STEVE HUGHES Reigns Supreme Part 2
After last weeks insightful and entertaining chat with Steve Hughes, Olivia Reppas continues her informative look into the life of an Australian icon in the concluding chapter below… Steve Hughes is a man of many talents and faces. Essentially a heavy metal musician, Hughes has also dabbled successfully in comedy, with his […]
STEVE HUGHES Reigns Supreme
Steve Hughes is a man of many talents and faces. Essentially a heavy metal musician, Hughes has also dabbled successfully in comedy, with his unabashed honesty standing him apart from most other artists that hide behind some form of façade every time they venture into the public spotlight. Having started his musical […]
HEAVY REGULAR: “This Goes To 11” With DAVE CUTTING
Words by Mark Dalbeth This Goes To 11 is a new column hosted by Mark Dalbeth. Mark was born in New Zealand and now lives in Los Angeles, and would be better known in Australia as having been part of the band Bellusira. Following his dreams, Mark moved to LA and has been working on Rav Medic plus […]
HEAVY REGULAR: “This Goes To 11” With JOE TABACK
This Goes To 11 is a regular column hosted by Mark Dalbeth. Mark was born in New Zealand and now lives in Los Angeles, and would be better known in Australia as having been part of the band Bellusira. Following his dreams, Mark moved to LA and has been working on Rav Medic plus an exciting new […]
FEVER 333: “Wrong Generation”
Words by Simon Russell-White Since their inception in 2017, Inglewood, California’s Fever 333 have delivered constant overdriven belters literally year after year after year, and as much as they’re consistent with their delivery of content they’re just as much with their signature sound! The three-piece have always managed to throw down the […]
MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN talks PUSCIFER’s “Existential Reckoning”
Words by Olivia Reppas As the portal between the parallel spheres opened on Halloween, the only thing potentially more bizarre than the times in which we live has been exposed: Existential Reckoning is here. Puscifer’s fourth studio album is ready for consumption. In the wake of this revelation, Heavy Mag’s Olivia Reppas got the […]
CARINA ROUND Talks PUSCIFER
Words by Olivia Reppas With the imminent release of latest album Existential Reckoning, as well as an upcoming Livestream concert dubbed Existential Reckoning: Live at Arcosanti, Puscifer are set to explode at us from differing angles – a change from the normally quiet and subdued approach adopted by Maynard’s “creative subconscious”. In a […]
HEAVY REGULAR: “This Goes To 11” with VOID VATOR
Photo cred for VV1 – David Castillo This Goes To 11 is a new column hosted by Mark Dalbeth. Mark was born in New Zealand and now lives in Los Angeles, and would be better known in Australia as having been part of the band Bellusira. Following his dreams, Mark moved to LA and has been working […]
VRSTY’s Future Anything But Cloudy
Words by Kyra Jade Coombs RNB infused post-hardcore was enough to capture my attention and take a closer look into VRSTY. This New York band has recently signed to Spinefarm Records – with the likes of Atreyu, BFMV many more heavyweights – and are on the cusp of releasing their new EP Cloud City on […]
ACID BLOOD “Acid Blood”
Words by Mitch Poland Hard rock just doesn’t get any hotter than Acid Blood, a quartet hailing from sunny Sweden. The band’s debut album creates a noisy formula for punk rock excellence with pounding drums and driving bass guitars that leave just enough room for the squealing rock guitar to crush your soul and leave […]
HEAVY REGULAR: “12 Rounds With JOHNNY BOXER” (a.k.a BOBO) #3
With the next season of Fat Pizza set to start filming next week, Bobo took some time out to have a chat with HEAVY and answer your questions. This week he tackles these subjects… will Bobo get out of prison in the next series, will he get more screentime and unleash the chainsaw, is his […]
HEAVY REGULAR: “In The Studio” #3 with TONY ‘JACK THE BEAR’ MANTZ
Words by Mick J Welcome to ‘In the Studio’ #3 with Tony Mantz, owner and founder of Jack the Bear’s Deluxe Mastering. With credit to Tony, I was fortunate enough for him to complete this issue between a hospital trip and a fire scare, much appreciated mate! Music mastering has always had an enigmatic quality […]
OPAL OCEAN In The Zone
Words by Andy Parkinson Opal Ocean is made up by Alex Champ and Nadav Tabak, both incredibly gifted guitarists who have been honing their craft since a young age. Growing up on a healthy diet of acts such as Metallica, Dream Theatre, Tool and Opeth, both musicians independently found themselves drawn to the acoustic guitar […]
OPAL OCEAN “The Hadal Zone”
Words by Andy Parkinson Don’t think it’s possible to deliver a crushing progressive metal concept album using only two acoustic guitars? That’s most likely because you’re yet to discover Opal Ocean‘s latest album, The Hadal Zone. The dreaded sophomore album is sometimes what can make or break a band. With a lifetime of work and […]
HEAVY REGULAR: “In The Studio” #2 with DAVE FORTMAN
In The Studio is brought to you by Mick J This week In the Studio we have none other than guitarist, songwriter and record producer extraordinaire Dave Fortman. In the producer’s seat, Dave has an impressively combined album sales total exceeding 27 million records, working with the likes of Evanescence, Superjoint Ritual, Crowbar, Mudvayne, Godsmack […]
YOURS TRULY Prove They Do Care
Words and interview by Kyra Jade Coombs If you love pop-punk, you most likely would have heard of Yours Truly. This Aussie grown band has taken on the international stage winning fans over worldwide and it is not hard to see why. Recently they released their debut album Self Care, which has gone off with […]
Geeks In Metal: ICED EARTH
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Geeks In Metal: ICED EARTH
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[INTERVIEW] SUICIDE SILENCE
“It was a fucking dream come true,” Eddie Hermida says, right before soundcheck in Dallas, Texas. That’s how the frontman remembers sitting in a car with Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe for two days, driving up the coast of California to take snaps for Suicide Silence’s new, self-titled record. Already a nostalgic run, that road […]
[NEWS] TWELVE FOOT NINJA Announce Supports for Feb and March Tour
Twelve Foot Ninja are planning on whooping more arse this year with after belting ’16 around like Bruce Lee with numb chucks. Whopp Awwweeeee! 2016 was a big year for Twelve Foot Ninja. Tours across the US at some of the country’s biggest rock festivals and alongside some of the biggest rock and metal bands on […]
[INTERVIEW] Periphery
“They always say to get success is hard, but to maintain it is twice as hard,” declares one of Periphery’s three guitarists, Mark Holcomb. [button color=”blue” size=”big” link=”http://digi.heavymag.com.au” icon=”fa-chevron-right” target=”true”]READ IT ALL IN HEAVY DIGI-MAG #20[/button] All interviews are now featured in the HEAVY Digi-Mags.
[NEWS] SOEN: In the Studio Video Teasers
Martin Lopez (formerly of Amon Amarth and Opeth) and the dynamic voice of Joel Ekelöf (Willowtree) have been back in the Ghostward Studios and Deepwell, Stockholm, Sweden. Their previous travels saw Soen 2012’s “Cognitive” undoubtedly drawing influence from modern progressive rock characteristics before 2014’s “Tellurian” saw them stride freely into their unique visions. “Tellurian” was […]
[NEWS] METALLICA Just Gave Us a New Song
Metallica surprised us all again this morning with this kick-arse number, Moth Into Flame. We’re liking Kirks little melody in the middle there… And the riff is solid… Bass is boomy… James sounds catchy… Lars is hitting the middle… Leave your thoughts below! Words from their website: We’re back!! Welcome to track number two from […]
