[NEWS] TESSERACT New Single “Smile”
TesseracT have released a brand new single and lyric video for the song “Smile” Vocalist Daniel Tompkins explains the lyrical concept & inspiration behind the song Lyrically ‘Smile’ carries a strong and forward sense of irony as we explore and darkest side of the human condition. The song will witness the manifestation of an ’entity’. […]
[NEWS] PARADISE LOST Reveal Snippet of “Medusa”
On September 1st, PARADISE LOST‘s studio album Medusa will return to their doom metal roots and deliver their 15th full-length release named after the Greek goddess, Gorgone, whose sight turned people into stone. The British metallers will premiere the first track on July 7th, and can reveal a snippet from the upcoming single entitled ‘The Longest […]
[NEWS] QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE New Album & Tour Dates
Following mysterious polygraph test and teases, Queens Of The Stone Age, have fully revealed their new album, Villains, which till be out on August 25, via Matador Records/Remote Control. QOTSA’s seventh full-length and first record since 2013’s …Like Clockwork which gave the band their first #1 on the ARIA Album charts. Villains is produced by […]
[PREMIERE] NUCLEUST New Song, Video & Song of the Year Award at WAM!
Today HEAVY is premiering Nucleust’s new song and video clip on the back of winning the Heavy/Metal song of the year award at Western Australia’s premier song competition WAM! (West Australian Music) for “Of King And Tree” their 2016 EP Resistivity. Watch the band accept their award here. Nucleust have recently completed recording their full-length debut album which will be called Terra Cerebral […]
[NEWS] JAMES NORBERT IVANYI August Tour Supports Announced
One of Australia’s most exciting and innovative instrumentalists James Norbert Ivanyi released his 4th EP Denalavis on June 1 via Bandcamp, iTunes and all major online digital outlets. The tour in support of Denalavis will take place throughout August with Adelaide’s Dyssidia as main support. Local supports for each show have now been confirmed. JAMES NORBERT TOUR DATES Friday, August 4: […]
[PREMIERE] Get ‘CLOSER’ with MASS SKY RAID’s New Song, Clip and Shows
Mass Sky Raid are getting “Closer” to their fans with a video clip today, premiered on HEAVY, followed by the single being released on all the normal platforms this Friday, 9th June. To further the launch of the new song Mass Sky Raid will be playing it live in Brisbane at The Zoo and in their […]
[NEWS] MR BIG ‘Everybody Needs A Little Trouble’ Video Clip
Mr Big have a new album, Defying Gravity, coming out July 2017. Recorded in just six days at Ocean Studios in Burbank, California, the album reunites Mr Big with Kevin Elson (Journey, Europe, Lynyrd Skynyrd), who is back behind the boards for the first time since helming the band’s first four albums.
[NEWS] RAMMSTEIN Released An Unprecedented Live DVD
Music video producer, Åkerlund, is notorious for his radical, pioneering video clips for bands such as The Prodigy, Metallica, the Rolling Stones and also Rammstein. Absurd details, upended perspectives, shocks of contrast and sensory confusion flicker through his music productions, and in “RAMMSTEIN: PARIS”, he celebrates this from the very first minute. Rammstein play 22 songs […]
[NEWS] PRIME CUTS MUSIC Closing Down Sale. CD’s, T-Shirts, Rare, Autographed Going Cheap!
After 15 years & 40 releases, Prime Cuts Music & the next few months will see label and shop closing down. It’s a closing down sale & everything listed must go!! Prime Cuts Music thanks everyone who has supported them in any way, shape or form over the years and if you can support just one […]
[NEWS] JANET GARDNER Teases Audiences With Album Sampler
Best known as the lead vocalist of the all-female rock band Vixen, Janet Gardner’s powerful vocals propelled Vixen to the top of the Billboard charts with crossover hits “Edge of a Broken Heart” and “Cryin’,” and found the band opening for the likes of Deep Purple, Ozzy Osbourne, The Scorpions, Kiss, and Bon Jovi. Teaming […]
[NEWS] RADIATION ROMEOS Release New Video
Radiation Romeos is a new band formed by the amazing singer Parramore “Perry” McCarty, best known for being the frontman of legendary US metal act Warrior and famed Billy Idol guitarist Steve Stevens’ solo project, Atomic Playboys. The band have just dropped their debut video and anyone who wants to grab a copy of their […]
[NEWS] WASP Crimson Idol Film & Soundtrack Special Release
In 1992 W.A.S.P. released “The Crimson Idol”. It’s the story of Jonathan Aaron Steele, an abused child looking for love. Discovering music years later, he rises to international superstardom. Later followed by a catastrophic fall. 2017 marks the 25th anniversary of the original release, which is still considered to be the best album of W.A.S.P.’s career, and one […]
[NEWS] SEBASTIAN BACH Australian Tour 2017
The Original Voice of SKID ROW, SEBASTIAN BACH returns to Australia this October! Sebastian Bach TOUR DATES Saturday 21st October – Perth – Astor Theatre Sunday 22nd October – Adelaide – The Gov Thursday 26th October – Brisbane – The Tivoli Friday 27th October – Sydney – Manning Bar Saturday 28th October – Melbourne – […]
[NEWS] OSAKA PUNCH Drop a New Song and Clip
OSAKA PUNCH want to know ARE YOU IN OR OUT? Today they droped a new single and video as part of their EP release and an exclusive digital package with new artwork is now available at the band’s Bandcamp site. www.osakapunch.com
[NEWS] BRISBANE MUSIC INDUSTRY SUMMIT Feat. Devin Townsend, Andy Farrow, Graham Nixon, Caligula’s Horse…
Devin Townsend will present his acclaimed songwriting lecture this Friday, May 19th at Brisbane Music Industry Summit at The Crowbar in Brisbane. Devin’s lecture is titled “How To Develop Creativity & Excel As A Successful Songwriter In A Changing Industry”. Also speaking at the event will be successful artist managers Andy Farrow (Opeth, Katatonia, Paradise Lost), Graham […]
[AUS NEWS] DRAGONFORCE Announce Support Acts
We reviewed the new Dragonforce album recently and gave it a big thumbs up. “Reaching Into Infinity” comes to us ahead of their Australian tour and today Dragonforce have announced their chosen supports for each city. DRAGONFORCE TOUR DATES TICKETS ON SALE NOW www.tickets.destroyalllines.com Tuesday, 20th June: Capitol, Perth 18+ with SILENT KNIGHT Wednesday, 21st […]
[PREMIERE] FRANKENBOK’s New, Very Confronting, Video Clip
“Drugs don’t make your problems go away, they just create more.” – He-Man, The Master Of The Universe knows what he’s talking about kiddies. Metal thrashers, FRANKENBOK, have a confronting new clip, featuring the band, a crazy drug-fucked woman stalker and He-Man. The song is called “Stalker Stalker” and HEAVY Magazine is the first to […]
[AUS NEWS] STONE SOUR Australian Tour
Iowa hard rock outfit, STONE SOUR, has announced their long awaited Australian headline tour. Celebrating the upcoming release of their fifth album, “Hydrograd”, the band will play shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this August. Fronted by the charismatic Corey Taylor (Slipknot), the band has sold more than four million albums worldwide over the course of five […]
[NEWS] AFI, BASEMENT and INTROVERT Australian Tour
First their first time in 10 years AFI are coming back for a tour of Aus. Travelling this big island with them will be Basement and Introvert. Together, this is surely going to be a rad night! AFI TOUR DATES Saturday 9 September – Big Top, Sydney – Licensed All Ages Sunday 10 September – […]
[NEWS] DEVIL ELECTRIC Release New Song
Melbourne’s Devil Electric are proud to announce a worldwide deal with German heavyweight label Kozmik Artifactz for the release of their debut self-titled album. The 37 minute, 9-track debut will be available digitally and in three colourways on 180gm vinyl, with a release date of August 11. The first single to be released from the album is Hypnotica which closes out the […]
[NEWS] MR BIG New Album
Original members (who was behind the boards for the band’s 1989 self-titled debut, 1991’s “LEAN INTO IT and 1993’s “BUMP AHEAD”) for an intensive six-day recording session in Los Angeles. While Torpey was unable to perform some of the songs on “DEFYING GRAVITY” due to a recent diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease, Matt Starr has been […]
[NEWS] IGORRR Launches New Video
On June 16th, Igorrr – the brainchild of French musician and eclectic composer Gautier Serre – will release their new album, “Savage Sinusoid”, via Metal Blade Records. On this record, electronic manipulations, accordion, saxophone, sitar, harpsichord, mandolin and strings sit comfortably alongside ruthless blast-beats chunky riffs, death grunts and soaring operatic vocals – and as […]
[AUS NEWS] LUCA BRASI Announce Australian Headline Tour
Tassie boys Luca Brasi will return to stages nationwide this June on their biggest headline tour to date. Luca Brasi played Laneway Festival, Unify Gathering, Party In The Paddock and The Plot, as well as their first placing in Triple J’s Hottest 100 with Anything Near Conviction and Like A Version, take on Paul Kelly’s […]
[PHOTOS] KATATONIA, The Corner Hotel, Melbourne
We sent a photographer down to the Corner Hotel in Melbourne to catch up with Katatonia, The Eternal and Myridian… It was a dimly lit night… [vc_masonry_media_grid grid_id=”vc_gid:1481388260893-c3a82233-4d4b-5″ include=”45449,45448,45447,45446,45445,45444,45443,45442,45441,45440,45439,45438,45437,45436,45435,45434,45433,45432,45431,45430,45429,45428,45427,45426,45425,45424,45423,45422,45421″]
[NEWS] HACKTIVIST Release Surprise New EP
UK grime-metal quintet Hacktivist have unveiled their surprise new EP Over-Throne, to coincide with their upcoming headline UK tour. This is their first record since the critically acclaimed Outside The Box, which was released earlier on 4th March 2016 via UNFD. Over-Throne features a cover of the Cypress Hill song, (Rock) Superstar which initially appeared on the RockSound […]
[NEWS] FLAMING WREKAGE Release New Single and Tour Dates
Sydney metallers, Flaming Wrekage are set to release their new album From Flesh To Dust in February 2017. Take a listen to new track, Thrown To The Wolves below. Flaming Wrekage have become a driving force in the Sydney metal community since forming in 2009. They have extended their reach to all corners of the country, delivering intense and memorable live […]
[NEWS] LIKE ROYALS Release Single And Announce New Tour
Sydney metal crew Like Royals have released brand new single Wither Away; an intense five minutes of metal power taking cues from sub-genre melodic-metalcore while confronting the battle between sobriety and addiction. Wither Away is a deeply personal song from the Like Royals crew confronting a major issue in modern society in the hopes of generating […]
[NEWS] SIENNA SKIES New Song + Album
Sienna Skies’ brand new LP “A Darker Shade of Truth”, will be released into the world on December 2nd via Invogue Records and now the second cut from the record “Where Mountain Meets Man” has seen it’s premiere via InVogue Records’ Youtube Account. ‘A Darker Shade of Truth’ is the first album with vocalist Thomas […]
[INTERVIEW] Symphony X
by Kris Peters Playing live has always been considered an integral part in the birth of a new band. The accepted normality of touring, releasing, touring is almost a given, but cast back 20 years ago around the time Symphony X began their odyssey, and things were not as cut and dried as they are […]
Gig Review: Be’lakor + Supports, Melbourne, 23 July 2016
Be’lakor + Hybrid Nightmares + Eye Of The Enemy + Hadal Maw 23 July 2016 The Corner Hotel, Melbourne Review by Joshua Bulleid Photo by Mark Hoffmann Tonight might have been the hometown stop for Melbourne melodic/progressive death metal favourites Be’lakor—in celebration of their critically-acclaimed, new opus Vessels, no less—but it was the newly-rejuvenated Hadal […]
Photos: Chicago Open Air Festival – Day Three
Chicago Open Air Festival: Day Three All That Remains Bullet For My Valentine Corrosion Of Conformity Five Finger Death Punch Gemini Syndrome Jim Breuer Killswitch Engage Letlive Marilyn Manson Slipknot Upon A Burning Body We Came As Romans Photos by Shaun Watson
Photos: Chicago Open Air Festival – Day Two
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Stormtide Announce Details of Debut Album
Melbourne symphonic metallers Stormtide will release their debut album, Wrath Of An Empire, on 1 August 2016 via U.S label Metal Hell Records. Wrath Of An Empire, is an intricately woven nine part epic tale of ruin, heroism and dark deeds centred around the adventures of the Warrior, the Prince and the Magician. With Wrath Of […]
Do You Want to Play with For All Eternity On Their Upcoming Tour?
For All Eternity are offering one lucky band the chance to open for them on their upcoming Australian tour. They understand the Australian music scene has become increasingly difficult for young bands to crack, so they want to try something a different by offering one band a chance to open for them for the entire […]
Perth’s Nucleust Announce New EP and Tour Dates
Aussie metallers Nucleust will release their new EP, Restivity, on 26 August 2016 via Rockpit Records and embark on their first interstate tour, with shows in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney in September. Inspired by everything from classical music to doom & goth, thrash, death and more. Nucleust create music that reflects what they perceive is […]
The Dead Daisies Release New Single ‘Join Together’ Today!
The Dead Daisies have today released their smashing new single, Join Together, via Spitfire Music/SPV. It’s an uplifting new incarnation of The Who’s song, with modern elements added to the original classic. Vocalist John Corabi states: “We wanted to do ‘Join Together’ ‘cause it’s obviously a classic Who song. I just love the power of […]
Despised Icon – Back Together at Last
By Kris Peters Despised Icon have defied popular belief in that a band has to be productive to be relevant, having spent the last six years in a state of limbo. After being one of the pioneers of extreme metal and providing inspiration to a plethora of emerging acts, the band suddenly announced they were […]
Dunsmuir – Dunsmuir – Album Review
Dunsmuir Dunsmuir Hall of Records Release Date: 22 July 2016 Review by Kris Peters It seems these days that musicians are playing musical chairs a lot, swapping and joining forces with people from other bands with reckless abandon. While this is more often than not a good thing, it also can leave you wondering why, […]
Saint Vitus Unveil First Track from ‘Live Vol. 2’ Album
The godfathers of American doom, Saint Vitus have unveiled the first track taken from their forthcoming live album Live Vol. 2, which will be released on 23 September 2016. The classic and fan favourite, War Is Our Destiny, is now streaming and you can check it out below. Despite having been around for more than 35 […]
Photos: Chicago Open Air Festival, 15 July 2016
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Killswitch Engage and Fallujah Join Forces on Australian Tour
Killswitch Engage and Fallujah will be hitting Australia and New Zealand for a five date tour in March 2017. Killswitch Engage redefined the metal genre with the release of their landmark debut, Alive or Just Breathing, which single-handedly defined the metalcore genre and influenced a legion of bands to follow. Melding brutality and brains into […]
Rock Legends Scorpions Announce 50th Anniversary Tour
German HEAVY rock icons, Scorpions, will be bringing their 50th Anniversary Tour to Melbourne. The band will be travelling to Australia for the first time in the 50-year history of the band, comprising Klaus Meine (vocals), Rudolf Schenker (guitar), Matthias Jabs (guitar), Mikkey Dee (drums) & Pawel Maciwoda (bass), will play their debut Australian show […]
Circles Announced Aussie ‘Egression Tour’
Melbourne HEAVY music exponents Circles have announced dates for their Egression Tour, which will be the last headline shows for 2016. The band is currently finalising their new album, the follow up to 2013’s Infinitas, which will be released in 2017. The band have spent much of 2015 working on this highly anticipated new release, […]
Plini Announces Details of Debut Album ‘Handmade Cities’
24-year-old Australian guitarist Plini has announced details of his debut full length album, Handmade Cities, which will be released on 26 August 2016. Plini is currently on tour with Animals As Leaders and Intervals in Europe, ahead of his Australian headline tour with Intervals in September. Check out all the tour dates and ticket info […]
Metallica’s Classic Self-Titled Album Celebrates its 25th Birthday Next Month
The Black Album – 25 Years On… By Nathan Eden The second half of 1991 was a truly amazing time in music and Metallica got in a month earlier than a couple of their heavyweight peers by releasing their fifth album in August. In September, Guns n’ Roses would release their ambitious Use Your Illusion […]
King Parrot Announce Aussie Shows in September
King Parrot have returned from another successful North American tour and will embark on four exclusive shows in Victoria and South Australia in September. The band is hard at work penning new tracks for a yet to be titled new album, and are eager to showcase some of these tracks for their Australian fans in […]
Hordes of the Black Cross – Black Metal Spirits
By Daniel Tucceri Demonic shrieks emerge from the speakers like an unholy sepulchre that should never have been disturbed. Buzzsaw guitars pierce as unremitting screams tortured by hellfire would. Lightning fast drums pound as ruthlessly as a carpet bombing, leaving the listener shell-shocked beneath the levelling dust. Such are the evocations on the debut Hordes […]
Islander – Power Under Control – Album Review
Islander Power Under Control Victory Records Release Date: 5 August 2016 Review by Quinton Farrow This wasn’t supposed to happen; what’s old eventually becomes new again, but a decade without Nu-Metal was possibly not quite enough. The signs began with King 810, and while they were on the offering scale closer to Slipknot, that early […]
Cane Hill – Brutally Real
By Genevieve Gao It’s New Orleans, one of the oldest American cities and a place where the dirtiest HEAVY metal thrives, and it’s here that Cane Hill became fully immersed. Since forming in 2011, the group’s debut single Sunday School remains a defining representation, along with hard-hitting favourites from their self-titled EP [2015] including Gemini […]
Cog + Sleepmakeswaves, Melbourne, 14 July 2016
Cog + Sleepmakeswaves Max Watts, Melbourne 14 July 2016 Photos by Sofie Marsden
