ELECTRIC STATE Release New Single ‘Can’t Get Enough’
Feel like something is missing in your life? Feel like you haven’t heard enough blaring sirens, deafening chants or seen enough bar climbing and megaphones? Maybe you can’t get enough of Electric State… Well wait no longer, after the band’s tour in Japan they have hit the studio again to unleash their new single Can’t […]
ELECTRIC EYE HEAVY FEST Returns To Fremantle In October
After an impressive and successful debut in 2023, Electric Eye Heavy Fest returns for its second year as it prepares to discharge 9 hours of heavy music mayhem at Freo.Social, Fremantle on Saturday, October 5, 2024. This year’s line-up features a diverse range of top-tier bands, including Tasmanian technical-death metal kingpins PSYCROPTIC, who return to […]
XMUSIC To Host XMUSIC LIVE Gigs Across April & May
Sydney-based label and rock music specialists XMusic began in 2020 and have grown to include nine brilliant acts from all across Australia, with 4 more soon to be announced. Across April and May, the label are hosting XMusic Live, a series of gigs in Sydney and Melbourne to showcase their extraordinary roster. Melbourne icons, Sisters […]
THE BEASTS Wind Up National Tour This Weekend In Melbourne
The Beasts are out on the road on their National Alive Tour, performing Beasts of Bourbon classics, fan favourites, and more. Featuring James Baker, Tex Perkins, Kim Salmon, Charlie Owen, and Boris Sujdovic, these will be the last shows ever for this line-up…not to be missed. The national run winds up in Melbourne this weekend, […]
TAIME MARSH Drops Single ‘Hey Everybody’
Wollongong based rocker Taime Marsh has released his debut single called Hey Everybody. Hey Everybody is a contagious, high-energy, modern rock track with a horror-punk twist, which showcases Taime’s natural gift for melody. “My inspiration for the song is derived from bands such as Misfits and Blitzkid,” Marsh said. “The lyrics are unequivocal and to […]
WE KILL COWBOYS Release New Track ‘R.I.P.’
Cape Town based rock unit We Kill Cowboys have released the video for their latest single R.I.P., out now via Mongrel Records. Fronted by Alex Muller, whose sultry and gritty vocals lead the charge, We Kill Cowboys’ sound is a blend of psychedelic rock, grunge, and stoner blues. Their music dives deep into anti-establishment themes, […]
SLASH Drops New Tune ‘Oh Well’ From Upcoming Solo Album
SLASH the iconic, GRAMMY®-winning guitarist and songwriter will return with his star-studded debut blues album and sixth solo album of his career, Orgy of the Damned, May 17, 2024 on Gibson Records in partnership with Sony Music Australia. SLASH has now released the new track Oh Well which features outlaw country star Chris Stapleton on […]
BANKS ARCADE Drop New Single ‘Self Help’
Anthemic, stirring and vehemently raw, the brand new single Self Help from Melbourne quartet Banks Arcade is a powerfully resounding sonic pivot. Following on from their earlier 2024 EP, DEATH 2, Banks Arcade once again rewrite their own destiny with Self Help through nuanced instrumentation, hazy electronic hues and chest-thumping choruses amplifying vocalist Joshua O’Connell‘s […]
TUMBLEWEED Frontman RICHIE LEWIS Drops Second Single From Solo Project RICHIE WEED
Richie Weed (the moniker of Tumbleweed frontman Richie Lewis) has announced the release of his debut solo album Strays, and with it gives a second taste of the record in the form of the new single Lady Of Avalon. Scheduled for release on May 24, Richie says of Strays, “I was compelled to make this […]
ANGELS ON THE BATTLEFIELD Drop Reimagined Version Of ‘Modern Prometheus’
Progressive instrumental metal band Angels on the Battlefield have released a new single and music video for a reimagined version of their song Modern Prometheus, inspired by Mary Shelley’s classic horror/science fiction novel Frankenstein. This epic piece serves to highlight the effects and emotions associated with severe anxiety exhibited by the main character of Victor […]
GRETA VAN FLEET Announce Australian Tour
Grammy Award Winning U.S. Rock act GRETA VAN FLEET are set to make their highly anticipated return to Australian and New Zealand shores this August for the first time since 2019. GRETA VAN FLEET will open their tour at Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane on August 21 before heading to Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on August […]
J-FIGURE Invited To Share Stage With BRING ME THE HORIZON
Oli Sykes from Bring Me The Horizon invited Australian trap metal legend J-Figure (The Weight Of Silence) on stage in Sydney earlier this week to sing Antivist, and he had the entire 20,000-strong audience eating out of the palm of his hand. Halfway through the song J-Figure encouraged the crowd to split down the middle, […]
seeyouspace cowboy dISCUSS iNFLUENCES bEHIND coup de grace
Post-hardcore band SeeYouSpaceCowboy are preparing to drop their highly anticipated new album Coup De Grâce on April 19. The album is a complex and imaginative new project that invites listeners into a neo-noir world of the band’s creation over 12 songs they have funneled through the lives of fictional characters. With the countdown on, HEAVY […]
ATOMIC FREAK Drop Title Track From Debut Album NUCLEAR MELTDOWN
Hard rock outfit Atomic Freak have released their fourth music video, Nuclear Meltdown, from their debut album of the same name. The video is crazy, involving scenes of destruction and was produced using AI. The band says they like to try to do each video in a different style to keep it interesting and entertaining […]
Footscray To Transform Into Music And Art Playground When SLEEPLESS FESTIVAL Returns This May
Independent music and arts festival SLEEPLESS FESTIVAL is set to take over Melbourne’s inner west this May with a vibrant showcase of music, performance and art and installation. SLEEPLESS’ 2024 festival will build on its success in 2023 by celebrating the depth of culture and talent existing in Melbourne’s West, and highlighting the suburb’s potential […]
HOT WATER MUSIC Double Drop On Single Release
Hot Water Music are excited to present two new singles Side Of The Road and Chewing On Broken Glass, lifted from forthcoming album VOWS, the long-standing, influential punk outfit’s new album out May 10 via Cooking Vinyl Australia. Following album singles Menace, Burn Forever, Remnants and Fences, Side Of The Road and Chewing On Broken […]
Premiere: SCHKEUDITZER KREUZ ‘Ratchet’
Ratchet is the new video single from Australian-based Industrial Synth Crust outfit Schkeuditzer Kreuz, alias Kieren Hills, and the third single from their latest album, No Life Left. The video is produced and directed by David Xuereb of Sydney’s Grim Reflections. An almost carnivalesque performance, and regular crowd favourite live, Kieren describes the origins of […]
WAGE WAR Deliver New Track ‘Nail5’
WAGE WAR – Briton Bond [lead vocals], Cody Quistad [rhythm guitar, clean vocals], Seth Blake [lead guitar], Chris Gaylord [bass], and Stephen Kluesener [drums] – have entered their world domination era. The Florida band has announced its fifth album STIGMA. It arrives digitally on June 21 via Fearless Records, while the physical version will land […]
AGNOSTIC FRONT Announce Europe Tour
With their latest offering Get Loud! turning 5 years old this year (released on November 8, 2019), NYHC legends AGNOSTIC FRONT have announced yet another European run in support of the album. The run consisting of 24 appearances will see the band enter the stages of 10 festivals and 14 concert halls all across the […]
WEREWOLVES Drop New Track ‘Beaten Back To Life’
WEREWOLVES formed in 2019 with the express purpose of releasing ten albums in ten years. 2024 sees them hit the halfway mark with Die For Us, yet another barrage of completely moronic death-metal due out July 19. To prepare you for this fifth assault on the senses, which sounds “like a school bus getting fed […]
KERRY KING Drops Second Album Single ‘Residue’
With his solo debut album, From Hell I Rise, set for a May 17 release (Reigning Phoenix Music), Kerry King has unveiled Residue, the project’s brand new single, and first music video. Co-directed by Jim Louvau and his partner Tony Aguilera, who have made videos for JERRY CANTRELL, SEBASTIAN BACH, EXODUS, and KILLER BE KILLED, […]
NOTHING MORE Release ‘House On Sand’From Upcoming Album CARNAL
3X Grammy Award-nominated NOTHING MORE return with their fifth album, CARNAL, on June 28 via BETTER NOISE MUSIC. The album features 15 songs with the San Antonio, TX-born quartet’s most focused, adventurous, and intense music to date, including their current radio single IF IT DOESN’T HURT which is currently in the Top 10 at #9 […]
TYR Deliver new Album BATTLE BALADS Plus Single ‘Row’
Battle Ballads, the outstanding ninth full-length studio album from Faroe Islands-based Viking metallers TÝR is out now on Metal Blade Records. A crushing, soaring, batch of classical embellished songs that conjure images of galloping steeds, clashing swords, and hard-fought victories, with Battle Ballads, TÝR has composed an album that resounds with their trademark Viking metal […]
VULTURE Unleash ‘Oathbreaker’ From New Album
Sentinels, the latest full-length from German heavy metal practitioners VULTURE, is out now on Metal Blade Records. If there is one band that combines a classic approach with fresh ideas and an expansive joy of playing to honor their ancestors from the likes of early Exodus, Metallica, or Slayer, then it is, without debate, VULTURE. […]
ANVIL Drop ‘Feed Your Fantasy’ From Upcoming Album
Canadian metal legends ANVIL have announced their new studio album, One And Only, for a release on June 28, 2024 via powerhouse label AFM Records. A first video single, Feed Your Fantasy, is out now. When it comes to the most influential bands in the history of heavy metal, authorities on the subject regularly vote […]
BAD PARTY Talk ‘Drown In You’
Brisbane Metalcore outfit Bad Party have released their moody arena-ready alternative metal offering Drown In You. Their second tune of the year produced, mixed and mastered by Callan Orr at Avalanche Studios (Dream On Dreamer, Bad Juju, alt.), Drown In You carries sultry undertones, following on from their February single Pray, leaning into dark synth […]
sleepmakeswaves Release New Album IT’S HERE, BUT I HAVE NO NAMES FOR IT
Australian instrumental post-rockers sleepmakeswaves have released their album It’s Here, But I Have No Names For It. The band took to social media to tell fans about the new album: “The record is out. Our 4th studio album. We worked on these songs for literally years and labored and obsessed so it’s a strange feeling […]
BAD PARTY Offer Up Latest Song ‘Drown In You’
Brisbane Metalcore outfit Bad Party come forward with their moody arena-ready alternative metal offering Drown In You. Their second tune of the year produced, mixed and mastered by Callan Orr at Avalanche Studios (Dream On Dreamer, Bad Juju, alt.), Drown In You carries sultry undertones, following on from their February single Pray, leaning into dark […]
HAMMERS Drop The Blow With New Track ‘Top Fun’
Do you feel the need, the need for speed? Sliding off the sweaty back of a long, hot Gold Coast summer, local riff-slingers HAMMERS are set to start dropping song bombs all across the land, kicking off today with their brand new single Top Fun, out now via Summerland Records. Taken from the band’s debut […]
REDHOOK Release New Single ‘Breaking Up With’
Eora/Sydney-based alt-rock shapeshifters RedHook are bringing saxophones to the circle pit on their joyous new release Breaking Up With – produced by Stevie Knight (Stand Atlantic) and mixed by James Paul Wisner (Underoath, Paramore). Delivering infectious funk grooves and lashings of horns over their trademark heavy guitars, slick synth production and gargantuan singalong hooks, Breaking […]
LINKIN PARK Unveil Greatest Hits Album, Release Visualiser For ‘Qwerty’
LINKIN PARK have unveiled their first-ever career-spanning greatest hits album entitled Papercuts (Singles Collection 2000-2023) out now via Warner Records. It is available at all DSPs and in various physical configurations, including CD, Cassette, and double Vinyl. For the latter, there are several limited edition colour vinyl variants, a Zoetrope picture disc, and black vinyl. […]
LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES Drop Visualizer For ‘Dissociative Being’
U.S. metalcore act Like Moths To Flames previously announced their new album The Cycles Of Trying To Cope. It arrives on May 10 via UNFD. Now, the band has dropped the visualizer for Dissociative Being. “Blood leaves a stain that’s often hard to remove, much like the scars that people leave when they’re destructive with […]
DÅÅTH Unleash Latest Single ‘Ascension’
Returning progressive death metal collective DÅÅTH are excited to unleash their latest single, Ascension, and an accompanying video. Ascension also features a guest guitar solo from Dean Lamb (Archspire). The track comes off their forthcoming full-length (and first new studio output in fourteen years), The Deceivers, set for release on May 3 via Metal Blade […]
CHRIS STAPLETON Announces Extra Shows For 2025 Australian Tour
Due to extraordinary demand for tickets, acclaimed musician Chris Stapleton has announced second shows on his first ever tour of Australia and New Zealand – Chris Stapleton’s All-American Roadshow Goes Down Under in February/March 2025. His Australian tour will play Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on February 25 and 26, Brisbane Entertainment Centre on February 28 […]
KING PARROT Swoopin’ South For Tasmania Tour This June
Tasmania has been getting a lot of press lately; you’ve finally got your own footy team, there’s an art gallery, and a hipster metal festival. Cool. But in perhaps the biggest news of all, King Parrot is coming back in June and the boys will be decimating not only Launceston and Hobart, but Devonport for […]
INFECTED RAIN Bring The Fire On Live Album THE DEVIL’S DOZEN
Dive deep into the history of INFECTED RAIN like never before with their breathtaking full show spanning the past 15 years of the band’s history, with incredible production and special effects, and including rare song material! Featuring songs such as Freaky Carnival, taken off their 2017 album 86, and stage warrantors such as The Earth […]
INFECTED RAIN Release new Album, Drop Single ‘Lighthouse’
February marked the release of INFECTED RAIN‘s already acclaimed sixth modern progressive metal opus, TIME, via Napalm Records. In celebration of the stunning release, the band has revealed their latest single from the album – the empowering and intense LIGHTHOUSE. The track arrives with an eerie music video, providing a thought-provoking visual atop the track’s […]
RIOT (V) Unleash New Album Track ‘Love Beyond The Grave’
The wait is almost over. Cult US heavy metallers RIOT (V) will finally unleash their much-anticipated studio album Mean Streets upon the world in four weeks – on May 10, 2024 – via Atomic Fire Records. Before the band kick off the live festivities in support of the new material later this week, they have […]
Premiere: THE DREADFUL TIDES ‘Fire In The Hole’
Fire In The Hole is an explosive track from Melbourne rock outfit The Dreadful Tides that takes no prisoners. It’s a sonic detonation of riffs and grooves, heavy artillery drums and crushing vocals that demand you play it loud. The catchy as hell chorus will haunt you for days. This is The Dreadful Tides‘ war […]
CROWNSHIFT Release New Single And Video ‘My Prison’
A few weeks ago, high-profile modern metal band CROWNSHIFT has announced the release date and details of its eagerly awaited self-titled debut album, which is due out on May 10, 2024 via Nuclear Blast Records. Today, the band that’s currently one of Finland’s hottest new music exports is proud to unleash a new single called […]
IN HEARTS WAKE Announce Departure Of Vocalist, Drop Single ‘Farewell’
After twelve years creating music beloved by a loyal fanbase across the world, today In Hearts Wake announce the departure of long-time bassist and vocalist, Kyle Erich. In conjunction with today’s news, In Hearts Wake have also announced that they will tour Australia with Erich for the last time this September, giving fans the opportunity […]
HARROWAY Share New Single ‘Heresy’
Sydney metalcore quartet Harroway share their new single Heresy just in time to share it live later this month on tour with Sienna Skies and No Home (US). Taking a deep dive into the mind of vocalist Matt Banks, Heresy sees Harroway explore a desire to escape from emotional pain and suffering. Banks pleads for […]
BUKOWSKI Drop New Track ‘One Hundred Seconds’
It may have been a while between drinks for Melbourne emo-punk outfit Bukowski, but today the band make their explosive and eagerly awaited comeback with the punchy new single One Hundred Seconds. Engineered, produced, mixed and mastered by Jack Newlyn (Paradise Club / Between You & Me), Bukowski’s newest offering is, as the title suggests, […]
WARDRUNA Announce Debut Australian Tour
Norwegian music constellation Wardruna, renowned for their innovative and genre-creating renditions of Norse traditions announce their highly anticipated debut tour of Australia and New Zealand in January 2025. Since their inception in 2009, Wardruna has captivated audiences worldwide, transcending genres and cultures with their rich soundscapes rooted in ancient Norse traditions across five stunning albums. […]
CALIGULA’S HORSE Announce South African Tour
Caligula’s Horse, Brisbane’s premier progressive metal outfit, known for their dynamic, soaring soundscapes, heavy melodic intricacy and huge live sound, will be astounding South African audiences this August. Proudly brought to you by prog metal aficionados Turning Tricks Entertainment, the band will be touring their critically acclaimed new album Charcoal Grace. Caligula’s Horse has taken […]
Monstrous Delusions With VLAD MARTYNOV From BESOMORA
Following the recent release of their latest album Delusional Monster, Sydney metal machine Besomora have barely had time to breathe. Not only has the album been a resounding success, but the band is also gearing up for a national support run of shows with US heavy outfit Scar Symmetry. Jenna Flood caught up with guitarist/vocalist […]
FILTER, BLACK SMOKE TRIGGER: The Metro Theatre, Sydney 06/04/24
Pix by Angie New Photography Words by Matt New It seems that the floodgates have opened recently in Australia, with a surge of amazing bands touring in 2024. One band that fans have been eagerly anticipating is the industrial rock icons, Filter. Founded in 1993 by ex-Nine Inch Nails guitarist Richard Patrick in Cleveland, Ohio, […]
KARLY JEWELL Announces Return Visit To Japan
After their successful debut tour of Japan in June last year, Melbourne rock outfit Karly Jewell have announced a return visit 12 months later to capitalise on the strong momentum built on that occasion and spread the love even further. As well as taking in Kobe, Nagoya, Osaka, Kyoto and Tokyo, this year’s Japan Sad […]
Backstage Battles With WAGE WAR At KNOTFEST MELBOURNE
HEAVY elected to break recent tradition recently by travelling to Melbourne Knotfest to conduct our festival chat series on neutral ground with the bands at the start of their cycle instead of the end. It gave us an opportunity to speak with band members while still fresh and full of excitement for the upcoming shows, […]
SEEYOUSPACECOWBOY Unleash New Single ‘Red Wine And Discontent’
Post hardcore band SeeYouSpaceCowboy have pulled back the curtains on another single from their highly anticipated new album Coup De Grâce. Red Wine And Discontent boasts a masterful balance of frantic melodies and guttural screams. Shares frontwoman Connie Sgarossa: “This is a song that deals with what it means to be the dirty little secret […]
