Fire From The Gods have never been backward in coming forward, with their music not only providing a source of entertainment, but also a running commentary on the world we live in. That has been stepped up a notch with the band’s new album, Soul Revolution, which is due out on October 28. The title […]
“…there’s going to always be a faction of people that seem to support but are much more connected to certain timelines of my work and I get that! I think the biggest thing for me to say is that I respect the audience, I respect everybody’s right and decision to like and dislike things, but, […]
Those looking forward to seeing Halestorm on their Australian tour early next year have been dealt another winning hand with the announcement that Canadian rock outfit Theory (formerly Theory Of A Deadman) will be touring partners for the complete run of shows. Theory have only ever been out this way once before in 2018, and […]
Since forming in 2010, Texas instrumental outfit Polyphia have taken the world by storm, redefining the instrumental side of music by combining intricate guitar riffs with hip-hop rhythms, bass-heavy trap music, and progressive metal and rock influences. It is a blending of styles that has seen Polyphia release three studio albums to date, with a […]
IMMORTAL have completed work on their upcoming new studio album. Their new record, War Against All, will be released via Nuclear Blast Records. This is the band’s 10th studio album, and it will feature 8 new songs in classic IMMORTAL style. The band ìs founder Demonaz states: “Immortal continues the style that was established and […]
Returning for a third huge instalment, Metal in the Mountains promises to again shake the granite foundations of the otherwise peaceful town of Beechworth. Venturing out into the open air for the first time, this show is growing into an all-encompassing celebration of alternate culture. Featuring an impressive lineup of all-Australian hard-hitting bands, the event promises […]
KNOTFEST, the destination festival brand curated by SLIPKNOT, is continuing its ever-expanding global domination with the announcement of its next location – KNOTFEST AUSTRALIA in 2023. The music and counterculture experience created by the multi-platinum sonic phenomenon SLIPKNOT, will hit the East coast of Australia starting on Friday, March 24 at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, […]
Berkeley alternative rock quartet Mom Jeans are proud to announce their return to Australian shores for the Sweet Tooth Australian Tour, joined by fellow alt-rockers, Microwave (US). Presented by Destroy All Lines in association with Sequel Music Group, Australian fans are invited to indulge in their sweet tooth in March 2023, with tickets on sale […]
Australian metal juggernauts PARKWAY DRIVE are returning to the U.S. for a headline tour in Winter 2023. The trek is special for several reasons. It’s Parkway Drive’s first U.S. tour support of their seventh album Darker Still, out now via Epitaph Records. It’s also the first time the band has toured the U.S. since April […]
HOST, the new project from PARADISE LOST vocalist Nick Holmes and guitarist Greg Mackintosh, have signed to Nuclear Blast Records and announced their debut album IX, for release on February 24. To coincide with the announcement, HOST have released a video for their first single Tomorrow’s Sky, a cascading, synth laden track driven by an […]
Prepare to be scared stiff, it’s another rage Halloween Special! rage have lined up some of the most bone-chilling music videos from the deep, dark corners of the Vault, plus a very special spooky-season guest, Jacoby Shaddix of Papa Roach. He’s bringing a stack of music videos from The Retaliators soundtrack, the Samuel Gonzalez Jr. […]
CVLTFEST, Alpha Wolf‘s special one-off heavy music festival, makes its debut this Sunday at Melbourne Pavilion, Kensington. This truly spectacular lineup curated by the band themselves features Alpha Wolf as the headliners and with friends Silent Planet (USA), DEEZ Nuts (their first show back in Australia in nearly 4 years), Currents (USA), The Beautiful Monument, […]
Ritual collective HEILUNG will perform in Australia for the first time ever in March 2023. News of their announcement saw an unprecedented public response, with the Melbourne show on March 4 selling out within hours of going on sale! Due to the incredible demand, a second and final show has been added for Melbourne on […]
Life Over Vices is the follow-up to Gold Coast metal outfit Awake In Time’s opening chapter of three singles, Panic. The second of three songs recorded through the covid period, Life Of Vices continues the heavy platform already established with another slab of brutality. As a collective, the three tracks – the final of which […]
Ska-punk heavyweights Less Than Jake have released their deluxe version of their hit album Silver Linings, which is out now via Pure Noise Records and includes two rare full-band tracks, as well as four acoustic versions of album tracks. Listen to No One To Judge Me below.
After their successful and first-ever appearance at Wacken Open Air Festival 2022, modern horror metal band MISTER MISERY have released their new single Welcome Insanity to coincide with their European tour. “Although Mister Misery is about letting go of reality, it felt important to us that this song be the first release after we got […]
Meritorious masters of melancholic metal KATATONIA carry on their legacy of rearranging the order of the heavy music universe, proudly presenting their hauntingly beautiful next studio album, Sky Void of Stars, out January 20, 2023, via Napalm Records. Founded in 1991, KATATONIA have continually embraced the dark and the light alike and, living through genre […]
German modern metal upstarts LEAGUE OF DISTORTION deliver the next milestone in their young careers. Following the successful release of first singles Wolf or Lamb and My Revenge, LEAGUE OF DISTORTION – featuring the musical finesse and experience of Anna “Ace” Brunner (Exit Eden) and Jim “Arro” Müller (Kissin’ Dynamite) – abandon all rules with […]
After the long-awaited release of their staggering fourth studio album, Voices In The Sky, Finnish melodic death metal outfit BRYMIR have revealed a new lyric video for their epic, hard-hitting track Forged in War. With thousands of views on their videos and more than one hundred thousand streams on their latest tracks, the band has […]
A-Z, the new band formed by Fates Warning icons Ray Alder and Mark Zonder, have released a new music video for the track At The Waters Edge off of the band’s self-titled, debut album that came out on August 12, 2022. Drummer and founding member Mark Zonder had this to say about At The Waters […]
Devin Townsend is set to release his forthcoming new album Lightwork on Friday 4 November 2022, following months of hard work finishing the album, as well as an extensive European touring schedule that included 2 nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall. He is also pleased to launch the epic new video for the track Lightworker, […]
Ohio quartet The Plot In You have shared the new song Divide which was produced by Tewers and mixed by Zakk Cervini (Bring Me The Horizon, MGK, Yungblood). The song deftly demonstrates both the heavy and melodic side of the band, all the while exploring news lyrical territory. “I went into this song wanting to […]
HOST, the new project from PARADISE LOST vocalist Nick Holmes and guitarist Greg Mackintosh, have signed to Nuclear Blast Records and announced their debut album IX, for release on February 24. To coincide with the announcement, HOST have released a video for their first single Tomorrow’s Sky, a cascading, synth laden track driven by an […]
Following their much acclaimed sixth studio album Revolt, the band’s first international record in English (January 2022, AFM Records ), Czech psy-core metal act Dymytry have released a new music video for 300. The song features Joakim Lindbäck Eriksson of Brothers Of Metal on guest vocals. Singer Alen Ljubic comments: “300 revolves around the mythical […]
To celebrate the release of their upcoming, hotly-anticipated debut album in glorious style, today, IRON ALLIES, the brand new band featuring former ACCEPT members Herman Frank and David Reece, has unleashed a final single and music video for heavy metal anthem Destroyers Of The Night. The band’s first full-length album, Blood In Blood Out, drops […]
Swedish melodic death metal formation THE UNGUIDED startle with an out of the blue release – their new digital EP, 616, out now Retracing their own history, the salient Swedes offer this collection of re-imagined and re-recorded versions of their most beloved songs from their incredible musical cataloge. Bringing back their notorious, quick tempered, and […]
Brisbane blackened thrash/death metal act Idle Ruin have dropped their new single Delta Hexatoxin. The track comes off an upcoming full-length album which the band have been busy working on throughout 2022 with Brendan “Pip” Auld at Black Blood Audio, who also recorded their first EP and the split release Malefactors with Germany’s Boundless Chaos. […]
HALF ME are one of the newest additions to the Arising Empire roster. Hailing from Hamburg, Germany, the heavy music five-piece was founded in October 2018 after the demise of each other’s local bands. In just two years the band has been able to make an impact in the music scene by self-producing music and […]
What’s that old saying again? “The more things change, the more they stay the same”—right? When it comes to Michigan based metal outfit For The Fallen Dreams, perhaps a more fitting but just as timeless adage would be “change is the only constant.” With a career defined by constant progression and dedication to refining and […]
THECITYISOURS have released their new single Alive, directed by the band’s very own Oli Duncanson. A massive EFX experience in a nostalgic retro gaming environment, out now worldwide via Arising Empire. The band states: “‘Alive’ is about acknowledging the demons we have experienced in our lives & actively changing our mindset to banish them to […]
On a moonless night, metal powerhouse NUCLEAR BLAST dared to gaze into the pitch-black abyss and summoned one of the most vicious and menacing forces roaming the European death metal scene to join their ranks. Today, both of them are proud to announce that ABORTED have answered the call. The true scenario behind the signing […]
Rock music’s most exciting debut of 2022, Classless Act, are giving listeners a different, unplugged take on the amped up, energetic anthems that make up their acclaimed album, Welcome To The Show, which was released June 24 via Better Noise Music and has already racked up more than 2 million streams. The L.A.-based five-piece will […]
German nu-metal band OCEANS are set to release their third EP Hell Is Where The Heart Is – Part III: Clarity next month. It serves as the final part of the Hell Is Where The Heart Is EP series and will be released on November 25 along with the album Hell Is Where The Heart […]
Brisbane based outfit ZUKØ have just released their new single Solace. The single is taken from their forthcoming debut EP called Hereditary, which is set for release on November 18. ZUKØ was formed in amongst the chaos & commotion during the Covid-19 pandemic when Logan, Jordan and Ben (formerly of Bled Out) linked up with […]
LA-based nu-metal band CINNAMON BABE continues to blaze a path as one of the most outspoken newcomers in heavy music. With the immense response to their single Rock N Roll Is Black leading to an ongoing discourse online and escalating to the point of a ban on TikTok that lasted for several weeks, frontwoman Stormi […]
Canberra based Metalcore lords A World In Colour have just released their new single and video Break Me. The new single displays a more melodic hardcore/metalcore crossover, bringing a fresh sound to an already cramped scene. “Break Me is essentially a bit of a post breakup song and is really trying to capture and describe […]
The Damned revisit Neat Neat Neat, their second-ever single, and wield their dark musical alchemy to cross over into the realm of the undead with a brilliant take on Bauhaus’ landmark first single Bela Lugosi’s Dead. It could only happen on A Night Of A Thousand Vampires. Filmed and recorded live at The London Palladium […]
Melbourne-based metalcore group DEADSKIN have released their new song, NO LOVE, an out-of-control rollercoaster ride that makes you feel like it could derail any second. The new single produced by Body Prison’s Tom Cadden was written by vocalist Mitchell Rawlings in 2020 bringing an eerie atmosphere to a strong, concrete-shattering rhythm. The psychological horror-themed visuals […]
Out Now Words by Jimmy Glinster Priorities, never heard of ‘em? Neither have I, so don’t feel bad about it, you’re not the only one. Luckily for them though, the lovely Misha at Overdrive sent me over their tunes for review and I figured if they have her approval, they may just be lucky enough […]
October 28 Better Noise Music Words by Erin Eddy Humanity is feeling fatigue. Are we nearing rock bottom as a species? If you sit back and really deliberate on the past few years of human existence, you’ll likely reach the same comprehension as I did; “Wow, we’ve been through some SHIT.” Unprecedented Times has become […]
Nuclear Blast Records Out Now Words by Jimmy Glinster When I took on this review, I actually thought I was reviewing an American band with a similar name, which I can’t remember right now. As it turns out, I’m reviewing a German supergroup metal opera project created by Tobias Sammet, vocalist of the band Edguy. […]
Pix by Squirty I swear, the Lagerstein boys will be starting to think I have something against them. For the umpteenth time I didn’t arrive early enough to catch their set, and no matter how many times I apologise to them, you can just tell they think I’m full of it. Yes boys, in general […]
Words by Erin Eddy Out Now It was only very recently that a friend of mine directed me toward Melbourne metalcore band Vatic and what I listened to at the time definitely piqued my interest. When the opportunity was presented to me to listen to and review their sophomore EP, Mercer 217, I was eager […]
Out NowWords by Jimmy Glinster Now, before you all get your testies in a tangle about it not being Skid Row because Sebastian isn’t in the band, just shut the fuck up, because The Gang’s All Here! Well, a version of it anyway, so let’s not judge before we listen. I sure as hell won’t […]
Barbarian is a horror thriller which stands out from the pack. It follows Tess (Georgina Campbell) who travels to Detroit for a job interview. Arriving at night she discovers her AirBnB rental property is already occupied by Keith (Bill Skarsgård). Surprising at first it appears to be an accidental double booking and the two eventually […]
Aussie filmmaker Corey Pearson chats to Subculture about his new film The Spy Who Never Dies which is available on STAN now. Take a listen to the full interview below:
Tickets are now on sale for Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” the action-packed feature film that ventures back to the kingdom of Wakanda where a new threat emerges from a hidden undersea nation called Talokan. A brand-new trailer and images also debuted today. Fans counting the days to the film’s November 10 release can purchase […]
Today the BBC and Disney Branded Television – two giants of entertainment – have come together to transform Doctor Who into a global franchise. Under a shared creative vision, they will deliver this quintessentially British show to future generations on an unprecedented scale with Disney+ as the exclusive home for new seasons of Doctor Who. The announcement – which was […]
Today, Disney+ shared the trailer for the new Marvel Studios’ Special Presentation, “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special,” and announced that the special will premiere on November 25, exclusively on Disney+. In the “The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special,” the Guardians, who are on a mission to make Christmas unforgettable for Quill, head to […]
Screenwriting legend Neil LaBute this week chats to HEAVY Cinema about his brand new film House Of Darkness – starring Justin Long and Kate Bosworth. Take a listen to the full interview below:
LOVE BY THE GLASS, a new romantic feature starring Susie Abromeit (Love In Bloom, Jessica Jones) and Tim Ross (Romance on the Menu, Dive Club, Wonderland), is currently shooting in Brisbane, Australia. The eighth romance film from The Steve Jaggi Company (SJc), LOVE BY THE GLASS tells the story of an unlikely pairing – Allee and Ethan […]
Check out the new trailer for Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania”—an epic, sci-fi adventure film hitting the big screen on February 16, 2023. In the film, which officially kicks off phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Super-Hero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) return to continue their adventures as […]
