Municipal Waste Heading To Australia
Hailing from the homeland of the American Civil War, and the heartland of bands like GWAR, Richmond, Virginia’s punk metal crossover party dudes Municipal Waste rose from the salty remains of a New Years Eve Keg Party in 2000/2001, in which they were later blamed for inciting a minor riot. What did you honestly expect […]
HEAVY TV Talks To Stone Sour Backstage @ Soundwave
HEAVY TV chats with Stone Sour’s Josh Rand about guitars, comic book and a forthcoming Australian headline tour. For more Soundwave interviews, visit our YouTube Channel.
Mötley Crüe Cut Short Sydney Gig
Hot on the heels of Mötley Crüe calling it a day after their next album, Sydney punters got a short set last night after Mötley Crüe vocalist Vince Neil was rushed to hospital. As reported by Nikki Sixx on his twitter page, the 52 year old singer was taken to hospital with some kind of […]
HEAVY TV Talks To Dragonforce @ Soundwave
HEAVY TV’s Cassie has a chat with Dragonforce backstage at the Melbourne Soundwave 2013. For more Soundwave interviews, visit our YouTube Channel.
HEAVY TV Talks To Red Fang @ Soundwave
We catch up with one of the surprise packets of Soundwave 2013 – Red Fang who not only put in blistering performances across all their Soundwave appearances throughout Australia, but kicked all sorts of ass on their Sidewave shows opening for Orange Goblin and Kyuss Lives! Check out our debut HEAVY TV broadcast and brace […]
Katatonia Discuss Their Forthcoming Australian Tour
This long running Swedish act return to Australia for only the second time in their career, and they finally get to tour Down Under with their great mates from Opeth. If there’s one band in the world suited to touring with the mighty Opeth, it’s Katatonia. They come from the same country, and their respective […]
The Offspring Live @ The Palace, Melbourne, Australia
There are some bands that have managed to capture the social environment they came from into their music. Black Sabbath is the soundtrack of ’70s England’s industrial midlands; Nirvana was the embodiment of the inward focused youth of ’90s Seattle; and The Offspring are California’s Orange County beach/punk culture turned into 3 minute slices of […]
Sound City – Real To Reel
SOUND CITY–REAL TO REEL, the companion album to the Dave Grohl-directed SOUND CITY feature length documentary premiering at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, is out today, Friday March 8th, through Sony Music Entertainment Australia. The DVD and Blu Ray of the documentary are also released today. The official video for Mantra from the SOUND CITY […]
Duff McKagan’s Loaded, Danko Jones Live @ The Espy, St Kilda, Australia
What a history Duff McKagan has had! Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver to name the biggest two and of course who we’re here for tonight, Loaded. There’s also a lot of excitement around Danko Jones, the hyperactive and hilarious Canadian rocker, playing support. The band of the same name is lead by singer / […]
KISS, Motley Crue, Thin Lizzy Live @ Ethihad Stadium, Melbourne, Australia
I grew up, like most people my age, with KISS. It was more of a staple diet in our house than food. I missed them in 1980 as I was too young to go and as I didn’t want my childhood memories shattered, have never seen them. But let’s face it; those two awesome original […]
Soundwave Melbourne In Pictures Part 3
Some more photos from Soundwave Melbourne. All photos by shadowzone photography.
The Jon Dette Interview
With legendary Slayer and Anthrax drummers, Dave Lombardo and Charlie Benante, not touring Australia, their last minute fill in Jon Dette certainly had some big shoes to fill. It was announced that Jon Dette would be filling in on drums for Anthrax a couple of weeks prior to Soundwave and then about a week later, […]
Cancer Bats, Kingdom Of Sorrow, This Is Hell Live @ The Reverance Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
The Rev’s band room hosted another fantastic Sidewave on the eve of Soundwave festival for Melbourne’s heavy music fans. The sold-out show was held in just the right venue to create an intimate atmosphere – so intimate that when opener This Is Hell’s guitarist, Rick Jimenez, spat off the stage, people got wet. But Jimenez did […]
Queensrÿche Ink Deal With Century Media
Legendary Seattle rockers Queensrÿche are poised to regain their place as hard rock/heavy metal royalty in 2013. The band has just signed a new label deal with Century Media for the release of their latest studio album. The album is slated for release on June 10th, 2013 in Europe (June 11th in North America) and […]
Soundwave Melbourne In Pictures Part 1
Our intrepid team of photogs were out in full force throughout the Melbourne Soundwave Festival. We have a veritable slab of photos for you and here’s the first batch for our HEAVY faithful to feast your eyes on! All photos by Lep, Metallica photos by Olivia Reppas. Enjoy!
Mindless Self Indulgence, The Blackout, Cerebral Ballzy Live @ Billboard, Melbourne, Australia
“The bass, the mic, the rock, the treble, I like my coffee black just like my metal” is the opening line of ‘Shut Me Up’, the fun and catchy crowd pleaser that Mindless Self Indulence (or MSI for short) opened the show with. While there was definitely bass, mic, rock and treble present, MSI are certainly […]
Rotting Christ Teaser Video
Rotting Christ unveil a teaser video in celebration of today’s release of their eleventh full length “KATA TON DAIMONA EAYTOY” album which translates as “Do What Thou Wilt”. The clip underlining the album’s occult theme can be watched below. “Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy” can be ordered in different formats including a limited edition box set […]
