Escape The Fate vocalist Craig Mabbitt reflects on the rise of the MySpace-era scene, discovering heavy music through Linkin Park, the mental toll of social media, Sleep Token, and surviving more than 20 years in heavy music. Read More …
Sepultura Bow Out With Fire, Reflection And One Last Blast– The Cloud Of Unknowing Review
This might be an unpopular opinion, and believe me when I say I am in two minds about the whole thing. I think there are three camps, three individual fan groups, when it comes to Sepultura. The first are the old school 50 plus year Read More …
Necrosonic Festival Returns For Year Three With Rivers Of Nihil, Psycroptic And 30 Bands Across Three Stages
Necrosonic Festival is back for year three, and this one already feels like it is shaping up to be something seriously unmissable for the Australian heavy scene. On Saturday 22 August 2026, the gates reopen at Mansfield Tavern in Brisbane as Necrosonic returns bigger, darker Read More …
Rivers Of Nihil’s Adam Biggs On Australia, Psycroptic, Saxophone And The Band Finding Its Footing Again
Rivers Of Nihil are heading back to Australia this August for a massive co headline run with Tasmania’s own technical death metal legends Psycroptic, and this is one of those bills that just makes sense the second you see it. Psycroptic and Rivers Of Nihil Read More …
GAEREA’s Alpha On The Emotional Weight Of Loss And The Road To Australia
Portuguese extreme metal force GAEREA are finally making their way to Australia for the very first time this July, bringing the Loss Australian Tour to Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney, presented by Soundworks Direct Touring. For a band that has built its reputation on Read More …
Killswitch Engage Announce Massive Australian And New Zealand Tour For October/November 2026 With Sylosis
Killswitch Engage are heading back down under in 2026, and this one is going to be absolutely massive. The legends of modern heavy music will return to Australia and New Zealand across October and November 2026 for their biggest Antipodean headline shows yet, bringing more Read More …
FALLUJAH Are Returning To Australia And The Cosmos Is About To Split Open
Fallujahare heading back to Australia for SHRED FEST 2026 alongside Obscura, armed with their crushing new album Xenotaph. We caught up with vocalist Kyle Schaefer to talk atmosphere, evolution, Australian crowds and why this run feels bigger than ever. Read More …
Deep Purple Release Arrogant Boy As First Taste Of New Album SPLAT!
Rock royalty Deep Purple are back with a brand new single, and honestly, if there was ever a band that could still come roaring out of the gates with that classic hard rock fire in the belly, it is Deep Purple. The legendary British rockers Read More …
Of Mice & Men, Crystal Lake and Patient Sixty-Seven Bring Metalcore Fire to Lion Arts Factory Adelaide : Crannk Live Review & Photo Gallery
Adelaide showed up in force on Thursday May 7 as Of Mice & Men rolled into Lion Arts Factory with Crystal Lake and Perth metalcore crew Patient Sixty-Seven for a huge night of modern metalcore, emotion, chaos and pure live energy. Presented by The Phoenix Read More …
KHEMMIS Deliver Colossal Riffs And Heavy Metal Fire On Beneath The Scythe
Denver heavy metal heavyweights KHEMMIS are marching toward the release of their highly anticipated self titled album, and they have just dropped another crushing taste of what is to come with their new single and video, “Beneath The Scythe.” The new album, Khemmis, arrives June Read More …
The Ghoulstars’, Markus “Daddy Ghoul” Laakso Talks VHS Horror And The Dark Overlords Of The Universe
Finland’s The Ghoulstars are not here to politely tap on the coffin lid. They are kicking it open, dragging a stack of old VHS tapes behind them, cranking the riffs, and throwing listeners head first into a world of horror punk, metal, cult cinema, big Read More …
Koyo Return With Barely Here, A Lean And Anthemic Punk Record Built For The Heart And Pit
Koyo have returned with their sophomore album Barely Here, out now via Pure Noise Records, and this one wastes absolutely no time getting straight to the point. Ten songs. Twenty eight minutes. No overblown padding. No trying to reinvent the wheel just for the sake Read More …