The Forum, Melbourne was a pressure cooker on Friday, January 30, 2026, as Soulfly, Nailbomb, and Snot tore through the room in a night of uncompromising heaviness, groove, and pure catharsis. From tribal riffs and political fury to chaotic energy and pit-level madness, this triple Read More …
There are few bands in the world of extreme metal as ambitious or forward-thinking as ALKALOID. Since forming in 2013, this collective of virtuosos — featuring members of Obscura, Triptykon, and Dark Fortress — has made it their mission to dissolve the limits of genre. Read More …
Swedish metal titans EVERGREY have returned, breathing life and anguish into a brand-new single, “OXYGEN!”, a track that embodies everything fans have come to love about the band — and then pushes it further into the abyss. Before embarking on a massive European and UK Read More …
Perth hardcore outfit Pincer+ have unleashed details of their long-awaited debut album, Who Are You When No One’s Around, set for release Friday, December 12 via Greyscale Records and 1126 Records — and with it comes the blistering new single “Blue Light Overdose”, out now Read More …
Few bands in extreme metal history have scorched their legacy into the earth as fiercely as BEHEMOTH. Now, as they mark three relentless decades of sonic and spiritual warfare, the Polish blackened death metal titans are bringing their most ambitious and unholy live experience to Read More …
From the haunted crypts of Philadelphia, blackened metalpunk fiends BASTARD CRÖSS are clawing their way to the surface with their full-length debut Crossripper, set to strike fear (and joy) into the hearts of the underground this Halloween via Morbid and Miserable Records. Equal parts thrash, Read More …
From the depths of Newcastle’s thriving heavy music underground, KōDEM return with “Enough” — an emotionally heavy and beautifully destructive single that captures the breaking point between anguish and empowerment. Following a run of commanding live performances and with their Tattooed Sin EP on the Read More …
When it comes to pure, unapologetic heavy metal energy — the kind that roars with melody, power, and a touch of theatrical fire — few modern bands stand as tall as Battle Beast. With their seventh full-length album Steelbound set to drop October 17th via Read More …
Germany’s rising modern metalcore force THE NARRATOR continue their rapid ascent through the heavy ranks, unleashing their blistering new single “Pills From The Start” — a groove-driven anthem that hits as hard emotionally as it does sonically. After storming stages at Wacken Open Air and Read More …
There’s a brutal kind of beauty in finally accepting yourself — in staring down your reflection, flaws and all, and deciding to stop running from who you are. For James Veck-Gilodi, frontman and creative force behind Deaf Havana, that moment of reckoning has been a Read More …
What’s going on RiffKeeper! I’m Brenden “BodyBag” and I’m stoked to be jumping on board with the Crannk crew. I’ve been part of the Adelaide music scene for a long time, cutting my teeth back in the mid-2000s with bands like pop-punk outfit Wishlist, which Read More …
Melbourne post-hardcore outfit Post Heaven have dropped their sophomore EP The Space That’s In Between, out now via Greyscale Records, alongside the video for their ambitious new single “Hesitation Lover.” Where last year’s lead single Exit Wound showcased the band’s ferocity, Hesitation Lover widens the Read More …
