[INTERVIEW] Orsome Welles
The night is young, Brisbane buzzes with energy, and Michael Stowers prepares for his evening’s performance. The Orsome Welles frontman is about to play the first in a run of Australian shows, a tour hotly anticipated by fans and already well followed by the media since the release of their EP, Rise. The EP, as is […]
[LIVE PHOTOS] TAAKE and Grave Miasma at The Factory Floor, Sydney on 17/06/17
[LIVE PHOTOS] SUPERHEIST + FRANKENBOK at Croxton Band Room, Melbourne, 16/6/17
[ALBUM REVIEW] INSANITY ‘Toss A Coin’
Insanity from Switzerland has released a great album in Toss A Coin. This hardcore five-piece band’s second album hits all the right notes to grab you by the neck in a grapple and get you skanking most of the way to its end. The guys have a New York Hardcore (NYHC) sound; it’s not too original […]
[FILM REVIEW] ROUGH NIGHT
You just know that director/screenwriter Lucia Aniello’s (Time Travelling Bong, Broad City) pitch for Rough Night would have gone along the lines of it’s the bachelorette party aspect of Bridesmaids meets the outrageous comedy of The Hangover. There was only one thing that went wrong – Rough Night in no way presents the outrageous-but-believable-humour of The […]
[FILM REVIEW] WHITNEY: CAN I BE ME
When Whitney Houston died in 2012 at just age 48 it wasn’t just the death of a music legend it was the death of a woman that had changed the musical landscape forever. When Houston entered the music industry with her career it was assumed that she would become an R&B star but instead her […]
[FILM REVIEW] DESPICABLE ME 3
If you’ve got kids then you’ve certainly heard of the Despicable Me franchise. What a lot of people don’t realise is that while Despicable Me has become one of the most popular film franchises amongst families it also changed the entire animated film game. There was once a time when Pixar ruled that market but […]
[NEWS] THY ART IS MURDER New Song & Album ‘Dear Desolation’
Thy Art is Murder have finally revealed that they’ll unleash their fourth LP Dear Desolation via new extreme music indie label, Human Warfare on August 18. Frontman CJ McMahon surprised and shocked fans when he returned to the stage at this year’s UNIFY Gathering, after his much-publicised departure from the band in 2015. In the interim, triple […]
[PREMIERE] NUCLEUST New Song, Video & Song of the Year Award at WAM!
Today HEAVY is premiering Nucleust’s new song and video clip on the back of winning the Heavy/Metal song of the year award at Western Australia’s premier song competition WAM! (West Australian Music) for “Of King And Tree” their 2016 EP Resistivity. Watch the band accept their award here. Nucleust have recently completed recording their full-length debut album which will be called Terra Cerebral […]
[ALBUM REVIEW] MR. BIG ‘Defying Gravity’
Alright, we’re rolling… It’s time for a new MR. BIG album. The call went out and it took this talented supergroup six days to create their 9th studio album with the original band members; Eric Martin (lead vocals), Paul Gilbert (guitars), Billy Sheehan (bass) and Pat Torpey (drums). Whilst Torpey was unable to perform some […]
[EP STREAM PREMIERE] FIGURES ‘CHRONOS’
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[NEWS] DROWN THIS CITY New Clip ‘Bend/Break’ & Tour Supports
Drown This City released a film clip for their new single, “BEND/BREAK”. The clip (created by Sink or Swim Productions) features the band and vocalist Alex Reade venturing through urban settings in their hometown Melbourne and finds them eventually back at a rehearsal room where the final breakdown takes place. “Bend/Break” got its radio premiere on […]
[REVIEW, PHOTOS and VIDEO INTERVIEWS] DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL, Castle Donington on 9/6/17-11/6/17
Donington Park opened up its lush, soon-to-be-stomped-to-a-pulp fields this year on the 7th June for its fifteenth hosting of Download Festival. A swarm of 80,000 rockers garbed in the implicit black or ‘get your freak on’ dress code attended this year’s Download in the hope of catching the electrical storm that was predicted to be […]
[INTERVIEW] Luca Brasi
“For starters, we know how to play our instruments now,” laughed Luca Brasi‘s guitarist Thomas Busby when asked how they are different now musically to when they released their debut album, Extended Family in 2011. “When we started, we didn’t know shit from shine. I didn’t even own a guitar tuner! It was humble beginnings for sure, but […]
[INTERVIEW] Richie Kotzen
“It’s had a good response, I’m very happy,” enthused Richie Kotzen about his 22nd solo album, Salting Earth which was released in April. “We’ve just finished touring in the United States, we did about five weeks and played a lot of material off the new record and people have been really excited about it and […]
[ALBUM REVIEW] DYING FETUS ‘Wrong One to Fuck With’
Remember that image ad for MAXELL cassettes that had the dude being blasted so heavily with awesome that it appeared his entire being was being blown backwards whilst sitting in chair from the incredible sound quality emanating from in front of him (clearly a big industrial fan!) but emulated so much excessive noise he was […]
[AUS NEWS] QUEEN Touring, 2018
TEG-DAINTY announced today that Queen + Adam Lambert will embark on a 5-city arena tour of Australia in February and March 2018. The tour will showcase a spectacular new stage production and a set list which the band hints will provide some surprises. Queen + Adam Lambert’s Australian Tour Dates SYDNEY – Wednesday 21 February […]
[LIVE PHOTOS] DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2017
[UK NEWS] Download Festival 2017 Round Up
www.downloadfestival.co.uk The biggest date in the rock and metal calendar took place as 80,000 people descended on the hallowed grounds of Donington Park, Leicestershire across the weekend for the 15th annual Download Festival. Rock royalty, Aerosmith gave fans a memorable final UK show, System Of A Down returned for an electric headline performance, and Biffy […]
[UK NEWS] WAYWARD SONS – Debut Album, UK Tour and Video Interview from DOWNLOAD 2017
Wayward Sons are delighted to announce the release of their debut album “Ghosts Of Yet To Come” on the 15th September through Frontiers Music Srl. Wayward Sons is a UK guitar act made up of Toby Jepson (Vocals/Guitar), Sam Wood (Guitar), Nic Wastell (Bass), Dave Kemp (Keys) and Phil Martini (Drums). They have an impressive […]
[AUS NEWS] TONIGHT ALIVE Announce Tour
TONIGHT ALIVE are heading home and to celebrate they’ve announced a very special Australian headline tour. Kicking off on October 31 at The Basement in Canberra, this run of dates will see Tonight Alive go back to where it all began and revisit all the rooms they used to play when they first started. Joining Tonight Alive upon their return […]
[NEWS] TRIGGER New Song & Album ‘Cryogenesis’
Five-piece metal act, Trigger, have revealed details for their new studio album called Cryogenesis which will be released worldwide through Hellfire Records Australia on July 18 th, 2017. Recorded by Chris Themelco at Monolith Studios and mastered by Thomas Plec Johanssen at Panic Room Studios. Cryogenesis is a sci-fi influenced concept album spanning 10 tracks at 53 minutes. […]
[EUROPE / UK NEWS] IN FLAMES & FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Tour
European legends IN FLAMES unite with America’s preeminent multiplatinum hard rock band FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH to co-headline what promises to be the biggest and most exciting arena rock tour of Fall/Winter 2017. This marks the very first time that these two juggernauts have joined forces on the road together, and it’s a “can’t miss” […]
[NEWS] ACCEPT Exclusive Australian Show in Melbourne!
German metal legends ACCEPT play one exclusive Australian show in Melbourne at 170 Russell on September 17! Get ready for ACCEPT anthems – “Balls To The Wall”, “Fast as a Shark”, “Metal Heart”, “Restless and Wild”, “Teutonic Terror” plus many more! Only 1,000 tickets! This will Sell Out! ACCEPT’s 15th studio album, ‘The Rise of Chaos’, […]
[NEWS] CALIGULA’S HORSE Announce New Album ‘In Contact’ & Europe Tour Dates
Prog rock group Caligula’s Horse have just announced the release of their fourth studio album, In Contact, for release on the 15th September 2017 via Inside Out Music. Here’s a glimpse into In Contact: In Contact sees vocalist Jim Grey and lead guitarist Sam Vallen collaborating closely on the music and lyrics. Vallen comments: “In our creative process […]
[ALBUM REVIEW] LOVE ZOMBIES ‘Passion Fruit’
First discovered by many at Download 2015, Love Zombies, formed by songwriters Hollis Mahady and Davey Fitzsimon create a distinctive brand of pop, punk and new wave with a strong 60’s/70’s influence channelling the likes of Blondie and The Ramones. Their debut album highlights that fact that this band are dedicated to their craft and […]
[LIVE REVIEW AND PHOTOS] IRON MAIDEN and Ghost at PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte NC, USA 9/6/17
Iron Maiden and Ghost did not disappoint at PNC Music Pavilion, on Friday, June 9th, in Charlotte NC. With a crowd size expected to be around eighteen thousand, metalheads got to enjoy metal legend, Iron Maiden, with special guest Ghost gracing the stage beforehand. Ghost opened the show with their hit “Square Hammer”, quickly establishing […]
[NEWS] QUIET RIOT Has a New Song ‘Freak Flag’
It’s a long way since nineteen seventy-six since legendary Randy Rhodes was Quiet Riot’s guitarist. Nevertheless, the band that brought us “Come On Feel The Noise”, “Mental Health” and a cover of Slade’s “Mama Weer All Crazee Now” is back with a new album titled, Road Rage, and today they have released the first song […]
[UK/EUROPE NEWS] THE CADILLAC THREE Announce ‘Long Hair Don’t Care’ UK & European Headline Tour
‘LONG HAIR DON’T CARE’ NOV UK HEADLINE TOUR ANNOUNCED with Brothers Osborne as special guests Nashville natives THE CADILLAC THREE are fiercely proud of their Southern roots, leaving a lasting impression on fans across the globe with their high-octane live show and chart-topping songwriting skills. And now, with the release of their brand new album […]
[NEWS] MAKE THEM SUFFER Announce Album And Tour
Perth metal outfit Make Them Suffer have announced their new album Worlds Apart, which will be released on July 28 on Roadrunner Records. The album is available to pre-order now and features the new single Fireworks, which premiered this week onTriple J. Make Them Suffer have had the pedal to the metal since the release […]
[FILM REVIEW] THE MUMMY
When the first announcements were made about The Mummy being in production most people jumped to the conclusion that this would be a re-boot of the Brendan Fraser/Rachel Weisz movies from the early 2000s. While that triggered some groans when it was announced that was actually a big budget action-thriller with a horror twist starring […]
[LIVE REVIEW] FAR AWAY STABLES
Tonight was a series of firsts for me. My first visit to the boutique venue affectionately known as “The Rattler”, and my first time seeing all but one of the bands on the bill, that being headliners Far Away Stables. Even the crappy Sydney weather couldn’t dampen my spirits as I made my way to […]
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Corey Taylor on STONE SOUR – Part One
HEAVY interviewed Corey Taylor, the frontman of Stone Sour, for a comprehensive insight into their new album, HydroGrad, along with the band’s history and the correlations between Stone Sour and Slipknot and more. HydroGrad is due for release on the June 30th, 2017 through Roadrunner Records and Warner Music Group, and the band are touring Australia in […]
[LIVE PHOTOS] KILLING HEIDI at 170 Russell, Melbourne on 09/06/2017
[LIVE REVIEW] KILLING HEIDI at 170 Russell, Melbourne on 9/6/2017
It has taken the touring schedule of 2016/2017 to make me realise just what a music boom we were in way back in 1996/1997. Maybe it was the stress of doing VCE at the time or simply just being a teenage boy, but back then I don’t think we were even aware of just how […]
[ALBUM REVIEW] GOV’T MULE ‘Revolution Come… Revolution Go’
If you love the dirty, gritty and satisfying rock sound, this album is for you. Revolution Come… Revolution Go is arguably Gov’t Mule’s most diverse album to date. With the roots of rock, blues and country, it adds to their sound. With 16 studio and live albums, millions of album/track sales and streams, plus thousands […]
[INTERVIEW] JOHNNY DEPP – Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Disney has many famous films over the years from The Lion King and Seven Dwarves through to modern day classic like Frozen. One franchise has stood tall above everything else Disney has done over the past decade, and that’s the Pirates Of The Caribbean film series. Strangely the franchise was based on a ride at Disney’s […]
[ALBUM REVIEW] CELLAR DARLING ‘This Is The Sound’
In 2016 when it was announced that Anna Murphy, Ivo Henzi and Merlin Sutter were leaving Eluveitie, true lovers of folk/Celtic were a little shocked. But now, it may be the right time to celebrate, because out of the ashes of the old Eluveitie something beautiful has risen – and that something beautiful is Cellar Darling, […]
[ALBUM REVIEW] MICHAEL MONROE ‘The Best’
In the leather-bound history of heartfelt rock ‘n’ roll, not only will Michael Monroe have at least one chapter all to himself, but his name will be colourfully threaded throughout, such has been his impact, his appeal and his ongoing never-surrender story; a powerful, inspirational tale told in detail on ‘The Best’ – the first […]
[ALBUM REVIEW] THE DIVES ‘Everybody’s Talkin”
Be prepared music lovers because one of the most infectious rock albums of the year has just dropped in the form of the new EP from The Dives. The aptly-titled, Everybody’s Talkin’ EP is not only going to… well, have everybody talking, and not because frontman Evan Stanley is the son of the legendary Paul Stanley […]
[ALBUM REVIEW] CURRENTS ‘The Place I Feel Safest’
The brilliant debut albums just keep coming in 2017 – this time it is brand new metalcore outfit Currents, who deliver an album that proves that this is going to be a band that we will be listening to for years to come. These newcomers out of Connecticut show with The Place I Feel Safest that […]
[ALBUM REVIEW] AARON BUCHANAN & THE CULT CLASSICS ‘The Man With Stars On His Knees’
The Man With Stars On His Knees is the new album by Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics. Performing at Download, Camden Rocks, Wildfire Festival and Ramblin Man Fair in the UK this summer, it is an album to get you in the mood for what will be an awesome live experience. After leaving Heaven’s Basement, […]
[INTERVIEW] HUNDREDTH
Myrtle Beach melodic hardcore favourites, Hundredth, are paving a new path for themselves this year, chucking a complete 180 and steering into the shoegaze skid. A la scene counterparts Ceremony and Title Fight, their new studio album Rare represents a fresh chapter for the band. However, it does pose a challenge for fans of their prior material in […]
[ALBUM REVIEW] A THOUSAND HORSES ‘Bridges’
It’s fast becoming a fact that there is currently a particular adoration for southern rock music, yet it’s unclear why. Is anyone going to waste time trying to work it out when they could be listening to southern rock music instead? Nope, especially as A Thousand Horses have now released a new album. Despite teasing […]
[INTERVIEW] RISE AGAINST
Legendary American act Rise Against are about to release their eighth studio album Wolves, but for bassist and co-founder Joe Principe, it still comes as a shock that he’s in one of the most successful rock outfits in the scene. “It’s a surprise every day; it doesn’t feel like it’s real”, he reflects. “When we […]
[EUROPE NEWS] AVERSIONS CROWN Announce Tour
Brisbane (Australia) alien metallers AVERSIONS CROWN have announced their European headline tour for summer 2017. AVERSIONS CROWN Xenocidal Summer 2017 European Tour 27.07.17 Slovenia Tolmin Metaldays 28.07.17 Austria Wien Escape Metal Corner 29.07.17 Italy Modena Acquaragia 30.07.17 Italy Milano Circolo Svolta 31.07.17 Switzerland Luzern Schüür 01.08.17 Germany München Free & Easy 02.08.17 Germany Schweinfurt Alter […]
[AUS NEWS] CERES
Ceres will be back on the road in August to celebrate their 7″ Stretch Ur Skin vinyl and single featuring Wil Wagner. Slowly Slowly will be supporting all shows with guests in Brisbane, Sydney & Melbourne and Wil Wagner performing at Max Watt’s in Melbourne. CERES “STRETCH UR SKIN TOUR” DATES: FRIDAY 4 AUGUST – CROWBAR, BRISBANE Supported By: Slowly […]
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[BOOK REVIEW] DEVIN TOWNSEND ‘Only Half There’
Over the last year or so I’ve really started getting into reading musician biographies. Getting an inside look into the process of making albums I adore and hearing about crazy tour stories and the dark lows that come with them make for an immensely interesting and curiously satisfying read. I’ve been through a stack of […]
