ARTERIES Release Video for “Prisoners”
Arteries are gearing up to release their long-awaited debut album, This Will Destroy Us on September 29. The band have also been confirmed as part of Unify 18 in January 2018! Today the band released the music video for the track Prisoners taken from TWDU Arteries guitarist Braithe Selby comments: The whole experience opened our eyes to capturing the bleak and dark themes […]
EVERCLEAR, An Everlasting Afterglow
It seems like the current trend in live music is playing old albums in their entirety as part of anniversary celebrations, and also to add a touch of nostalgia to proceedings. But when the album in question is none other than the groundbreaking So Much For the Afterglow by Everclear, you almost find yourself forgiving the […]
ARCTURUS and Blood Incantation at Max Watts, Melbourne on 14/09/17
Here was an evening I had waited to roll around for a long time. Let’s get to the main event in a paragraph or so… But first… The Melbourne kings of death sludge and inter-song banter CONTAMINATED were first to grace the stage this evening performing songs from their magnificent filth that is Final Man. […]
SEBASTIAN BACH – No Slave to the Grind!
There’s no MTV, there’s no rock magazines and it’s very hard to sell a huge amount of records but I’m gonna keep trying while I’m alive (laughs). That’s not in my control either – I can’t control that. “The delight is that Sydney is sold out, Melbourne is [almost] sold out, so Brisbane, Adelaide, and […]
Supergroup Sons Of Apollo Set To Release Album
SONS OF APOLLO–former Dream Theater members Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal (ex-Guns N’ Roses), Billy Sheehan (The Winery Dogs, Mr. Big, David Lee Roth) and Jeff Scott Soto (ex-Journey, ex-Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force)—have just released the video forComing Home from their highly anticipated debut album, PSYCHOTIC SYMPHONY. PSYCHOTIC SYMPHONY is available to pre-order HERE [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_1N8kVYfkE] “’Coming Home’ immediately felt like the SONS OF APOLLO […]
Graves Announce Finale With Void Of Vision
Bitter Sweet is the best way to describe this tour from 2 of Australia’s most exciting young metal acts. On the one hand Void Of Vision are continuing to ride an incredible wave in their short career thus far. On the back of their debut album ‘Children Of Chrome’ Australia’s favourite jersey clad crew have spent this […]
The Bronx With Two Birds
The Bronx, a Los Angeles-based genre-bending punk band, are premiering the video for the single, Two Birds off their forthcoming album V, which will be released on September 22nd through White Drugs/Cooking Vinyl Australia. The video follows the band as they perform across the L.A. landscape away from the beaten path of the typical Beverly Hills and Hollywood sights, […]
MOTIONLESS IN WHITE Utopia In-Store Signing
Ahead of their Australian national tour Motionless In White wasted no time from landing in Sydney to a signing at Utopia Records. Here are some photos of the day:
Urban Legend Trilogy To Get Blu-Ray Release
Via Vision has just announced that they are set to release an Urban Legend Trilogy on Blu-Ray. The October 4 release date marks the first time all three titles: Urban Legend (1998), Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) and Urban Legends 3: Bloody Mary (2005) have been assembled as a collection on Blu-Ray anywhere in the world. Somebody at Pendleton College is […]
WE CAME AS ROMANS New Video
We Came As Romans have a new album coming on October 20th and today have dropped a song and video clip from it. “Cold Like War is about struggle, those trials,” so Gitarrist und Songwriter Joshua Moore. “They can turn us towards each other, towards those we love, towards those who have supported us. Because the last two […]
SLEEP Announce Australian Tour
LIFE IS NOISE is proud to announce the return of seminal stoner/doom trio Sleep to Australian shores in January, as well as their first-ever performances in New Zealand. The band will be slinging bong-rattling riffs to venues in Wellington and Auckland before crossing the Tasman to play shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. “Sleep don’t […]
MOONSPELL Album Teaser
Portugal’s Dark Metal pioneers MOONSPELL are back with their brand new and hotly anticipated album, titled ‘1755’. Set to be released on November 3rd, 2017 on Napalm Records, this record will outclass all standards you have ever heard from Moonspell before! The conceptual album dramaturgy feels like a detonation of the mind. ‘1755’ , the 13rd studio record by MOONSPELL, is more than just the band’s […]
SATYRICON Release Brand New Single
Black metal legends SATYRICON are set to release their highly anticipated ninth studio album, ‘Deep calleth upon Deep‘, on 22nd September via Napalm Records. Just recently the iconic duo fronted by visionary Satyr released the album title track, now SATYRICON unleash their second single for the track ‘To your brethren in the dark‘! SATYRICON mastermind Satyr informs us: “To your brethren in the dark is definitely […]
Metal Blade Records Launches Halloween Merchandise
New Halloween And Dia De Los Muertos Shirts, Plus Metal Blade Logo-Axe, King Diamond “Halloween (Live)” Vinyl, “Corpse Paint” Makeup Kit. Halloween and Dia de los Muertos artwork designed by Anthony Clarkson (Devin Townsend Project, Fear Factory, etc.) / http://anthonyclarksonart.net To celebrate this year’s Halloween, Metal Blade Records has now launched a new line of merchandise, music, […]
GOOD TIGER Reveals Details For New Album
On February 9th 2018, Good Tiger will release their second full-length, We Will All Be Gone, via Blacklight Media/Metal Blade Records. For a preview of the album, the first single, “The Devil Thinks I’m Sinking”, can be heard at: metalblade.com/goodtiger
REDEMPTION Announce Tom Englund As New Vocalist + New Album
As just announced at ProgPower USA 2017 on September 8th, Redemption is confirmed to headline next year’s edition of the festival, with new vocalist Tom Englund (Evergrey)! This new line-up including Englund, Nick van Dyk (guitars and keyboards), Sean Andrews (bass) and Chris Quirarte (drums) has finished recording Redemption‘s seventh full-length album, Long Night’s Journey into Day – the first to […]
ENSIFERUM Launches “Making Of” Documentary Video For New Album, ‘Two Paths’
Ensiferum have just released their seventh full-length, Two Paths, worldwide via Metal Blade Records! Produced by Anssi Kippo, the master was recorded on tape, for a true analogue experience. The band has now launched a “making of” documentary video for the album. You can’t talk about the true greats of folk-inspired melodic death metal without reverent mention of Ensiferum, […]
SORCERER New Song + Album
Swedish epic heavy doom metal warlords Sorcerer will release their new album, The Crowning Of The Fire King, on October 20th via Metal Blade Records! For a preview of The Crowning Of The Fire King, a video for the first single, “Sirens”, can be viewed at: metalblade.com/sorcerer Sorcerer comments: “We have aimed to write an album with diversity and intensity, an album that we want […]
GWAR Delivers “State of The Union” and drops new song, “El Presidente”
The countdown is on as GWAR gets ready to release their bone-crushing, corpse-grinding new opus The Blood of Gods out October 20th via Metal Blade Records. The alien overlords have dropped “El Presidente,” the second single from the album. Hopefully, this will speed things along! Head over to metalblade.com/gwar to listen to the track and pre-order your copy of The Blood Of Gods. Digital […]
DIRTY THRILLS ‘Heavy Living’
“May the fuzz be with you” – this decade’s musical adjustment to the famous Star Wars well-wishing shibboleth. From Rival Sons to Broken Witt Rebels , fuzz riffs are decadently en vogue, and the trend continues with debut LP offering from London-made Dirty Thrills’ Heavy Living. Although recently bitten by the mighty Classic Rock Magazine wolf […]
COSMIC PSYCHOS New Song & Testosterone Heavy Video Clip
The legendary COSMIC PSYCHOS have announced an east coast tour with AMYL & THE SNIFFERS and released the video for a new song called “Better in the Shed”. Ross Knight of the band tells us more, “I was up in the shed doing my nightly 10-minute songwriting session the week before we recorded, and I’d had […]
OSLOW’s New Video & Tour Dates
OSLOW are embarking on a string of summer tour dates together and just dropped a new video clip titled, ‘Sewing’, taken from their debut self-titled album out now on Resist Records. OSLOW will hit the east coast for five shows in Canberra, Wollongong, Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney this November and December with supports to be […]
FOO FIGHTERS ‘Concrete And Gold’
When rock fans start hearing that a band is being experimental they have every right to be nervous. Remember the backlash against Live’s Secret Samadhi album? In the lead-up to the release of the ninth Foo Fighters’ album, Concrete And Gold, the band were openly talking about this being ‘experimental’ in a sense and then […]
PREMIERE: DREAMERS CRIME Video for “I Believe In You”
Dreamers Crime are today rolling out their video clip for a new track “I Believe in You” as a taster from their forthcoming album entitled “No Compromises”. The film clip follows a bunch of people who have received a mysterious flyer that leads them to the band playing the track and leads to an all-out-angry mosh. […]
Tours, Relaxing and Chaos with THE BRONX
The Bronx is back. With the release of their fifth album The Bronx V, the first in four years, vocalist Matt Caughtran can’t quite believe it’s been so long. “Oh man, it always freaks me out when you realise how long it’s been. Time flies so fast nowadays; it’s insane.” It’s not like the pivotal […]
Justice for the damned at The Crowbar, Brisbane on 15/09/17
Podcast: The Ministry of Metal – Show 11 – 17.09.17
Metal United Down Under Volume 1
Remember that thrill that you used to get when you used to buy a music magazine and you get that brilliant promo CD off the front cover. You’d struggle to the sticky gummy stuff off the back of the CD cover to get it off the magazine but the struggle would always be worth it […]
ARCTURUS at the Manning Bar, Sydney 15/09/17
PROPAGANDHI ‘Victory Lap’
Victory Lap kicks off this new album in fine form, with pedal-to-the-metal punk rock and wearing their hearts on their sleeves, showing that Propagandhi has lost no power in their time between albums. Though it’s been five years, there’s no way these Canadians have been idle – touring the world and staying quite politically active (check […]
GEEKS IN METAL: Stephen King’s It
Stephen King is undoubtedly one of the most recognisable names in fiction. A celebrated author of more than 54 published novels and over 200 short stories, he has written extensively in the genres of horror, suspense, supernatural fiction, science fiction, and fantasy, and to date, King has sold more than 350 million copies with his […]
Nothing More “The Stories” New Album
Today, Nothing More have released their eagerly awaited album The Stories We Tell Ourselves via Better Noise Records/Sony Music Australia. This is the band’s first release since their 2014 self-titled album. The album’s lead single Go To War showcases Hawkins’ dynamic vocal range over a mix of electronic and organic instrumentation. BUY THE STORIES WE TELL OURSELVES HERE
HYBRID NIGHTMARES Announce National Tour Dates
Australian progressive extreme metal quintet, Hybrid Nightmares will independently release their long awaited debut album Almagest worldwide on October 6. PRE ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW! www.nervegas.com.au/hybrid-nightmares-almagest-cd Almagest is the follow up to the bands 2015 release, The Ages, the critically acclaimed four cd concept album of totally epic proportions. In true Hybrid Nightmares style, Almagest is also a concept album. Drawing on […]
SLAVES at Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC 8/9/17
HEAVY ROOTS: Prophets of Rage
This month HEAVY Roots looks at what you get when you combine the originators of rap metal… with the best… of the best… …when it comes to hip-hop, which let’s face it nowadays has lack of guitars? Artists such as Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, Run DMC and Beastie Boys all combined real instruments in their […]
FOZZY To Release New Album Called “JUDAS”
FOZZY have announced that their seventh studio album Judas will arrive on October 13th 2017 via Century Media. FOZZY have already experienced incredible success with the “Judas” single. The official music video has accumulated almost 9 million views in just a few months, and the song hit No. 1 on iTunes charts in eight countries. Vocalist Chris Jericho went to bat for the single, eventually convincing […]
VAULT OF VALOR New Single & Video
Vault of Valor are today dropping their brand new single ‘Plague of the Earth’ – a scathing look at what Humans have done to the very planet on which we live. ‘Plague of the Earth’ is inspired directly from Sir David Attenborough, who said in one of his documentaries that it was indeed Humans, over […]
PREMIERE: Watch LAVIDIUS’s Bloodthursty New Video Clip
Lavidius are dropping a new video today from their debut album Helisma. The song is the title track from the album and they have put together another bloodthirsty video to follow “Cold & Alone’s” trippy stalker mindf**k narrative. Lavidius released Helisma on Friday, September 1st and is available on iTunes, Google Play and all online outlets and at Big […]
Tom Morello Talks Prophets Of Rage
Legendary guitarist Tom Morello has advocated for a better world for some time, but unfortunately, the process of selling records has proved easier than selling his message. With his new supergroup Prophets of Rage, featuring members of Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Public Enemy and Cypress Hill, Morello continues his pursuit of social improvement. “The […]
CALIGULA’S HORSE New Video Clip & Album Out Now
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Caligula’s Horse have released their new album, In Contact today. To celebrate the album’s release, the band have launched a new video for “Songs for No One”. BUY “IN CONTACT” HERE http://smarturl.it/CH.InContact Guitarist and director of photography/editor Adrian Goleby comments, “‘Songs for No One’ is by far the […]
Grant Hardie Talks Monster Fest Perth With Heavy Radio
Monster Pictures’ Grant Hardie chatted to Heavy Radio’s Dave Griffiths about what the people of Perth can expect this weekend at Monster Fest Perth 2017. Listen to “Subculture Interview: Monster Fest Perth 2017” on Spreaker. Perth genre fans will get a taste of Monster Pictures’ annual Melbourne-based genre film festival Monster Fest this July thanks to the continued […]
Ylva Announce New Album
Melbourne underground noise makers YLVA will release their new album Meta on November 17 via Pelagic Records The band have released the first track from the album, Metadata [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0PtTErdL2w] Drawing influences from a deep well of experience in past outfits, YLVA create patient, dark and mysterious pieces of heavy music punctuated with crushing riffs at extreme volumes. While the first half […]
Metal United Down Under On This Weekend
Don’t forget that right across Australia this weekend is one of the biggest metal events to hit these shores. Metal United Down Under this time around hits Adelaide, Bendigo, Brisbane, Canberra, Geelong, Hervey Bay, Hobart, Lismore, Melbourne, Newcastle, Orange, Perth, Port Pirie, Sydney, Wagga Wagga and Wollongong. Just to drop some names – highlights include Psycroptic (MUDU […]
Muskets Announce New Album
Fresh off a stint with Tigers Jaw and Culture Abuse, Brighton-based four piece Muskets have announced the release of their debut LP Chew on punk mainstay No Sleep Records. Their unique blend of grunge-tinged hardcore caught the ears of Daniel P. Carter who premiered the album’s dark, gutting single “You’re So Cool” on the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show. Chew borrows the gritty-ness of Fugazi […]
Monster Line-Up Announced For A Day On The Green Tour
If you love your 1990s rock and grunge then you are going to want to grab tickets to the latest A Day On The Green tour that has been announced this morning. It will be rock hit after rock hit as The Living End, Spiderbait, Veruca Salt, Tumbleweed, The Lemonheads and The Fauves turn up for an all alternative […]
NOCTURNAL RITES ‘Phoenix’
Let me start this review by asking one question. Why? Why did you make us wait ten years? The release of the new album “PHOENIX” heralds the triumphant return of Swedish melodic metal masters NOCTURNAL RITES. Ten years have passed since the release of the band’s last album The 8th Sin and the band has […]
Marvel + Star Wars At Oz Comic-Con
Calling all MARVEL mega Fans! MARVEL is bringing its hottest new experiences to Oz Comic-Con Brisbane (23-24th Sept) and Sydney (30th Sept-1st Oct), and you can be one of the first to see them! There will even be a number of interactive experiences showcasing the latest MARVEL film on the show floor. Face off […]
100% Honesty with Crown the Empire
In January of this year Crown The Empire found themselves embroiled in a bitter break up with former singer David Escamilla that ended up with both parties making statements vilifying the other and enough dirt thrown to potentially damage the band’s career. Thankfully, this four piece metalcore/post hardcore band from Dallas, Texas dusted themselves off from […]
“Fuck man, it was torture”, Motionless in White
“I think the biggest thing for this one is we’re gonna have years and years of anticipation in that room from both the fans and the band,” expressed Motionless in White vocalist Chris ‘Motionless’ Cerulli on their upcoming debut headlining tour of Australia. “I think just right out of the gate that energy in the […]
A “Tote’l Metal Fest” for Melbourne
Tote’l Metal Fest will be taking place on the 19th of November and is a day-long event with the likes of Daemon Pyre (NSW), Annihilist, Direblaze, Kold Creature (QLD), Error37 (album launch), The Ascended, Scaphis, Massacre of Innocence, Vendetta, Bury Me In Autumn, Wicked Figures, Nerve Endings and Thrash Bandicoot (NSW – first interstate show). […]
