Five years can disappear bloody fast. When I last caught up with Joey Arena in March 2021, we spoke about his ARENA synthwave project, Sammy Hagar giving his blessing to Joey’s version of Van Halen’s “Dreams,” and an Outlier catalogue already holding enough material for Read More …
Eleven months ago, I caught up with Paradise Lost vocalist Nick Holmes as the band prepared to release their seventeenth studio album, Ascension. Before we wrapped up that conversation, Nick told me Paradise Lost 100 percent wanted to return to Australia. Now, the time has Read More …
The first time I heard Bloodstain, I had to go and find out more about them. These guys were playing with a confidence that made it hard to believe how recently they had come together. Finding out the band had formed in Stockholm in late Read More …
Green Lung have always felt like more than a collection of massive riffs. Every album opens a doorway into a world of folklore, horror, forgotten history and the overwhelming power of nature. Their music can hit immediately as traditional British heavy metal and hard rock, Read More …
There are anniversary albums that simply gather familiar songs into one place, and then there are albums like Stories Of Destiny. For MAD MAX founder Jürgen Breforth, this is not a greatest hits collection dressed up as something new. It is a deeply personal journey Read More …
Andrew Hudson talks Exsequiis, creative freedom and the strength of Australian thrash Twenty years ago, four teenagers from Melbourne’s eastern suburbs came together for a high school thrash metal performance. They chose the name Harlott largely because they thought it would look good on a Read More …
Faroese visionary artist Eivør has revealed another stunning piece from her upcoming studio album Tungl, with the release of her new single “Verjugarðar / Walls”. The track is out now, with Tungl set for release on October 16. Pre-order Tungl:https://eivor.bfan.link/tungl Listen to “Verjugarðar / Walls”:https://eivor.bfan.link/verjugardar Read More …
Rock does not always need to be reinvented. Sometimes it just needs to be plugged in, cranked up and played with enough conviction to remind people why they fell in love with it in the first place. That spirit drives Generection, the forthcoming fourth studio Read More …
Some deathcore records are violent because brutality sounds good. TO THE GRAVE’s new album, Liberation Front, is violent because the reality it reflects is worse. I had already spent plenty of time absolutely hammering this album before speaking with vocalist Dane Evans. It is a Read More …
When Edwin Premberg begins creating a new METALITE album, he does not sit down with every planet, character and destination already mapped out. He starts with the music, captures whatever melodies and riffs arrive, experiments with the sounds and allows the story to reveal itself Read More …
Some gigs stay with you because of the bands on the bill. Others stay with you because the entire room feels like it is one bad decision away from descending into absolute chaos. New Dead Metalfest at Fowlers Live in Adelaide in October 2017 gave Read More …
Adelaide hardcore punk four-piece Stabbitha and the Knifey Wifeys are back with Act Your Wage, the latest taste of their forthcoming album DISGUST. Read More …
