COMPETITION: Win Tickets to see GBH
Punk legends GBH are heading down to Australia and New Zealand at the end of February. The Drunk Promoter has sobered up enough to give you the opportunity to win a double pass to the GBH show in your city! Simply follow the instructions below to be in the draw to win the tickets. All […]
Agoraphobic Nosebleed – Arc – EP Review
Agoraphobic Nosebleed Arc (EP) Release Date: 22 January 2016 Relapse Records Review by Matt Bolton Generally known as a grindcore outfit Agoraphobic Nosebleed pull off some sludge/ doom which could stand up to be the bands best creation yet. With the concept of 4 EP’s bringing out the band members different influences, their first being […]
Dream Theater: You’ve Never Seen Them Like This Before
In the next issue of HEAVY Mag, we’ve got a full interview with Jordan Rudess from Dream Theater. Here’s a couple of snippets of our interview that we couldn’t squeeze into the magazine. For the full interview, check out the next issue of HEAVY Mag, which is free to download at this link on 18 […]
Phil Anselmo Apologizes For White Power Outburst
Former Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo, has publically apologized after his shocking outburst on stage last week at Dimebash. He was heard clearly to yell the words ‘White Power’ repeatedly and offered a Nazi-style salute to the crowd. Several musicians in the HEAVY scene have come out and condemned the actions of Anselmo, and rightfully so. […]
Photos: Voyager + Leprous + The Helix Nebula
Voyager + Leprous + The Helix Nebula The Factory Floor, Sydney 29 January 2016 Photos by Jess Miller
Are Cog gearing up for an announcement?
You all remember Cog, right? The band, made up of Flynn Gower, Lucius Borich and Luke Gower formed in 1998. Before they called it quits in 2010 they released three albums, toured extensively and performed at festivals such as the Big Day Out. Prior to tonight’s Facebook movements, there had been no posts since April […]
The Dead Daisies announce new band member
The Dead Daisies have announced the addition of Doug Aldrich. Aldrich joins the band as lead guitarist as Richard Fortus and Dizzy Reed step aside to work on another project. Aldrich is currently in Nashville with the Daisies working with producer Marti Frederiksen (Aerosmith, Gavin Rossdale, Mötley Crüe, Buckcherry) on their follow up to the album Revolución, […]
Legion Music Fest announces more bands
Legion Music Fest is on the countdown for their pledging target. If the $3.275 million gets up in 49 days you’ll see four newly added bands on the line-up. Also announced for Soundwave Festival before it came to a crashing halt, Finnish Eurovision winners, Lordi, head this latest announcement. Capture The Crown, Polaris and Heard […]
Deaf To All But Metal: Heaviest 100
Local Sydney gig promoter Deaf To All But Metal (DTABM) are sick of certain popular radio music polls that totally overlook metal, so they’ve taken matters into their own hands with the release of their Heaviest 100 poll. You can vote for your favourite metal band or for as many bands as you like. The […]
Venomous Concept – Kick Me Silly-VC111 – Album Review
Venomous Concept Kick Me Silly – VCIII Release Date: 8 January 2016 Season of Mist Review by The Southport Rocker Venomous Concept were first conceived in 2004 formed by Kevin Sharp (Brutal Truth) and Shane Embury (Napalm Death) while on tour with Sharp, driving the Napalm Death tour bus. They recruited Danny Herrera (Napalm Death) […]
Falling In Reverse Release New Video For ‘Chemical Prisoner’
Falling in Reverse have just released a new film clip for Chemical Prisoner, taken off their highly successful album Just Like You. The band continues to bridge the gap between melodic rock and brutal metal. Ronnie Radke states: “Filming this video was super fun. We did it in my hometown Vegas with my dad’s motorcycle […]
Trivium Announce Australian Tour
Trivium have announced they will be touring Down Under in April. The band has released seven studio albums to date, the last of which being Silence in the Snow in October of 2015. They were last here in 2014 doing a run of sold out shows with In Flames. The band has just announced their […]
Driven Fear Announce Album Release & New Single
Driven fear have just announced the release of their new full length album Freethinker. The album announcement arrives with the release of the single, In Care of Pt. 2. In Care of Pt 2 premiered exclusively on Short. Fast. Loud. on Wednesday 27th January 2016. A bristling, abrasive but cathartic 4:27 of hard-out punk hardcore […]
Deftones Announce New Album Title & Song Teaser
Deftones have released a teaser of their new album, Gore. You can check it out below. Keyboardist Frank Delgado spoke with Diffuser to discuss a few things about the new album, including the recording process and how it compared with previous releases: “This one was different. This one was a lot of starting and stopping […]
Voyager Release New Video & Single ‘Misery is Only Company’
Australia’s melodic masters Voyager take things up a notch with Misery Is Only Company, a super-catchy new single which will be premiered live on their Australian tour with Leprous in January and February. Voyager & Leprous Tour Dates Friday, January 29: The Factory Floor, Sydney Get Tix Saturday, January 30: Amplifier Bar, Perth Get Tix Friday, February 5: The Brightside, […]
Buckcherry: Rock ‘n’ Roll ain’t dead
Words: Robyn Morrison In the next issue of HEAVY Mag, we’ve got a full interview with Josh Todd from Buckcherry. Here’s a snippet of our interview with Josh. For the full interview, check out the next issue of HEAVY Mag, which is free to download at this link on 18 February. In our digital magazine […]
HEAVY Mag Awards winners announced for 2015
We asked our readers to vote for the best of everything in the HEAVY music culture for 2015 and here’s what they came up with. Thanks to everyone who participated. Best Metal Band: King Parrot Best Metal Album: King Parrot – Dead Set Best Metal Song: Iron Maiden – If Eternity Should Fall Best Rock […]
Amon Amarth Release Epic New Video
Swedish Vikings Amon Amarth have released an epic new video! First Kill is the first single off their upcoming album titled Jomsviking. The album is set to be released on 25 March 2016 via Sony Music. Check out First Kill below and let us know what you think! Amon Amarth will be heading out on the […]
Guns N’ Roses: a $2500 VIP Experience to not Meet the Band?
In what we can only assume will be a never ending circus until they finally play a show together; Guns N’ Roses have released details of an exorbitant VIP package available to their fans for the two upcoming Las Vegas shows. For a King’s ransom of $2500 you will receive: An “Essential Guns N’ Roses […]
Cradle of Filth Cancel Shows Due to Visa Issue
Extreme metallers Cradle of Filth have been forced to cancel the first four shows of their Inquisitional Tourture tour of North America. Frontman Dani Filth says: “With a massively heavy heart, Cradle of Filth have to announce the cancellation (for now at least) of our first four shows in the U.S, because of a visa […]
Hellyeah Post Studio Teaser
Hellyeah has posted a short studio teaser for its forthcoming album on their Facebook page along with the hashtag #Human, which is likely the title of the first single. The new album was recorded in Las Vegas with producer Kevin Churko, who was the man behind 2014’s critically acclaimed Blood for Blood. Hellyeah guitarist Tom […]
Photos: Teramaze + Supports
Teramaze + Vanishing Point + Damnations Day The Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong 22 January 2016 Photos by Carl Neumann
Former Dio Bassist Dead at 68
Former Rainbow and Dio bassist Jimmy Bain has died at 68. According to Blabbermouth, the news was confirmed by ex-Dio drummer Simon Wright and Diana Deville, a long-time employee of Wendy Dio’s Niji Management. In a career spanning 42 years Bain had worked with the greats, including Thin Lizzy front man Phil Lynott, co-writing on […]
Photos: Unify Festival – Day 1
Unify Festival: Parkway Drive + Confession + Dream On Dreamer + Hands Like Houses + In Heart’s Wake + Make Them Suffer + Ocean Grove + Stray From The Path + Tonight Alive + Void Of Vision Tarwin Meadows, Gippsland VIC 16 January 2016 Photos by Bethany Mafrici
Megadeth: Living in a Dystopia
by Steve Jenkins Dystopia sees Megadeth fifteen albums into their career and still sticking the middle finger up to the haters that doubt them. It’s a reflection of the world we currently live in and the decline of human civilization accompanied by a full throttle heavy metal soundtrack, narrated by the famous snarling vocals from […]
Competition: Win Tickets to See Voyager & Leprous
Voyager & Leprous are heading out together on an Australian tour at the end of this month and we’ve got TWO double passes to giveaway for each show! Follow the instructions below to be in the draw to win the tickets. Too easy! Winners will be notified by email. Competition Details Send your name (as […]
Killswitch Engage Announce Album Release Date For ‘Incarnate’
Metalcore pioneers Killswitch Engage have announced the release date of their seventh album, Incarnate. The album will be out March 11th 2016 on Roadrunner Records. Pre-orders will be available from January 29th. Rolling Stone announced Incarnate as one of the 25 most anticipated metal albums of 2016.
Black Sabbath: War Pigs Cover
As we reported last month there’s a Black Sabbath tribute album hitting the shelves. The album is being released in honor of the original doom legends Black Sabbath as they embark on their final tour The End. Check out the first single below, War Pigs. It features Chris Jericho (Fozzy) and Scotti Hill (Skid Row) […]
Voyager: The Journey Continues…
by Rod Whitfield It’s great when a band, especially an Aussie band, experiences a renaissance in their career when they are a long way into their journey. It’s often a moment in time, a certain album or tour, that creates this unexpected upward momentum shift, and that is exactly what has happened for Perth based […]
Witchgrinder Unveil New Line-Up
Melbourne’s industrial thrashers Witchgrinder have announced an all new line-up. Vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Travis Everett is the only member remaining of the band that released Haunted in 2015. “The last line up decided to go their own way. So, for me it was either end Witchgrinder or hunt down the best players I could […]
Disturbed and Rob Zombie announce US tour
Disturbed and Rob Zombie have announced a co-headlining tour for the US this coming May. The bands will be joined by Pop Evil. Tour Dates 3 May – Mississippi Coast Coliseum – Biloxi, MS 4 May – Oak Mountain Amphitheater – Birmingham, AL 6 May – Aaron’s Amphitheater – Atlanta, GA * 7 May – […]
That Metal Show will not return to VH1 Classic
Eddie Trunk has confirmed That Metal Show will not be hosted by VH1 Classic. Trunk, Jamieson and Florentine said in a statement: “It has been an incredible run of eight years, roughly 125 episodes and some really cool specials. “The global response to That Metal Show has been simply amazing, and we will be eternally […]
Unify confirms that heavy music is alive and well
By Robyn Morrison If you’re anything like me, your social news feeds have been clogged by various news posts about music festivals announcing line-ups then going belly up or being postponed. There’s a lot to theorise in that opening sentence but you’ll have to keep an eye out on the next issue of HEAVY Music […]
Hacktivist Announce UNFD Signing & New Album
UK 5-piece HACKTIVIST have confirmed that they will be releasing their highly-anticipated debut album Outside the Box on March 4 worldwide via UNFD – the very first international global signing for the Australian label. Hacktivist have also just released the first single from Outside the Box titled Buszy. You can check it out below. Co-vocalist Ben Marvin explains the thought […]
Ahoy! Lagerstein: New Album & Tour Dates
Brisbane pirates Lagerstein will be plundering all kinds of booty on their 13 date tour of Australia next month. They begin in Brisbane on the 6 February and finish up at the Gold Coast on 11 March before heading back out to sea! The tour will be in support of their new album All For […]
Senses Fail Cancel Australian Tour
Post-hardcore band Senses Fail have cancelled their March tour of Australia citing “unforeseen family circumstances.” The cancellation was announced on their Facebook page; “Due to unforeseen family circumstances we will unfortunately have to cancel our planned Australia tour.” “We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and we hope to make it up to all of our […]
King Parrot’s Matt Young is Offering a Free Online Seminar
Vocalist and co-manager of Melbourne’s notorious King Parrot, Matt Young will be teaming up with Music Business Facts host Rodney Holder to present a free online music business lecture this Sunday 24 January at 3:00pm AEDT. The all-encompassing lecture will explore facets of the music industry rarely touched on, while giving attendees the opportunity to hear […]
Legion Music Fest Pulls Stumps on 2016 Festival
As was speculated by HEAVY earlier today, the Legion Music Fest will be pushed back until January 2017. In a move that was forced on them by poor pledge numbers, the fledgling festival has admitted that time constraints and the difficulty of locking in headline bands was all too much, too soon. John Sankey said […]
Legion Music Fest to Change Set Up of Festival
Legion have announced that they will be “making a few changes” to the current set up of the festival. We can only assume this means changes to the size of the festival or a movement of the date, as of now they are just under $3Million shy of their campaign target with just 7 days […]
Black Stone Cherry Announce Australian Tour
It’s about to get rowdy down under – Black Stone Cherry, Kentucky’s wild boys of hard rock done southern are hitting Australian shores in June 2016. The five dates in June see them hitting some of Australia’s biggest and best rock venues. Tour Dates Friday 24th June 2016, The Factory, Sydney NSW Tickets Available at […]
Ragnarök: Melbourne Has a New Metal/Punk Nightclub
Ragnarök is Melbourne’s newest heavy metal/punk/hard rock night club. The grand opening will take place on 25 January 2016 at Loop Bar (23 Meyers Place, Melbourne) and feature special guest DJ’s Lochlan Watt from The Racket on Triple J, and Dave ‘Higgo’ Higgins of Triple M fame. There will a good mix of old and […]
Wayne Static’s Widow Found Dead
It has just been reported by Blabbermouth that Wayne Static’s widow Tera Wray Static, has been found dead of an apparent suicide. Wayne Static died after mixing Xanax and other powerful prescription drugs with alcohol, according to the coroner’s report. The 48-year-old Static, whose real name was Wayne Richard Wells, was found dead in his […]
COMPETITION: Win Tickets to see Soilwork
Soilwork are heading to Australia in February and we’ve got a double pass to giveaway for all their Australian shows! A big thanks to Live Nation for hooking us up! Please follow the instructions below to be in the draw to win the tickets. Simple! Competition Details Send your name (as it appears on your […]
Buckcherry Announce Supports for Australia & NZ Tour
Rockers Buckcherry will be heading back to Australia in March. You can find their supports listed with the tour dates below. Forming in 1995 they have released 7 full length albums of unbridled rock. From their self titled debut album in 1999 which delivered anthems such as Lit Up and Dead Again, to 2006’s 15 which […]
C.O.P. UK – No Place for Heaven – Album Review
C.O.P. UK No Place For Heaven Release Date: 22 January 2015 UDR Music/ Warner Music Australia Review by Cameron Cooper Having clawed their way up the hard rock ladder since 2005, C.O.P UK are set to drop their third full-length, and it is an absolute cracker. Led by the soaring leathery voice of Dale Radcliffe, […]
Aborted – Termination Redux – EP Review
Aborted Termination Redux Release Date: 15 January 2016 Century Media Records Review by Steve Jenkins This brutal bunch from Belgium known as Aborted have been creating technical gore influenced death metal for 20 years now, so why not release an EP to celebrate? Or perhaps there’s more to it than that. But what’s to […]
Zakk Wylde to Release ‘Book of Shadows II’
Guitar icon Zakk Wylde will release Book of Shadows II on 8 April 2016 via eOne Music, his first solo release in 20 years. This release is the highly anticipated follow up to the 1996 LP Book of Shadows. Zakk Wylde is no stranger to showing the lighter, introspective side of his music, having previously […]
Luca Brasi: Top 6 Tips For Flying
Tassie lads Luca Brasi are about to head off on a 6 date national tour with Endless Heights & Brawlers on the back of their new single Aeroplane. In 2015 Luca Brasi pounded the boards with acts as diverse as Violent Soho, Kisschasy, Title Fight (US) and You Me At Six, plus killer slots at […]
Metallica Retract Cease and Desist Letter To Tribute Band
Metallica have clarified the situation with Canadian tribute band Sandman and denied any involvement in the matter. Rolling Stone have reported that an “overzealous attorney” was to blame for the misunderstanding. All media has now put down their pitchforks! “We hear that a Canadian Metallica tribute band is a little upset with us and with […]
Metallica takes a dump in tribute band’s cornflakes.
Lawyered-up Metallica have once again taken their intellectual property rights fight to a whole new level. According to Rockfeed Metallica have been: “threatening serious legal action against a group of their own fans who have been performing covers of the metal band’s music.” In a 41-page document to Canadian tribute band Sandman they sneered “Metallica […]
