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All That Remains – The Order of Things – Album Review

All That Remains The Order of Things Razor & Tie Release Date: Out Now Review by Matthew Clewley Massachussets metallers All That Remains have finally opened up and fired their new album The Order of Things into our beautiful world. It’s been a long three years since the 2012 release, A War You Cannot Win, a […]

New music on the way from Killswitch Engage

Thanks to some hefty clues on social media, it looks like Killswitch Engage are in new material mode for their next studio album.   Jesse Leach took to Instagram to inform his followers: “I got my work cut out for me! [I am] stoked and kind of amazed how quick these dudes write killer songs! Proud […]

Ace Frehley adds extra date to Australian tour

Ace Frehley has added an extra show to his upcoming Australian tour.  Frehley will make a stop in Townsville on 21st of April at the Civic Theatre.  Supports for the already announced tour dates have been confirmed too. Tour Dates New Zealand Friday 24th April WELLINGTON James Cabaret Saturday 25th April AUCKLAND The Studio Australia […]

While She Sleeps: “We don’t want to all die at thirty, and it’s way too easy to do.”

By Jeremy Vane-Tempest Government conspiracy theories about falsified terror attacks, presidentially-sanctioned assassinations and reptilian overlords masquerading as human world leaders before our very eyes sound completely mental. Then you read about Operations Northwoods and Richard Nixon’s vendetta against Jack Anderson, and suddenly they don’t seem so ridiculous (except for the reptilian overlords. That’s a next-level, […]

Cobain: Montage of Heck in cinemas this May

Kurt Cobain’s fully authorised documentary, ‘Cobain: Montage Of Heck’ will be in cinemas nationally from 7th of May for a limited time. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen (“Crossfire Hurricane”, “The Kid Stays In The Picture”) is writer, director and producer of ‘Cobain: Montage Of Heck’, and was given unprecedented access to Cobain’s personal and family archives […]

Hellions join Enter Shikari on tour

Hellions will join Enter Shikari on The Mindsweep tour this May alongside Hands Like Houses. Tour Dates Monday 18 May – Metropolis, Fremantle Tickets available from Destroy All Lines, Oztix and Heatseeker Wednesday 20 May – HQ, Adelaide Tickets available from Destroy All Lines, and Oztix Friday 22 May – The Forum, Melbourne Tickets available […]

Megadeth confirm their new drummer is Chris Adler

Megadeth have confirmed their new drummer for their upcoming album is Lamb Of God’s Chris Adler. Adler will drum on the bands fifteenth album and will join Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson to replace Shawn Drover. “Chris is a tremendous talent and an amazing person. He’s going to bring a new level of excitement and […]

Terror Universal responds to Otep’s allegation of assault

Last week we reported on the social media feud between Otep and the vocalist for Terror Universal, Rott. To be fair, most of what was alleged last week came from Otep. Now, Terror Universal’s vocalist, Chad “Rott” Armstrong, has made a statement on social media, six days after his wife defended him on the band’s […]

Arcane Saints – In The Shade of the Juniper – EP Review

Arcane Saints In the Shade of the Juniper Independent Out Now Review by Rod Whitfield An often difficult combination to attain for a band is to write and deliver good, fun rock music but that has a message to it as well, but that’s what this Melbourne based four piece have achieved on this, their […]

Mammoth Mammoth – Volume IV, Hammered Again – Album Review

Mammoth Mammoth Volume IV – Hammered Again Napalm Records Out Now Review by Derek J. Huckel Mammoth Mammoth are a cross between, like Motorhead crossed with the Celibate Rifles and Rose Tattoo, with a touch of Motley Crue thrown in. And they incorporate psychedelic with a bucket full of groove. I think its hard to put them […]

Torche – Restarter – Album Review

Torche Restarter Relapse Records Out Now Review by Derek J. Huckel Restarter is the fourth album for Torche and my first to hear of theirs, despite hearing of them for a while. I was ready to dismiss Torche as a type of Helmet rip-off band, with a stoner pop type, not-metal, sound that lumbers with a constant key […]

Oceans Ate Alaska – Lost Isles – Album Review

Oceans Ate Alaska Lost Isles Fearless Records Out Now Review By Alexander Sievers “No Oceans Ate Alaska, step away from that ledge! You have friends who care about you and fans whom want you to start making the exciting, aggressive metalcore we know you are capable of, for Christ’s sake!” These are the thoughts that […]

Steven Wilson – Hand. Cannot. Erase. – Album Review

Steven Wilson Hand. Cannot. Erase. Kscope Out Now Review by Matt Bolton Musical genius Steven Wilson releases his fourth solo record, away from Prog Rockers Porcupine Tree, who are greatly missed since going on hiatus in 2010. I can really credit the man as being a great talent whether his amazing ability to play the […]

Nucleust – Fractured Equillibrium – EP Review

Nucleust Fractured Equilibrium Ufo Publicity Out Now Review by Rod Whitfield This Perth based four piece’s debut EP is well named. Its staccato, off kilter rhythms are indeed so neck snapping that they are likely to put you off your balance. This is a very brutal, gritty take on the djent progressive metal genre. In […]

A Night In Texas: “You do not need to take your morals from any specific religion.”

By Alexander Sievers Metal music and anti-religious themes go hand in hand like social justice warriors and Tumblr. Brisbane death metal outfit, A Night In Texas, are definitely a band that doesn’t enjoy or partake in the establishment of religion. Aside from their spiritual beliefs, the band is creating a shorter, more intense brand of […]

Jericco – Machine Made the Animal – Album Review

Jericco Machine Made the Animal MGM Out Now Review by Rod Whitfield I love the opening to this album; so unexpected, so bold. Brent McCormick’s resonant voice swoons from the speakers, in a good 30 seconds of A-Capella. And on first listen, if you’re unfamiliar with the band, you really don’t know what to expect, […]

Amber Sea – Infantile Vision – EP Review

Amber Sea Infantile Vision Famined Records Out Now Review by Rod Whitfield When I heard that this band were French, I jumped at the chance to hear and review them. Outside our own country, I feel that France is the nation that has made the greatest leaps in heavy music in the last 10-15 years, […]

Gallows release new video

Gallows have released a new video for Mystic Death. The track is taken from the forthcoming album Desolation Sounds, which is released on 10 April through Venn/Double Cross/CVA. You can watch the video below.

Segression to launch their album in Adelaide

Segression will head to Adelaide in April to launch their new album, Painted In Blood. Joining them will be Truth Corroded, Headbore, Alkira and Gorlapse. The band says: “Adelaide seems to miss out on a lot of bands but Segression love playing down there….we have some awesome bands sharing April 11th with us and we […]

Voyager announces US tour with Evergrey

Voyager will be heading out on tour with Swedish metallers, Evergrey. The tour kicks off in Chicago on 26th August. Also joining the two bands will be Borealis and Oceans Of Slumber. Tour Dates Aug 26 – Chicago, IL – Reggies Aug 27 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Aug 28 – Detroit, MI – Token […]

Listen: Witchgrinder – Bloodlust

Witchgrinder have released the first single from their upcoming, second album.  According to the band, Bloodlust is a tale about a vampire and its thirst for blood. The band will launch the single in Sydney and Melbourne in April. Tour Dates SYDNEY– 12 April – Frankies Pizza By The Slice with Graveyard Rockstars double single […]

Soilwork – Live In The Heart of Helsinki – Album Review

Soilwork Live In The Heart Of Helsinki Nuclear Blast Out Now Review by Alexander Sievers Listening to a live CD without the visuals is like listening to porn without the on-screen visuals – there are easier alternatives, like just watching turning on the screen and to quit beating around the bush (that pun was accidental, […]

Heavy Mag Isssue 13 – CD Feature – The Spiral Sequence

Track 11: The Spiral Sequence – Nibiru Band Name: The Spiral Sequence Song: Nibiru Genre: Alternative/metal Location: Melbourne VIC Website: www.thespiralsequence.com   [bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=2184013785 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=965983791]

The Soundwave Secret Society is coming

There’s been talk in the recent days of Soundwave Festival implementing a membership with special Soundwave perks. Tonight, festival organiser AJ Maddah, has revealed a few ideas of what it will involve. First up, it’ll be called The Soundwave Secret Society. There will be a membership card that will identify you at Soundwave Festival 2016 […]

The Decline Of Western Civilization Films are being released as a Box Set

The Decline Of Western Civilization trilogy will be released as a Deluxe Box Set on 30 June through Shout! Factory. The four-disc set will be available in both Blu-ray and DVD formats, and will contain Penelope Spheeris‘ “The Decline Of Western Civilization” (1980), “The Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years” (1988) and […]

Dark Horse – Sick of The Living, High on Death – Album Review

Dark Horse Sick of The Living, High on Death Independent Out Now Review by Derek J. Huckel Four piece Dark Horse with Sick of  The Living, High on Death have released an album that’s an assault to the senses with a dozen rampant  pummelling tunes that barely let up. They contain screamo vocals, masses of cool crusty […]

Turbowolf are releasing a new album

 Turbowolf will release their second album, Two Hands, on 24 April through Spinefarm Records/Caroline Australia. The album was recorded in a frenzied 6 weeks at Rockfield Studios in Wales and co-produced with Tom Dalgety (Royal Blood, Band Of Skulls, Opeth). You can check out their new video, for Nine Lives, below.         […]

Headbore releases new video

Adelaide’s Headbore have released a new video for their single, Temptress.  The single is lifted from their debut album, Strength In Numbers. Temptress was filmed and directed by Rebecca Bogert and Andrew Kite of Against The Grain Studios, over three full days in searing temperatures of more than 45 degrees on location in rural South […]

Belle Haven: “It was a conscious decision to write that record.”

By Robyn Morrison Belle Haven have put their stamp on the post-hardcore scene by releasing their debut album, Everything Ablaze. It’s the follow-up to their EP, Onus, and a step up in the right direction of where this band should be heading. “It was a conscious decision to write that record,” explains vocalist, David Vernon. […]

At The Gates announces tour dates

At The Gates will be heading to Australia this October for five shows. There’s also a stack of quality support bands joining them around the country. Tour Dates October 28 @ Amplifier, Perth w/ Malignant Monster, Advent Sorrow October 29 @ Uni Bar, Adelaide w/ Truth Corroded, Voros October 30 @ The Corner Hotel, Melbourne […]

Karnivool add extra dates to Themata Decade Tour

Karnivool have added extra dates to Themata Decade Tour, this April. They’ve added two shows to the tour and added Cairo Knife Fight as support. It’s been ten years since the release of ‘Themata’ album, and the band is currently in Europe performing to sold out audiences. Tour Dates Thursday April 30 – University, WOLLONGONG […]

Supports announced for Mastodon tour

Supports have been announced for Mastodon’s upcoming Australian tour. Twelve Foot Ninja will open up the Melbourne show, Breaking Orbit in Sydney and Caligula’s Horse in Brisbane. Tour Dates Friday 27 March – Melbourne, Festival Hall Reduced Mode- All Ages with 18+ patrons having access to a licensed bar www.ticketmaster.com.au Saturday 28 March – Sydney, […]

Otep alleges she was assaulted by Terror Universal vocalist

  Otep Shamaya has taken to Facebook to allege she was assault by Terror Universal vocalist, ROTT and subsequently removed her band, Otep, from the Civil Unrest tour. Here’s what she alleges. Before the rumor mill begins: We dropped off the Civil Unrest tour because Terror Universals molester singer violently grabbed my crotch on our […]

Antagonist A.D.: “It’s a very heavy album for me, lyrically.”

By Robyn Morrison New Zealand’s Antagonist A.D. are gearing up to release their fourth album, Haunt Me As I Roam. Not only is the album one of their strongest to date, it’s littered with guest appearances. It’s a positive indication that the band not only has the support of their fans but their peers as […]

Bruce Kulick will perform in Sydney tonight

Guitarist, Bruce Kulick, will perform in Sydney tonight with the house band at Frankie’s Pizza By The Slice. The former KISS guitarist is in Australia for a series of masterclasses but he’s taking time out to perform at the iconic Sydney venue. The show kicks off at 9pm and it’s free. You can check out […]

Direblaze: “It’s an explosion of aggression and metal.”

By Rod Whitfield Many bands start out playing covers, and this Melbourne based four piece thrash act is one of them. They started out as a bunch of good mates playing Slayer covers back in 2010, and gradually morphed over the course of the next year or so into the all original outfit they are today. […]

Exclusive Premiere: Smokin’ Mirrors – State Of Mind

Overgrown boyscouts, cross-dressing police officers, white-girl-wasted archangels, MMA-trained grannies and freshly baked pies. All of these things and more are brought to life in Smokin’ Mirrors’  batshit crazy new music video for ‘State Of The Mind’, which plays out like a modern day parable about the Seven Deadly Sins. The clip for the female-fronted Sydney […]

Gig Review – Sydney: Hellions + Supports

Hellions + Void of Vision + Justice For The Damned + Our Past Days + Lifes Ill Blacktown Masonic Hall, Sydney 15th March, 2015 Review by Melissa Rochfort Blacktown Masonic Hall saw one of the best local shows I have been to in a very long time on Sunday afternoon, with an impressive crowd gathered […]

Twisted Sister/Adrenaline Mob drummer, A.J. Pero dies at age 55

Twisted Sister/Adrenaline Mob drummer, A.J. Pero has passed away at the age of 55. Associated Press have reported that Pero was on tour with Adrenaline Mob when his band mates were unable to rouse him whilst on the bus on Friday morning.   It’s reported that he was taken to hospital and died of an apparent […]

Gig Review: Melbourne – Helm + Supports

Helm + The Khyber Belt + Glass Empire + Rick Dangerous and the Silky Bantams The Esplanade Hotel, St Kilda, Melbourne 13th March, 2015 Review by Rod Whitfield Remember the name Rick Dangerous and the Silky Bantams? They’re a four piece band from Sydney, and they’re damn entertaining. They have a slight comedic flavour to them, […]

Gig Review: Sydney – Graveyard + Grinding Eyes

Graveyard + Grinding Eyes Oxford Art Factory, Sydney 4th March, 2015 Review by Gary Grim Being a Wednesday night, a school night, I didn’t think many people would be in attendance at the Oxford Art Factory this evening, especially to see what I thought was a criminally underrated band; Swedish 70s style bluesy stoner rockers, […]

Review: Soundwave Festival, Sydney

Soundwave Festival Olympic Park, Sydney 28 February + 1 March, 2015 Review by Gary Grim Day 1 Despite being one of the first bands to play at 2015’s Soundwave in Sydney, Melbourne’s King Parrot drew a large and enthusiastic crowd. Last year saw Amon Amarth open up the metal stage of the festival with a […]

Heavy Mag Isssue 13 – CD Feature – The Nuremberg Code

Track 10: The Nuremberg Code – We Know Band Name: The Nuremberg Code Song: We Know Genre: Groove metal Location: Melbourne VIC Website: www.thenurembergcode.com   [bandcamp width=100% height=120 album=2884455610 size=large bgcol=ffffff linkcol=0687f5 tracklist=false artwork=small track=713857438]

Win a ticket to Napalm Death and Carcass on the Deathcrusher tour

Want to see Napalm Death and Carcass at the Deathcrusher Australian tour? We’ve got a ticket to one of each of the Australian shows listed below. Tour Dates April 16th – Perth, Capitol, 18+ April 17th – Melbourne, Prince Bandroom, 18+ April 18th – Sydney, The Factory Theatre, 18+ April 19th – Brisbane, The Hifi, […]

Soundwave Festival announces dates for 2016

Soundwave Festival have announced their festival dates for 2016 and it looks as though it’ll be sooner than we think.  2016 will see the festival take place in three cities only on the East Coast and the February dates moved to January. Festival Dates for 2016 SATURDAY 23 JANUARY 2016, BRISBANE SUNDAY 24 JANUARY 2016, […]

Deez Nuts announces The Word Is Bond tour

Deez Nuts will head up The Word Is Bond tour, kicking off on 4 June in Brisbane. Joining them on tour will be Antagonist A.D., Relentless and Earth Caller. Tickets go on sale next week, Thursday 26 March. Tour Dates THU 4 JUNE – The Brightside, Brisbane 18+ – http://bit.ly/1Gs9k3t FRI 5 JUNE – The […]

The Ocean announce tour supports, change of date for Canberra

The Ocean have announced local supports for their upcoming tour in April. A limited number of tickets have also been released for the Melbourne show at The Evelyn Hotel. The first show of the tour at The Basement in Canberra has been moved from Wednesday, April 8 to the following day, Thursday, April 9. Local […]

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