When you talk about Australian heavy music, especially that late 90s and early 2000s era when bands were grinding it out the hard way, loading vans, playing everywhere they could and helping build the foundations of the scene we still love today, Segression have to Read More …
There are some songs that do not just live on radio playlists or greatest hits collections. They live in people. They become part of the fabric of a place, stitched into memories, family moments, road trips, pubs, heartbreaks, late nights, dance floors and the kind Read More …
Lorna Shore are bringing the abyss back down under in 2026, and this time they are going bigger than ever. The New Jersey deathcore juggernauts have announced a massive Australia and New Zealand headline tour for October 2026, marking their biggest Antipodean headline run to Read More …
There are some songs that do not just live in music history. They sit carved into the foundations of rock itself. On Friday May 22, The Gov in Adelaide became a house of worship for one of the greatest catalogues ever written as LETZ ZEP Read More …
Fallujah are heading back down under this September as part of SHRED FEST 2026, and for fans of technical, progressive and atmospheric extreme metal, this one is an absolute weapon of a lineup. The US progressive death metal force will join German tech death masters Read More …
There is something beautifully twisted about Exhumed turning the open road into their latest blood soaked playground. For decades now, the San Jose gore metal legends have dragged listeners through graveyards, operating theatres, splatter films, morgues, death, decay and every other rotten corner of extreme Read More …
There are bands that grow old gracefully, soften the edges, polish the mythology and try to become respectable. Then there are Dwarves. For decades, Dwarves have been one of punk rock’s most infamous and impossible to neatly define forces. Punk, hardcore, garage rock, dirty pop, Read More …
Avatar have never felt like a band that simply turn up, plug in and play. They arrive with worlds attached. The music, the visuals, the clothes, the stage show, the darkness, the humour, the hooks and the strange theatrical madness all feel like they are Read More …
Anthrax are back, and after ten long years between records, the New York heavy metal titans are finally ready to unleash their next chapter. The band will release their long awaited 12th full length studio album Cursum Perficio on September 18 via Nuclear Blast Records Read More …
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 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 …
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 …
