Talking Horror with The Hookers
After almost eight years in the abyss, Kentucky’s heavy metal thunder The Hookers are back, roaring across the USA armed with a relentless powerhouse of riffs. They’re stronger than ever with numerous releases and a menacing sound that will destroy eardrums and posers alike.
The Ophidian Ascension – Ire
Australia’s seemingly burgeoning crop of top tier death metal acts seems to be all the more evident with the release of The Ophidian Ascension’s debut six track EP, Ire.
Mathcore Giants Protest The Hero: making the stupidest music videos that anyone has ever made?
Protest the Hero are mathcore giants hailing from good ol Canada who pummel you with instense and often complex riffs that are coupled with very dynamic vocals. Protest the Hero will be releasing their very much hyped 4th album Volition which provides the best of all worlds the band has to offer. I got down […]
QUEENSRŸCHE present behind the scenes documentary of mini movie “Ad Lucem”
Legendary Seattle rockers, QUEENSRŸCHE are almost done with their ‘mini movie’ including tracks from their current self-titled album. The tracks, “Spore” “Midnight Lullaby” “A World Without” and “X2” provide the score to a 10 minute story, dubbed “QUEENSRŸCHE: Ad Lucem” to be released later this year. The film was created by Veva Entertainment Co. with […]
Limp Bizkit, 26 October 2013, Festival Hall
Now there’s a very good reason as to why Limp Bizkit have sold over 40 million albums in their career. Since bursting onto the scene in the late ’90s as one of the founders of the nu-metal sound, the band has always seemed to have been surrounded by chaos and controversy. The bands frontman, Fred […]
Scar The Martyr – Joey Jordison’s New Baby
Joey Jordison’s not one do to things by halves. The Slipknot beat-keeper’s new solo project, Scar The Martyr, have just recorded and released their self-titled debut album, and are looking to take the live show on the road for around 18 months. He says “If I’m going to do it, I’ve gotta hit everywhere. We […]
KILLER BE KILLED: New Project Featuring Max Cavalera, Troy Sanders, Greg Puciato and David Elitch
Photo credit: Glen La Ferman KILLER BE KILLED has aligned with Nuclear Blast Entertainment to release the group’s debut record in 2014. The mystique-fogged collection is the result of writing sessions, creative and philosophical conversations and an eventual studio lockdown in Los Angeles. KILLER BE KILLED is comprised of guitarists Max Cavalera and Greg Puciato, […]
Korn – The Paradigm Shift
With a single stroke of a heavily-detuned guitar, Korn changed the tone of top-40 metal forever in the early ’90s. Since, drugs, egos and some questionable albums have plagued the band, begging the question, ‘Are Korn still relevant?’ The Paradigm Shift sees the return of guitarist Brian “Head” Welch for his first album in 10 […]
BEHEMOTH, HOUR OF PENANCE AND CEMETERY URN @ PRINCE BANDROOM
Behemoth returned to Melbourne last night with the determination and virulence upon which they built their career. Spitting blood, lashed in corpse paint and leering into the crowd, these Polish monoliths met every expectation they had built. The change in venues from the Espy to the Prince may have at first irked some, but the […]
Enslaved’s Ivar Bjørnson on Australian Tour Fails, Progressive Black Metal and Norse Mythology
Norway’s veteran purveyors of progressive black metal, Enslaved, are finally about to hit Australian shores for the first time in their illustrious 22 year career. Ahead of their long-awaited tour, HEAVY spoke to one of the band’s founding members, Ivar Bjørnson, on why it’s taken them so long to tour Australia, progressive black metal and […]
TOMMASO RICCARDI TALKS ALL THINGS FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE
Interview: Paul Hammond Who does majority of the writing for Fleshgod Apocalypse, or is it a joint effort? Our composition process starts from Francesco Paoli, who is the mastermind behind our music, in collaboration with Francesco Ferrini, who takes care about the Orchestral arrangement and works together with Paoli on many ideas of the main […]
Arcane Saints – Turning The Tide
Aussie rockers Arcane Saints certainly don’t muck around with their debut album Turning The Tide. There is no splashing around in the shallow end at all instead these guys deliver an album of mixed moods that is guaranteed for commercial success and has an air of being labelled a classic around it. Recorded in Nashville […]
TRIVIUM – Doing things differently (Interview with Corey Beaulieu)
New album, signature guitar and a spot on Soundwave Festival in Australia – Trivium’s Corey Beaulieu expresses his excitement to HEAVY the night before a 12-week tour with DevilDriver. Trivium spent the first half of 2013 in the studio with Disturbed/Device vocalist David Draiman, recording the follow up to their 2011 album In Waves. Corey […]
The Eternal – When The Circle Of Light Begins To Fade
Melbourne band The Eternal have been wowing the world with their own brand of doom inspired metal since 2005 saw their The Sombre Light Of Isolation capture the attention of music fans right around the world (and one particular record label in Finland). Now The Eternal deliver When The Circle Of Light Begins To Fade, […]
THE DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT @ THE PALACE, MELBOURNE
If there is one person who gets it, it’s Devin Townsend. Once a part of UK hard rock mercenaries, The Wildhearts, he went on to singing with Steve Vai, working with Jason Newstead before settling into his own and becoming the genius behind what was the chaotic Strapping Young Lad. Now sitting comfortably upon a […]
Australian Rock Band Bellusira Inks Deal With U.S Management Team
Stephanie Christie Management & Publicity Signs Australian Rock Act Bellusira. The Band Will Be Co-Managed by Will Hunt of Evanescence and Stephanie Christie. Orlando based management and publicity firm Stephanie Christie Management and Publicity has announced that they have signed Australian rockers Bellusira to their roster. The 4-piece band will be co-managed by veteran manager […]
Devin Townsend: You’re Awesome
Devin Townsend hits Australian shores with The Devin Townsend Project, the tour kicks off tonight and HEAVY had a chat with Devin about what is coming up and what he has been up to recently. HEAVY: So, what is happening in the world of Devin Townsend at the moment? Devin: its fucking hot in Canada […]
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE & NINE INCH NAILS ANNOUNCE DOUBLE HEADLINE TOUR
Frontier Touring Company have announced that two of the world’s most influential bands of the last decade, Queens Of The Stone and Age Nine Inch Nails, will join forces for a massive double headline tour of Australia and New Zealand in 2014! In what could arguably be described as one of the biggest double bills […]
DEATH ANGEL: RELEASE “EVIL TWIN SISTER TO RELENTLESS RETRIBUTION”
I’m on the phone to Death Angel’s Ted Aguilar, trying extremely hard to maintain a professional stance and to restrain my inner fanboy from scaring him off. This is the band that was largely influential on my own musical journey after seeing them live with Armored Saint back in 2009. Ted’s own career in music […]
Mayhem Australian Tour Announced
Notorious, Norwegian black metal legends, Mayhem, will be hitting the Australian East Coast in January 2014 as part of their 30th anniversary tour. Tour dates: January 10th – The Hifi, Melbourne January 11th – The Factory Theatre, Sydney January 12th – The Hifi, Brisbane Tickets on sale Thursday, 10 October 2013 from the following outlets: […]
NIN and Queens Of The Stone Age Aus/NZ Tour?
Trent Reznor and Queens Of The Stone Age hint at Australian and New Zealand co-headline tour for next year.