Japanese metal solo project Esprit D’Air – led by award-winning producer and composer Kai – are on the cusp of releasing a fresh version of the first song Kai ever produced. The track Shuzuku was initially used on Harmonix’s Rock Band 3 for Xbox 360 but has been reworked to include Australian producer Misstiq on […]
Interview by Erin Eddy Punk rockers A Wilhelm Scream will be heading back to Aussie shores in March and are ready to drink beer outta shoes with us all! HEAVY got to chat with Trevor, Nuno and Nicholas who are very enthusiastic about returning to Australia for the first time since 2016. They also explained […]
Knocked Loose are returning to Australia next month as part of the first-ever Knotfest Australia run of shows. Having only been here once before, fans who witnessed those shows can attest to the majestic ferocity of their live performances, and those who missed them… well you have a chance to rectify that over three shows […]
“We make albums, we don’t make singles.” Bjorn Gelotte Swedish purveyors of metal In Flames are counting down to the release of their new album Foregone on February 10. It is an album that the band themselves promise to be heavy and aggressive and one which will nestle comfortably amongst a back catalogue featuring 13 […]
“I don’t think it had been done before, with the quality of music and musicianship and production combined with a female singer with that kind of extreme voice.” Michael Amott Swedish metal masters Arch Enemy are a rare, true enigma of the heavy metal landscape. With a sound impossible to pigeonhole and a live performance […]
Words by Erin Eddy Andrew McMahon has lent his musical talents and name to many successful projects in a career spanning almost 25 years, beginning with the iconic alternative pop-rock band Something Corporate, then moving on to the highly successful Jack’s Mannequin. These days he’s mostly riding solo with his current project Andrew McMahon In […]
Punk rock icon. Author. Radio host. Actor. Grammy winner… 34 years since his first visit down under, Henry Rollins will bring his Good To See You tour to Australia in June/July 2023 – his first spoken word tour in AU since 2016. Armed with a microphone, Rollins will perform in intimate theatres nationwide in this […]
Aussie rockers The Poor are riding high on the early success of their recent album High Price Deed and have set their sights on Europe with a headlining tour kicking off later this month. Local fans need not despair, however, as The Poor will be playing one final show on home soil before heading off […]
New York’s alternative rockers AMERICAN AUTHORS finally return to Australia for the first time since 2014 for their Best Night of My Life Tour. Expect all your favourite AMERICAN AUTHORS “songs from the past, new jams and who knows, maybe even some requests and cover songs” – Zac Barnett. The trio formed in 2006 and […]
The cards are well and truly in our favour in 2023, with Australian heavy weights In Hearts Wake revealing the Decade of Divination Tour, an extra-special run of shows this April and May celebrating the album that started it all back in 2012. Hitting stages this Autumn around the country and along for the ride […]
Today, Regurgitator announce UNITS, a Regurgitator-curated hometown carnival of music, in celebration of their iconic 1997 album UNIT, which will be played in full, in all its pixelated density, along with an extended set of hits next month in Brisbane/Meanjin. Regurgitator will be joined by a plethora of dynamic Brisbane-centric musical cohorts featuring DZ Deathrays, […]
Following extensive and immensely successful European and USA tours throughout 2022, the dark and retrofuturistic music of PERTURBATOR returns to Australia in 2023. Accompanied with new music and further reinventions, PERTUBATOR have signalled a drastic sonic movement and ushered fans into deeper unchartered territory. The latest release, Lustful Sacraments represents James Kent‘s most mature work […]
Life getting a bit too heavy? From the loudest (distorted) guitar to the softest violin, Support Act supports us all. Support Act offers financial assistance and a range of wellbeing support for EVERYONE who works professionally in the music industry and needs someone to lean on. Their assistance travels across all genres of music, with […]
Brisbane metal legends Dreamkillers have announced two bumper shows at Bangalow Bowls Club on March 10 and Vinnies Dive Bar on the Gold Coast on March 11. These will be Dreamkillers first shows of 2023, in what promises to be a massive year for the band with more shows and new music. Joining Dreamkillers at […]
Melbourne rock outfit The Revolation are gearing up for their support slot on February 11 with fellow rockers Stonetrip at Scotties Garage in Melbourne. The Revolation play 70s infused rock with a modern twist and plan to showcase their acoustic side at this show. Stonetrip are jumping in on the action, offering a signed copy […]
Hegemonikon is ROME’s 17th album and holds a few daring surprises: On this new album, the influences of electronica and new wave have shaped ROME’s trademark guitar-based dark folk into a new beast by adding a subtle touch of post-punk synth-rock to the mix. This week he sat down for a chat with Dave Griffiths […]
Victorian alt-metal band Spacegoat is thrilled to be releasing their new single Earthquakes, available everywhere on February 8, 2023. The video is being premiered today via HEAVY. “Earthquakes is essentially an acknowledgement that sadness has its place and is as valid and useful as any of the so-called ‘positive’ emotions,” says vocalist, Ez. “The lyrics to Earthquakes […]
In 2023, German genre-fusing visionaries LORD OF THE LOST are jumping from one highlight to the next. The year began with the band’s first-ever #1 debut on the Official German Album Charts with their new album, Blood & Glitter, followed by a nomination for Germany’s Eurovision Song Contest preliminaries. Right now, they are on a […]
With the David Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream shortlisted as Best Documentary for the 2023 Academy Awards, Classless Act, one of the hottest new rock bands to emerge in 2022, pays tribute to Bowie with its upcoming double-A-side digital single, All The Young Dudes, and Starman. The tracks will be available via all DSPs today, February […]
Prague formation STELL/\RIS have released their latest single Avatar. The song showcases the band’s new direction in cooperation with the American producer Jonathan Doles from KonKrete Studios LA (Cane Hill, For the Fallen Dreams). Last year the band set a high concert pace and thus presented their debut EP Upside Down, released in 2022, to […]
UK-based punk band Honeybadger kick off 2023 with their new single Cold Wind. After a successful 2022, the high-energy trio are back with their latest single which entails energetic guitar riffs and powerful vocals. Cold Wind is about how things always catch up to you if you tell too many lies. Honeybadger are Brighton based, […]
46 years after releasing their groundbreaking debut, Damned Damned Damned, UK music pioneers The Damned return with DARKADELIC, their first studio album since 2018’s UK top 10 Evil Spirits. It follows on the long dark coattails of last year’s live release A Night of a Thousand Vampires (a UK #1) and will be released on […]
Crawling from the shadows into all new sonic horizons, Brisbane’s favourite quartet of doom riffers Dark Moon Society are crashing into 2023 with their highly anticipated sophomore single The Reaper, out on all streaming platforms on Friday, February 10. The Australian conjurers of hard rock sorcery have taken a left turn from the punk influences […]
Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows are back with a brilliant cover of Dark Entries from English goth pioneers, Bauhaus. About their cover, guitarist and vocalist Tim Coutts-Smith comments: “”Dark Entries was another cult underground anthem that was suggested by our community. Originally released in 1980 by English pioneers of goth, Bauhaus, it was seen […]
Flogging Molly recently released their seventh album, Anthem, a raucous affair which found the Celtic punk band reunited with Swagger and Drunken Lullabies engineer Steve Albini. Today the band announce the March 10 arrival of the Til The Anarchy’s Restored EP. The EP features the new single Til The Anarchy’s Restored, with a pair of […]
Michigan metalcore band Of Virtue serve their new single A.N.X.I.E.T.Y. via Arising Empire. Produced by Carson Slovak and Grant McFarland (August Burns Red, Polaris, Hollow Front), with additional production by Chris Shifflett, mixed and mastered by Dan Braunstein (known for his work for Spiritbox, Dayseeker, Volumes), this heavy new material hits you straight in the […]
REDLIGHT KING has revealed a music video for their new single, Eye Of A Hurricane, from the band’s fourth album In Our Blood due March 3 via AFM RECORDS. Eye Of A Hurricane was directed and produced by Strati Havartos who also did the same honors for In Our Blood’s previously released singles: Cold Killer, […]
Renowned melodic death metal band WOLFHEART has unleashed their latest and greatest creation with the official video for their explosive single, Fires of the Fallen, taken from the recently-released full-length album, King of the North, now available via Napalm Records. King of the North continues WOLFHEART’s trademark sound, fusing colossal melodies, powerful vocals, emotionally charged […]
SUICIDE SILENCE have shared the video for new single Dying Life. Watch it below. The track appears on their seventh album Remember… You Must Die via Century Media on March 10. “Our environment is enveloped in death and constant change, as is the vessel we live in,” the band says. “‘Dying Life’ comes from a […]
German NU-Metal/Rock kings From Fall to Spring have announced their first-ever album RISE and serve their new track DRAW THE LINE, a reviving track carrying the torch of the 2000s, being their official attend in the voting for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023. Following last year’s Eurovision Song Contest affair in which Electric Callboy got […]
Connecticut metalcore dynamos CURRENTS have announced their new album The Death We Seek, which will arrive on May 5 via SharpTone. The band has also shared the video for Remember Me. “‘Remember Me’ is a statement to our growing divide between one another,” says singer Brian Wille. “The dark side to technology’s double-edged-sword is access […]
Since their formation in 2008, Moldovan progressive modern metal unit INFECTED RAIN have become one of the most exciting new acts in the heavy music world. In November 2021, in support of their much acclaimed fifth studio album, the futuristic Ecdysis (2022), INFECTED RAIN offered an exclusive concert stream, entitled The Devil’s Dozen. It was […]
To celebrate the one year anniversary of Korn‘s latest album, Requiem, the band has released a new five-song EP. A year ago, the band delivered one of the most unique performances of their career – a live-streamed 300-person intimate ceremony and epic performance honoring souls that had passed, especially those lost during the unprecedented Covid-19 […]
Swedish industrial cult act DEATHSTARS finally return with their latest sonic output Everything Destroys You, which will be released on May 5 through Nuclear Blast Records. Their first release in over eight years marks a long-awaited comeback, spotlighting everything that is DEATHSTARS: adrenaline, bombast, sex and glam. “The reason it’s been taking so long is […]
Turkish melodic thrash/black metal outfit Sacrosanct have released their new album Cosmic Horror. Mixing influences from bands like Testament, Slayer, Behemoth and Dark Throne with 70s progressive hard rock and heavy metal, Sacrosanct have neatly packaged their first ten songs into an offering that highlights their musical pedigree. Check it out here:
Lost in Paradise is the fourth single from Melbourne death-doom metal band Tiger Driver and the accompanying track to their 2022 release, Deceiver. The lyrics tell the story of a land promised to be a paradise, only to be revealed to be a wasteland where the lost and broken fight for survival, only to be […]
Aussie rockers The Poor are riding high on the early success of their recent album High Price Deed and have set their sights on Europe with a headlining tour kicking off later this month. Local fans need not despair, however, as The Poor will be playing one final show on home soil before heading off […]
Words by Erin Eddy Pix by Nick Tevelis Ah, Melbourne, you sly dog, you. Trust you to do that very, very Melbourne thing where you dropthe temperature an offensive amount in the space of 12 hours. Of course, you turned the temp down to ‘fucking-freezing-degrees’ on the night of the Halestorm gig; a sold-out show, […]
Words by Jimmy Glinster Pix by Kaotic Images Editors note: The morning of The Other Festival the person assigned to review the show fell ill and as such had to regretfully sit the show out in favour of his bed. Luckily Jimmy Glinster was already going and agreed to throw some words together, but he […]
Geoff Tate was back in town last night with a young, enthusiastic band at his back. Fast forward to the end; cheers and screams for, “More, one more, more, one more” as the legendary Geoff Tate and band completed “Walk In the Shadows”, a Queensryche classic. Followed by more, “We want more, we want more, […]
AWAL Recordings February 10 Review by Lewd Scoff Every now and again I accept the offer to review a band I’ve heard the name of heaps, but neveractually heard the band. You Me At Six is one of these bands, and Truth Decay is the album underthe microscope today. The band’s eighth studio release sees […]
Pix by Kaotic Images Words by Kris Peters Information from Simon Russell-White Full disclosure here – not that you would expect anything less – but I was not looking forward to seeing and/or reviewing Post Malone at all. In fact before even passing through the gates I had pretty much made up my mind that […]
Review by Lewd Scoff Pix by Helheim Photographic The venue is starting to pump when I finally arrive just before 7pm. Some days I swear I couldn’t organise a runny shit in a gastric attack, but here we are at the Brightside for Glam Fest 2023. Spewing I missed Tuff, and hopefully a rendition of […]
The feature documentary SHARKO, looking at the life of celebrated rugby league legend Mark Graham through the eyes of his filmmaker son Luke, is now filming in Queensland. Written and directed by Luke Graham, SHARKO is an intimate father-son story of how a working-class boy from New Zealand’s tough streets of South Auckland became one of rugby league’s greatest […]
Production has commenced in Melbourne on the 9Network’s new crime drama series Human Error. Inspired by actual events, Human Error stars Leeanna Walsman (Wentworth, Safe Harbour) as Detective Holly O’Rourke, head of a homicide team pursuing a seemingly straightforward murder investigation that explodes into a huge criminal conspiracy. With time running out, Holly must battle a string of mistakes made by […]
ABOUT CHAMPIONSDirector: Bobby FarrellyWriter: Mark RizzoBased on the screenplay by: Javier Fesser, David MarquésExecutive Producers: Woody Harrelson, Brad Kessell, Alexander Jooss, Luis Manso, Álvaro Longoria, Javier FesserProducers: Paul Brooks, Scott Niemeyer, Jeremy PlagerCast: Woody Harrelson, Kaitlin Olson, Ernie Hudson, Cheech Marin, Matt Cook Woody Harrelson stars in the hilarious and heartwarming story of a former minor-league basketball coach who, after […]
Director Peyton Reed joined stars Paul Rudd and Jonathan Majors on the red carpet last night at an Australian Special Fan Event for Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.” Fans came together at HOYTS Entertainment Quarter in Sydney to celebrate the upcoming big-screen debut of the epic, sci-fi adventure. Event images are now available to […]
UMBRELLA ENTERTAINMENT will release the highly anticipated and ultra-violent WINNIE THE POOH: BLOOD AND HONEY in Australian & New Zealand Cinemas from Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th of February with Valentine’s Day’s Special Advance Screenings February 14. Mere months after author A.A. Milne’s original Winnie the Pooh stories had entered the public domain, writer/director Rhys Frake-Waterfield saw the opportunity to ...
The 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF47) will honour Soi Cheang as this year’s Filmmaker-in-Focus. One of Hong Kong’s most stylish and formidable directors, Cheang joins an illustrious and growing list of recent HKIFF Filmmakers-in-Focus, including Sandra Ng, Stanley Kwan, Michael Hui, Sammo Hung and Brigitte Lin. Returning to its traditional dates after last year’s […]
This week Mike Manning sat down with Dave Griffiths to chat about the new indie thriller he is starring in – The Way Out. Take a listen to the full interview right here:
Aussie filmmaker Jack Dignan sits down with Dave Griffiths to chat about his brand new film – After She Died. Take a listen to the full interview right here:
Brand new zombie flick Alive is out on steaming platforms now and this week Dave Griffiths sat down with the man behind the film – David Marantz – to find out all about out: Take a listen to the interview right here:
Filmmaker Barry Jay this week sat down with Dave Griffiths to have a chat about his brand new thriller The Way Out. You can take a listen to the full interview right here:
During the summer of 1957, ex-racecar driver, Enzo Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage struggles with the mourning for one son and the acknowledgement of another. Attempting to secure their survival he rolls the dice on one race – […]
COST: FREE WHEN: Wednesday nights from 22nd February to 15th March, with films rolling at 8pm WHERE: Testing Grounds, Market Square 291 Queen Street, Melbourne In partnership with Little Projector Company, Umbrella Entertainment announces its Neighbourhood Watch, open air cinema program; a free open air screening program located at Vic Markets, Market Square every Wednesday night from February 22nd […]
Central City Media is thrilled to share the new trailer and artwork for their upcoming romantic comedy, Ask Me to Dance, which will be available ahead of Valentine’s Day, on Digital Download from 13th February.There’s much to make a song and dance about, with Step Up: The Streets and Step Up: All In lead actor Briana Evigan starring alongside writer […]
The hilarious and unapologetically explicit story of identity and self-discovery centres on four unlikely friends who embark on a once-in-a-lifetime international adventure. When Audrey’s (Ashley Park) business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo (Sherry Cola), her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat (Stephanie […]
From Brendan Fraser all the way to Indiana Jones, there’s no denying that 2023 will be packed to the brim full of epic reprisals and comebacks… and there’s one more addition you should be marking on your calendars. Returning to Perth for the first time since 2017, Oz Comic-Con is thrilled to be hosting the […]
