Premiere: A Promise To Burn – Broken Bones
Post-hardcore band, A Promise To Burn, have released a lyric video for their new song, ‘Broken Bones’. “We are very proud of this song because it’s the start of a new style for us and we believe it has the right amount of energy to get just about anyone pumped and wanting to mosh their […]
Stone Sour release new covers EP
Stone Sour have released an EP of covers from legendary bands such as Black Sabbath, Metallica, Kiss, Judas Priest & Alice In Chains. ‘Meanwhile in Burbank’ will be released digitally via iTunes. Stone Sour guitarist Josh Rand commented on the EP, “Back in February of 2014 while Stone Sour was touring, Corey approached me about […]
Dead Letter Circus announce new single, tour dates
Dead Letter Circus will release their new single, ‘While You Wait’ on 8 May via UNFD. Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge, the track is set to be the lead single from the yet-to-be-announced third album, expected for a late Winter release. The band will also perform a handful of intimate shows in capital cities. Tour Dates […]
Batpiss to release new album, announce tour dates
Melbourne’s Batpiss will release their new album, ‘Biomass’ on 26 June via Poison City Records. The album was recorded over five days at Melbourne’s Cellar Sessions studios and produced by Max Ducker and lyrically focuses on daily life experienced on the street, personal and domestic issues, demonic revelations and supersonic dreamscape. Along with the new […]
Voyager announce tour supports
Next month, Voyager will head out on tour with very special guest from France, Klone. Joining them on tour is a stack of local supports. Adelaide will see Dyssidia and Molloy joining them on stage with Na Maza and Despite Eviction opening the evening in Canberra. Sydney will be treated to Mish and Dawn Heist […]
Stock damaged in Sydney storms, East Coast instores announced for In Hearts Wake
Thanks to the brutal Sydney storms last weekend, In Hearts Wake have had their stock damaged. The warehouse where the ‘Skydancer’ CD was stock took a severe lashing and their album was heavily damaged. While stores in Western Australia, North Queensland and Tasmania have received stock for ‘Skydancer’, other areas won’t receive the stock until […]
Photos: Ace Frehley + Witchgrinder, Brisbane
Ace Frehley + Witchgrinder The Tivoli, Brisbane 28 April 2015 Photos by Charlyn Cameron
Gig Review: Sydney – Funeral For A Friend + Supports
Funeral For A Friend + Vices + Bare Bones + Our Past Days Manning Bar, Sydney 19 April 2015 Review by Melissa Rochfort Sunday night saw the return of South Wales “whatever-core” favourites Funeral For A Friend to Sydney’s Manning Bar, bringing Sydney’s own hardcore quintet Vices for the nationwide tour, with hometown support from […]
Snot announces Australian tour dates
Snot will head to Australia in October to perform their debut album, ‘Get Some’. The band formed in 1994 and in 1996 they signed to Geffen Records. They played Ozzfest in 1998 but that year also saw the passing of vocalist and founding member Lynn Straight when his car was struck by a truck. The […]
Decapitated: “We’ve come face to face with death and it didn’t stop us.”
By Steve Jenkins Decapitated have gone from underground success to one of the most respected and world-renowned death metal acts since their birth in the mid 90’s. Guitarist and founder of the band Wacław “Vogg” Kiełtyka took some time to talk about where Decapitated are now and where they plan on heading among other things. […]
Opeth: “We like playing the heavier songs.”
Interview by Callum Doig Swedish prog legends Opeth will be returning for yet another round of headlining shows throughout from Brisbane to Perth. This time, for their eleventh prog opus ‘Pale Communion’. Chatting to the man who carries the heart of Opeth, frontman Mikael Akerfeldt is undeniably prepared to be back in Australia with the […]
Thy Art Is Murder reveal uncensored album cover
In the lead up to their June album release for ‘Holy War’, Thy Art Is Murder have revealed the original, uncensored artwork. The artwork will not be available on retail versions of the album, but will appear on a Limited Edition 12” Picture Disc vinyl version available exclusively at 24hundred.net. The band released the following […]
Shining – IX – Everyone, Everything, Everwhere, Ends – Album Review
Shining IX- Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends Season of Mist Release Date: 20 August 2015 Review by Matt Bolton Not to be mistaken with Norwegian avant-garde metal band of the same name, Sweden’s very own Shining deliver some of the best black metal still out there today. Going strong from 1996, after releasing 5 EP’s and now […]
Brawlers: No Holding Back
By Robyn Morrison Punk rockers, Brawlers, have released their new album, ‘The Romantic Errors Of Our Youth’, and Harry George Johns spared a large section of his time to chat about that record and a whole lot more. In actual fact, he really wanted to tell us about his favourite flavour of ice cream so […]
Eye Of The Enemy announce Asian tour dates
Melbourne’s melodeath quintet, Eye of the Enemy, have announced that they’re off to Asia for The Vengeance Paradox Asian Tour 2015 in support of their sophomore album, 2014’s The Vengeance Paradox. The tour will see the band hit eight cities in five different countries, supporting Flesghgod Apocalypse in Hong Kong, Taipei, Osaka and Tokyo and then […]
Kamelot release new video for Insomnia
Kamelot have released a new video for ‘Insomnia’, which is from their forthcoming album, ‘Haven’. ‘Haven’ will be released via Rocket/Napalm Records on 8 May 2015 in Australia. Track Listing Fallen Star 02. Insomnia 03. Citizen Zero 04. Veil Of Elysium 05. Under Grey Skies 06. My Therapy 07. Ecclesia 08. End Of Innocence 09. […]
Faith No More to re-release two classic albums
Faith No More will re-release their two classic albums, ‘The Real Thing’ and ‘Angel Dust’ in vinyl deluxe versions. Each album will be offered as a two-disc CD set that includes the original release accompanied by a second disc filled with rarities related to the album. Both will be available on 12 June 2015. In […]
Photos: Napalm Death + Carcass, Sydney
Napalm Death + Carcass + Extortion The Factory Theatre, Sydney 18 April 2015 Photos by Rod Hunt
In Hearts Wake release video game
In the lead up to the release of their new album, ‘Skydancer’, In Hearts Wake have released a video game. Last year, the band released the game ‘Earth Invaders’ to accompany their album ‘Earthwalker’ and following in the theme of the ‘Skydancer’, have set ‘Skyhoppers’ in, you guessed it, the sky. You can choose your […]
A Breach Of Silence releases new video for Vultures
A Breach Of Silence have released their new video for ‘Vultures’ from their latest album, ‘The Darkest Road’. The video tells the story of a homeless man who returns a lost wallet to a young, well-dressed businessman – and saves his life in the process. “Vultures is a song about the struggles in life, and […]
No Consequence announce new album, tour dates with Monuments
No Consequence have announced they’ll be releasing their third album, ‘Vimana’ on 8 June via Basick Records. The band has released a track from the album, ‘Speechless’. Track listing Acala 2. Out Time Has Come 3. Is This A Way To Live 4. Resistance 5. The Turning Point 6. Half Light 7. Citizen 8. […]
Cancer Bats: “ I don’t think we were good enough players until now.”
Cancer Bats have just unleashed their new album, Searching For Zero, and vocalist Liam Cormier has made the pretty tall statement that “nobody ever regrets buying an album or getting a tattoo of our band put on their bodies for the rest of their lives”. So does this album stack up to that grand declaration? […]
Gig Review: Napalm Death, Carcass + Supports, Melbourne
Napalm Death, Carcass, Extortion 17 April 2015 Prince Bandroom, Melbourne Review by Daniel Tucceri A double header featuring grind titans Napalm Death and Carcass seemed too good to be true when first announced. Sure enough, it turned out that way when metalheads learned a trip to St Kilda was on the cards. If you’ve ever […]
Gig Review: Sydney – Napalm Death + Supports
Napalm Death + Carcass + Extortion The Factory Theatre, Sydney 18 April 2015 Review by Matt Bolton Always a good venue sound wise The Factory seemed like the right place for this mammoth bill this evening. Having a history with this venue, twisting my ankle on the way to the toilet at the Amorphis gig, there […]
Hundredth announce new album, release new video
Hundredth will release their new album, ‘Free’ on 12 June via Hopeless Records/Unified. “Our goal with FREE was to combine all of the elements of Hundredth into one release without hindering progression,” states vocalist, Chad Johnson. “The outcome is by far our best release. We ventured out vocally, which truly elevated the sound of this […]
Win: Mötley Crüe signed merch pack
Mötley Crüe are heading to Australia with Alice Cooper in May and we’ve got an amazing signed merch pack to giveaway to one lucky winner to celebrate their final tour. Here’s what you can win 1 x copy of The Dirt signed by whole band 1 x ‘Greatest Hits’ CD signed by whole band 1 x […]
Supergroup, Teenage Time Killers release single from their debut album
Heard of Teenage Time Killers? Of course you have, just maybe not under this moniker. The supergroup will release their debut album and will feature performances from Dave Grohl, Corey Taylor, Nick Oliveri (QOTSA), Matt Skiba (Alkakine Trio/Blink-182) and Randy Blythe (Lamb Of God). The band have released their first single, ‘Hung Out To Dry’. […]
Photos: Funeral For A Friend + supports, Sydney
Funeral For A Friend + Vices + Bare Bones + Our Past Days Manning Bar Sydney 19 April 2015 Photos by Melissa Rochfort
Watch: Shattered Sun – Hope Within Hatred
Shattered Sun have released a music video for the title track of their debut album, ‘Hope Within Hatred’. “Hope Within Hatred is a song about overcoming tremendous adversity”, Leal explains. “We wanted to show people with this video that sometimes the decisions we make can dig us so far down, that it would be easier […]
Scott Ian confirms new Anthrax album
Scott Ian has confirmed the band are putting the finishing touches on their new album, due out in June. The band is taking some time out from the studio to head out on tour later this month. The new album will be the follow up to ‘Worship Music’. Ian tells The Metal Voice: “It’s coming […]
Mark Tremonti to release second album
Alter Bridge‘s Mark Tremonti has confirmed his forthcoming solo release ‘Cauterize’ will be released in Australia on June 12 via Fret 12/MGM. The album was produced by Michael “Elvis” Baskette (Slash, Incubus, The Amity Affliction), and follows the 2012 debut ‘All I Was’. Eric Friedman on guitars, Wolfgang Van Halen on bass, and Garrett Whitlock on drums also feature on the album. We are extremely […]
New drummer, new album and new label for Grave Pleasures
Grave Pleasures (formerly Beastmilk) have announced their new drummer to be In Solitude’s Uno Bruniusson. The band has also signed a record deal with Sony Music including Australia and will head into the studio this May with producer Tom Dalgety (Royal Blood, Killing Joke). The album is scheduled for release in September 2015. Frontman Mat […]
Gig Review: Sydney – Architects + Stick To Your Guns + Supports
Architects + Stick To Your Guns + Being As An Ocean + Stories UNSW Roundhouse, Sydney 16 April 2015 Review and photo by Melissa Rochfort The Roundhouse saw an epic evening of international hardcore heavyweights on Thursday night, led by Brighton’s own Architects, with international support from Californians Stick To Your Guns and Being As An […]
AC/DC adds extra shows to Rock or Bust Australian tour
AC/DC have added extra shows to their Rock or Bust tour due to the high demand for tickets this morning. Sydney and Melbourne have added extra shows at ANZ stadium on Saturday, 7 November and at Etihad Stadium on Tuesday, 8 December. Full Tour Dates Wednesday, 4th November ANZ Stadium, Sydney Tickets: Ticketek Saturday, 7th […]
As Paradise Falls announces New Zealand tour dates
As Paradise Falls will head to New Zealand for their second tour this June. The Demon Within Tour will take their extreme live show across the ditch complete with a new lighting rig, lasers and more. Tour Dates 18 June – Wellington- Valhalla 18+ 19 June – Palmerston North- The Royal 18+ 20 June – […]
Photos: Architects + supports, Sydney
Architects + Stick To Your Guns + Being As An Ocean + Stories UNSW Roundhouse, Sydney 16 April 2015 Photos by Melissa Rochfort
Death Dealer announce tour dates
The band that includes members that worked with Manowar, The Dictators, Rob Halford, Lizzy Borden, Udo Dirkschneider and Cage are heading to Australia and New Zealand this September. Death Dealer will kick off their tour in Auckland and Wellington on 4 and 5 September and wind up in Melbourne on 13 September. The band consists […]
Bill Ward responds to Ozzy’s statement
Just when you thought the war of words on the Bill Ward/Black Sabbath should be over, it isn’t. Bill Ward lashed out at Ozzy, Ozzy retorted, now Ward has written an essay back to Ozzy again. Let’s hope this is the end of it. C’mon guys…maybe take this to a private message or email? Bill […]
Turbowolf releases new video for ‘Nine Lives’
Turbowolf have released a new video for their single, ‘Nine Lives’. The single comes from the second album, ‘Two Hands’, which is available on 24 April via Spinefarm Records/Caroline Australia.
Earthside reveal details of their debut album
Earthside have revealed details of their debut album by releasing a teaser video for their forthcoming album, ‘A Dream in Static’. The collaborative cross-continental project – recorded in Stockholm, Sweden under the watch of renowned producer and mix engineer, David Castillo (Opeth, Katatonia, Bloodbath), and additional mix and mastering engineer, Jens Bogren (Opeth, Soilwork, The […]
Watch: Karnivool – The Recording of Themata
Karnivool have released a mini-doco on the recording of their landmark debut album, ‘Themata’. The mini-doco features interviews with band members as they prepare for their national tour for the 10th anniversary of the album release. Tour Dates with Cairo Knife Fight Thursday April 30 – University, WOLLONGONG Friday May 1 – Panthers, […]
Thy Art Is Murder sign to UNFD for the release of their new album
Thy Art Is Murder have signed to UNFD (Australia/NZ) for the release of their new album, ‘Holy War’. The album is due for release on 25 June. This album is the follow-up to 2012’s ‘Hate’, which debuted at #35 on the ARIA Charts – the highest chart position ever for an extreme metal outfit in […]
Hard-Ons announce ‘Peel Me Like A Egg’ shows
30 years since they set foot on stage at the Vulcan Hotel in Sydney, the Hard-Ons will launch this album over two nights in Brisbane and Melbourne. ‘Peel Me Like A Egg’ is the band’s first album with current drummer Murray Ruse. It also features original drummer/vocalist Keish de Silva on backing vocals. The album […]
High On Fire are set to release a new album
High On Fire will release a new album on 26 June through eOne Music/Shock Records. The album, entitled ‘Luminiferous’ is the band’s seventh album. Recorded at Salem, Massachusetts’ GodCity Studios with producer Kurt Ballou, the record is the follow-up to the group’s 2012 release, De Vermis Mysteriis. “We’re doing our part to expose The Elite […]
Ozzy responds to Bill Ward’s statement about his relationship with Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne has responded to Bill Ward’s statement yesterday, about this relationship with Black Sabbath. It’s the first comment he’s made about the situation since 2012. You can read what Bill had to say here. Ozzy’s response was straightforward: “Wow Bill, What the fuck are you on about?” Here’s the full response, posted on his […]
Bill Ward issues statement about his relationship with Black Sabbath
Bill Ward has issued a statement over his relationship with Black Sabbath. Back in 2012, Ward left the band before commencing work on their first studio album, 13, since their reunion. Ward stated that he had failed to reach an agreement about his contract making his relationship with the band untenable. Today, he’s released a […]
Utopia Records announces huge Record Store Day event
Utopia Records in Sydney has announced a HUGE event for this Saturday’s Record Store Day. Here’s what’s on offer: 2 X Century Venues Golden Tickets – That means a double pass to a maximum of 104 shows for each winner over the next twelve months at the Enmore Theatre, Metro Theatre, Factory Theatre and the […]
August Burns Red have released a new song
August Burns Red have released a new song, ‘The Wake’. The song is taken from the forthcoming album, ‘Found In Far Away Places’, which will be released on 26 June via Fearless Records/Unified. ‘Found In Far Away Places’ track listing 1.The Wake 2. Martyr 3. Identity 4. Separating The Seas 5. Ghosts (feat. Jeremy McKinnon) […]
The Ocean: When Ambition Can Become Hardship but they wouldn’t have it any other way
By Will Oakeshott The Post-Metal genre includes a degree of adventure with each song that comes under the moniker. For the listener and artist alike, there is an ability to become so transfixed and involved with the journey of a track that it is able to transport the witness and performer into an other worldly […]
We Came As Romans: “We believe in leaving everything we have on the stage.”
By Matt Doria It’s been quite a while since we heard from the blokes in Michigan metalcore sextet We Came As Romans. The last time they were in the country, they were here for the one-off local incarnation of the Vans Warped Tour, hot off the heels of their third album ‘Tracing Back Roots’. That […]
