time has finally come for Ministry to unleash their much-anticipated 15th studio album.   Aptly titled Moral Hygiene, the album will be released via Nuclear Blast Records on October 1. Continue reading MINISTRY With New Single & Album Announce at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.

  Seattle multi-platinum rock band Candlebox have released a new song called In Your Hands that honors victims of gun violence in the US.   Vocalist Kevin Martin says, “When people read the words ‘gun violence awareness,’ a lot of folks just see the word ‘gun’ and get up in arms about the government coming to try and take their firearms, as opposed to taking a step back to think about the reality of the situation.”   Watch In Your Hands below:   Continue reading ...

  On September 3 Swedish metal outfit Portrait will release their new album, At One with None, via Metal Blade Records.   For a first preview of At One with None the band has released a video for the new single Phantom Fathomer which can be viewed below:   Continue reading PORTRAIT Paint Nice Picture With New Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.

  Australia’s maniacal rock-fusioneers Twelve Foot Ninja snuck back into the world’s eyes and ears last month with the stealthy drop of their single Long Way Home, the first taste of new music since their album Outlier in 2016. That single came with a 2D platformer videogame. Fans who collected all 12 brick phones in the game discovered they could unlock the band’s music video for Long Way Home. Continue reading TWELVE FOOT NINJA Release Music Video at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, ...

  Words by Jimmy Glinster   In this edition of NOT SO HEAVY Magazine reviews, we take a look at Grammy award winning “Rock” band Switchfoot. A band I know the name of but not so much the sound of, so I had to do a quick Google to remind me of why the name rings a bell. I find a couple of older videos of some tunes that I may have heard before, but that never really had any impact on me. Continue reading Album Review: SWITCHFOOT ‘Interrobang’ at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, ...

  Words by Jimmy Glinster   With a band name like Times of Grace I was thinking that Krispy had stitched me with Christian rock band just for shits and giggles. As it turns out though, after a quick google, I find out that I’m about to listen to the side project of Adam Dutkiewicz (fuck that was hard to spell) and Jesse Leach from the Massachusetts Metalcore outfit Killswitch Engage. Continue reading Album Review: TIMES OF GRACE ‘Songs Of Loss And Seperation’ at HEAVY ...

This week we had a very special guest on HEAVY Cinema when Hollywood legend Paul Giamatti joined us to chat about his brand new film Gunpowder Milkshake which opens in cinemas tomorrow. Take a listen to the interview right here:   Continue reading GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE – Paul Giamatti Interview at HEAVY Cinema.

Dave Griffiths takes a look at the brand new slow-burn thriller, Little Joe, for HEAVY Cinema. Take a listen to his review right here:   Continue reading LITTLE JOE Review at HEAVY Cinema.

If you are an action buff then you are going to want to see Gunpowder Milkshake, after all our very own Dave Griffiths has just called it one of the films of the year! Want to see it now? Well Studio Canal and HEAVY Cinema may just have something for you. Starring Lena Headey and Karen Gillan Gunpowder Milkshake feels like the kind of movie that Quentin Tarantino would surely embrace, and now thanks to Studio Canal we have some double passes to the film giveaway. Continue reading GUNPOWDER ...

London’s prestigious horror genre film festival, Arrow Video FrightFest 2021, have announced that Better Noise Films’ upcoming horror-thriller feature THE RETALIATORS will have its world premiere at the legendary event in August. The official synopsis of the film reads, “In THE RETALIATORS, an upstanding pastor uncovers a dark and twisted underworld as he searches for answers surrounding his daughter’s brutal murder. A high-octane original soundtrack and cameos from some of the ...

From director Steven Soderbergh comes No Sudden Move. Set in 1954 Detroit, No Sudden Move centers on a group of small-time criminals who are hired to steal what they think is a simple document. When their plan goes horribly wrong, their search for who hired them – and for what ultimate purpose – weaves them through all echelons of the race-torn, rapidly changing city. The film stars Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, David Harbour, with Ray Liotta, Jon Hamm, Amy Seimetz, Brendan Fraser, Kieran ...

People who have only just discovered my reviews over the past twelve months will probably think that I am the kind of person that loves films that are obscure and arty… and they wouldn’t be wrong. But I am also a very big cult genre film lover as well. I’m the kind of person that buys a season pass to a festival like MonsterFest simply because I don’t want to miss anything that screens there. Continue reading GUNPOWDER MILKSHAKE Review at HEAVY Cinema.

Looking to have a fright night some time soon? Well Acorn Media and HEAVY Cinema may just have something for you. Brand new horror The Dark And The Wicked hits shelves on July 7th thanks to Acorn Media we have some copies to giveaway. For your chance to win simply go to the HEAVY Cinema Facebook page and private message us the word ‘Wicked’. Continue reading THE DARK AND THE WICKED Giveaway at HEAVY Cinema.