Big Day Out Lineup Leaked – Not much love for Heavy music fans
Not much love for Heavy music fans on the leaked lineup. The lineup for the 2014 Big Day Out Festival has leaked ahead of the 8pm announcement tonight, with the festival being headlined by Pearl Jam, Arcade Fire, Blur and Snoop Lion (AKA Snoop Doggy Dog). The lineup was posted briefly on Ninemsn before quickly being taken […]
HEAVY Interviews Dream On Dreamer Vocalist Marcel Gadacz
HEAVY talks to Marcel Gadacz, vocalist for Melbourne nu-metalcore band Dream On Dreamer about self producing their latest album, Loveless. Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Óscar Arias Sánchez once exclaimed that: “The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.” Whilst the aforementioned […]
Alter Bridge Announce Release Date for New Album
US rockers, Alter Bridge, will release their fourth studio album, Fortress, on 27 September 2013. Fortress was recorded and produced by Michael ‘Elvis’ Baskette, who has also worked with the likes of Stone Temple Pilots, Incubus and Trivium and includes 13 tracks ranging from some softer stuff to what their label, Roadrunner Records, describes as […]
Saint Vitus, Monarch and Clagg Live @ The HiFi
Australian fans never thought they’d get the chance to see Saint Vitus live so this tour has been highly anticipated. When Saint Vitus’ Lillie: F-65 album came across my path last year to review I was very keen to give it a listen and was suitably impressed. The band have been around in various forms […]
A Day to Remember, The Devil Wears Prada & Dream On Dreamer Live @ Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
Worldwide there is without doubt a metaphoric torrential flood of melodic metalcore and alterations of this sub-genre. With so many acts either following this trend or trying to carve out a separate identity, it’s a wonder how some of these outfits remain relevant or even appetising to the fans of heavy music. As a matter […]
The Meanies, Batpiss, The Kremlings and The Dipsticks Live @ The Tote, Collingwood
It had been nearly 24 years to the day since The Meanies played their first gig, which also happened to be at The Tote and here they were once again. The Meanies said in their press release “Thank fuck we’ve toured the world and elsewhere in between times or we’d be feelin’ pretty shit about […]
Behemoth Announce Australian and New Zealand Tour
Just when you thought October couldn’t possibly get any better, Behemoth announce their upcoming Australian and New Zealand tour. The Polish blackened death metal band, Behemoth, will be touring Australia and New Zealand alongside Italian death metallers, Hour of Penance. Tour dates: October 24th, 2013 – Capitol, Perth October 25th, 2013 – The […]
Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals: Walk Through Exits Only
Phil Anselmo is known as being one of the most aggressive front men in metal and his debut solo album Walk Through Exits Only proves this over and over. The album starts out with a groove type track entitled Music Media Is My Whore, which kept the same feel throughout as Maziar Montazeri’s (Warbeast) pounding […]
The Amenta @ The Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood
Audiences have come to know what to expect from Sydney’s The Amenta, and that is a dark and grimy stage show amplified by some of the most intense metal currently being made in Australia.
Whitesnake: Made In Britain/The World Record
Whitesnake’s 2011 world tour has been called the band’s most successful tour ever, so it comes as no surprise they have released a second live album from it in three months.
Vans Warped Tour ’13 Lineup Announced
Finally, the long awaited lineup announcement for the Vans Warped Tour ’13 is here. Tickets go on sale 9am (local time) Thursday, 18 July, 2013. Now, drumroll please… the lucky attendees of the Vans Warped Tour ’13 will get to enjoy the aural delights of: The Offspring Parkway Drive Simple Plan New Found Glory The […]
King Kobra: King Kobra II
Poisonous and alluring, King Kobra’s latest album is full of surprises.
Fear Factory Live @ The Palace, Melbourne
Fear Factory’s second album Demanufacture broke some significant ground when it came out, around 18 years ago. Metal was going through an odd phase, almost an identity crisis. Major acts of the ’80s were either dormant or had lost their bearings. While the main stream was dominated by your alternative, grunge, industrial, lollapalooza bound acts, real […]
Ne Obliviscaris Song to be Studied at the Sydney Conseveratorium of Music
Melbourne band Ne Obliviscaris, self described as progressive/extreme/melodic metal with violin, have had their song And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope included in the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s teaching curriculum. Professor Matthew Hindson, the Chair of Composition at the conservatorium and renowned classical composer, will analyse the composition of the song. On the inclusion of the […]
