[TOUR] SCORPIONS FIRST EVER AUSSIE TOUR!
German heavy rock icons, SCORPIONS, will be bringing their 50th Anniversary Tour to Melbourne for their first-ever Australian show. We are all big fans of the Scorpions here at HEAVY and are really looking forward to this one! It’s damn shame they are only playing in Melbourne… But we live in Melbourne so… If not […]
[NEW VIDEO] Five Finger Death Punch – I Apologize’
Five Finger Death Punch has unveiled the video for their next single ‘I Apologize’. Culled from their sixth studio album, Got Your Six, the chilling clip follows Ivan Moody through a cemetery housing our era’s most notable deceased rock icons, ranging from Elvis to Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse to Jimi Hendrix. The clip was […]
[NEWS] The Dead Daisies’ New Studio Album – ‘Make Some Noise’
The Dead Daisies’ new studio album ‘Make Some Noise’ is set to hit the stores on August 5th. Us HEAVY folk have been flogging it in the office, in the car and on the plane… daily. ‘Make Some Noise’ has cracking’ hooks and neat solos backed by a more than solid rhythm accompaniment and melodies. […]
[FESTIVAL] Brewtality Festival – Metal, Rock & Beer
Melbourne: Saturday, August 6 Sydney: Saturday, August 13 The annual Brewtality Festival will return in August and promises to be the biggest one ever! The 2015 event sold out in Melbourne, breaking the highest ever bar taking record at The Tote and The Bendigo Hotels! That’s impressive! This year’s event will be held once again […]
[Album Review] Totally Unicorn – Dream Life
by Will Oakeshott It’s probable that there isn’t a band in Australia who has had more of an impact on the heavy music scene (and even the not-so-heavy, unbelievably this quintet even supported Tonight Alive on an Australian tour) without releasing an album than Sydney’s Totally Unicorn. Well the “Happy Hour” bell has been rung […]
[TOUR] BRING ME THE HORIZON – SOLD OUT MELB, SYD, ADL
BRING ME THE HORIZON have announced their Adelaide show at the AEC Theatre on September 20 has officially SOLD OUT! With the first Melbourne (1st show), Sydney (1st show) and Adelaide shows now sold out, no further dates will be added to the tour so you will need to get your tickets right here… right […]
[TOUR] APOCALYPTICA ANNOUNCE SUPPORTS
Apocalyptica announced Sydney progressive post-rockers as Aussie supports: We Lost The Sea [FROM THE PRESS RELEASE] After blowing away crowds with their dynamic and heart-stopping shows on Soundwave 2015, Finnish classical-metal maestros Apocalyptica will be returning for a Headline tour this September! Sydney progressive post-rock proponents, We Lost The Sea are special guests for […]
[VIDEO] Melbourne’s Four-piece Hardcore Group, Pridelands
[FROM THE PRESS RELEASE] Melbourne’s Pridelands are today dropping their new single ‘Coalesce‘ and a film clip to go along with it. Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Lance Prenc and Jamie Marinos, the track will be available immediately from their bandcamp page. Pridelands Bandcamp page: https://pridelands.bandcamp.com The track is the first release from the four-piece hardcore […]
[INTERVIEW] DREADNAUGHT – ‘Caught the Vultures Sleeping’ – Album & Tour
Rod Whitfield chats with Greg Trull of Dreadnaught It’s quite astounding to realise that this Aussie heavy music institution formed way back in 1992 and had survived and prospered through all of the trials, tribulations and many ups and downs that all hard working original bands go through, across virtually a quarter of a century […]
[TOUR] Supports Announced for Symphony X Tour
For the very first time in Australia Symphony X will grace Melbourne and Sydney with their in your face melodic power metal goodness! We just got word from the tour organisers that Melbourne’s melodic power metallers, Black Majesty, will be the sole support act for the upcoming tour. With six albums under their belts & […]
[FESTIVAL] Australian’s Might Be Downloading a New Metal Festival In 2017
Metal fans across the country will be pleased to know that the one, the only, giga[byte]festival of our dreams, Download Festival, might well be extending its bandwidth for Australians to access. In other words, it looks like Download Festival is porting in Australia! Still reeling from the loss of Soundwave we might be able to […]
Gig Review: Be’lakor + Supports, Melbourne, 23 July 2016
Be’lakor + Hybrid Nightmares + Eye Of The Enemy + Hadal Maw 23 July 2016 The Corner Hotel, Melbourne Review by Joshua Bulleid Photo by Mark Hoffmann Tonight might have been the hometown stop for Melbourne melodic/progressive death metal favourites Be’lakor—in celebration of their critically-acclaimed, new opus Vessels, no less—but it was the newly-rejuvenated Hadal […]
Photos: Chicago Open Air Festival – Day Three
Chicago Open Air Festival: Day Three All That Remains Bullet For My Valentine Corrosion Of Conformity Five Finger Death Punch Gemini Syndrome Jim Breuer Killswitch Engage Letlive Marilyn Manson Slipknot Upon A Burning Body We Came As Romans Photos by Shaun Watson
Photos: Chicago Open Air Festival – Day Two
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Stormtide Announce Details of Debut Album
Melbourne symphonic metallers Stormtide will release their debut album, Wrath Of An Empire, on 1 August 2016 via U.S label Metal Hell Records. Wrath Of An Empire, is an intricately woven nine part epic tale of ruin, heroism and dark deeds centred around the adventures of the Warrior, the Prince and the Magician. With Wrath Of […]
Do You Want to Play with For All Eternity On Their Upcoming Tour?
For All Eternity are offering one lucky band the chance to open for them on their upcoming Australian tour. They understand the Australian music scene has become increasingly difficult for young bands to crack, so they want to try something a different by offering one band a chance to open for them for the entire […]
Perth’s Nucleust Announce New EP and Tour Dates
Aussie metallers Nucleust will release their new EP, Restivity, on 26 August 2016 via Rockpit Records and embark on their first interstate tour, with shows in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney in September. Inspired by everything from classical music to doom & goth, thrash, death and more. Nucleust create music that reflects what they perceive is […]
The Dead Daisies Release New Single ‘Join Together’ Today!
The Dead Daisies have today released their smashing new single, Join Together, via Spitfire Music/SPV. It’s an uplifting new incarnation of The Who’s song, with modern elements added to the original classic. Vocalist John Corabi states: “We wanted to do ‘Join Together’ ‘cause it’s obviously a classic Who song. I just love the power of […]
Despised Icon – Back Together at Last
By Kris Peters Despised Icon have defied popular belief in that a band has to be productive to be relevant, having spent the last six years in a state of limbo. After being one of the pioneers of extreme metal and providing inspiration to a plethora of emerging acts, the band suddenly announced they were […]
Dunsmuir – Dunsmuir – Album Review
Dunsmuir Dunsmuir Hall of Records Release Date: 22 July 2016 Review by Kris Peters It seems these days that musicians are playing musical chairs a lot, swapping and joining forces with people from other bands with reckless abandon. While this is more often than not a good thing, it also can leave you wondering why, […]
Saint Vitus Unveil First Track from ‘Live Vol. 2’ Album
The godfathers of American doom, Saint Vitus have unveiled the first track taken from their forthcoming live album Live Vol. 2, which will be released on 23 September 2016. The classic and fan favourite, War Is Our Destiny, is now streaming and you can check it out below. Despite having been around for more than 35 […]
Photos: Chicago Open Air Festival, 15 July 2016
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Killswitch Engage and Fallujah Join Forces on Australian Tour
Killswitch Engage and Fallujah will be hitting Australia and New Zealand for a five date tour in March 2017. Killswitch Engage redefined the metal genre with the release of their landmark debut, Alive or Just Breathing, which single-handedly defined the metalcore genre and influenced a legion of bands to follow. Melding brutality and brains into […]
Rock Legends Scorpions Announce 50th Anniversary Tour
German HEAVY rock icons, Scorpions, will be bringing their 50th Anniversary Tour to Melbourne. The band will be travelling to Australia for the first time in the 50-year history of the band, comprising Klaus Meine (vocals), Rudolf Schenker (guitar), Matthias Jabs (guitar), Mikkey Dee (drums) & Pawel Maciwoda (bass), will play their debut Australian show […]
Circles Announced Aussie ‘Egression Tour’
Melbourne HEAVY music exponents Circles have announced dates for their Egression Tour, which will be the last headline shows for 2016. The band is currently finalising their new album, the follow up to 2013’s Infinitas, which will be released in 2017. The band have spent much of 2015 working on this highly anticipated new release, […]
Plini Announces Details of Debut Album ‘Handmade Cities’
24-year-old Australian guitarist Plini has announced details of his debut full length album, Handmade Cities, which will be released on 26 August 2016. Plini is currently on tour with Animals As Leaders and Intervals in Europe, ahead of his Australian headline tour with Intervals in September. Check out all the tour dates and ticket info […]
Metallica’s Classic Self-Titled Album Celebrates its 25th Birthday Next Month
The Black Album – 25 Years On… By Nathan Eden The second half of 1991 was a truly amazing time in music and Metallica got in a month earlier than a couple of their heavyweight peers by releasing their fifth album in August. In September, Guns n’ Roses would release their ambitious Use Your Illusion […]
Witherscape – The Northern Sanctuary – Album Review
Witherscape The Northern Sanctuary Century Media Release Date: 22 July 2016 Review by Matt Bolton Dan Swanö, the man responsible for being part of such important extreme acts as Edge of Sanity, Bloodbath and Nightingale, performs vocals, keyboards and drums. He’s joined by multi-instrumentalist Ragnar Widerberg on guitars/bass for the duos third offering and the […]
King Parrot Announce Aussie Shows in September
King Parrot have returned from another successful North American tour and will embark on four exclusive shows in Victoria and South Australia in September. The band is hard at work penning new tracks for a yet to be titled new album, and are eager to showcase some of these tracks for their Australian fans in […]
Hordes of the Black Cross – Black Metal Spirits
By Daniel Tucceri Demonic shrieks emerge from the speakers like an unholy sepulchre that should never have been disturbed. Buzzsaw guitars pierce as unremitting screams tortured by hellfire would. Lightning fast drums pound as ruthlessly as a carpet bombing, leaving the listener shell-shocked beneath the levelling dust. Such are the evocations on the debut Hordes […]
Islander – Power Under Control – Album Review
Islander Power Under Control Victory Records Release Date: 5 August 2016 Review by Quinton Farrow This wasn’t supposed to happen; what’s old eventually becomes new again, but a decade without Nu-Metal was possibly not quite enough. The signs began with King 810, and while they were on the offering scale closer to Slipknot, that early […]
Cane Hill – Brutally Real
By Genevieve Gao It’s New Orleans, one of the oldest American cities and a place where the dirtiest HEAVY metal thrives, and it’s here that Cane Hill became fully immersed. Since forming in 2011, the group’s debut single Sunday School remains a defining representation, along with hard-hitting favourites from their self-titled EP [2015] including Gemini […]
Cog + Sleepmakeswaves, Melbourne, 14 July 2016
Cog + Sleepmakeswaves Max Watts, Melbourne 14 July 2016 Photos by Sofie Marsden
Circle Of Contempt – Structures For Creation – Album Review
Circle Of Contempt Structures For Creation Release Date: 1 July 2016 Review by Rod Whitfield I absolutely love bands that are both brutal and highly progressive at the same time. Bands that blister your skin with their intensity, but also offer up something highly interesting, musically. The ‘tech’ scene is offering up some of the […]
Wolf Hoffmann – Modern Classic
By Kris Peters When all is said and done, music is a finite medium. There are only so many guitar chords or variations. So many piano keys and so many drum beats. Basically, nothing can be truly fresh or original when it has been done for so long, with music, or some form of it, […]
Gone is Gone – Gone is Gone – Album Review
Gone is Gone Gone Is Gone Cooking Vinyl/Black Dune Records 8 July 2016 Review by Matt Bolton Gone is Gone have a lot to offer on their debut EP and it’s no surprise with the high calibre of musicianship laid out on the table. Putting his heart and soul into the vocals is Troy Sanders […]
Toxicon Announce ‘Purge’ Tour Dates
Heavy metallers Toxicon will embark on their first ever East Coast Australian tour to promote the release of their debut album Purge, which is released on 1 August 2016. The band, which features members from Melbourne, Geelong and Ballarat have taken the bull by the horns with their 52 minute – 11 song debut concept […]
Falling In Reverse Announce Australian ‘Count Rockula’ Tour
One of the most talked about, controversial and adored rock bands of our time, Falling In Reverse are bringing their Count Rockula Tour to Australia in October. This will be the band’s first visit back to Australia since early 2015 and their first ever headline tour. Loved, hated, ridiculed, admired, Falling In Reverse frontman Ronnie Radke is a […]
Photos: Be’lakor + Supports, Sydney, 8 July 2016
Be’lakor + Darker Half + Rise of Avernus + Anno Domini Factory Theatre, Sydney 08 July 2016 Photos by Jess Miller
Album Review – Inquisition – Bloodshed Across the Empyrean Altar Beyond The Celestial Zenith
Inquisition Bloodshed Across the Empyrean Altar Beyond The Celestial Zenith Season of Mist 26 August 2016 Review by Matt Bolton On their seventh offering, Columbian duo Inquisition, now residing in Seattle, leave us with this perfect soundtrack to sacrificing goats and the like. Along with an epic title to the record, Bloodshed across the Empyrean […]
Barb Wire Dolls Release Video for ‘Drown’
Barb Wire Dolls hail from an artist commune on the island of Crete, the band sold everything they owned and left crisis-ridden Greece in 2010 for Los Angeles, at the invite of legendary KROQ DJ Rodney Bingenheimer. Upon their arrival in California, Barb Wire Dolls immediately sold out the world famous Roxy Theatre in Hollywood, […]
Disturbed’s David Draiman Calls Out “Genre Snobs”
David ‘Put Your F*cking Phone Away’ Draiman of Disturbed fame has spoken to Tigman from the Q103 radio station, chatting about how it feels to have a Top 40 radio hit with his mind numbing Simon & Garfunkel cover. “It feels great. Everyone and anyone is welcome to come on board. You know, music is […]
Photos: Jack The Stripper + Guests, Sydney, 9 July 2016
Jack The Stripper + Daemon Pyre + Gvrlls + Honest Crooks The Factory Floor, Sydney 9 July 2016 Photos by Jess Miller
Ted Nugent Declares That Hillary Clinton is a “Lying Scam Artist”
Everyone’s favourite Bad Grandpa Ted Nugent is never one to shy from a political debate and has declared Hillary Clinton a “lying scam artist.” He spoke with Eddie Trunk on the SiriusXM satellite radio show recently and also gave his opinion on Donald Trump. “I like Donald Trump a lot. He’s not perfect, but compared […]
Jack The Stripper + Supports, Sydney, 9 July 2016
Jack The Stripper + Daemon Pyre + Gvrlls + Honest Crooks The Factory Floor, Sydney 9 July 2016 Review by Sam Barker Photos by Jess Miller Sydney’s inner west is known for its live music scene and the outrageous antics that often go along with it. My attention on Saturday was specifically focused at the […]
Competition: WIN a Double Pass to See Katatonia on Their Upcoming Australian Tour
Thanks to our friends at David Roy Williams and Metropolis Touring, we have a double pass to give away to the show of your choice on Katatonia’s upcoming Australian tour. Follow the simple instructions below to go in the draw to win! Swedish melodic metal heavy weights Katatonia are returning to Australia for their first […]
Australian Rock & Metal Institute Announces Adelaide Showcase
ARMI (Australian Rock & Metal Institute) is proud to present its third yearly show at The Gov Hindmarsh and it’s promising to be the biggest and best yet! Featuring a monstrous line-up of student bands performing an impressive and diverse set of alternative, grunge, hard rock and heavy metal hits, the mammoth four-hour showcase is guaranteed […]
Corey Taylor Lays The Smackdown on Audience Member’s Phone
Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor has slapped a phone out of the hand of a fan during a recent live show. On Twitter he urged fans to “stay home” if they wanted to text during his set. For some reason this is far less annoying than David Draiman calling out a fan mid song… Taylor also […]
Death Metallers Immolation Announce Australian Tour in September
U.S death metallers Immolation have announced an Australian tour in September. Bursting onto the metal scene in 1986, Immolation went on to lead the charge of first wave of U.S death metal. Alongside their peers Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Deicide and Obituary, they created a scene unlike any other. Spawning classic albums Dawn Of Possession […]
Katatonia Announce Australian Tour!
Swedish melodic metal heavy weights Katatonia are returning to Australia for their first ever headline tour this December. The band last toured the country in 2013, supporting fellow countrymen, Opeth. Australian audiences now have the chance to see Katatonia in their full glory. Katatonia have ten studio albums under their belt and will be playing […]
