After two previous aborted attempts at getting the Under The Southern Stars (UTSS) music festival to Australia, the rock Gods have finally sided with local music lovers and look set to allow the spectacular touring line-up the opportunity to hit our stages in March. Featuring legendary rock acts Stone Temple Pilots, Cheap Trick, Bush and […]
“I know Myles said he felt strong with going with his first instinct” Four albums into a now ten-year career, Slash ft Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators (SMKC) are finally starting to sound like a cohesive unit. Not that their previous albums have sounded disjointed – far from it – but with a certain guitarist […]
If there was ever a time for forward thinking prog-rock outfit COLD NIGHT FOR ALLIGATORS to sit back and rest on their laurels it would have been the time going into their new album. The band’s last album, Fervor, was critically acclaimed and I remember chatting to the band around its release and having them […]
Bristol based outfit RXPTRS (Raptors) are a band unlike many you have heard before. They have a freshness and vibrancy about them that is becoming increasingly rare in an industry where everyone seems to be climbing over the person in front of them just to merely have their voice heard. Blending rock, punk, metal, and […]
Adelaide hard rockers Audio Reign have done the hard yards in their own country. The band has pushed tirelessly on the back of their awesome self-titled debut album and begun work on the next instalment of their musical chapter. But, feeling that the album hasn’t yet run its course and realized its potential, Audio Reign […]
One of the most incendiary and popular tracks on MINISTRY’s latest album Moral Hygiene is undoubtedly Sabotage Is Sex, the blistering collaboration between the one-and-only Al Jourgensen and his oft-collaborator Jello Biafra, of course, the great mind behind the DEAD KENNEDYS. The two famously kickstarted their side-project LARD in the late ‘80s, a fusion of industrial and punk, and this latest collaboration may be a hint of things […]
Darkthrone & Peaceville are marking the 30th anniversary of the iconic A Blaze In The Northern Skywith a strictly limited-edition – 666 copies only – special anniversary clear vinyl LP, special handmade sleeves courtesy of Bartek Rogalewicz at Lodge.Black Temple. All 666 numbered copies will be hand-signed by Fenriz and Nocturno Culto. This edition also contains a refresh of the […]
The self-proclaimed “Best Goblin Metal on the Planet” known as Nekrogoblikon will drop their new album The Fundamental Slimes and Humours on April 1. Pre-order it here. The band has shared another new song with Golden Future, which they dubbed “extremely optimistic.” Check it out below.
Bristol, UK-based band RXPTRS — who blend rock, metal, punk, and hardcore with a seamlessness that is enviable, creating something that is unique that seethes with boundless energy — have just shared the video for Demons in My Headphones. “Politics, social media, false information, and strong opinions. Demons in My Headphones really came at a point where we were nearly […]
After months of teasing and multiple single releases, Papa Roach have officially announced EGO TRIP will be released April 8, 2022 via New Noize Records in partnership with ADA Worldwide (WMG’s independent label and artist services arm). The eleventh studio album of a career that continues to carve a fearless and singular path through a fourth decade, EGO TRIP sees Papa Roach continuing to break new ground in a […]
Today, Gretsch announced it’s Electromatic Collection of electric guitars, basses, baritones and lap-steels that is refreshed and refined with modern features for today’s players. The Electromatic Collection unites everything that has defined the Gretsch brand for nearly 140 years at an incredible value. The collection boasts power, flair and performance across a variety of models that include […]
“Tell Them All… It Is Time”… Twenties is the latest advance offering from IMPERA, the imminent fifth album from GRAMMY-winning Swedish theatrical rock outfit GHOST, heralding its arrival March 11 via Loma Vista Recordings. With its messianic promises of reigns of pennies and piles of moolah set to an appropriately manic musical backdrop, the unrelenting and propulsive Twenties stands in stark contrast to […]
Following the successful launch of his debut track Web Of Lies, EMMURE guitarist JOSHUA TRAVIS is delighted to officially announce his upcoming solo EP NO REST, due out March 18, 2022 via SharpTone Records. Coupled with the release of new single and visualizer for Leviathan ft. Ryo Kinoshita (Crystal Lake) and Chad Kapper (Frontierer, A […]
German death metal sensations Acranius will be making their Australian debut this October, off the back of their latest creation Mercy Denied. Renowned for their torturous and brutalized style of death metal incorporating deathcore and hardcore arrangements, the group is ravenous to bring their slam-oriented and aggressively driven breakdowns to their Australian fans. Accompanying them are Australian death […]
April 8, 2022 will see Finland’s melodic death metal machine, MORSPRINCIPIUM EST, release their upcoming album, entitled Liberate the Unborn Inhumanity, through AFM Records.For Liberate the Unborn Inhumanity, vocalist Ville Viljanan brought together the original line-up, guitar players and MORSPRINCIPIUM EST co-founders Jori Haukio and Jarko Kokkoo, as well as bass player Teemu Heinola rejoining the band. Liberate the Unborn […]
German thrash metal icons DESTRUCTION celebrate their 40th anniversary with their hard-hitting new full-length, Diabolical, out April 8, 2022 via Napalm Records. Today, the relentless legends reveal their new single, No Faith In Humanity, raging uncompromisingly with non-stop headbanging action. As one of the most legendary existing German thrash metal bands, DESTRUCTION grace the wall of fame with greats like Kreator, Sodom, and Tankard – still going […]
Legendary heavy metal vocalist DEE SNIDER was recently interviewed as part of a powerful new REELZ documentary detailing the aftermath of one of the most horrific tragedies in music history, the Station nightclub fire, entitled America’s Deadliest Rock Concert: The Guest List. Featured on the documentary soundtrack is one of the most heartfelt, moving songs from Dee’s latest […]
Gothenburg’s finest export of darkness, EVERGREY, enters a bewildering new chapter in the band’s history with their thirteenth studio album and Napalm Records debut, A Heartless Portrait (The Orphean Testament), to be released on May 20, 2022 via Napalm Records. This overwhelming journey through progressive heaviness and searing emotionality reaches new heights and is preceded by the arrival […]
Hailing from the lawless desert south of Israel by the Egyptian border lies an explosive group of hoodlums with one of the freshest and most exciting sounds and performances in the entire region. The notoriously masked bandits most commonly known throughout the country as HOTBOX fuse the most eccentric elements of Rapcore and Nu-Metal, reinvented […]
Fans of music icons Sixx:A.M. can purchase the band’s celebratory HITS album on vinyl and enjoy a new lyric video for their track We Will Not Go Quietly, which appears on their latest album released via Better Noise Music. Additionally, the band announced that a cassette version would be available for purchase this March. Originally released in October, the band put together HITS as […]
Cross-dressing Aussie kawaii-metalhead Ladybeard’s new group BABYBEARD has just released the music video for their second single PIENNIZER. ‘Pien’ is the Japanese name for the wide-eyed, sad emoji: In recent years, the youth of Japan have begun saying “Pien!” to express sadness caused by small disappointments or inconveniences. For instance, if you stub your little […]
Next week New Orleans, Louisiana sludge metal trailblazers CROWBAR will drop their long-awaited new full-length, Zero And Below via MNRK Heavy. In advance of the record’s release, today the band unleashes a video for Bleeding From Every Hole, now playing at BrooklynVegan. The moment you hear it, you know it’s CROWBAR. Praised by media giants […]
WOLVES AT THE GATE have announced their fifth album, Eulogies. It arrives on March 11 via Solid State Records. Today, the band has shared the video for the new song Peace That Starts the War. Watch it below. “Most of my life was spent battling these inner struggles in a way that caused me to […]
Brisbane’s original metal punks Dreamkillers return to the Gold Coast at Mo’s Desert Clubhouse on May 1. For over three decades, Dreamkillers have captivated audiences around the country, with their blending of hard rock, punk, and metal making them a regular on the local scene when Brisbane was in its musical prime. Led by the […]
Of course, we all know the bigger bands they are in now, but what about the “other” bands? The ones that your favourite musician was in before joining their current band that has delivered what observers like to refer to as success? The black sheep of the relationship. The mistress. Starting today and continuing every […]
Out Now Roadrunner Records Corey Taylor is past the stage of having to impress anyone – even himself – so when he releases an album called CMFB…Sides you know it is going to be something closer to his heart than something looking to get his name in the spotlight. Comprising nine unreleased B-sides, covers of […]
Zero and Below MNRK Heavy 4 March 2022 Words by Jimmy Glinster No one quite does sludge like Louisiana’s very own genre pioneers Crowbar. And finally, after two years in completion, the bare-knuckle quintet is finally about to release Zero and Below. Having recently celebrated 30 years as the masters of their game, the band’s […]
Aussie Brutalitarians Werewolves seem to be the most creative and productive entity in this country, with all members being in a plethora of other musical endeavors besides this extreme machine! Releasing two blistering albums in a short space of time in 2021/22 they have stayed true to their creative promise to one another and teased […]
Gotham’s caped crusader Batman has taken on many different personas on screens over the years. From the campy Adam West years in the 60s through to the more serious adaptations brought to the screen by directors Tim Burton and Christopher Nolan. Of course actors George Clooney, Val Kilmer and Ben Affleck have had less successful […]
HEAVY Cinema’s Dave Griffiths reviews brand new documentary Blind Ambition. The doco takes a look at the journey that Zimbabwe’s first ever wine-tasting team took to make it to the International Wine-Tasting Championships. You can take a listen to Dave’s review below:
Professor Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts Magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) to lead an intrepid team of wizards, witches and one brave Muggle baker on a dangerous mission, where they encounter […]
One of the most compelling and conflicted characters in Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters comes to the big screen as Oscar® winner Jared Leto transforms into the enigmatic antihero Michael Morbius. Dangerously ill with a rare blood disorder and determined to save others suffering his same fate, Dr. Morbius attempts a desperate gamble. While […]
Comedian Jon Walpole is bringing his Uh, Yeah…So show to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival so this week we sat down and had a chat with him to find out what people can expect from the show. You can listen to the full interview below and grab tickets from the Comedy Festival Website.
This week we spoke to Melissa McGlensey and Douglas Wilson about their show Improvised Survivor which will part of this years Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Take a listen to the full interview below:
New Hungarian thriller Preparations To Be Together For An Unknown Period Of Time has been getting some pretty good feedback from those that have seen it so we sent Alex First, David Griffiths and Peter Krausz to check it out. Here are their thoughts on it:
One of the more serious films of 2022 Hive is well worth a look so we sent Alex First, David Griffiths, Greg King and Peter Krausz to check it out. You can listen to their full review right here:
This is perhaps one of the hardest reviews that I will have to write in 2022. See very few films have ever divided me the way that Cyrano has. The first half of the film I’ll admit I could take or leave, at times to me it felt like the film was floundering. But then […]
The Foo Fighters have just released their horror film Studio 666 so we decided to send Dave Griffiths and Kyle McGrath along to check it out. Take a listen to their full review right here:
