It has been seven years since Australian Avant-Garde metal band The Amenta brought us a new album but that has all changed this week with the band releasing their fourth studio album – Revelator. With their fans so excited to hear new music from one of Australia’s most interesting bands HEAVY Magazine sent Dave G to sit down with Tim Pope and find out everything there is to know about the new album. Continue reading THE AMENTA Deliver A Revelator at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, ...
Melbourne quintet Dregg are a band on the rise. With a powerful musical message unlike anything else heard from Australian shores, Dregg pack a punch akin to a sledgehammer strike, mixing a don’t-give-a-fuck attitude with current lyrics and upbeat disposition to create a genre ultimately their own despite drawing on influences from hardcore, heavy and rap elements. After nearly six months of relative silence for a band who love to be in the limelight, Dregg return with ...
*DISCLAIMER – This interview contains topics of acts which some may deem offensive and inappropriate. HEAVY urges you to consider this before listening to the full audio interview. PROCEED WITH CAUTION! 2020 was an unprecedented shit show of unpredictable unforeseeable chaos, disruption and all-round turmoil. The complementary soundtrack to this malevolence was courtesy of Aussie death metal band Werewolves who released their debut album The Dead Are Screaming, a ...
It is only the second month of 2021 but big things are already afoot for Melbourne prog outfit Acolyte. Recently HEAVY Magazine sat down with front-woman Morgan-Leigh Brown to discuss the band’s recent signings with Wild Thing Records and Bloodblast and of course the band’s killer new single Entropy. Check out the interview here: Continue reading The Rise Of ACOLYTE at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
The organisers of Trip The Switch Music Festival regret to advise that due to ongoing Queensland Health Covid-19 restrictions, they have no option but to postpone the Trip the Switch Music Festival planned for Saturday February 27 to a new date that is still to be confirmed. Ticketholders are encouraged to hold onto tickets, and are advised to direct any questions to their place of ticket purchase. Behind the scenes, everyone is working to confirm a new date as soon as possible. Continue ...
The start of 2021 has really put Australian punk rock outfit Boysclub on the map. Their energetic single Best For You found them receiving radio play right around this big brown land and now they are getting ready to follow up with a tour that is going to earn them even more fans. Recently HEAVY Mag sat down with Skarlett from the band to chat about what 2021 has in store for Boysclub and about the the track that has everybody talking – Best For You. Continue reading BOYSCLUB Know ...
Hailing from Melbourne, heavy metal warriors Katana Cartel are armed and ready for battle with the release of their new single “Air Raid” from their highly anticipated upcoming album The Sacred Oath. True to its namesake, the dynamic and powerful track commands the attention of the listener with the force of auditory bombs dropping from the sky. Blending classic heavy metal, power metal and thrash sensibilities in a seamless musical package of cool defiance ...
Aussie hard rockers Laced In Lust will be releasing their new album First Bite on February 26 via Rockshots Records. With a sound frequently described as a “Sleazy Status Quo” with the image of the “Sunset Strip”, Laced In Lust has been turning heads since their first show in April 2012. The 14 track debut album First Bite is a diverse record with some major sleaze elements to hold true to the genre, but also have some just good ol’ Aussie ...
Sydney’s Boysclub have been announced as one of five winners of triple j unearthed’s Collab Comp, and will be writing a song alongside PNAU and Empire of the Sun songwriter/frontman Nick Littlemore. On triple j unearthed’s website, Littlemore said of the prospect of working with Boysclub: “I’m well keen to make some dirty rock n roll and I’m very interested to see how we can reinvent the sound of rock for 2021.” Watch Boysclub single ...
The Other Festival has been and gone for 2021 but shall remain etched in the memories of not just those who were there, but for the Australian music loving public at large for a long time to come. Rather than focus on the bands who performed – of which there was not one even slightly disappointing set of the day – this review will serve as an overview of what is ultimately the rebirth of live music on a large scale in Australia. Continue reading Live Review: THE OTHER ...
Sunshine Coast-based indie punk rockers Swimsuit Issue have just released their new single and music video “Addict”. The single is taken from the band’s upcoming debut album, set for release in 2021. “Addict” is not officially released until tomorrow but can be pre-saved HERE The hard-hitting single focuses on the struggles that come along with addictions of all kinds and can be viewed below: Continue reading SWIMSUIT ISSUE Release ...
Melbourne ‘fun’ rockers Eat The Damn Orange break the Melbourne lockdown live music drought as they take to the stage alongside Riff Raiders and Karly Jewell. This week HEAVY Magazine sat down with the band and chatted to them about the show and also about their new single “Hook” and their brand new album that will be landing very, very soon. Check out the interview right here: Continue reading EAT THE DAMN ORANGE Having Fun at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, ...
After a year of pandemic lockdown Melbourne artist Karly Jewell is brushing off the musical cobwebs and jumping headfirst into 2021. Not only has Jewell been able to announce that her latest track ‘Dancing With The Devil’ is set to appear on the new Murder In The Rue Morgue Vol II compilation but she has also been welcomed into the Rue Morgue Records family as they release the track on limited edition vinyl. Continue reading KARLY JEWELL Dances With The Devil at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, ...
After the release of the song “Get Back (To Fuckwit City)” last year, Sydney rock outfit Avalanche have followed that up with the release of an accompanying music video. The video features almost 12 months worth of footage shot at some of the band’s biggest shows, loosest rehearsals and deranged nights out in the city that the song is named after – Sydney. Watch “Get Back (To Fuckwit City)” below: Continue reading AVALANCHE Pay Homage To Sydney In New ...
Fresh from the release of a collaborative effort with label-mates Thornhill earlier this month, Void Of Vision return with an epic team-up with none other than Ecca Vandal. The reimagined version of “Decay” – taken from Void Of Vision’s 2019 album Hyperdaze – sees Ecca and VOV switch back and forth amongst their iconic brands of chaos. Continue reading VOID OF VISION Collaborate With ECCA VANDAL at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Melbourne based anomalistic collective Dregg have shared their new track “Evolve”. Drenched in heavy guitars and raging drums the band bang out their frustrations with a sound that hungrily consumes metal, hardcore and rap. Watch “Evolve” below: Continue reading DREGG Drop New Single “Evolve” at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
MMK presents another Heavy Metal Sunday Session at the Woolly Mammoth on March 7, featuring a collection of bands from the South Queensland metal scene. Hourglasses, Revoid, Ancient Remains, Illusionary and Magnertron will be hitting the stage in what promises to be another high-quality event. Get your tickets now HERE Watch Magnertron “Can You Smell The Roses” below: Continue reading MMK Heavy Metal Sundays Heat Up at HEAVY Magazine - ...
Less than a month since the release of their sophomore album What A Time To Be Alive, Werewolves have now released a new music video for “Mission Statement”. Produced by Rage Creative, the visual darts back and forth with lycanthrope imagery that is equal parts B-movie horror homage and apt video conceptualisation of Werewolves” uniquely savage approach to death metal. Continue reading WEREWOLVES With New Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music ...
Si-Fest is upon us! This Saturday night, February 20, sees the Brisbane metal community unite to pay respects and raise money for Simon Russell-White, vocalist from local outfit Massic, who suffered a near-fatal heart complication late last year. That Simon is still with us is a miracle in itself, but with life-saving open-heart surgery out of the way the real battle begins. Continue reading SI-FEST This Weekend at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Melbourne’s Flynn Effect are back in 2021! They return from a 2020-sized absence from the scene with the first taste of the record they wrote and recorded last year, a planet-sized song called “Andromeda”. Flynn Effect are celebrating the release of the new single with a launch show at Forge Metal Nightclub on Saturday March 13 – which is held at Melbourne’s Stay Gold. Continue reading FLYNN EFFECT Return With New Single at HEAVY Magazine ...
Tracked live in Melbourne’s iconic music venue The Arthouse and originally mixed by acclaimed thrash producer & engineer Harris Johns, Desecrator‘s 2011 debut release LIVE TIL DEATH was a statement against the common over-produced sound of recorded heavy metal, favouring instead a return to the raw, loud and honest LIVE roots from which thrash was born. 10 years on, in 2021, Desecrator once again pay tribute to traditional, raw and organic sounds with a ...
Aussie sci-fi hard rockers Fumarole have released a video for their track “Mothership”. The song is taken from their album Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes which was recently released on vinyl via Interstellar Smoke Records. Watch “Mothership” below: Continue reading FUMAROLE Release New Track at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Better late than never. Melbourne rock outfit The Casanovas will get back to doing what they do best – rock’n’rolling under lights, on a stage, in front of an audience – when they launch their much-acclaimed fourth album Reptillian Overlord at Richmond’s Corner Hotel on March 6. Released back in August, Reptilian Overlord was the Casanovas’ first album in five years and arguably the best-reviewed album of their 20-year career. Continue reading THE CASANOVAS To Launch ...
Hailing from Melbourne, Acolyte stands tall in the Australian music scene as a powerful and exploratory blend of both classic and modern progressive metal. Painting a vibrant musical landscape of theatrical melodies, crushing riffs, soaring leads and exemplary technical musicianship, Acolyte have now unveiled the music video for the title track “Entropy”, the opening to their forthcoming album. Watch “Entropy” below: Continue reading ...
Si-Fest is upon us! This Saturday night, February 20, sees the Brisbane metal community unite to pay respects and raise money for Simon Russell-White, vocalist from local outfit Massic, who suffered a near-fatal heart complication late last year. That Simon is still with us is a miracle in itself, but with life-saving open-heart surgery out of the way the real battle begins. Continue reading SI-FEST This Weekend at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
