Blood of Angels guitarist Aaron Robinson talks Tampa’s legendary metal history, the band’s European tour, Les Angst Ov Thanatou, seven-string guitars, musical influences and why Blood of Angels refuse to stay inside a genre box.Blood of Angels guitarist Aaron Robinson talks Tampa’s legendary metal history, the band’s European tour, Les Angst Ov Thanatou, seven-string guitars, musical influences and why Blood of Angels refuse to stay inside a genre box. Read More …
Napalm Records have delivered another loaded batch of new music, with three very different artists pushing into the next stage of their respective journeys. As I Lay Dying are opening a new chapter with their first self-titled album and two contrasting singles. Ukrainian modern metal Read More …
Reviewed by Simon “Scooby” White Released: September 4, 2026Label: Pure Noise RecordsAlbum: Sixth studio albumGenre: Metalcore / Hardcore / Mathcore / Atmospheric MetalcoreRating: 9/10 Righto, 156/Silence have gone and fucked with my head again. I’ve been following this band for a while now, and one Read More …
There are bands you listen to because the riffs hit hard, the songs get into your blood and they sound fucking enormous when you crank them. Then there are bands that send you somewhere beyond the music itself. Amon Amarth have always been both of Read More …
Steve Summers isn’t interested in nostalgia. Pretty Boy Floyd are still writing, still touring and still making enough noise to piss somebody off. Read More …
There are plenty of ways to measure thirty years in a band. Albums released, kilometres travelled, festival stages crossed, line-up changes survived, records sold and all those other milestones that eventually get condensed into a few neat paragraphs whenever an anniversary rolls around. Then there Read More …
There has been a hell of a lot of change in the From Ashes To New camp since Australian audiences finally got their first taste of the Pennsylvania heavyweights at Good Things Festival in 2024. For starters, there is another album in the arsenal. Reflections, Read More …
Now, I’m not going to lie. When I was a young kid who didn’t know shit about shit, I thought the best metal came from overseas. The US, Europe and Canada were the places that “real” metal came from. Man, what a fucking stupid kid Read More …
JD Fortune has lived one hell of a rock’n’roll story. From sleeping in his car and eating two-minute noodles to fronting INXS and flying on private jets, Fortune opens up about the highs, lows and lessons along the way. Read More …
ASH brought 1977 and their greatest hits to Lion Arts Adelaide, with Oscar The Wild opening the night before Burn Baby Burn sent the room into orbit. Read More …
There are some bands you simply cannot talk about Australian heavy metal history without mentioning, and Mortal Sin are absolutely one of them. From those early Sydney thrash days and the impact of Mayhemic Destruction through Face of Despair, international touring, breakups, reunions and later Read More …
Some albums arrive according to a carefully mapped plan. Others sit unfinished for years, waiting for the world around them to catch up. For Robin Staps, Solaris became something even more important. It became the unfinished story that convinced him The Ocean still had a Read More …
