From Ashes To New – Day One – Album Review
From Ashes To New Day One Better Noise Records – via Eleven Seven / Sony Music Australia Release Date: 4 March 2016 Review by Alex Sievers Like it or not, nu-metal is resurging and I for one am totally happy for it to be back. It really is the perfect music to bang your head […]
Architects Announce New Album ‘All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us’
UK five piece Architects will release their highly anticipated new album, All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us, on 27 May 2016 via UNFD. The first single, A Match Made In Heaven, can be heard below. Musically, All Our Gods… is the work of a special band “leaving everything we had in the studio”, as vocalist […]
AC/DC Front man Brian Johnson Ordered to Stop Touring Immediately
AC/DC have postponed all ten U.S Tour dates as frontman Brian Johnson faces a “total hearing loss,” if he continues to play on. The press release stated that AC/DC will most likely reschedule the dates later in the year with a guest vocalist. This may have been the last time we see Johnson front AC/DC. […]
Henry Rollins Announces Spoken Word Australian Tour
Everyone’s favourite motor mouth Henry Rollins, will return to Australia this September, in what will be his first all-talking affair since 2012. The mammoth month long Australian journey takes in all corners of the country, from Hobart to Darwin and everywhere in between. There are more dates to be announced soon, so Sydney-siders hang tight, […]
Avatar Announce New Album ‘Feathers & Flesh’
Avatar have announced a new concept album titled Feathers & Flesh, to be released on 13 May 2016 via Another Century/Sony Music Australia. The new release is the highly anticipated follow up to 2014’s Hail the Apocalypse, which placed Avatar in the Billboard Top 200 for the first time. Feathers & Flesh is the bands […]
Gig Review: Clutch + Supports
Clutch + Cosmic Psychos + King Of The North The Forum Theatre, Melbourne 5 March 2016 Review by Joshua Bulleid Photos by David Youdell The last time I saw Clutch was at Hellfest in 2014. On that occasion I couldn’t even get near the tent they were playing in, let alone the stage, due to […]
L7: Rescheduled Australian Tour Dates
People lost their tiny minds with excitement when L7 were announced for Soundwave 2016, so the cancellation of the festival was a kick in the backside to L7 fans all across the country. They got another BOOT when the band had to reschedule their May dates, but fear not! They are on their way in […]
Steel Panther Announce Australian Tour Dates
Steel Panther will bring their own brand of politically incorrect cock-rock to our shores once again this June. The tour takes in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth and a jump over the pond to New Zealand to play Auckland. The band will be here to promote the release of their live acoustic record and […]
Kerry King Slams Iron Maiden and Metallica
Kerry King has made some startling comments in an interview with RVA Magazine. He’s thrown Iron Maiden (Blasphemy!) and Metallica in the same basket, saying that they are relying on past success and resting on their laurels because they had a couple of good albums in their early years. He even went on to say […]
SABATON – Heroes On Tour – (LIVE) Album Review
Sabaton Heroes On Tour Nuclear Blast Records Release Date: 4 March 2016 Review by Paul Southwell Swedish power metal band Sabaton have been steadily gaining strength since their formation many years ago, around the time when nu-metal was the ruling scene in heavy music circles. They have weathered the storms of such trends, steadfast in […]
Danimal Cannon – Lunaria – Album Review
Danimal Cannon Lunaria Ubiktune Release Date: 11 March 2016 Review by Jeremy Vane-Tempest The soundtracks to the Legend of Zelda games are some of the biggest anomalies in music. How Koji Kondo made 45 second loops of audio that don’t make you want to brain yourself after the seventh repeat is astounding. It’s indicative of […]
Obsidian Kingdom – A Year with No Summer – Album Review
Obsidian Kingdom A Year with No Summer Season of Mist Release Date: 11 March 2016 Review by Matt Bolton The Spaniards explain their new album best as, “a spiked cocktail of city spleen, conspiranoia and personal trauma; blue like the stagnant water in the pool of a marooned holiday resort and heavy like the silence […]
Photos: Clutch + Cosmic Psychos
Clutch + Cosmic Psychos The Metro Theatre, Sydney 4 March 2016 Photos by David Youdell
Behemoth Speak of Disturbing Growing Trends in the Music Industry
Behemoth bassist Orion talks about the loyalty they have with their crew, the visual aspect of the bands live show and the unfortunate new trend, where some venues expect a cut of merchandise sales. Yes! The venue now wants bands to give up some profit of merchandise sales, as well as taking their door cut […]
Levitika Releases ‘Zombie Barbie’ Music Video
Australian artist Levitika has released a new video for Zombie Barbie, and it’s catchy as Hell! The song is now available on iTunes and was produced by Jeff Blue (Linkin Park, Korn, Limp Bizkit) The song will be released to U.S radio in April, and Levitika will be heading out on a U.S tour this […]
Heavy Cinema: New Ghostbusters Movie to Take a Huge Dump On Original Classic
Welcome to Hollywood, where all your politically correct dreams come true. The only thing missing from this movie is a series of uninspired cameos from SNL alumni and guests. Oh wait…that’s all this movie is. I’m sure by now you’ve all heard about the new Ghostbusters movie. It’s safe to say that from day one, […]
Whitefall: Release New Video Ahead of Their EP Launch Tomorrow
Canberra progressive metalcore band Whitefall, have just released the video for their single, Causality. It features guest vocals from none other than Dan Tompkins from TesseracT. It’s been a whirlwind five months for Whitefall, they celebrated their first gig ever that was with Dream on, Dreamer and Polaris, they have now released their first video […]
King Parrot Announce Australian Tour Dates
Aussie Legends King Parrot are once again hitting the road after recently completing a monstrous 36 date European and UK tour with Soulfly. They’ll headline the Blacken The Globe Open Air in Alice Springs and Murderfest in Perth while supporting metal giants Five Finger Death Punch in Melbourne and Sydney. They have added to all […]
Anthrax Debut Video Clip For ‘Blood Eagle Wings’
Anthrax have unleashed the film clip for their epic new song, Blood Eagle Wings. Guitarist Scott Ian spoke to Rolling Stone recently about the new tune: “I think it’s our masterpiece of a song,” he says. “It’s the biggest, coolest thing we’ve ever written. “Any great city, whether it’s London, Rome, Paris, New York, Los […]
Sixx:A.M Release New Single ‘Rise’
Sixx:A.M, featuring bassist Nikki Sixx, guitarist DJ Ashba, and vocalist/producer James Michael, have announced the arrival of their new single, Rise. It’s from the upcoming first volume of a double album, Prayers For The Damned, to be released on 29 April 2016 via Eleven Seven Music/Sony Music Australia. “We are not a political band but […]
Gig Review: Between the Buried and Me + Supports
Between the Buried and Me + CHON + I Built the Sky 170 Russell, Melbourne 29 February 2016 Review by Callum Doig What is it with prog music these days? How does the genre now hone some of the most amazing bands of all time in its long, epic history? There’s plenty of fresh blood […]
Kadavar Announce Supports for Australian Tour
Kadavar have announced Melbourne’s Child, and Perth’s Mt. Mountain as their Australian tour supports. Heavy blues enthusiasts Child are back home after a highly successful European tour and a recent line-up change. They have been busy putting the final touches to their long awaited second album, which is due for release in May 2016. It […]
Dark Symphonica: Nominated for a People’s Choice Award at the QMusic Awards
Brisbane based symphonic and heavy metal sensations, Dark Symphonica, have been nominated for a People’s Choice Award at this year’s QMusic Awards, under the category of ‘Most Promising Songwriters.’ After a great end to 2015 with the successful launch of their debut album, Immersion. Dark Symphonica are thrilled to be flying the flag for metal […]
Wallapalooza Festival Returns to Melbourne
Melbourne’s Wallapalooza Festival is back. It’s one of Australia’s longest running independent festivals and an important date in your rock ‘n’ roll calendar. Taking inspiration from the recent furore raised in opposition to idiotic lock-out laws in the northern states, the 2016 edition of Wallapalooza brings together some of the most cinematic rock, stoner and […]
Anthrax’s Scott Ian On the Adele Phenomena and The Music Scene Today
In a short interview released by the leviathan record label Nuclear Blast Records, Scott Ian talks about the huge commercial success of artists like Adele, who has broken all kinds of album sales records recently and the effect online streaming and illegal downloading has on bands like Anthrax. Ian was quoted as saying (as transcribed […]
Hard-Ons Announce a New/Old Member and Aussie Tour Dates
Everything old is new again! Sydney’s rock-punk-hardcore Kings the Hard-Ons have announced that original vocalist/drummer Keish ‘Velvet Fog’ de Silva will be permanently returning to the fold as frontman. The Velvet Fog will jump straight in the deep end with shows in Melbourne and Sydney in May. Still buoyant from their 30th anniversary tour and the […]
Every Time I Die’s Andy Williams to Make Wrestling Debut!
The man mountain that is Andy Williams from Every Time I Die, is set to make his professional wrestling debut. You can see below in the hilarious video, that Williams has challenged Tarik to a match on March 20 at Smash Wrestling’s – Any Given Sunday 4. Let’s just hope that Tarik’s affairs are in […]
Anna Murphy (Eluveitie) Announces Australian Tour
The Goddess of heavy metal hurdy-gurdy, Anna Murphy, is on her way to Australia as a preview for the highly anticipated second Australian tour by her band Eluveitie. Their stunningly powerful featured vocalist, flute and hurdy-gurdy player, Anna Murphy, will be visiting Australia in March for two exclusive solo shows. These intimate performances are not […]
Izzy Stradlin Refutes Claims He’s Part of Guns N’ Roses Reunion Tour
Guitarist Izzy Stradlin has been the discussion point many times over the last six months, on just what his role would be in the upcoming Guns N’ Roses reunion tour. It started out as a long shot, then we heard he would play 2-3 shows. Now, he has confirmed it all to be nothing but […]
Magrudergrind – II – Album Review
Magrudergrind II Relapse Records Release Date: 12 February 2016 Review by Alex Sievers Ah, Magrudergrind, you insane bastards – how I’ve missed you. This grind-power violence-crust outfit is back for their first new album in over six years (essentially a lifetime in the music biz nowadays), and it goes by the simple name of II. […]
Demonstealer – This Burden is Mine – Album Review
Demonstealer This Burden is Mine Release Date: 25 March 2016 Review by Matt Bolton The name Sahil Makhija should translate to ‘true legend.’ As the man is just that, in his hometown of Mumbai in India where he has his very own metal podcast; that being the only one in the country. Besides fronting blackened […]
Annihilist – Vol.1 – EP Review
Annihilist Vol. 1 Release Date: 7 January 2016 Review by Daniel Tucceri Despite their name, Melbourne tech-death metal quintet Annihilist aren’t quite the pessimists their name leads you to believe. Vocalist Harry Pendock is a man who finds ‘Solace in Suffering’, as he puts it, distilling it into half an hour of well-crafted brutality. Annihilist […]
It Lies Within Release New Video…and They Need Your Help To Fix Their Van!
It Lies Within are currently out on tour with Kissing Candice, but the transmission in their van blew up last night. They have reluctantly set up a Go Fund Me campaign to try and push on with the tour. They are already at over $1600 thanks to some generous fans and they only require another […]
Tremonti Returns with New Album ‘Dust’
Hot on the heels of their critically acclaimed sophomore release Cauterize. Tremonti returns with the companion album, Dust, scheduled for release on 29 April 2016 via Fret 12 Records/MGM. The companion album, recorded during the same sessions as Cauterize features the Grammy Award winning Mark Tremonti on vocals/guitar, Wolfgang Van Halen on bass and Garett […]
Five Finger Death Punch Launch New Video Clip and More
Vegas rockers Five Finger Death Punch (5FDP) have debuted their highly anticipated music video for the song, My Nemesis. It’s the third single from the bands current album, Got Your Six, which has already climbed into the Top 20 on the Active Rock radio chart. Zoltan Bathory (guitar) states: “In life everyone has a nemesis… it can […]
Iron Maiden Release Teaser For New Video Game
Iron Maiden have released a trailer for their upcoming video game, Legacy of the Beast. According to Metalhammer, no release date has been given for the game, which will feature on iOS and Android. But the trailer depicts the cover artwork of classic Iron Maiden single Run To The Hills, with the band’s mascot Eddie […]
Slipknot and Manson Announce Full Details of HUGE North American Tour
Slipknot have announced the details of their epic North American Tour. The Grammy award winners will be joined on the extensive two-month tour by Marilyn Manson and Of Mice & Men. This is set to be one of the biggest and best tours of 2016! Slipknot + Marilyn Manson + Of Mice & Men Tour […]
