GENE SIMMONS and ACE FREHLEY at Festival Hall, Melbourne on 30/8/2018
Turning up to see Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley play at Festival Hall on a cold, wet Thursday night had me thinking “I’m glad I’m they are seeing my idols” because to be honest if this was some band that I had never heard of I probably would have chosen staying at home in the […]
BLOODSTOCK FESTIVAL 2018 Roundup, Catton Hall, 10th-12th August 2018
The weekend presented us with a triumphant line-up of bands with performances to match across every stage and every day. Despite a few downpours, nothing killed the glory that Bloodstock and its attendees felt for the entire weekend. Here’s a glimpse into the action you missed or a simply a look back on the […]
MY PET DINOSAUR To Get U.S. Release
Spielbergian fantasy film My Pet Dinosaur, from Emmy winner Matt Drummond, premieres on Demand this October from Uncork’d Entertainment. A cross between E.T and Monster’s Inc, My Pet Dinosaur fixes on the unlikely friendship between a boy and a dinosaur. Cast includes Jordan Dulieu, Annabel Wolfe, Christopher Gabardi (The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years) and Tiriel Mora (Farscape). Featuring state-of-the-art […]
OPETH Release Clip From New Live DVD
Opeth have given their fans a sneaky look at their new live DVD by releaseing the official live video for “Sorceress”. The clip is taken from Garden of the Titans: Live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, out November 2nd via Moderbolaget Records / Nuclear Blast Entertainment.
NORTHWARD Release New Video
What happens when Nightwish’s Floor Jansen and Pagan’s Mind’s Jorn Viggo Lofstad come together for a music project? The result is Northward who ahead of their debut album release on October 19th have just dropped the video for their new single While Love Died.
PHOEBE TONKIN To Appear At OZ COMIC-CON
Australian actress Phoebe Tonkin, best known as the hybrid werewolf/vampire “Hayley Marshall” in the popular TV shows THE VAMPIRE DIARIES and THE ORIGINALS, will appear at Oz Comic-Con in Sydney and Brisbane. Tonkin’s other US television credits include a lead series role in CW Network’s US series THE SECRET CIRCLE, a guest lead role on the CBS […]
GENE SIMMONS and ACE FREHLEY at Festival Hall, Melbourne on 30/08/18
GENE SIMMONS Unofficially Announces KISS Australian Tour
KISS bass guitarist Gene Simmons last night told his fans during his Melbourne show that the band hope to tour Australia in 2019. During his performance with fellow KISS bandmate Ace Frehley at Melbourne’s Festival Hall last night Simmons told the crowd “we hope to be back here (Australia) in 2019” he then closed the night by saying “Good night Melbourne, […]
MAYAN Ramp Things Up
“It creates a very varied sound,” agreed Marcela Bovio, one of a handful of vocalists that makes up Mayan’s sound. “We have five vocalists in total but we all have very different sounds so the palate is very, very wide. I think it also makes the live experience more interesting because we are jumping on […]
Wandering Through Oblivion with KORPIKLAANI
“We don’t plan ahead ever too much what we do. We’re quite a random group of random people doing random things,” laughed Tuomas Rounakari, violinist for Finnish folk metal band Korpiklaani, “but these demos were done pretty quickly and Jonne (Jarvela, vocals) wrote most of the songs and then we did the arrangements together. There […]
United by A METAL ALLEGIANCE
“It has its challenges, I’ll tell you that!” laughed Mark Menghi, one of four core members of all-star heavy band Metal Allegiance, when pressed on the difficulties of writing music for a band with no set frontman. “Again, it comes down to – at least for me anyway – one of the hardest parts and […]
ENSLAVED at The Rosemount Hotel, Perth on 29/08/18
Wardaemonic Sólstafir Enslaved
MAYAN ‘Dhyana’
When a band tries to mix two genres of metal together it can sometimes end in complete disaster. In trying to win over a certain genre’s fans the band completely alienates fans of the other… things like that. One band that has done it with success though is Epica’s Mark Jenson’s side project MaYan. The […]
FIRST MAN Premieres In Venice
FIRST MAN has been unveiled with its World Premiere at the opening night of the Venice International Film Festival to out of this world reviews! Attending from the cast were Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Olivia Hamilton and director Damien Chazelle. A new trailer has also been released which you can see right here.
THE AMITY AFFLICTION Release D.I.E.
The Amity Affliction have released the official music video for D.I.E. The new video marks the conclusion of a three-part short film established by the music videos for Ivy (Doomsday) and Feels Like I’m Dying, all written and directed by The Amity Affliction’s vocalist Joel Birch the three-part short film is a dark tale of three friends and their quest for […]
First Look At E-Demon
Jeremy Wechter’s e-Demon goes viral September 14 in select theaters and On Demand. The pic, produced by Wechter, Michael Gonzalez, PJ Starks, and Emily Pojman, tells of an escaped demon on a dark and twisted mission that manipulates a group of friends hanging out on a video-chat. The film is craftily structured – it takes place completely […]
On The Horizon With OUR MIRAGE
It seems like it is the week to get to know new German bands. First off we introduced all our readers to Annisokay now it is time to get to know another exciting German metalcore band – Our Mirage. These guys exploded onto the scene in their homeland when their debut single ‘Nightfall’ managed 200,000 […]
JEFF MARTIN Shares The R.E.M. Love
Jeff Martin needs no introduction to music fans. The front man of The Tea Party has been wowing audiences with spectacular concerts right around the world, while impressing the ear with some of the most poetic lyrics you are ever likely to hear. What most people may not know about Martin though is the fact […]
SUBCULTURE Ep #011 – THE DAPTO CHASER
One of the performances part of this year’s ANTLive season is the remarkable The Dapto Chaser. On this episode of Subculture we chat to Glynn Nicholas the director of The Dapto Chaser and he gives us the goss on why this is pure greyhound subculture.
MARK WAHLBERG, LAUREN COHAN & RONDA ROUSEY Go The Whole MILE 22
So often these days when it comes to action films it feels that while the director is able to deliver on the promise of action they fail to remember that people that like the genre may also want a storyline to go along with their film as well. That certainly can’t be said for the […]
Echoes of the Past with THE SPIRIT
“Back then when we were doing the songwriting of the album nobody knew about this band,” reflected vocalist for The Spirit, MT, on the limited edition first release of the recently re-released ‘Sounds From the Vortex’. “There was no label behind us so we could just do what we wanted and what we wanted was […]
SKILLET Announce Australian Tour
SKILLET lets their music speak the loudest. That’s how the quartet has cemented its place as one of the 21st century’s most successful rock bands. Selling over 11 million units worldwide, the Wisconsin quartet have received two GRAMMY® Award nominations and won a Billboard Music Award for the platinum-certified Awake. Their double-platinum single “Monster” was “the 8th most streamed rock song of 2015” with […]
It’s Smooth, It’s Criminal, It’s ANNISOKAY
Annisokay is one of the hottest bands in the world at the moment. The band have made a name for themselves in Germany over the past few years. Sold out shows, tours overseas, chatting topping albums – you name it they have had it. Now they have signed to Arising Empire (part of Nuclear Blast) […]
SUBCULTURE Ep #010 – ANTLive Special
In this brand new episdoe of Subculture we chat to Grant Dodwell. Many of you would know him from his work on A Country Practice but today he is the founder of ANTLive – an intiative with sees the Theatre held in cinemas right around Australia. Grant tells us what cinema-goers can expect when once again Australian National […]
BEN STILLER’S ESCAPE AT DANNEORA To Air On Stan
Stan has announced that it will premiere the new limited SHOWTIME series ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA on November 19, with new episodes weekly, same day as the U.S. Directed and executive produced by Emmy winner Ben Stiller, ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA is an eight-hour limited series starring Academy Award winners Benicio del Toro and Patricia Arquette and Golden Globe nominee Paul Dano. ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA is based on the […]
ANNISOKAY ‘Arms’
Get ready everybody because one of the albums of the year is about to drop. Now don’t panic because unless you are a fan of German underground music then it is highly unlikely that you have heard of Annisokay before… mark my words though after the release of their new album Arms they are band […]
MOVEMENTS To The Music
Southern Californian quartet Movements have had the career that most bands would kill for. Formed by a group of friends for the love of music and then signed to a major label after just one gig a band could not dream of a better beginning to a career. Since then the post-hardcore group have soared […]
SOLSTAFIR Kick Off Australian Tour With ENSLAVED
SÓLSTAFIR are about to kick off their Australian tour in support of ENSLAVED tonight at the Rosemount Hotel in Perth. The band will perform 3 more shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. In previous news, SÓLSTAFIR have added more dates to their already announced European tour in support of their latest release ‘Berdreyminn‘ this December. Their massive road-trip will kick off […]
SLEEPMAKESWAVES Release Metallica Tribute “To Live Is To Die”
On September the 5th an iconic moment in Heavy Metal history is the 30-year release date, of Metallica’s “…And Justice For All”. Today, sleepmakewaves dropped this epic rendtion of “To Live Is To Die”. “It’s no secret that we are Metallica fanboys. Their ability to blend complex and developing compositions with ferocious riffs and compelling […]
GREAT LEAP SKYWARD Become Kindred
With only one week left until the release of their highly anticipated album ‘Map Of Broken Dreams’, GREAT LEAP SKYWARD have released ‘Kindred’ – a six and a half minute saga of progressive riffs and melancholic beauty, sure to hit the soft spot of any prog metal fan. Don’t let the intro fool you, this […]
JOHN CHO Chats About SEARCHING
The world of filmmaking is about to get another major shake-up. When Paranormal Activity hit our screens suddenly the world realised that audiences would go and see films shot on static cameras. Then came Tangerine, a feature film shot entirely on a phone, Now comes the next big step with the thriller Searching a film […]
JIRGA To Get Australian Release
Jirga, the new film from award-winning filmmaker, author and paramedic Benjamin Gilmour (Son of a Lion, Paramedico) has been selected to make its International Premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival in the section dedicated to showcasing first or second features, Discovery. Gilmour will be joined in Toronto by lead actor Sam Smith. Jirga was the […]
AWAKEN I AM & PICTURESQUE (USA) Australian Tour
Awaken I Am are excited to be heading out on a co-headline tour with American friends Picturesque. Picturesque recently finished up on the final Vans Warped Tour and are excited for their first Australian tour. AWAKEN I AM & PICTURESQUE (USA) Australian Tour Dates 18 Oct / ADELAIDE / Ed Castle 18+ 19 Oct / […]
ANTI-FLAG Announce Acoustic Record “American Reckoning”
ANTI-FLAG have just announced a new acoustic album American Reckoning, set to be released on Spinefarm Records / Caroline Australia on September 28th. The album features acoustic versions of songs from their past two albums, as well as covers of songs that inspired them. Pre-orders for the album are available now via Spinefarm Records / Caroline Australia. ANTI-FLAG are now […]
A Taste of THE BRONX Down Under
“That’s one of the benefits of playing music for a living I guess,” voiced Matt Caughthran, vocalist for The Bronx about a seemingly endless parade of international touring. “We’re still technically on the Bronx V tour, or coming to the tail end of it, but Australia has always been a great place to play. It’s […]
THE AMITY AFFLICTION Bringing Misery to the World
“They can expect a lot of diversity,” revealed Ahren Stringer, bass player and vocalist for The Amity Affliction ahead of the release of ‘Misery’ on August 24. “Every song is very different from the others which we like to do as much as possible. There’s a lot of things that we tried out and we […]
Gateways to the Past with THE VINTAGE CARAVAN
“I guess you could see it like that,” agreed Alexander Orn Numason, bass player for Iceland’s The Vintage Caravan when told that the bands’ music has been labeled classic rock with a retro tinge. “We don’t really think of ourselves as doing too much of the retro thing. Obviously, the influences are all there but […]
CAPITAL ENEMY #1
Comprising members of well known local outfits Crowd Kings, Beneath the Rising Tide and Decimate, Melbourne’s Capital Enemy have a vast array of experience and knowledge to draw from, a fact not lost on drummer Matt Evans. “Obviously you get influence here and there,” he surmised, “which you kind of tie into one. It’s good […]
ABORTED Unleash The TerrorVision
“We have many,” laughed Aborted’s vocalist Sven de Caluwe when asked what delights Australian fans can expect from their September tour with The Black Dahlia Murder, “some of them might even be afternoon delights (laughs). But honestly… we have a new album that actually comes out the first day of the Australian tour so maybe […]
CLUTCH’s guide to the “Book of Bad Decisions”
“I think it happens naturally,” measured Neil Fallon, vocalist for Clutch, when pressed on the variation within the rock genre that permeates through the bands’ music. “Life’s too short to not wanna try and learn new things while you’re here. Sometimes when writing a record we’ll say okay, we’ve got five or six straight ahead, […]
DARKCELL Release the Inner Psycho
“Teamwork, patience, determination, and big brassy balls!” declared Darkcell front man and co-organizer of the traveling Psycho Circus music extravaganza, Jesse Dracman, on the essential qualities needed in putting together a show of this magnitude. “We just… it’s like a piece of advice I once got told. When you approach a cliff face you can […]
GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL Line-Up Announcement
The Australian heavy rock and metal scenes are abuzz with excitement as yet another massive music festival has announced its prowess on the stage! Today welcome our latest heavy music festival edition, alongside UNIFY Gathering and Download Festival Australia, GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL 2019! The line-up for GOOD THINGS FESTIVAL 2019! brought to you by the www.destroyalllines.com […]
CALIGULA’S HORSE at Howler, Melbourne 16/8/18
Caligula’s Horse fourth album, 2017’s In Contact was in my top three albums of last year. It received critical worldwide acclaim and rightfully so. It is a stunning masterpiece of near perfect song writing and complexity that the heavy listening ears of this world pricked up and embraced it’s beauty with open arms. So it obviously became […]
DORO ‘Forever Warriors’
The second part of Doro’s very special 20th album is Forever Warriors an album that really does feel like a tribute to metal music itself and feels like it is telling the music industry that Doro is certainly still going strong and still has a lot to give. The album itself is a real mixed […]
Interview with Psycroptic, Archspire & Hadal Maw
Dean sat down with technical death metal bands Psycroptic, Archspire and Hadal Maw before their show in Sydney.
THY ART IS MURDER at The Barwon Club on 17/8/18
There’s always something special about seeing an internationally renowned and revered metal band do small venue national tour. It’s for those of us to get intimate, up close and personal with the fans that put said band on the international heavy musicradar. And let it be said that getting intimate, though as contradictory as it […]
BLOODSTOCK at Catton Hall, Derbyshire 10/8/18
NOTHING MORE at House Of Blues, Myrtle Beach, SC on 10/8/18
On August 10th Nothing More made their way back to the Carolinas for a headlining date at the House Of Blues in Myrtle Beach, SC. The band has been on tour with Five Finger Death Punch since July and on their days off have played smaller club shows here and there throughout the US. With […]
WARRIORS OF LIBERTY CITY Gets Australia Release Date
Stan announced today it will exclusively premiere two brand new STARZ Original docuseries’ AMERICA TO ME on August 27 and WARRIORS OF LIBERTY CITY on September 17 10. Both series will air exclusively on Stan same day as the U.S. broadcast on STARZ and were licensed from global content leader Lionsgate. An Official 2018 SXSW Episodic Selection, WARRIORS OF LIBERTY CITY, is a […]
AMERICA TO ME To Air On Stan
Stan announced today it will exclusively premiere two brand new STARZ Original docuseries’ AMERICA TO ME on August 27 and WARRIORS OF LIBERTY CITY on September 17 10. Both series will air exclusively on Stan same day as the U.S. broadcast on STARZ and were licensed from global content leader Lionsgate. AMERICA TO ME is a 10-part series created by Emmy Award®-winning […]
