Armored Saint have successfully negotiated the metal landscape for over forty years, bearing large influence on the heavy metal scene for which they were cast. With their latest album Punching The Sky set for release on October 23, bass player Joey Vera sat down with HEAVY to fill us in on what has been happening with the band. We start by asking if he still gets nervous about an album release four decades on. Continue reading ARMORED SAINT Keep Swinging at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, ...
With their second album Nameless Horrors due out on October 23, death metal duo Aetherial sat down with HEAVY to talk about the album and other things coming from the band. “Nameless Horrors is eight tracks and I guess we really wanted to evolve the sounds from the previous record The Still Waters of Oblivion,” explained bass player Cassandra George. Continue reading AETHERIAL To Release “Nameless Horrors” at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Dry Kill Logic were one of the pioneering bands of the nu-metal movement that started in the early 2000s. Their debut album The Darker Side of Nonsense catapulted them into the mainstream and subsequent albums The Dead And Dreaming and Of Vengeance And Violence left them on the precipice of world domination. Then, in 2006, the band suddenly disbanded and was lost to the music landscape for over a decade before re-emerging last year with the single “Vices”. Continue reading DRY ...
Words by Andy Parkinson Opal Ocean is made up by Alex Champ and Nadav Tabak, both incredibly gifted guitarists who have been honing their craft since a young age. Growing up on a healthy diet of acts such as Metallica, Dream Theatre, Tool and Opeth, both musicians independently found themselves drawn to the acoustic guitar but with a progressive metal edge. Continue reading OPAL OCEAN In The Zone at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Australian iconic rock band The Screaming Jets refused to let COVID impact their plans to put out new music this year, with the band deciding instead to rework and re-record five of their classic tunes and assemble them on one E.P. Favourites “Helping Hand”, “Shivers” “Sad Song”, “Friend of Mine” and “October Grey” have all received special treatment and are out now neatly packaged under the moniker Bitter Pill. Continue reading THE SCREAMING JETS Rework Classic Tunes on “Bitter ...
Twenty years ago Linkin Park took the music world by storm with their debut album Hybrid Theory. Now, to celebrate the milestone, the band have released the definitive vision of the album with the Hybrid Theory:20th Anniversary Edition out now through Warner Music. The reissue will be available in multiple configurations, including a Super Deluxe Box, Vinyl Box Set, Deluxe CD, and Digital. Continue reading LINKIN PARK Release “Hybrid Theory” 20th Anniversary Edition at HEAVY ...
With the next season of Fat Pizza set to start filming next week, Bobo took some time out to have a chat with HEAVY and answer your questions. This week he tackles these subjects… will Bobo get out of prison in the next series, will he get more screentime and unleash the chainsaw, is his guitar/chainsaw in the picture real and where did the idea come from, how to stop a dog humping your leg, does he play an instrument and how he would deal with the COVID situation if he ran the ...
Words by Mick J Welcome to ‘In the Studio’ #3 with Tony Mantz, owner and founder of Jack the Bear’s Deluxe Mastering. With credit to Tony, I was fortunate enough for him to complete this issue between a hospital trip and a fire scare, much appreciated mate! Music mastering has always had an enigmatic quality to this artform and mystique. Tony sheds some light on this for us. Continue reading In The Studio #3 With TONY ‘JACK THE BEAR’ MANTZ at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal ...
This Goes To 11 is a new column hosted by Mark Dalbeth. Mark was born in New Zealand and now lives in Los Angeles, and would be better known in Australia as having been part of the band Bellusira. Following his dreams, Mark moved to LA and has been working on Rav Medic plus an exciting new project he has in the works. Continue reading This Goes To 11 #3 With BILLY GRAZIADEI From BIOHAZARD at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Brisbane thrash metal exponents Odius are ready to unleash their debut EP on the world, bringing aggression and intensity back to a genre that has become increasingly safe. With a collection of songs – some of which have been festering for over 5 years – Ignorance Paid In Violence showcases a band at the top of their game and ready to decimate the eardrums of those within a ten-mile radius. Continue reading ODIUS To Release Debut EP at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & ...
Crobot have released another single from their highly successful album Motherbrain. Following on from “Low Life” and “Gasoline”, the band have put out “Burn”, a typically offbeat video from Crobot that explores intergalactic themes centring around the final days of the planet while it burns. Watch “Burn” below: Continue reading CROBOT Watch The World “Burn” With New Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Sabaton have released an animated film clip for “Night Witches” in collaboration with Yarn Hub. Pär Sundström comments: “I first came into contact with Yarn Hub when a fan recommended a video that was connected to one of our songs and I was impressed by the emotions Yarn Hub delivers in their videos. When Yarn Hub asked if they could feature our singer Joakim in a small cameo I said yes instantly and thought it added such a nice touch to the episode about T.E Lawrence. Continue reading ...
The nominations for this year’s ARIA Awards are in! With just seven weeks to go, the nominees were announced via YouTube Premiere today, with the bands up for the prize in the Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album category being: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Chunky Shrapnel (Flightless Records) Parkway Drive – Viva The Underdogs (Resist / Cooking Vinyl Australia) Polaris – The Death Of Me (Resist / Cooking Vinyl Australia) The Amity Affliction – Everyone ...
Phil Campbell And The Bastard Sons have released a music video for their latest single “We’re The Bastards” which is taken from their upcoming album of the same name. We’re The Bastards will be released on November 13 via Nuclear Blast. Watch “We’re The Bastards” below: Pre-save the album on all digital streaming platforms here: http://nblast.de/PhilCampbellATBSpreS Continue reading PHIL CAMPBELL AND THE BASTARDS Release “We’re The Bastards” at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, ...
Death Angel have pulled a double surprise with the release of an unannounced digital EP Under Pressure as well as a unique rendition of Queen and David Bowie’s iconic song of the same name. The EP also features one new song plus acoustic versions of “A Room With A View” and “Revelation Song”. Watch “Under Pressure” below: Stream Under Pressure EP: www.nuclearblast.com/deathangel-underpressure Continue reading DEATH ANGEL With Surprise EP at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & ...
Dutch symphonic metallers Epica have announced their latest album Omega will be released on February 26 next year via Nuclear Blast. Omega will be the band’s first studio album in five years, with lead single “Abyss Of Time” out now. Watch “Abyss Of Time” below: Pre-order the album on iTunes here: EpicaOmega Continue reading EPICA With New Album And Single at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Killer Be Killed have returned with “Dream Gone Bad”, the second single lifted from their anticipated second album, Reluctant Hero which will be out November 20 via Nuclear Blast Records. Featuring Max Cavalera (Soulfly, ex-Sepultura), Ben Koller (Converge/Mutoid Man), Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan/The Black Queen) and Troy Sanders (Mastodon/Gone Is Gone), Killer Be Killed are a legitimate supergroup. Continue reading KILLER BE KILLED Release Second Single at HEAVY Magazine - ...
In Hearts Wake have announced a 2021 tour in support of their fifth studio album Kaliyuga. Joining them on the road will be Thornhill, Gravemind and Drown This City, three of this nations most exciting heavy acts. IN HEARTS WAKE KALIYUGA AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2021 Friday, March 12 – 170 Russell, Melbourne VIC Saturday. March 13 – Manning Bar, Sydney NSW Thursday, March 25– Lion Arts Factory, Adelaide SA Friday, March 26– Magnet House, Perth WA Saturday, March 27– The Tivoli, Brisbane QLD Early ...
Ice Nine Kills have revealed plans for a live album I Heard They Kill Live, which will be out October 30 via Fearless Records/Caroline Australia. To celebrate the band will be performing a live-streamed concert in partnership with Destroy All Lines on the day of the release at 12 pm AEDT. The album features 19 songs recorded from The Worcester Palladium last year. Continue reading ICE NINE KILLS To Release Live Album at HEAVY Magazine - Rock, Punk, Metal Music & Beyond.
Today marks the release of the 50th Anniversary 5 LP/4 CD edition of Black Sabbath’s genre-defining album Paranoid, which features the vinyl debut of two 1970 concerts. Following the success of the band’s self-titled debut album in early 1970, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward returned that fall with Paranoid which became Black Sabbath’s first album to top the U.K charts and has since sold more than 4 million copies in the U.S alone. Continue reading BLACK ...
King Parrot have dropped their brutal EP Holed Up In The Lair, as well as an animated film clip for “Kick Up A Stink”. Known for their entertaining videos in the past, King Parrot have outdone themselves with this effort, using animation to capture the band in a light that would have been impossible using conventional means. Recorded in the legendary Nodferatu’s Lair recording studio in Louisiana USA, Holed Up In The Lair is four scintillating tracks of thrashed out punk rock mayhem ...
Words by Andy Parkinson Don’t think it’s possible to deliver a crushing progressive metal concept album using only two acoustic guitars? That’s most likely because you’re yet to discover Opal Ocean‘s latest album, The Hadal Zone. The dreaded sophomore album is sometimes what can make or break a band. With a lifetime of work and inspiration poured into a debut LP, some artists can sometimes struggle to back it up with an album that’s worthy of following ...
A very special treat was gifted to those of us who are Greg Puciato fans and were anxiously awaiting his debut self titled album titled Child Soldier: Creator of God on October 23. Thanks to some cock (jerk wanna-be album reviewer) deciding to totally ignore Greg’s official release date and take it upon himself to leak the album onto the worldwide piracy webs. Whilst that was, as we all agree, a pretty fucking shitty thing to do to an independent artist who has spent years crafting his ...
Words by Mitch Poland The latest album from California’s Throw the Goat is refreshingly bright and a musical punch in the face in these troubled times. From the crunchy chainsaw guitars and hardcore drums to the howling melodic vocals Capitol Hell packs a nice punch that any budding skateboarder would love to thrash their ears to. Life itself seems as though it took these guys on a musical journey back in time to when music was cool again and spat them back out into the future of the ...
