Neil Vance
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May- 2018 -17 May
AUS Live Gig Reviews + Photos
STEEL PANTHER at The Forum, Melbourne on 15/05/18
If you ask any member of the band Steel Panther who the greatest Heavy Metal band in all of Heavy…
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9 May
AUS Live Gig Reviews + Photos
Live Review: IHSAHN at Max Watts, Melbourne on 7/5/18
Ihsahn is considered a legend and a household name amongst a plethora of wannabe’s in the extreme metal world. And…
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5 May
Album Review
IHSAHN ‘Ámr’
Structured amongst a journey of Immense chaos, malevolent, rhythmic clarity and Avante-Garde jazz fusionesque extreme artistry today we welcome to…
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5 May
Album Review
DIMMU BORGIR ‘Eonian’
Silently, leaving the hordes of faithful followers salivating for seven years between releases Dimmu Borgir have kept their listeners hanging…
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Apr- 2018 -13 April
Review
BEHEMOTH ‘Messe Noire’ LIVE DVD
Let’s face it, readers, in 2014 AD by far the best metal release was Behemoth’s ‘The Satanist’. From start to finish…
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Mar- 2018 -14 March
Album Review
SLUGDGE ‘Esoteric Malacology’
So…SLUGDGE (Pronounced ‘Slug-j’ The D is silent!) Straight off the bat, Slugdge is the best extreme metal British band you haven’t heard…
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Feb- 2018 -25 February
Album Review
DEATHWHITE ‘For a Black Tomorrow’
As a lover of heavy and extreme music, I am always waiting for something new and breathtaking. Something that is…
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18 February
AUS Live Gig Reviews + Photos
Live Review + Photos: CATTLE DECAPITATION at the Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Aussie extreme metal fans have been very patient in their wait for a second Cattle Decapitation tour since supporting and…
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Jan- 2018 -22 January
Album Review
MACHINE HEAD “Catharsis’
Being a contributor to well-respected metal publication [Editor: why thank you Neil], I make it my business to be a…
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18 January
Podcast
The Ministry Of Metal – Top 10 2017 Albums – Special: Part 2
And now here is Part 2 of ‘The Ministry of Metal‘s’ and it’s host, Metal V, and his chosen top…
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18 January
Podcast
The Ministry Of Metal – Top 10 2017 Albums – Special: Part 1
Well after twelve months of amazing releases for all things heavy ‘The Ministry of Metal‘ and it’s host, yours truly…
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16 January
Podcast
The Ministry of Metal – Show 22 – 16.1.18 – The Heartfelt & Meaningful Episode
Tonights ‘Ministry of Metal‘ is one which has reached deep into my soul and wanted to reach out to my…
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14 January
AUS Live Gig Reviews + Photos
Live Review: Twelve Foot Ninja & Caligula’s Horse at 170 Russell Street
Last year I was afforded the opportunity to see and review two incredible bands in Twelve Foot Ninja & Caligula’s…
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Dec- 2017 -16 December
BLOOD DUSTER
A sad and memorable evening spent with a few hundred close friends last Saturday evening to celebrate and unfortuantely bid…
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Nov- 2017 -26 November
Feature
The Ministry of Metal – Show 21 – AUSMETAL Special Pt. 3 – 26.11.17
The final chapter for this years Ausmusic Metal Special. The show features some fine upcoming such as Behold The Defiant,…
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25 November
AUS Live Gig Reviews + Photos
Live Review: PERTURBATOR and Rebel Yell at Max Watts, Melbourne on 21/11/17
Straight off the bat I want it known that I love PERTURBATOR. I was really hesitant at first purely because…
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19 November
Feature
The Ministry of Metal – Show 20 – AUSMETAL Special Pt. 2- 19.11.17
Week Two of The Ministry of Metal‘s celebration of all things Aussie and Heavy we hear some of the important…
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12 November
Feature
The Ministry of Metal – Show 19 – AUSMETAL Special Pt. 2- 12.11.17
Lovers of all things heavy and extreme for the last 25 years the month of November has been known as…
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5 November
Feature
The Ministry of Metal – Show 18 – 05.11.17
The quality of amazing and inspiring heavy music released in 2017 is not diminishing at all and tonight Ministry of…
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5 November
Album Review
ARCHSPIRE ‘Relentless Mutation’
So, dear readers and lovers of all things extreme and amazing, the last eight to twelve weeks of any year are…
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