Photo credit: Justin Gittins Gold Coast-based noise merchants Snake Mountain have been a little quiet for the last couple of years. Or to be more precise, since the band’s last single The Hunted back in 2019. While there are many (valid) excuses for the time elapsed between releases, all that people need to know is […]
“I play a style of music that I don’t think has ever been particularly popular here.” Plini Australian guitar extraordinaire Plini has traversed the globe in the last 12 to 18 months, playing headline shows in India and Scandinavia as well as playing festivals in Germany, Portugal and the U.K. But, as the saying goes, […]
“They were geezers. They were proper geezers.” BAZ WARNE The Stranglers are part of the final frontier of the true genesis of the punk era. Not that the band can be called punk in the purest public sense of the word, but when it comes to attitude, swagger, and defiance there is no compromise. Since […]
Brisbane funk metallers Osaka Punch have been strangely quiet of late. Not quiet in the sense they have done nothing, but more so quiet in terms of their usual prolific output and touring schedule. Towards the back end of last year the band made their first trek outside of their home state since 2019 with […]
Thornhill were recently the target of lowlife thieves who stole more than just instruments. Read a statement made by the band below. “Sometime in the last few days our rehearsal space had been broken into and most of everything Thornhill and our members own has been stolen. The site where our rehearsal space is located […]
One of the most exciting and boundary pushing acts in the world of heavy music, Washington D.C’s Animals As Leaders will return to Australia for a full national tour this April. Armed with palette-expanding eight-string guitars, rich synths, and pummelling percussive grooves, the instrumental trio is beloved by metalheads, aspiring virtuosos, jazz fanatics, and casual […]
One week out from the release of their new album High Price Deed on February 3, Australian rock outfit The Poor have announced they will drop the final single from the album, Lover, on January 27. Blending a blues-type swagger with The Poor’s trademark rock sound, Lover showcases all that you know and love about […]
American post-hardcore rockers THRICE have announced they’ll be heading to Australia this September to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of The Artist In The Ambulance. The band will be performing their seminal record in its entirety across five capital cities with stops in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. Released in 2003, The Artist In The […]
Time to resound the trumpet as Australian blackened sludge veterans Lo! return with another grand infernal vision, captured in capital riffs and gargantuan grooves. After the universal acclaim of the band’s 2017 studio endeavor Vestigial, the Australian interstate quartet show no intention of slowing down with The Gleaners, a soul-ripping hell-ride across nine visceral anthems; […]
From the moment Wisconsin Death Trip was released to an unsuspecting world, Static-X stood above. Their industrial alt-rock hybrid “Evil Disco” shook metal from its stagnant state and redefined what can be done with heavy music. Each subsequent album enhanced and cemented the band’s well-earned reputation. In 2019, founding members Tony Campos, Koichi Fukuda and […]
Guitar lord Plini kicks off his Summer 2023 Australian tour with very special guests, Canadian prog metallers Protest The Hero and Melbourne’s I Built The Sky this week. In August 2022, Plini recorded a few songs at Finnvox Studios in Helsinki. The full video (Electric Sunrise, I’ll Tell You Someday and Cascade) is now up […]
If you’ve got something to say, then shout it! If you’re going to be in an obnoxious punk rock band, then be in a really obnoxious punk band! It’s 1980 and Wattie Buchan and his mates were pissed off. A country in disarray; dole queues that stretch forever; greedy politicians treating the people like shit… […]
“When we wrote this we were sitting around and I said we need a modern album and we need to do something that’s a bit futuristic.” GENEVIEVE RODDA Most bands tend to slow down as they near two decades of service to the music industry. Some by design and others due to the inevitable reach […]
Photo credit: Alysha Mallia Photography South Australia comes alive this Saturday, January 28, with all ages event COSMIC WASTELAND set down for the Bridgeway Hotel, Pooraka. Headlined by Hybrid Nightmares, the line-up also features Christ Dismembered, Hidden Intent, Headbore and more. Full lineup and information below. Tickets here: https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/cosmic-wasteland/147113
New York’s finest pop punk three piece AGAINST THE CURRENT are thrilled to announce they will be returning to Australia with their Nightmares & Daydreams tour kicking off in September. AGAINST THE CURRENT have built their incredible career on straddling the worlds between video game culture and the rock scene and have earned accolades and […]
Frankenbok have been announced as the Melbourne support for legendary US outfit Hed (PE) at Max Watts on February 11. It caps a massive 12 months for Frankenbok who released their latest album Overdose early last year and celebrated their 25th anniversary at The Tote in December. Tickets available from https://www.silverbacktouring.com.au/hed-pe-australian…/
Brash, unashamed, loud and in your face, GLAM FEST is here Australia! Catering to fans of throwback glam metal (think ‘80s era Sunset strip), sleaze, shock rock, hard rock and everything in between, GLAM FEST offers fans of the genre a platter of sleazy goodness. The first instalment, kicking off in Brisbane today, January 25, […]
Interview by Erin Eddy They don’t come much more legendary than the likes of Geoff Tate. Frontman for the revered Queensryche, he will be back in Australia playing a small selection ofshows between February 8 to 10. Playing two albums in their entirety, Rage For Order and Empire, this is an experience fans won’twant to […]
Today is a sad moment in Australian heavy music, with the announcement Brisbane’s Massic have decided to call it a day. HEAVY could bang on about it, but we thought it best to bring you the news from the band themselves in the following statement: “Hey Everyone,First and foremost we want to thank you all, […]
Australian melodic tech-death metal band SNAKE MOUNTAIN will release their long-awaited new single Veins on January 27, with the track being premiered NOW via HEAVY. The song was recorded by Snake Mountain at their own studio and mixed and mastered by Dan Field at Sledgehammer Studios in Brisbane who has worked with heavy acts such as Apate and Babirusa. Veins is the first new music from […]
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, due out on all streaming platforms on Friday, February 10. The Reaper bursts forth with punchy grooves, grounded by the hard-hitting rhythm section which help […]
The all new Blackstar Dept.10 AMPED 2 is available now from CMI Music & Audio. AMPED 2 is a 100 Watt pedal power amplifier with drive pedals in the front end, and an advanced effects processor capable of delivering the tone and feel of a traditional valve amp. It can be used to power a […]
Sydney metal outfit Temtris are on the cusp of releasing their seventh studio album, Khaos Divine, on March 17. A dark and stunning concept album set in a troubled dystopian city, Khaos Divine sees Temtris pushing themselves musically like you have never heard before, invoking feelings of salvation, betrayal, and the loss of all hope. […]
Hard-line extreme metal squad To The Grave are one of Australia’s most uncompromising bands. They return on February 24, with the release of their heaviest album to date, Director’s Cuts. Cut Off The Head is the third single from the album. Watch the music video below. The band comment: “‘Cut Off The Head’ is our […]
Photo credit Justin Gittins Australian melodic tech-death metal band SNAKE MOUNTAIN will release their long-awaited new single Veins on January 25 via an exclusive premiere in HEAVY. The song was recorded by Snake Mountain at their own studio and mixed and mastered by Dan Field at Sledgehammer Studios in Brisbane who has worked with heavy […]
Pathetic is the second single from the unstoppable Melbourne freight train of heaviness that is Deadweight 80. The track also features the brutal Jake Kennedy on guest gutturals and is everything good the band has been working towards over the past four years. Multiple line up changes didn’t stop Rhys Julian and Milein as it […]
Step aside and pay heed, Melbourne’s Munt have re-emerged from Covid obscurity in an evolved form – playing a hybrid mix of extreme metal that draws energy from many sources. Their underlying atmosphere is informed by venomous and bitter black metal that melds into the frantic charge of chaotic grindcore, with a pounding D-beat influence […]
Time to resound the trumpet as Australian blackened sludge veterans Lo! return with another grand infernal vision, captured in capital riffs and gargantuan grooves. After the universal acclaim of the band’s 2017 studio endeavor Vestigial, the Australian interstate quartet show no intention of slowing down with The Gleaners, a soul-ripping hell-ride across nine visceral anthems; […]
Reckless Records February 3 Review by Kris Peters The Poor are one of Australia’s hardest-working and best bands. Period. Since the release of their debut album Who Cares back in 1994 – an album which featured the catchy as fuck More Wine Waiter Please – The Poor have been the loveable larrikins that keep on […]
Words by Will Oakeshott Pix by Dave Rubinich “Heaven Is Burning” bellows vocalist and maestro Attila Csihar of black metal royalty Mayhem during the quintet’s opening song Falsified And Hated in front of a sold-out crowd at Lion Arts Factory. As powerful as these words are, they also encompass a rather caustic integrity. The event […]
Words by Jimmy Glinster Pix by Helheim Photographic The evening kicks off at 3:30 which is way early for this old bastard and unfortunately, I’ve had to give up my arvo nana-nap. Enough of my sulking though, let’s get to the show. A short video introduces us to We The Hollow who kick off proceedings […]
Out Now Words by Jimmy Glinster I was supposed to review this album a couple of months ago but I didn’t and fuck knows why. Sometimes life happens, and then the craziness of Christmas jumps in, proper fucks shit up, and all of a sudden it’s almost February. But enough of the piss poor excuses […]
Words by Simon Russell-White Pix by Reece Trudgen Yet another balmy night in Brisbane town this evening, so what better way to spend it than to sweat it up with a few hundred summer-loving/hardcore music-loving humans? Full disclosure, I missed the opener Crossface‘s complete set. Partly due to how long it took to gain entryto […]
Pix by Ian Graham Australian fans have been waiting more than 20 years to finally see Powerman 5000 live in this country, and what better way for it to happen than by celebrating the anniversary of the band’s debut album Tonight The Stars Revolt!? But, first things first. Australia is currently blessed with a high […]
