Asking Alexandria have always traversed the sonic tightrope between rock and metal, refusing to be stereotyped or labeled in the process. Over the course of seven previous albums the band has had moments of pure aggression offset by lashings of beauty, creating their own musical boundaries with a contempt for convention rarely sustained by bands […]
Post punk/goth outfit She Wants Revenge hit pay dirt with their first ever single Tear You Apart back in 2005, a song that somehow made it to the ears of Lady Gaga, who in turn insisted producers of a TV show she was working on called American Horror Story: Hotel included the song in its […]
Certain bands in history are untouchable, with every genre having a stoic pecking order. When it comes to death and extreme metal bands such as Morbid Angel, Obituary, Death, Cannibal Corpse and Atheist sit atop the proverbial tree, unflinching in their resolve and unyielding in their unrelenting pursuit of metal supremacy. “Some of the best […]
Swedish hard rock outfit Avatar would have to be one of the longest overnight success stories of modern music. Their rise as a musical force may have seemed to come from nowhere given the rapid upward trajectory their profile received in 2013 when they scored the coveted touring opportunity to support Avenged Sevenfold and Five […]
Ever since leaving Nine Inch Nails to form Filter back in 1993, the name Richard Patrick has been synonymous with industrial-tinged rock. With their debut album Short Bus spawning the hugely successful single Hey Man Nice Shot, Filter’s trajectory started on the up and has only soared higher over the ensuing years. “It was really […]
You certainly can’t accuse Melbourne rock/metal hybrid Ne Obliviscaris from doing things in shades. After four long years – their last Australian tour was in 2019 – Ne Obliviscaris has announced a run of four dates this September, bringing with them an international assortment of fellow metallers in The Ocean Collective and Rivers Of Nihil. […]
Sydney’s most excellent industrialist’s Our Last Enemy have met with an unfortunate mishap. Their guitarist has broken his arm, ruling them out of Saturday’s show with Avatar and leaving the Swedes without an opening act! With just two days until the show, Avatar are appealing to you, their fans, to help them fill that much […]
Mo’s Desert Clubhouse, Gold Coast Venue of the Year, is gearing up to mark its (official) 4th Birthday with an explosive day of tunes, good vibes and general looseness on Saturday, September 9. The festivities promise an unforgettable experience featuring a mega band line-up on an epic indoor and outdoor setup, a pop-up bar, and […]
Bearings have released their highly-anticipated third album The Best Part About Being Human via Pure Noise Records. Produced by Sam Guaiana (Silverstein, Between You & Me), the new album features the most tightly honed songwriting of Bearings’ near-decade career – including previously released singles Gone So Gone, Live Forever Never Die, and Slip – leaving […]
The presale for Good Things 2023 saw demand we have never seen before, and all events are on track to sell out this year! With Melbourne and Brisbane selling out in advance last year, there’s no time to waste, and pay-over-time options are available, grab your tickets! Australia’s largest and favourite travelling music festival, Good […]
Fiddlehead are back. The post-hardcore heroes have released third full-length, Death Is Nothing To Us, and to celebrate kick off their first Australian tour tonight (August 23). The album finds Fiddlehead completing the thematic trilogy that began with their previous two releases, resulting in a truly special album that feels like both a culmination of […]
New York’s finest pop punk three piece AGAINST THE CURRENT are imminently headed Down Under this September and October. Joining them as main support for the Nightmares & Daydreams Australian tour will be Brisbane rockers DAYS LIKE THESE, as well as FRIENDS OF FRIENDS in Brisbane, PENI PARKER in Sydney, NTH ROAD in Melbourne and […]
Melbourne melodic metal act Orpheus Omega have released a blistering new video Exist To Observe, the 5th and final clip from their recently released Portraits EP, and one that features a soaring guest appearance from Bjorn Strid of Soilwork fame. The band comments: “There exists a great romance within the infinite; the unattainable knowledge playing […]
Future Radio‘s latest single, Rise, is their third release of 2023. This electro-tinged, pop-rock anthem serves as a powerful anti-bullying message, specifically crafted for the Rise Theatre Production aimed at high schools across South Africa. The song not only showcases the band’s relevance to current issues but also their versatility in exploring diverse musical genres. […]
21st-century rock vanguards FROM ASHES TO NEW have been making a splash in the rock and nu-metal scene with their new concept album BLACKOUT, released July 28 via BETTER NOISE MUSIC. Set as a prequel to their 2016 debut album DAY ONE, BLACKOUT mirrors the state the world was in amidst the global pandemic during […]
BAD WOLVES refuse to follow. Instead, the platinum-certified, 5x #1 Hard Rock radio-charting Los Angeles band circumvents convention by stretching the boundaries of hard rock with earthquaking heaviness, enigmatic experimentation, and enthralling melodies. The group, John Boecklin (drums), Daniel “DL” Laskiewicz (lead vocals), Doc Coyle (lead guitar, backing vocals) and Kyle Konkiel (bass, backing vocals)— […]
Four years after their last studio album No Halos in Hell, CYHRA proudly present their new album The Vertigo Trigger. The Swedes’ third full-length has been released today, and it reflects exactly what the melodic metal band stands for: ear-splitting riffs, catchy choruses and plenty of melodies that make the band truly stand out. The […]
Having so far powered from the short-sharp-shock of their debut single Harvest to the grandiose stoner metal attack of The Looming, Empire State Bastard today take a freshly savage style as they unleash their latest track Moi?. It arrives as the September 1 release of the band’s debut album Rivers of Heresy draws near. Rather […]
Step into the realm of mind-bending melodies and technical prowess as OBSCURA presents their highly anticipated live album, A Celebration I – Live in North America, which will be released on October 27 via Nuclear Blast Records. Witness the sheer brilliance of this German metal band as they take the stage by storm, leaving audiences […]
Masters of extreme metal RINGWORM have made their long-awaited return today with the release of their 9th full-length album, Seeing Through Fire, out now from Nuclear Blast Records. An auditory wrecking ball of filth, chaos and reckless abandon, RINGWORM sinks their teeth into listeners with pummeling tracks like Thought Crimes, No Solace, No Quarter, No […]
One of the best-known voices in rock, SCOTT STAPP, reconnects with a Higher Power on his new single, from his forthcoming album with Napalm Records. Born during the dark and difficult isolation of quarantine, Higher Power is a propulsive track that turns the singer’s own near-death experiences into an acknowledgement of grace. SCOTT STAPP says […]
Mexican death grind band BRUJERIA put the world of cartels and ritualistic murder on wax with a brutal power equivalent to when Compton arrived in pop culture via NWA. On September 15, the band will unleash their fifth full-length album Esto Es Brujeria onto the world via Nuclear Blast Records. Bruja Encabronada is the second […]
In support of their hotly-anticipated, fifth studio album Everfrost ,out on September 22, 2023 via AFM Records, power metal force WINTERSTORM is premiering a lyric video for their new single Fate of the Atlanteans. “In “Fate of the Atlanteans” we ask humanity, if it does not realize that if we do not change our way […]
Hailing from Adelaide, South Australia, Nakatomi Plaza redefines the power trio for modern audiences – the performer (Chinese/Scottish bass player and vocalist Jason Sym Choon), the powerhouse (Jason Eyers-White, best described by one reviewer as a muscular presence on drums) and the technical wizard (chief songwriter and riff merchant Jason Higgs on guitar). Yes, you […]
Deadly Bite has become a firm live favourite during controlled chaotic powerhouse, O.R.k’s recent shows, resonating strongly with the audience. The subject matter deals with the role of the subconscious and its function as a store of dreams and memories, and considering how it can shape everyday, waking life. The lyrics touch on the subject […]
Gearing up for the release of their sophomore album and Napalm Records debut, Heaven Into Dust, out this Friday, August 25, 2023, German speed metallers KNIFE unveil their third new single, No Gods in the Dark. Metal Hammer Germany gave the unit’s first album, Knife (2021), 6 out of 7 points, and critics are already […]
Just before his first solo album drops this Friday, DragonForce vocalist MARC HUDSON has released the third single and title track from his highly anticipated solo debut, Starbound Stories. On this track, he’s joined by prog guitarist Galen Stapley (Azure), who provides a fascinating solo. Together with MARC HUDSON’s crystal clear vocals, the song develops […]
Gold-selling hard rockers Of Mice & Men previously announced their new album Tether on October 6 via SharpTone. Today, they have shared the Castaway video. “‘Castaway’ is about longing for connection with the people in our lives who tend to distance themselves when dealing with hardships, and how our inability to help them often feels […]
Mantra of The Cosmos, the new group comprising some of the most influential British artists of the last 30 years, have collided once again to bring you their second musical offering in new single X (Wot You Sayin?), out now via BMG. The band road-tested the track recently at their debut official performance headlining Glastonbury’s […]
Today, Melbourne synth-driven post-punk outfit screensaver have shared the single and video for Drainer, the second release lifted from their forthcoming album Decent Shapes out Friday 20 October via Poison City/Upset the Rhythm. To coincide with the single drop, the band has also announced a run of national tour dates, taking the new album to […]
After two and a half years of covid related delays, KAOSIS took to their hometown stage in MAUNGANUI, AOTEAROA. It was a welcome respite from the lockdowns for the loyal local fandom. The show was recorded and will be released in full as an EP in December courtesy of RAIL RECORDS/ BLOOD BLAST DISTRIBUTION. Over […]
Arizona death-crusters GO AHEAD AND DIE will deliver their caustic sophomore album Unhealthy Mechanisms on October 20 via Nuclear Blast Records. A torrential whirlwind born from the livid minds of Igor Amadeus Cavalera (HEALING MAGIC) and Max Cavalera (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY). This new instalment to the band’s dystopian catalogue is a fresh dive into the […]
California metal band SILENT PLANET have announced their new album SUPERBLOOM. It arrives November 3 via Solid State Records. The release date is significant for the band, as it arrives on the anniversary of their horrific van accident. Today, the band has shared the music video for Collider. “Take all the darkness. All the vitriol, […]
Multi-platinum rock band Staind has dropped the third single, In This Condition from their forthcoming album, Confessions of the Fallen. Staind’s highly anticipated new album, Confessions of the Fallen – the band’s first new studio album since 2011 – will be released September 15, 2023 via Alchemy Recordings/BMG. The 10 tracks featured on Confessions of […]
earMUSIC are thrilled to announce the long-awaited release of LEFT, the upcoming album by the iconic rock band Helmet. After the critically acclaimed Dead to the World in 2016, Helmet is back with their signature blend of heavy, riff-loaded rock and evocative lyrics that have resonated with fans worldwide for over three decades. “Time for […]
Ahead of the release of their impending new album Fatalism, due out on September 1 via Resist Records in Australia and SharpTone Records for the rest of the world, Sydney melodic metalcore outfit Polaris have today unveiled a captivating new single, Overflow. Boasting translucent melodics, smouldering guitars, and emphatic vocals, Overflow is an immersive and […]
Austrian heavy metal outfit ROADWOLF unleash a new lyric video for the track Mark of The Devil, taken from their electrifying second full-length, Midnight Lightning, released in May 2023 via Napalm Records. ROADWOLF’s new offering again confirms the band’s standing as one of the current metal bands that keep the true spirit of heavy metal […]
Nuclear Blast Records August 25 This is going to be an interesting review for me because it’s actually the first one I have ever done based solely on the quality of conversation I had with the band when I did the interview. Legend has it that Till The Dirt frontman Kelly Shaefer is known as […]
Golden Robot Records 25 August 2023 Shepherds Reign are a band packed with might and power. The five-piece Polynesian outfit from South Auckland, NZ, are a melting pot of influences and sounds. Their lyrics are almost exclusively sung in Samoan, and musically they deliver thundering, pulsing, pure metal that carries those lyrics with intensity. Samoa […]
On September 7 New Line Cinema brings you the horror thriller The Nun II, the next chapter in the story of The Nun. 1956 – France. A priest is murdered. An evil is spreading. The sequel to the worldwide smash hit follows Sister Irene as she once again comes face-to-face with Valak, the demon nun. […]
With It Only Takes A Night hitting cinemas tomorrow HEAVY Cinema sat down to chat to director Chris Durlik about it. Take a listen to the interview right here:
It is one of the biggest films in cinemas at the moment so we got Dave Griffiths, Kyle McGrath and Lee Griffiths to review Gran Turismo. Take a listen to their review right here:
Over the past few years the amount of laugh out loud comedies that have been released in cinemas has been pretty low. It’s strange given that with the way the world is today what most people probably need to do is laugh – well now the time to laugh has come in the form of […]
More than 50 museums spanning 23 countries have already confirmed their participation in SABATON’s unprecedented global museum initiative entitled “History Rocks”, which revolves around the worldwide premiere of the Swedish heavy metal band’s animated film, “The War To End All Wars – The Movie” this coming November. As word of the project spreads, more and more museums […]
David Griffiths, Harley Woods, Kyle McGrath and Lee Griffiths sit down to discuss the Best Movies About Musicians. Take a listen to the discussion right here:
HEAVY Cinema’s David Griffiths, Harley Woods, Kyle McGrath and Lee Griffiths take a look at what they feel are the best adult orientated comedy movies of all time. Take a listen to their thoughts right here:
The Adelaide Film Festival (AFF) has announced its first films for the 2023 Festival, including the Australian premiere of Goran Stolevski’s Housekeeping for Beginners, a special preview of the South Australian docu-drama Speedway and this year’s Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of a Fall. Both Housekeeping for Beginners and Speedway received production funding from the innovative Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund, […]
One of the most underrated films to have been released over recent years had to be 2018’s The Meg. This action-packed juggernaut did everything expected of it and more, yet for some reason was quickly forgotten by audiences. The question that left everybody asking was – what exactly did people expect from a film that […]
It is sometimes strange how a good film can seem to magically appear out of thin air. With very little publicity many could assume that April Mullen’s (Wander) Simulant may not be worth the price of admission. But that assumption would be wrong because this turns out to be one of the most unusual and […]
Acorn Media is thrilled to be bringing series 1 – 3 of anthology horror CREEPSHOW to BluRay, DVD and Digital on September 27. The series, based on the 1982 movie, features vignettes that explore terror, murder, the supernatural and the unexplainable. It’s the most fun you’ll ever have being scared! From showrunner Greg Nicotero (The […]
