Melbourne metal outfit Munt could easily lay claim to being one of the most brutal acts this country has produced. Their music is frenetic, dangerous, aggressive and strangely beautiful – to the point that despite the visceral carnage going on around you, you can’t help but be swept up in the sonic musical landscape as […]
Australian heavy outfit Villa Morta have pulled no punches with their recent single The Abstract. The track highlights the maturing side of Villa Morta’s music, helped in part by a professional production team that enabled the band to pull from parts of their musical psyche that hadn’t been tested before. The Abstract comes with a […]
US rock outfit Soil are credited by many as being the pioneers of a genre that has birthed bands of the calibre of Godsmack, Spineshank and Mudvayne. Regardless of whether you subscribe to that theory or not, one thing that is undeniable is the impact Soil have had on the music landscape since bursting onto […]
For the first time in 13 years US post-hardcore outfit Saosin are packing their bags and making the trek to Australia for an epic run of shows that will also be the first time since forever Aussie fans will get the chance to see the band with original vocalist Anthony Green back out the front. […]
Heilung are more than just a band, they are a sonic and visceral extension of life itself. Since their inception in 2015 and through albums Ofnir (2015), Futha (2019) and Drif (2022), Heilung have traversed the musical landscape, describing themselves more as a ritual collective than a band, with their music described as amplified history. […]
Thirty years is a long time in the music industry, and as such these milestones should always be celebrated. And what better way to do that than by bringing the band over to Australia, which is exactly what Irish rockers Ash plan to do this March. “We were still kids that hadn’t learnt to play […]
Not long now until the mighty Dreamkillers hit Vinnies Dive Bar on the Gold Coast on March 11. What’s more, is they are bringing Byron Bay wrecking ball From Crisis To Collapse along for the party with local supports Kaosphere and Entrapment. Tickets available now through Oztix and for under $20 this show represents bang […]
Moondoll 2023 just got bigger and better with the second and final band announcement today. East Coast Alien, Bluntfield, PistonFist, Jollee, The Waters Edge Band, Clam Sandwhich, Dirty Liars, Brett Bites, Preemo Trash Music and Daynosaur have all been added to the line-up which already boasts Avalanche, The Silencio, Mecha Mecha, Engraved, Regular Gonzales, Chavez […]
Bleeding Art Collective presents the HATE FROM PAIN AUSTRALIAN TOUR featuring Victorian metalcore crushers, the unstoppable NICOLAS CAGE FIGHTER, Western Australian death metal kill machine XENOBIOTIC and special guests also hailing from Victoria, savage death metal maniacs ZEOLITE. Presented on behalf of Metal Blade Records, Unique Leader Records and EVP Recordings this tour will be […]
Melbourne masters of metal King Parrot make their way up to the Sunshine State this Easter for two massive shows in two new brand-new venues they’ve never conquered on previous journeys. On Thursday, April 6 there will be a Good Friday eve gathering at the one and only Mo’s Desert Clubhouse on the Gold Coast, […]
Regurgitator announce UNITS – 25 YEARS OF UNIT IN ONE ELECTRIC STREAM OF SOUND AND COLOUR touring the nation in celebration of their iconic 1997 album, which will be played in full, in all its pixelated density, along with an extended set of hits. Returning for the national tour will be UNIT-era Regurgitator keytarist Shane […]
The Melbourne Guitar Show has today added another haul of artists to the already impressive line-up, with the iconic show set to rock Caulfield Racecourse on March 4 and 5 – tickets are on sale now from www.melbourneguitarshow.com.au. It’s been 3 long years since the last show was devoured by over 5,000 guitar and music-loving […]
Hardline Media are thrilled to be bringing SACRED REICH & VIO-LENCE Down Under in less than one week. Formed in 1985, in Phoenix, Arizona, SACRED REICH are credited with being leaders of the second wave of Thrash Metal in the ’80s, alongside Testament, Death Angel and Dark Angel. With their socially conscious and political brand […]
On Sunday, March 5, Spliffs n Riffs Festival is back at The Rosemount Hotel, North Perth, and it’s bigger, badder, and louder than ever before. With three stages and an impressive line-up of Melbourne bands like Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows, Khan, and Planet of the 8s, as well as 17 more stoner, rock, […]
Fresh off supporting Clay J. Gladstone (AU) and Tiny Moving Parts (USA), as well as opening for Good Things Festival Sydney, Father Deer Hands (NSW) are ready to take to the stage and play their debut EP, Sad Souls Don’t Float Upstream, along with some other bangers. Hailing from the suburbs of Sydney comes, Father […]
Platinum-selling San Diego powerhouse PIERCE THE VEIL and Gold-certified, Columbus Ohio rockers BEARTOOTH are teaming up for a huge doubleheader and will be hitting Australian shores this July with special guests, Southern California quartet DAYSEEKER. PIERCE THE VEIL have become iconic in their genre and their return has been fiercely welcomed. The band Rolling Stone […]
Apostate Sermon is the final song off of Melbourne extreme metal outfit Munt‘s new EP Pain Ouroboros. The song melds anthemic and blistering blackened crust with percussive and crushing modern hardcore. This piece is the final self-righteous statement of rebellion, rejection and defiant liberation. An apostate reflects those who have renounced religious belief. This hymn; […]
Hot on the heels of explosive, 2022-released collabs with forward-thinking metal bands ERRA and Polaris, hard-hitting Aussie producer PhaseOne has now partnered with Void Of Vision for raucous new track titled Eyes Wide Shut. It’s a radioactive cauldron of synths and beats, thunderous sounds, soaring vocals, and clawed-the-bowels-of-hell screams. It’s a sonic thrill ride in […]
Fresh from their Victorian holiday, The Unknowns are stoked to announce their forthcoming album, East Coast Low, set for release on March 10 via Bargain Bin. With the news comes their new riffing beast of a single, Shot Down. A quick injection of garage punk that rips through your speakers in just two and a […]
Melbourne hardcore outfit HEAVENSGATE have unleashed their anticipated debut EP, AND ALL I LOVED, I LOVED ALONE, out now via Greyscale Records in partnership with 1126 Records. The EP impressively boasts co-writing and production credits from studio member and label-mate, Joshua Ang (Pincer+) as well as drum production from metal mastermind Erik Bickerstaffe (Loathe) and […]
Cannibal Culture is the new single from Australian blackened sludge veterans Lo!‘s forthcoming album The Gleaners, out April 7 via Pelagic Records. Directed by Lo! bass player Adrian Shapiro, in Cannibal Culture we awake to a grim representation of modern man, the contemptuous clown of capitalism. Applying his “human” face to greet the world. “I […]
South Australian rock outfit Higgs Field have released their first track for 2023. The new song is called Us Forever and it’s about the intense and obsessive feelings held by a serial killer as he stalks his victims. Loosely based on a true story, this song builds like a slasher film but sounds like a […]
Adelaide rock band Bad//Dreems have announced their new album HOO HA! will be released on May 19, 2023. The new single from the album See You Tomorrow is out today. What does a warrior do without a war to fight? He yells the week’s headlines down the wire of the UHF with blaring static as […]
Australian doom cultists OCEANLORD release the eerie video clip for 2340, the first track taken from their forthcoming new album Kingdom Cold. The unfathomable debut is slated for release on May 26. OCEANLORD comment: “The song ‘2340’ is our dirge of treachery named for the hour the Titanic hit the iceberg, written to capture the […]
Step aside and pay heed, Melbourne’s Munt have re-emerged from Covid obscurity in an evolved form. Pain Ouroboros, Munt’s new 5-track EP, demonstrates vision focused towards unrelenting aggression and breakneck delivery of riffs fusing influences from grind, blackened death metal and modern hardcore. Apostate Sermon is the second video release and closing track from Pain […]
Rising from the Northern Beaches of Sydney, metalcore shredders ENGRAVED dive deep into the scene with their new ground-shaking, melodically energetic track Wake Up. Devised from the creative elements of heavy hitters that know how to make the crowd bounce, Wake Up is fuelled with powerful breakdowns, singingly catchy solos and head-banging guitar riffs. The […]
March 3 Independent I remember seeing Munt play live somewhere and being blown away by the sheer ferocity of their music and performance, but I also remember questioning whether their music would have the same effect on me in the recorded medium. Well, now’s my chance to find out as I sit down to review […]
Photos by Angie New Photography Words by Matt New Very rarely do you get to witness such a special occasion within the fabric of music history. LA Punk rock icons Bad Religion and Social Distortion have paved the way for countless punk and hardcore bands to follow across many generations. Their return to Australian shores […]
Wormholedeath Records February 24 Words by Kris Peters One look at the name of this Melbourne crustmetal/deathpunk outfit I am about to review is enough to win me over on its own. Even with the funny dots over the vowels, it is still pretty easy to make out the name Kuntsquad and having led a […]
March 17 Rockfest Records I have to admit when I first saw the debut album from World Gone Cold cross my desk with the word “supergroup” attached to it, I nearly scrolled straight past. Not because I’m a snob or anything like that, it’s more because generally when a promotor feels the need to add […]
