Finntroll Video Premiere For ‘Häxbrygd’
Attention humans! The Trolls have put together another nightmarish visual escapade for “Häxbrygd”! This is yet another vile and disgusting movement which will be found on their upcoming release, Blodsvept. The band comments about this special video: “This is what happens when you put bunch of mentally unstable trolls into a small space filled with […]
Twelve Foot Ninja Kills & Eats Internet Troll
BREAKING: Twelve Foot Ninja respond to an internet troll with dismemberment and cannibalism. It’s a tale of delicious retribution dealt out in the name of those who’ve experienced the cowardly blows of the infamous ‘keyboard warrior’. If successful, it will break the record for Australia’s most ambitious music industry crowd funding campaign!
Hammersonic 2013 Open Air Festival
THE BIGGEST METAL FESTIVAL IN SOUTHEAST ASIA IS BACK! HAMMERSONIC, Jakarta International Metal Festival is confirmed for its second year, being more prestigious and will be held for 2 days on 27-28 April 2013.
Autopsy Head Into Studio
If you’re wondering why the sky’s are suddenly grim, it probably has a lot to do with gore grind masters Autopsy entering a Californian studio over the weekend to begin recording of their next offering The Headless Ritual. Former Death drummer Chris Reifert reformed the legendary Bay Area band in 2009 after a 14 year […]
Man Must Die ask for fan assistance for new album
Back on 9th of February, Scottish technical Death band Man Must Die started a campaign through pledgemusic.com to raise funds for their next album. The fan assisted site which began in 2009, allows artists to pledge for funds to raise much needed money for recording of albums.
Ministry ‘From Beer To Eternity’
Prior to the death of the band’s guitarist, Mike Scaccia, Ministry were in the process of writing a new album over a 19 day period. “This was one of the most creative Ministry tracking sessions ever. The band was on fire!” says Ministry mainman Al Jourgensen. “We were having fun, we were coming up with […]
Help Black Like Vengeance
Melbourne’s Black Like Vengeance need your help! Vote for them to open for Cradle Of Filth in Melbourne May 10 at The Palace Theatre for your chance to win a double pass to this mammoth show! All you need to do is follow this link, like KillRockstar’s page and vote for Australia’s premier female fronted […]
Machine Head Bassist Auditions
Machine Head will begin the process of searching for a temporary bassist replacement for the Mayhem Festival in the U.S. Interested in trying out? For a limited time the band will accept and review YouTube submissions that include the following:
Ghost (NSFW) ‘Year Zero’ Video
Ghost (or Ghost B.C. as they are known in the USA) – have just released a video for the song ‘Year Zero’ from the forthcoming album ‘Infestissumam’. Check it out via this link. Photo by Maija Lahtinen
Listen To New Kylesa
KYLESA will release its new album, ‘Ultraviolet’, on May 24 internationally and May 28 in North America via Season Of Mist. The follow-up to ‘Spiral Shadow’ was recorded at The Jam Room in Columbia, South Carolina, with the band’s guitar player/songwriter and sought-after producer, Phillip Cope (BARONESS, BLACK TUSK), once again overseeing production. “Quicksand”, a […]
Baroness Splits With Drummer & Bassist
Following their horrific bus crash back in August 2012, Baroness have been on the road to recuperation and recovery. But that has not stopped both the drummer and bassist of the band deciding to quit the band. Baizley has now issued the following update on BARONESS’ current status and future activities:
Metal Obsession 5th Birthday
It has been five years since then-blog MetalObsession.net launched with the sole purpose of giving heavy Australian bands a promotional outlet. The site has since blossomed into a central hub for the local metal scene and for the first time, they’ll be celebrating their (approximate) birthday by bringing together a whole bunch of their favourite […]
Napalm Death Gig Cancelled Over Building Damage Fears
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has cancelled a Napalm Death concert over fears the high decibel levels could damage the “fabric of the building”. The grindcore band’s gig was to feature three ceramic sound systems which could disintegrate due to the sound levels.
H.I.M’s ‘All Lips Go Blue’
Check out a teaser from H.I.M’s new album ‘Tears On Tape’. The song is called ‘All Lips Go Blue’ and is liberally stamped with all things that make H.I.M – H.I.M! A music video for the song will be helmed by Eugene Riecansky, a multi-award-winning director and animation and motion graphics who has previously worked […]
Iggy & The Stooges Aussie Bonus
“A real fucking group… they also make fucking records. They don’t just go and twiddle around on stage to make a bunch of fucking money” – Iggy Pop Better 40 years later than never: The follow-up to the first record ever to bear the Iggy and the Stooges logo – the immortal proto-punk masterpiece ‘Raw […]
HEAVY TV Talks With The Mark Of Cain’s John Scott
HEAVY TV’s Doug Steele – armed with a slew of questions from the Mark Of Cain’s fandom, sits down with John Scott at the Bendigo Hotel as they discuss all things Mark Of Cain!
HEAVY TV Talks To The Chariot @ Soundwave
The HEAVY TV team speaks to Josh from the Chariot backstage at Soundwave Melbourne. Josh discusses ‘mathcore’, former band Norma Jean and being a fan of so many bands on the Soundwave bill.
HEAVY Now Available On iPhone & Android
Now you can take HEAVY Magazine with you wherever you go as HEAVY is now available for your iPhone, iPad and Android devices. You can purchase each issue individually or take out a subscription direct from your preferred device. If you would like to purchase a version for your Apple device via iTunes, please click […]
Nothin’ To Lose: The Making Of Kiss (1972-1975)
“Nothin’ To Lose: The Making Of Kiss (1972-1975)” will be released on September 10, 2013 via It Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Written by Ken Sharp, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons, “Nothin’ To Lose: The Making Of KISS (1972-1975)” is a 544-page hardcover book that chronicles for the first time the crucial formative years […]
Black Sabbath ’13’ June 10
Black Sabbath have released another sneak peek video from the ’13’ studio sessions – including an interview with producer Rick Rubin! The new album ’13’ is now available for pre-order via their official website with a release date of June 10. You can purchase the album in the following formats: Standard CD album Deluxe double […]
Heroes For Hire Australian Tour
Sydney’s Heroes For Hire are hitting the road this May for a series of all ages shows with good friends Nine Sons Of Dan and Forever Ends Here along the east coast. These shows will be among the first to feature the new slimmed down four piece Heroes For Hire lineup, with guitarist and Heroes […]
HEAVY TV Talks To Fucked Up @ Soundwave
Sandy from Fucked Up sits down with the HEAVY TV crew and discusses her bass, rowdy Australian fans, being the only girl in the band and psychological warfare!
Black Breath Australian Tour
Black Breath emerged from dark basements and dive bars in the belly of Bellingham, Washington in 2005. Bored by the region’s apathy towards trenchant and punishing music, they combined elements of punk and metal with doses of the garage rock of their hometown. Their sound is acutely classic without being painfully retro; a ripping blend […]
The Darkness Cancel Australian Tour
Hard rockers Australia wide were disheartened to learn today that The Darkness and Joan Jett tour of Australia – which was scheduled for April, has now been cancelled. The band’s management have decided to cancel the gigs rather than postpone because they have not yet organised plans for a return visit.
Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School Of Medicine
Jello Biafra, the infamous former frontman and chief-agitator for legendary U.S. punks Dead Kennedys, returns to Australia this May for his first live-band performances since the infamous DKs tour of 1983. Biafra will be bringing his new latest musical project with him: The Guantanamo School Of Medicine, featuring former Rollins Band and Ween bassist Andrew […]
OM Bringing Their Doom To Australia
Californian psychedelic doomers OM have announced Australian tour dates for July. Al Cisneros and Chris Hakius will be bringing their unique style of stoner doom to venues across the country along with New York’s Lichens as support on some of the dates.
Municipal Waste Heading To Australia
Hailing from the homeland of the American Civil War, and the heartland of bands like GWAR, Richmond, Virginia’s punk metal crossover party dudes Municipal Waste rose from the salty remains of a New Years Eve Keg Party in 2000/2001, in which they were later blamed for inciting a minor riot. What did you honestly expect […]
HEAVY TV Talks To Stone Sour Backstage @ Soundwave
HEAVY TV chats with Stone Sour’s Josh Rand about guitars, comic book and a forthcoming Australian headline tour. For more Soundwave interviews, visit our YouTube Channel.
HEAVY TV Talks To Dragonforce @ Soundwave
HEAVY TV’s Cassie has a chat with Dragonforce backstage at the Melbourne Soundwave 2013. For more Soundwave interviews, visit our YouTube Channel.
HEAVY TV Talks To Red Fang @ Soundwave
We catch up with one of the surprise packets of Soundwave 2013 – Red Fang who not only put in blistering performances across all their Soundwave appearances throughout Australia, but kicked all sorts of ass on their Sidewave shows opening for Orange Goblin and Kyuss Lives! Check out our debut HEAVY TV broadcast and brace […]
Sound City – Real To Reel
SOUND CITY–REAL TO REEL, the companion album to the Dave Grohl-directed SOUND CITY feature length documentary premiering at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, is out today, Friday March 8th, through Sony Music Entertainment Australia. The DVD and Blu Ray of the documentary are also released today. The official video for Mantra from the SOUND CITY […]
Soundwave Melbourne In Pictures Part 3
Some more photos from Soundwave Melbourne. All photos by shadowzone photography.
Queensrÿche Ink Deal With Century Media
Legendary Seattle rockers Queensrÿche are poised to regain their place as hard rock/heavy metal royalty in 2013. The band has just signed a new label deal with Century Media for the release of their latest studio album. The album is slated for release on June 10th, 2013 in Europe (June 11th in North America) and […]
Soundwave Melbourne In Pictures Part 1
Our intrepid team of photogs were out in full force throughout the Melbourne Soundwave Festival. We have a veritable slab of photos for you and here’s the first batch for our HEAVY faithful to feast your eyes on! All photos by Lep, Metallica photos by Olivia Reppas. Enjoy!
Rotting Christ Teaser Video
Rotting Christ unveil a teaser video in celebration of today’s release of their eleventh full length “KATA TON DAIMONA EAYTOY” album which translates as “Do What Thou Wilt”. The clip underlining the album’s occult theme can be watched below. “Kata Ton Daimona Eaytoy” can be ordered in different formats including a limited edition box set […]
HEAVY TV: Episode 01: Turbonegro
HEAVY TV sent our resident sweet heart Cassie Walker on her first mission to infiltrate the Turbonegro camp and steal some time with Hank von Helvete and Happy-Tom while before their set at The Hi-Fi Bar in Melbourne, to see if she could handle the heat and bring you the low down on the bands […]
Slayer & Anthrax Live @ The Big Top, Sydney, Australia
When one is presented with the opportunity to photograph Slayer and Anthrax – no matter where – one jumps at that chance! Both are amongst two of my favourite bands and both I had never photographed in the past so even if the gig was to be held in Sydney, I was arranging flights and […]
Twenty Two Hundred Release Carnaval De Venus
The Australian band Twenty Two Hundred has teamed up again with sonic genius and two-time Grammy® winner, Andrew Scheps, and has released their debut album on Scheps’ own Tonequake Records. “I loved the album while I was mixing it and am really excited to be able to release it on my label,” said Scheps. Mark […]
Adam Duce parts ways with Machine Head
Machine Head announced today that founding member, bassist Adam Duce has decided to leave the band. Adam and vocalist Robb Flynn started the band back in 1991 and Duce feels the time has come to pursue other projects. From all reports coming from Machine Head HQ, the decision is amicable and his bandmates wish him […]
Ghost: Infestissumam Details Revealed
Creating quite a buzz amongst both fan and peer, Swedish cult band Ghost are about to release their second album ‘Infestissumam’. (Latin for ‘hostile’) Full track-listing for the album appears below. The long awaited album is scheduled for release on April 9 via Loma Vista Recordings. In further developments, Ghost was recently forced to change […]
Dying Fetus & Putrid Pile Announce Australian Tour
SUPREME SLAUGHTERHOUSE AUSTRALIAN TOUR APRIL 19 – 23, 2013 Formed in 1991, during the height of the death metal explosion, Dying Fetus have moulded into one of the premiere extreme death metal/grindcore acts to emerge from the massive global metal underground. Combining an innovative mix of technical virtuosity and catchy song structures to create the […]
Coheed & Cambria Australian Tour
It would be hard to find a band with grander artistic scope than Coheed and Cambria. They continue to remain a unique beast, impossible to classify and are simply this generation’s greatest musical storytellers. Following five groundbreaking albums, the New York foursome are back and in no less dramatic fashion than is to be expected. […]
Black Like Vengeance
After an extensive period of hibernation, the beast has risen once again to stake its rightful claim as Australia’s premiere female-fronted melodic Death Metal band. 2013 heralds the dawn of a new era for Melbourne’s Black Like Vengeance. Since their inception in ’05, they’ve stunned audiences from coast to coast with their grim elixir of […]
Dark Tranquility Part Ways With Bassist
Shortly before beginning the studio sessions for the upcoming 10th studio album ‘Construct’, Dark Tranquility have amicably parted ways with bassist Daniel Antonsson. The decision has been growing for a while, and the main reason is that Daniel wanted to focus on his own musical projects as well as working more in his recording studio. […]
The Mark Of Cain Tour
When The Mark Of Cain presented their fifth studio LP, Songs Of The Third and Fifth in November last year, the reaction of music lovers across the country was indicative of a fan base who had been starved of the style of music TMOC make for far too long. They responded fast, making the record […]
Six Feet Under Withdraw From Soundwave
Six Feet Under’s drummer Kevin Talley has had a dirtbike mishap and apparently will not recover in time to make the trip for Soundwave 2013. Regrettably, Six Feet Under have had to withdraw from the Festival.
The HEAVY Forum
We’ve just launched the HEAVY Discussion Forum. It’s free! It’s fun! It’s easy! Visit the Forum here and we look forward to having a good, old rocking chinwag with ya!
Ne Obliviscaris Sign To Season Of Mist
Season of Mist is proud to announce the signing of Australian progressive, extreme metal outfit Ne Obliviscaris! The band stand on their own by infusing their metal with western art music, jazz, and flamenco. With adventurous, progressive and nuanced compositions often exceeding ten minutes in length, Ne Obliviscaris add profound depth to a musical proficiency […]
Airbourne In The Studio
Airbourne have released the first in a series of videos documenting the recording of their upcoming third album, ‘Black Dog Barking’. The album will be available everywhere this May; in the clip below, frontman Joel O’Keeffe takes us for a tour of the magnificent Armoury Studios describing the band’s breakneck work schedule, and – in […]
Lita Ford Australian Tour 2013
Blue Palm Touring is proud to announce Lita Ford’s Australian Tour in May, 2013. Lita will be playing two rocking dates in Melbourne and Sydney. TOUR DATES: May 23 – Prince Bandroom, Melbourne May 25 – Factory Theatre, Sydney Further info on the Blue Palm Touring Facebook page.
