Exclusive Stream: Neotokyo ‘Neon’
Following on from their 2011 debut EP Pillars, Sydney’s Neotokyo have released ‘Neon’ and you can stream it here, exclusively through HEAVY magazine.
Kylesa Postpone Australian Tour
Kylesa who were about to launch their Australian Tour this week have had to postpone these shows until early 2014. News just in that due to unforeseen circumstances beyond promoter Heathen Skulls & Kylesa’s control, we regret to announce the postponement of Kylesa’s December headline Australian & New Zealand tour.
Behemoth’s ‘Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel’
The first single from Behemoth’s forthcoming new album, The Satanist, Blow Your Trumpets Gabriel is available from today in the Australian iTunes store. Check it out here. The song comes another incredibly striking video, produced by Grupa 13. Behemoth front man Nergal discusses the video: “Yes, we took all the time in the world to […]
Sonic Forge Festival 2013
All photos by Antony Pinder My Sonic Forge kicked off early, soaking up the sun in the beer garden during sound check. First up in the Gershwin Room was Hollow World. Their mix of melodic death and core-esque feels were delivered in a very tight set with great energy on stage (and off, as the […]
Farewell The Amenta At HEAVYFEST
Industrial Extreme Metal outfit, The Amenta are calling it a day. At least from the live circuit. The outfit have been rather vague for their reason to call it quits, a statement issued on their Facebook page on the 2nd of December confirms that they will “retire from playing live for the foreseeable future”. In […]
Internal Nightmare’s New Video For Rancid Cremation
Internal Nightmare are a three piece Death Thrash band who formed in Melbourne in 2007, after a few lineup changes the band have solidified their sound and developed the reputation of being a hard working band with an exciting, relentless live show. During the past two years Internal Nightmare have played with the likes of […]
Clutch Australian Tour Announcement
Clutch will hit Australian shores to play Soundwave as well as their own national headline shows. It has been a long four years for Aussie Clutch fans, since their last tour in 2010. The time between tours has nothing to do with a lack of love for Australia, and more to do with a love […]
Stormrider Festival hitting Perth in 2014
The Civic Hotel in Perth will play host to an epic all day Metal Festival in May 2014 whith ten fantastic bands taking over the venue from 2pm until the wee hours. While half the line up features local Western Australian bands, the other half are coming in from all over the nation to take […]
Eyehategod: Announce 25th Anniversary Australian Tour for January 2014
Hailing from the dark lands of the deep South, better known as New Orleans, North America’s most uncompromising band EYEHATEGOD came to be In the year 1988, and have since created a 25-year legacy of sheer unadulterated, no holds bared, musical brutality. Their vision was pure and their approach was hostile, through the course of […]
PERIPHERY AND ANIMALS AS LEADERS AUSTRALIAN TOUR
Periphery has defied the boundaries of conventionality, bringing new life to the metal scene. Their meteoric rise to the upper echelon of the metal world will be in full display when they return to Australia in January/February 2014 joined by Animals As Leaders. Animals as Leaders bring their instrumental progressive metal grooves and were hailed […]
QUEENSRŸCHE present behind the scenes documentary of mini movie “Ad Lucem”
Legendary Seattle rockers, QUEENSRŸCHE are almost done with their ‘mini movie’ including tracks from their current self-titled album. The tracks, “Spore” “Midnight Lullaby” “A World Without” and “X2” provide the score to a 10 minute story, dubbed “QUEENSRŸCHE: Ad Lucem” to be released later this year. The film was created by Veva Entertainment Co. with […]
Howl
HOWL – “Bloodlines” (Relapse) From the over the top cover art that strikes a resemblance to the work by Baroness frontman, John Baizley, right through to HOWL’s punishing sludge metal riffs, there is nothing to really fault about this album, and believe me, I’ve tried. HOWL’s sophomore release is the perfect follow up to 2010’s […]
A Day to Remember, The Devil Wears Prada & Dream On Dreamer Live @ Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide
Worldwide there is without doubt a metaphoric torrential flood of melodic metalcore and alterations of this sub-genre. With so many acts either following this trend or trying to carve out a separate identity, it’s a wonder how some of these outfits remain relevant or even appetising to the fans of heavy music. As a matter […]
Ding Dong Lounge Photography Exhibition
The crème de la crème of Melbourne’s live music photography scene take to Ding Dong Lounge next week to display some of their best work. For a limited time, Scott Boelsen, Jesse Booher, Katie Dutton, Rebecca Houlden, Lou Lou Nutt, Naomi Rahim, John Raptis, Brett Schewitz, Richard Sharman, Anthony Smith, Heidi Takla and Elleni Toumpas’s […]
Philip H. Anselmo: Walk Through Exits Only
Every generation has its iconic artists. No other band left a deeper mark on metal in the 90’s than Pantera. Raging, roaring and bulldozing their way through the metal scene, these Texans have left a lasting legacy. At their front stood anger and hostility personified, Philip H. Anselmo.
Thy Art Is Murder ‘Hate Across Australia’ Tour
The Hate Across Australia tour, featuring chart smashing homegrown extreme metallers Thy Art Is Murder, controversy courting American grinders Cattle Decapitation, the wild King Parrot from Melbourne and Brisbane’s mechanized devastators Aversions Crown, has announced local supports for this forthcoming trek of torture. Brutal death metallers Disentomb will open proceedings at the Rev while Emerald […]
Let’s Get Digital!
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Parkway Drive Debut New Video For Wild Eyes
Parkway Drive have released a brand new video for their track, Wild Eyes from their chart topping album, Atlas. A follow up to their wildly successful video Dark Days which has over 3.6 million views and precludes the new video, Wild Eyes depicts the dismal future of the world in a post-apocalyptic live show setting. […]
Our Last Enemy Australian Tour
Sydney’s Industrial metal powerhouse Our Last Enemy have just announced their new tour dates in support of their new Remix and Rarities upcoming release ‘Engineering The Enemy’ plus the first round of artists who will be contributing. As well as a stack of local talent, some big name international artists will be joining in. The […]
Steel Assassins 2013
Australia’s only 2 Day event dedicated to Heavy/Trad/Power/Thrash and Melodic Metal, Steel Assassins is returning again for it’s second installment on November 1st and 2nd this year @ TheBald Faced Stag Hotel in Leichhardt, Sydney. The second half of the billing has now been locked in and announced and features Trad Metallers WIDOW (usa – […]
Issue 6 of HEAVY Is Here!
We’ve survived a summer of pure HEAVY rock permeating throughout Australia with a veritable slab of gigs and bands hitting our shores with a frenzy! And HEAVY was there every step of the way. We covered Soundwave extensively and all the Sideshows. We introduced HEAVY TV and all the while we were all hard at […]
Amorphis Australian Tour
Rockstar Productions is delighted to announce tour dates for the first time ever to Australia for Finland’s Amorphis! Amorphis tour Australia for the very first time in their illustrious career. Never before has this iconic and distinguished act graced Australian shores; now in October 2013, this is all set to change. Amorphis has been at […]
Talking Gear And Guitars With Converge
HEAVY TV’s Doug Steele catches up with Converge’s Kurt Ballou on the band’s recent sojourn to Australia. Head to head they get down and dirty and extensively discuss gear, guitars and studios and Kurt’s production prowess. Photo By John Raptis
Slayer’s Jeff Hanneman Dead
BREAKING NEWS: Slayer’s Jeff Hanneman Dead At 49 We’ll have more on the developing story as it unfolds, but it is with great sadness that HEAVY reports to you on the death of Slayer’s Jeff Hanneman. Jeff passed away at about 11 a.m. today (Thursday, May 2) (US time) near his Southern California home. He […]
Outsiders Code – Exiled From Birth
Melbourne is not known for producing weak-willed hardcore bands and Outsider’s Code is no exception. Featuring members of 50 Lions, Her Nightmare, Hitlist and Warbrain, this band means business. Consolidating an array of influences conducive to years spent in the Australian music scene, Outsiders Code emerges with an intensity of their own. Not often does […]
TOOL Postpone Tonight’s Adelaide Gig
The Frontier Touring Company regret to advise that Tool’s Adelaide’s performance scheduled for this evening has been postponed to tomorrow, Wednesday 1 May. Lead singer Maynard James Keenan, who has been under the weather for most of the tour, has been advised by doctors not to perform tonight. Tonight’s concert will be rescheduled to tomorrow […]
New Witchgrinder Video & Album
The new Witchgrinder album and tour is only days away! Are you getting as excited as we are? Our new film clip to the title track of the album is out now and can be seen and heard below! You can also download the track for free via our Bandcamp page HERE. New album The […]
Youth Of Today Australian Tour
The legendary New York City hardcore band Youth of Today are heading to Australia this July, bringing with them the energy and emotion that make them one of the underground music scene’s most important groups ever. Formed in Connecticut in 1985 by Ray Cappo (vocals) and John Porcelly (guitar), with the aim to start a […]
What Would Jello Do?
Returning to Australia for his first band shows since 1983, former Dead Kennedy’s frontman Jello Biafra has now added a handful of talking shows to his extended schedule. Entitled What Would Jello Do?, the talking shows follow on from Biafra’s youtube series of the same name in commenting on contemporary political issues, democracy, government conspiracy […]
Bleeding Through Final Australian Tour
After over a decade as fulltime touring act, Californian metal-core giants Bleeding Through have called it a day and have announced a FINAL Australian this July. Having firmly cemented themselves atop the metal pantheon with the release of 7 genre defining classic albums including metal-core staples ‘ This Love, This Is Murderous’ and ‘The Truth’ […]
Slipknot New Album
Corey Taylor (Slipknot, Stone Sour) has confirmed Slipknot are planning a new album in an Ask-Me-Anything session on Reddit this morning. When asked if they would ever consider a tour with rivals Mushroomhead, Taylor replied, “We’ve run into each other over the years, and the drama has definitely subsided. I would say yes, there would […]
Heaven The Axe Representing Australia
Heaven The Axe has just been announced as the Australian winner to represent the country in the HARD ROCK CAFE GLOBAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS known as HARD ROCK RISING. There are 96 bands from all around the world competing to be one of the final 25 who will be reviewed by an industry panel […]
Crashdïet Manager’s Bizarre Death
Another sad passing has rocked the metal world, this time with the announcement that the manager of Sweden’s Crashdïet died unusually last week. Although suspicious circumstances have been ruled out, the bands manager, Michael Sundén died on April 19th while at Swedish music venue Rock City Club during a Saxon show. The cause of death has […]
Black Sabbath’s ’13’ Available For Pre-Order Via iTunes
In advance of the much-anticipated release of Black Sabbath’s 13, the album is now available for pre-order on the iTunes Store. Fans who pre-order either the standard or the deluxe edition, with three additional tracks, will immediately receive a download of ‘God is Dead?’ the album’s first single.
Airbourne Know How To ‘Live It Up’
The new album ‘Black Dog Barking’ is imminent! As a teaser, check out Airbourne’s new video for the track ‘Live It Up’ below. Crank this one nice and loud and do it some serious justice ‘cos no one rocks harder than these guys!
Phil Anselmo To Release Solo Album ‘Walk Through Exits Only’
Philip H. Anselmo, legendary frontman of PANTERA and DOWN, will release his first career solo album, ‘Walk Through Exits Only,’ on July 19th via Season of Mist in partnership with Anselmo’s own Housecore Records. ‘Walk Through Exits Only’ features artwork from Vance Kelly (DOWN, THE SWORD, HUNTRESS) and will be available on limited digipak CD […]
New Dark Tranquility Song: ‘For Broken Words’
Leading up to Dark Tranquility’s much-anticipated 10th studio album ‘Construct’, the band is now debuting the first track ‘For Broken Words’. ‘Construct’ will be released on May 27th in Europe and on May 28th in North America via Century Media.
Black Sabbath ‘God Is Dead?’ Out This Week
“God Is Dead?”, a brand new single from Black Sabbath, will be made available digitally on April 19. The track, which clocks in at eight minutes and 52 seconds, comes off ’13’ — the band’s first album in 35 years to feature bassist Geeezer Butler, guitarist Tony Iommi and singer Ozzy Osbourne — due out […]
Ten Years Of Parkway Drive
Undisputed kings of Australian hardcore, Parkway Drive are set to commemorate 10 years of incredible achievements with a special anniversary tour this September. Turning 10 is yet another milestone in the career of the quintet, who’ve set benchmark after benchmark since playing their first show at Byron Bay Youth Activity Centre back in 2003. Major […]
Manowar live album coming
Now that Manowar’s The Lord of Steel World tour has come to an end, the band will reconvene in a studio to go over what tracks to include for a live album. Released a few months ago as a digital download from the tours first leg, an official live pressing will be released on cd […]
Ghost: Infestissumam
Ghost have danced with the devil throughout the duration of their short career, and now with the new album ‘Infestissumam’, latin for ‘hostile’ or ‘the biggest threat’, – they are celebrating in song and prose the birth of Lucifer’s son with an ‘occult-rock’ sound that is pure and sinister at the same time. ‘Infestissumam’ marks […]
Cannabis Corpse Cancel Australian Tour
Ladies and gentlemen, here at Heathen Skulls, we have to unfortunately announce that the North American death metal band CANNABIS CORPSE will no longer be touring Australia this June. With their recent signing to Season of Mist records, and an up coming US tour in early July, other commitments have now become a priority, and […]
Senses Fail Debut Video For ‘Mi Amor’
What would you do for love? Today Senses Fail debuts a brand new video for “Mi Amor” that explores the question of a just how far someone will go for love. Produced by Robby Starbuck and Stefan Anderson for RSM and directed by Behn Fannin. “We wanted to create something that would spur people to […]
Hardcore 2013
Resist and Trial and Error’s annual Hardcore event is back in 2013, spanning the weekend of July 13th and 14th at the Hi Fi in Sydney. Headlining this years event will be legendary New York band Youth Of Today, this being the bands first ever trip to Australia. Hardcore 2013 will also be the 20th […]
Led Zeppelin ‘Sound & Fury’
“Led Zeppelin: Sound And Fury”, a new digital book by photographer Neal Preston, will be published on April 15. The in-depth, illustrated digital coffee-table book is created and designed especially for iBooks, providing an unprecedented and comprehensive glimpse into the world of LED ZEPPELIN through the lens of the famed photographer.
Thy Art Is Murder ‘Hate Across Australia’ June 2013 Tour ON SALE NOW
Hot on the heels of their nomination in the Best New Band category at the 2013 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards, Western Sydney’s THY ART IS MURDER are proud to bring the hate home for their much anticipated headline tour in support of 2012’s boundary smashing full length, ‘Hate’. Since the October release of Hate […]
Enslaved ‘Australian Winter Rite Tour 2013’ NEW DATES
After spending over two decades amassing a striking collection of releases, Norwegian progressive black metal band ENSLAVED will be hitting Australian shores in June November for the first time in their illustrious career. The ‘Australian Winter Rite Tour 2013’ will see the band tour throughout the nation in support of their extremely well received 2012 […]
St Vitus Set To Tour Australia
SAINT VITUS are the godfathers of American Doom Metal. A statement weighing as heavy as this band sounds. Nonetheless, this is simply the truth. Now considered one of the pioneering, and most influential, bands in the doom metal genre, back in 1978, when the band first came together, things couldn’t have been any more different. […]
Andrew W.K Joins Forces With Marky Ramone
Andrew W.K. will be joining Marky Ramone as his lead singer for their 2013 world tour. The punk drumming icon and his band will be fronted by the king of partying for a high-octane performance of more than THIRTY of Marky’s classic fan-favorite songs!
Evil Invaders sideshow for Melbourne
Now that the Evil Invaders festival is gearing into it’s 5th year, a lot of punters find it difficult to head over to Sydney where the event is held every year. Fast becoming one of Australia’s premier extreme metal events, demand grows for the tour to be spread throughout the country. Luckily for Melbourne, once […]
